Circus Freak

Many years ago my loving and kind manager (who always looks out for me) told me that I needed to do something about my eyes because I looked like a Barnum and Baily Circus freak. Well that really hurt my feeling (to say the least) so I rebelled for years and just kept saying "This is the way God made me and people should just accept me for who I am." She said she had feedback from a lot of casting people telling her how "distracting" it was, but that was hard for me fathom and any of my friends and family because it never crossed our minds...then one day a few months ago I was watching a movie with my friend and a guy on the screen had 2 different colored eyes...at least it looked like it, so I asked my friend...and then I wasn't sure, and maybe it was just the lighting, or the angle, I kept waiting for certain lighting and angles and different scenes and asking my friend, I was so caught up in it that I lost what they were talking about in the film and it hit me...oh no, I'm distracted by this. Ugh, she's right! So I had a set of new headshots done, then got contacts to make my eyes the same color. I know I'll never blend in off the set, but here's to trying to blend in on the set.

Getting Organized and Writing Poetry

A few auditions sprinkled throughout the year, but mostly, I've been focused on getting my office organized, and writing my poetry books. So far I have complied, had edited, rewritten and retitled 4 poetry books this year so far. With every task that I complete I feel a sense of accomplishment. When the stack of papers to read and to do lists get whittled down there is a burden lifted off my shoulders. And as far as the writing goes...sometimes you just have to. When I'm not acting, I'm very grateful to have the gift of a stack of gel pens and a new journal and some quiet time just to listen and write down what comes into my spirit.

Reel Growth Preemie Documentary

The filmmaker from the documentary Reel Growth interviewed us today for his project on Preemies. This is me and the documentarian Drew Donnay. I told bits and pieces of our story, shared a couple of poems, tried to compose myself, but some of those emotions are too vivid to recall without a tear or two. Check out the the website www.ReelGrowth.com

R.I.P.

I landed a part in a short film, great role, sweet wife who, when she becomes pregnant and her hormones kick in, she becomes goth... filled out the paper work at the studio, and then 3 days before the shoot they had to pull the plug on the project because the union was causing them all kinds of problems. They were set to do the project under a certain type of contract because the budget was so low...but when this union found out it was this particular studio...they said no, you can't do it, you have to pay 7 times more for the people (even though the project fit within the parameters of the contract.) That is like having a car lot where you sell twenty thousand dollar cars, but you see Bill Gates coming to buy one and you raise the price of the car to 50 thousand. How ridiculous is that? So now 25 people or more are out of work.

CONQUERORS

Had a wonderful shoot, playing a tormenting spirit along with Kevin Linell and Robert Neary. We tormented Marcus LaVoi.

I loved how the make up artist Gabriella did my eye make- up.

Here is her website address

http://www.beauty2perfection.webs.com

The Dream Team: Office Games

I just heard the word that the film I was in called "Office Games" just got distribution. Here is a picture from the set, behind the scenes. This group of girls is referred to in the film as "The Dream Team" when you watch the movie you will find out why they call them that.

From left to right we have: Katherine Norland, Malia Dawkins, Tamara Kelly, Herica Thompson, and Allison Wottawa.

Hawaii

We went to Hawaii in August to take an investment class...

stopped on the beach one morning on the way there and took a couple of shots.

The weather was nice and there was a rainbow every day... sometimes twice a day.

Took a tour of the island on our day off and went to take some pictures for me with my contacts in.

At a print audition recently, they asked if it looked natural for me to wear my contacts to make my eyes the same color.

So I decided to get some shots with both my blue contact and my brown contact.