(I have no clue what all the lines are...can't seem to get rid of them.)
11 January, 2009
What a month it's been!
So much to talk about, yet never enough time. I suppose that's a blessing. For some, the days andhours go so slowly, running into each other.
My days are never slow, though I'd love to be able to finish everything on my checklist someday. (Oh, the luxury! Well...one day I'll have a personal assistant and maybe they can help me! Now taking submissions, though salary is pooh and benefits are just about nil.)
Christmas in Georgia was wonderful! I loved spending time with my family...and got to enjoy our tradition of opening presents on Christmas Eve. It's so much easier to enjoy in candlelight or firelight, instead of having the glaring light of day burst through...things always look better in softer lighting, right?Or maybe it's just me that looks better! Ha!
As usual, the time went by so quickly.But not before we had collected several pages worth of quotes gathered from everyone! Here's a few:
"I swear she's trying to make me pooh." Andy, 23 December
"Dammit, Andy! You made me cuss in church." Christa on Christmas Eve -- in church.
"Umm, Robert's lighting his toe on fire." Braden on Christmas night.
Robert: "Are you friggin' drunk?"
Braden: "Are YOU telling me that your house is easily defendable against zombies?"
"What am I, chicken beet leaver?" Robert to Laura, 27 December (Must be said in thick Polish accent!)
Anyway, it was a lot of fun.
And—good news! Dad was offered the job of Director of Communications at the AF Academy! He accepted, naturally—it's a perfect job for him...so he and Mumsy will be moving into the area in the next few months. I'm not quite sure what it'll be like to have both sets of parents nearby. It's...so normal! But it'll make family gatherings much easier, that's for sure! P.S. For those of you wondering about Facebook Friend requests--keep trying. They're vewwy slowly learning their way around. :) Just make sure they know why you're friending them!
Our New York trip was amazing...that's where the title of this blog comes from. We all went to see Slumdog Millionaire—D) It is Written.
Sort of like now...I'm watching the Golden Globes while writing, and Danny Boyle—love him-- just won for Slumdog Millionaire.
Okay, stepping out of the blog for a bit—KATE WINSLET HAS WON TWO GOLDEN GLOBES THIS EVENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I absolutely adore everything about her. I want to be her BFF. Could it be...?This amazing woman might win that long-deserved Academy Award? Yes,yes, yes!!!!!
Um, I've got so many movies to catch up with. 22, to be exact...anyone wanna come?!
12 January, 2009
I woke up this morning to several inches of snow. I'll try not to complain. I should probably be leaving for work, because of "snow traffic," but I really don't want to.
Anyway...New York. Yeah, so...while we're there, a friend's cousin calls and says, "I can get you under the ball...show up around11 PM." Yes, that's right. He's in the NYPD and was working Times Square that night. We didn't have to plop ourselves in the freezing cold at 9 in the morning just to get some sort of view...we got there at 11, he escorted us through the secured area--which was eerie, because NO ONE was there. Empty. He brought us up to the very front--way ahead of the stage, even, and we had the best view of the ball. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience, and we'll never forget it.
It was fr-fr-freezing, though! Thank goodness we were only there for a bit!
LATER THAT NIGHT:
Oh, good grief...one of these days I'll be able to finish!
Okay, I'll just go into my resolutions for the year:
1) Continue to network and self-promote. I'm not spectacular at either of these, and I find it embarrassing. However, it is a necessary evil in my career. And it's not even that evil! I just find it hard to do. So I'll be working on that.
2) Become proficient at Pilates. It's a type of exercise that I actually enjoy, but I've only just begun. Money's an obstacle right now, but I'm Netflixing videos after researching them...and I plan on taking a free intro one-on-one coaching session to get all the basics down, and make sure I'm doing it correctly.
3) Go organic and cruelty-free. This one is a gradual life-change, mainly because I have a lot of products that aren't, and I'm not just going to throw them away. But I've been getting a lot that are, too...so the transition won't be hard.
4) Continue honing craft. In whatever way I can. Right now, www.auditionbetter.com is offering as many classes as you want during the month of January for $100. That's an unheard-of price!!! I don't attend classes because I can't afford them, but this month I'm going to several each week!!! I'll continue to learn from others, read books...whatever it takes...things don't just "happen." But I'll be ready when they come! I'm working on monologues and songs and building up my reel...woo-hoo! Stay tuned to www.christacannon.com!
5) Say "yes." Say "no." Confusing, I know. I tend to say "yes" to the things I don't want to do or the things that drain me most. And then I find myself saying "no" to things I enjoy or that re-energize me. I'm going to work on that this year. And when I do say "no," I'll try not to give 1000 reasons why!
6) Go vegetarian. It was only a matter of time. I think in the back of my mind, I always knew I would someday...just because of how I feel about animals. It's not right for me to feel that it is murder, yet continue eating them. I like to pretend that my meat grows pre-packaged in the ground, and that helps a little bit. I'm what's called a flexitarian--one who eats mostly vegetarian, but will occasionally eat meat. And maybe that's what I'll always be. But for now, I'll making the gradual shift to pescatarian (where I still eat fish).
7) Practice my Oscar speech every day, without fail. This one's for my boss, who will fire me if I don't! ;)
So there you have it. Christa's Resolutions.
Now, I have to babble about my agency for a bit! I just love 'em! I used to have 2 here in Denver...Eden Talent and one of the Big Ones here in the city. The Big One recently told me I had to choose, so I went with Eden. Some people may have stayed with the better-known agency, but it was just like having William Morris as my agency. It's great to have that name attached, but they weren't really doing anything. I didn't feel that they believed in me, necessarily...so for me, the natural choice was to stick with Eden.
There are some amazing things happening with them this year, and I'm so proud to be a part of it all! I know they believe in me--they tell me! They find me auditions...they listen when I tell them about a particular project I'm interested in...they help me seek it out! This is what agents are supposed to do! And, sad to say, they're the first (in a long line) who have.
It's kind of funny...you wish and hope and dream and work towards something...and suddenly, there's a shift in the universe and things start lining up. Although, I'm not as certain that it's a shift as I am that my entire attitude has changed, and I've been more open to accepting things that the universe has for me.
But that's a subject for another day. ;) Too much on my mind for that one...
In the meantime:
Slainte mhor agus a h-uile beannachd duibh
Good health and every good blessing to you!