Gray days

<----my view as I write...

It's a gray day in LA and there is a peacefulness that this weather brings. It lets you sit and reflect and look forward to when the sun is going to come out. It's quite different than a gray day in NYC. In NYC, a gray day is the norm. It is what you expect when you wake up, for months on end. It is a constant reminder that it is cold outside. At least, that is how this Florida girl perceived it. Out here a gray day is an unexpected surprise. It is a reminder that gray days happen. My life has been unexpected lately and the auditions have been slowing down so I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to write about on this blog because of that. But I think that a day like today makes me want to reevaluate what I'm doing, how I can be doing things differently, how I can improve and what the next step should be. For the majority of us actors, following our dream means a long road full of long breaks between employment. And after being blessed with a job, you just get hungrier for the next. I am definitly lucky to have worked last week and I am feeling antsy for the next opportunity. So how can I make that happen? So much is out of our control in this business and sitting around waiting for the phone to ring is enough to drive you mad. So in the mean time, the in-between time, I'm going to work on my scene for class. And I am going to write a few postcards to casting directors. And I am going to stop thinking about the "biz" for a second and do some painting or finish reading the book I'm reading (The Whole World Over by Julia Glass, which I am loving). Ooh...curling up with a book...that sounds nice...if you're lucky enough to have a gray day that you can curl up with a book to, then you're lucky enough.