Wow, I never blog anymore.
How funny that my last entry was when I got cast in She Stoops?! It would be impossible to recap the last year
and a half, so I won’t.
I’m graduating in 3 weeks.
How strange. The past four years
have yielded some phenomenal highs. The
shows are the big memories. McBeth,
R&J, True Love, Stoops, On the Verge, Cloud Nine, Tartuffe, and Piezo were
all such amazing learning experiences.
And really, that’s because the people I was working with cared so much
about the projects. Like Frannie
McDormand says, “It’s about the WORK!”
This summer, I’ll be working at Idyllwild Arts Summer
Academy as a Youth Counselor. I’m also
acting in On A Bench, a play for the Pacific Pride Festival in Santa Barbara in
July… my first paid acting gig! After
Idyllwild, it looks like I will be in good ol’ Brawley for a while, saving up
more money. Might be in Santa Barbara
for a part of the fall if another project comes through… we shall see! Once I’m done with school, life will be
concerned with making money. I’m moving
to New York when I have the funding… hopefully by the spring of 2013. Let’s hope the world doesn’t end! I’ve got a lot of life to live. And it’s going very well right now. I mean, I’m currently rehearsing for 3
projects, but once June 18th comes around, I’m gonna miss this busy
schedule. Although it is busy, I feel an
overwhelming sense of good energy. I’ve
been slowly but surely readying myself to take life into my own hands, and I
couldn’t be more excited to do so.
I have changed incredibly over the last few years. I have lost 135 lbs. I have found myself as a person and
artist. I have learned how to respect my
work and critique it effectively. I am
so compelled to begin to live as a true artist, enriching the world through the
work I do. As long as I can keep hold of
that need, to enrich the lives of others, to teach people about themselves, to
examine humanity, I know I will remain on track.
Life is good, y’all.
And Ellwood is a beautiful place… :)
-D… (I’m not big anymore.)
