Lady Chatterley and Ugly Betty

Two new women in my life. Starting a new audio book on Sunday and hopefully, watching myself in an ABC promo for one of their popular television shows! Okay. A surreal day. Shot a promotional piece for ABC and Ugly Betty today on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, across from where Jimmy Kimmel tapes. About 12 of us were picked and selected into two groups. I was in the first group. We walked out on the sidewalk and near the shoot location. Tourists and passersby were already starting to stare. Then the producer (or someone important from the show) pulled me aside and told me that I was going to be featured with lines and in front of the other four. OMG! I'm standing there doing my lines...people start gathering around us and taking pictures. I'm in front of the Kodak Theatre on the corner of Hollywood and Highland on the famous Walk of Stars. It was f-ing crazy! This is certainly not a huge deal for big-time actors, but for me, being in the exact spot, taping a national promo with tourists and a bunch of peeps watching as if I/we were celebs...it was like the first big event I did for Mark & Brian/KLOS Radio. They were so big and so popular. Listeners and fans were asking for my autograph and picture simply because I worked with them. But, this time was different. I was the talent. Whether or not I get as much face time as I actually filmed - ask me if I care. It was the BOMB. On to Lady Chatterley. Starting my recording of this classic book on Sunday. I guess there is a line about weaving flowers in pubic hair, or something like that. Dude, cool. Bring it on. My husband's hoping it will put me in the mood! Hey, maybe that's why he suggested I pick that novel for my next audio book...

Conduit and Improv Terrors

Having a lot of fun with my personal training clients and currently working on getting my small groups together. I recently did a free sample workout that included a short meditation exercise at the end. Often times, people are in tears and very emotional during and after the meditation. Well, this time, one person literally had an epiphany about her life and is in the process of major transformation. Wow! We can be conduits for the spiritual realm and certainly for God, and I guess, not even know it. My point, then...your words and actions may have impact on others in ways you'll never know - both good and bad. Don't take your energy and personal power for granted and share your strengths anytime you can. God...the universe...our guardian angels...we never know who needs us and who, here on Earth, is perfectly poised to use our messages or words to make necessary and incredible life changes...Okay, enough airy-fairy, preaching, but just had to share.

And, on to the acting world...the improv troupe I'm in has booked GIGS...yes, real-life improv performances in front of real peeps who will be either laughing, starring with the crickets in the background or booing, perhaps. OMG! I am in over my head, but I'm in and I'm going to see this through. Just hope I don't tell someone to "fuck off" if I get boo'd and walk off stage into the abyss, never to be seen or heard from again. Okay, now I'm getting dramatic! But, actually, I would love to tell someone to F-Off at least once in my lifetime. Someone who deserves it, of course. Admit it, you would, too! BTW, have a local spot running on tv right now. Pretty cool. Peace Out, Amigos!

Flying Cars and the Return of the Zit

Always happy to get castings so I have to start off by NOT whining about my drive to Sherman Oaks, today, although I would have given my right arm for a car with wings. I swear - I'm done complaining about my drive. Just had to mention that I envisioned a bat mobile or jet fueled hydraulic pumps sprouting out of the sides of my Honda mini-van, so I could fly away over all the nasty, backed-up traffic on the Ventura Highway...okay, onto the real stuff...my chin zit showed up again. Weird, ya know, since today's audition for a VERY BIG JOB was an infomercial for a vacuum cleaner...didn't I deal with this same zit during my filming for the Mop & Go infomercial? Hmmm, what is going on here? OMG, it will become my personal brand...the gal with the zit on her chin. Lovely. Anyway, the casting agency probably saw about 20-25 women for this, but as they say, you have to swing the bat to get a home run...or, something like that! It's so crazy, this biz, and it's sort of like gambling or childbirth - bare with me, I've done both. You take chances and spend money on it (gas, your time, wardrobe, headshots, etc.) and hope for a few small pay-offs here and there and a few big ones, too! Or, childbirth. Painful and a bit scary, but you forget about it right away, especially if you book a job - even a small one. Don't you all want to jump into this biz, now!? Yeah, right. Stick to Vegas and c-sections! Shalom and Peace on this upcoming Easter weekend! (BTW, I did book a testimonial job for an ad agency. Thank Yooouuu! The pain is gone already!)

Freakazoids on Melrose

Whew! Two days in a row of driving the 101 North into Los Angeles. Traffic, accidents, traffic and more accidents, oh, and more traffic. But, I did book a gig. The paying kind, again, so all good. Melrose Avenue is too f-ing fun. Crazy shops, boutiques, tattoo parlors and freakazoids walking around mingled in with the trendy, corporate types. Love it! What is it about being around funky, different people? A ZZ Top-looking guy riding a motorcycle with a suit on...a clown-juggler-mime looking character eating a sandwich next to me in Subway, and a beautifully-muscled, seriously cool "brother" chatting on his cell phone, inside some very expensive sports car, parked right next to my lovely, soccerMom-Honda Odyssey van and a few homeless or downtrodden folks mingling about. Today's audition - I don't think I was their type. You sort of get that inkling when the casting director asks the person before you to stay in the hallway for callbacks and then says, "thanks for coming in," to you. Whatever...it's the biz. Anyway, my zits have cleared up, just in case you're wondering...ah...yeah...and I am really enjoying my personal training job at Total Woman. Co-hosting on KSBR tomorrow, too. (ksbr.net). I am into so many different things right now. Just seeing what sticks, if you know what I mean. What kinds of things are you hoping might stick? "And, did I mention, I just shot a steamy love scene in a new flick starring Ashton Kutcher...APRIL FOOLS! Peace Out!