February already?

I woke up this morning to some pretty heavy falling snow. We had a lull for a week or so and most of the snow had melted. This morning took care of all that. There is a fresh new blanket on the ground and it's still coming down pretty hard. It always seems to happen when I don't have to be into work until the afternoon. :)

I had a big audition this weekend that ended up going pretty well. Now I feel like I'm playing the waiting game to see if any of the companies are interested in me. I just wanna do a show, people!

I'll be in Florida in less than 4 days and I can't wait to catch up with all of my friends, see the parents, and see my CAT. :)

My birthday is in 6 days. Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! Actually, I'm still excited about birthdays. I love them!

Trying to update more often...

I'm a bit crap at updating on a normal basis, but I remain optimistic that it will become a habit. This year has started with me hurling myself into the Chicago theatre scene. I have already been on one audition and I have a rather large one scheduled in 2 weeks. It's exciting to be auditioning again. I am itching to be a part of a show again, particularly a play, but I'm open to other genres as well. I'm going strong in my improv class and have decided to tack on an acting class as well. It's focused around the Meisner method and is very interesting and has elements to it that are unlike anything I have ever attempted before. I know that in the short time I have been in Chicago I have learned so much and grown as a performer and I hope that this year continues to be formative in shaping some semblance of a career.

Also, what's with NBC throwing Conan under the bus?

Happy New Years...Eve!

Here's to my first New Years in Chicago! I'm headed to dinner shortly with my roommate Thom and a gaggle of his friends and then we're headed back to our apt for the champagne at midnight. Can't wait! I'm not usually a partier on New Years Eve, but I'm in Chicago so it comes with the territory.

It's gonna be weird getting used to writing 2010 on everything. I say this about every time a new year rolls around. Whateva!

I guess it's time to get on those New Years Resolutions!

Have a great night everyone!

T

what a weekend

My entire family was in town this past weekend for a pre-Thanksgiving get-together. It was great, since we won't actually be able to have Thanksgiving together. I played tour guide and made them walk everywhere(and I mean everywhere). Such is the Chicago way. I'm used to it, but I kind of forgot that out-of-towners may not be accustomed to all of the hoofing. By the third day, my parents were looking pretty lethargic. If I had to guess, I would say we walked about 10 miles total, give or take.

I'm pretty sure everyone had a good time and saw everything they were hoping to see. I am exhausted. I could sleep for 2 days now.

ZZZzzzzzzzzzz......

November in Chicago

It's November! It hasn't snowed yet or anything but I'm breaking out the cold weather stuff. Actually I've had it out since September. Yeah, we had a short summer for sure. Anyway, they've started to put up Christmas lights around town and everything is beginning to look festive. The family will be here in one week for an early thanksgiving and it's going to be fun showing them around my neighborhood.

In other news, I got some headshots taken a few weeks back and can't wait to start auditioning for stuff. YAY!!

That's it for now!

The leaves, they are a changin

It is most undoubtedly fall, people. The leaves have begun to fall and everything is crisp and crunchy. It's really fantastic to see the bright colors and the streets full of leaves. I need to get my camera out and capture some of the autumn colors before winter takes over. It's on my list.

In other news, all is well at the job and I recently had headshots taken so that I can begin to audition for things and feel semi professional. It's about time!

I have big things coming up in the next few weeks. I'm going to my cousin's wedding in Ohio, and then I have friends and family visiting so my holidays are gonna be jam packed! I love visitors. Then I can do all the touristy Chicago things. Wheee!

Ahhh...Music in the park

Millennium Park is awesome. They have a summer music series and this weekend it happened to feature songs from one of my favorite Gilbert and Sullivan shows, Pirates Of Penzance. This time I arrived about 15 minutes prior to the start and was able to sit in an actual seat as opposed to lawn seating(which is actually just as awesome since there are speakers everywhere and you can see just fine). It's such a great show and the songs they picked were superb. My favorite by far had to be "Poor Wandering One", although I would have liked to hear "Paradox", but I guess they can't sing them all without charging admission. ha. They also sang music from the Mikado, which was very enjoyable although I wasn't as familiar with that show.

Good stuff!!

Here is a picture of the pavillion(not taken by me. It was cloudy and yucky out so I cheated and found this online).