Life Moves Pretty Fast. If you don't stop to look around....

A great line from one of fave movies when I was younger.

So yes, we do move fast here in LA.  Especially in the biz of showbiz.  Since I last wrote, we picked up a Manager,  I have heard conflicting reasons as to why/why not get a manager.  "You need a career to need a manager", "If you have a good agent, you don't need a manager."  "Getting a manager was the best thing... the quality of our auditions has improved."  I was ready for the next level, so I found one of those managers, too.  The next level being that I needed to see something different than the 5 years of what we have already seen.

So what did she do for this guy during the interview?  We, at  6 years old, she went in by herself, did a monologue and basically acted like my mother in law and talked and talked and talked and talked and talked his ear away.  By the end of 20 minutes, he agreed to take us on board and made reference to her chatty nature.  He also commented on how she would do well in comedy.  (uh oh, better not be the next Disney sitcom star.  I am not sure I want this for her or our family)

She goes to print auditions.  She goes to commercial auditions.  She did 1 feature film audition.  And she has done zero television series.  I would like to see more theatrical as this is why I think we are still in this game.

When I do think about this hobby, I wonder what else we could be doing, how else could I make her more ready.  And although it is still unclear what our path is, I feel like this is a step in the right direction.  So day 1 with a manager....how did it go?

My phone started to blow up at noon.  I of course, do not pick up because I am at the park tending to sand in her eyes and the thing in her foot that is upsetting her.  Drama Queen.  I am serious.  If it is not one thing, then it is something else.  And the tears for Petes sake.   My perfect son was as good as can be.  Not a peep, not a pee stain, not a tear. He is just good like that.

By 4 pm, Tae Kwon Do time, she has been confirmed for 3 auditions.  2 commercials with sides and 1 print.  Is this the result of having a manager?  I really do not know for sure.  This has happened to us int he past where I needed to be in three places within 2 hours in LA.  But whatever it is...it has sent our new Manager a sign that she is a busy girl, a message to her agent to remind them that she is in demand and it reaffirmed myself of our decision to pick up a manager.  

After dinner, I will go over her sides and get ready for tomorrow.  

So wish us luck tomorrow.  Well really her.  I will need luck as I will be towing 2 kids around traffic in LA,.  

Tootles.

Now that's a Vacation!

Ok, I'm back. Its been a while, I will admit. 4 years? In that time, I had me another baby. He's almost 4 now. Two kids certainly keep me busy. Now that I am back, I have lots to talk about. Like lots. Like I am so excited to write about all the things and voices going on in my head. (red or white? martini or vodka tonic? choices choices. I love America.) 

For starters, what is my little girl up to? Well, she is still at this modeling/acting thing. Shes a professional now. Joined the union, makes nice with her stage parents before an audition. She even pays her own taxes and accounting fees. She is 6 years old. Athletic build, 6 pack and dimples. A California girl born and raised. You know what I mean by that. She has shoulders like she can swim for endless. Thats what the kids here in So Cal have because of all the swimming we do year round. I was trying to pick her up one afternoon while she was laying down and her pants were sagging. And all I saw were abs. Abs, Abs Abs. She has got the gift from her father. And with her 1/4 Asian porcelain skin. You know if this acting thing doesnt pan out, I wonder when we should leave our agent and just hit up LA Models. Anyway....

 So yeah, we are like totally busy. Every week since 2015 we have been hitting an average of 1 audition a day. This has gotten me worried at first as I was scared of all the school she will be missing. But alas, the casting agents must all finally have kids and get that auditions must happen right afterscool and not at 10 am. So auditions have never been an issue. Work could be an issue. We have never booked mulptiple days for print, but we have 2x this year. That meant I had to yank her from school for 5 days each time. Shaggy? Oh the guilt. I grew up with strict parents who always always put education first. I taught her to read at 3 and I did pretty well with her academics. And here I was now...an Ugg wearing, Daisy Duke sporting Stage mom taking her kids out of Kindergarten AGAIN.

 Oh the shame I felt. A few asians work the front office at school and I felt so shameful for pulling her out and explaining to them. Notice how I used the workd shame 2x in my opening paragraph? Luckily for me, school is out very soon and I won't have to look at them in the eye and feel this way. Gotta run, Tae Kwon Do class calls....