So....I got fired from the bank on Friday. I've never gotten fired before. It's kind of a weird feeling. But most of all...I feel relieved. I'm not a bank teller. Well, at least not a very good one. I was great working with people and making them laugh and joking around with them. I was able to talk to almost everyone. But that's just it. I talked too much and it ended up getting me in trouble.
I can't help but see this as such a great opportunity. Finally I can be available for auditions. Finally I can get more of my projects done. Finally I can just take it a little easier (for now). Maybe it will help bring my stress level down.
So we'll see. I feel I'm on the verge of another big adventure.
I told the HR people, after they fired me, that I would thank them in my Oscar acceptance speech for firing me. Finally I can pursue what I love closer to full time.
Here's hoping!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
The Latest:
First off, I switched back my Twitter name.
You can find me here: http://twitter.com/JulisaLyn
I write this blog entry on a rare cloudy L.A morning. Irish Breakfast tea by my side and Miles Davis jazzing his way out my computer speakers.
Last night I was walking back to my car after going to see Roman Polanski's latest film "Ghost Writer". I really enjoyed myself. Had a very Hitchcock feel to it. I felt like I was watching a modern day classic movie - if that makes sense. Anyways, as I walked the rain covered pavement of Hollywood I heard Ella Fitzgerald crooning from some rooftop party and it was one of those moments where you love the very moment your in. The air was fresh after the rain, the city was actually a little quieter this Friday night, and Ella was the soundtrack to my life at that moment.
I've been trying to fight it, but I think I'm really enjoying living in Hollywood. There are times when you just feel like your at a big art camp. Everyone here is going for similar things. Most of us love the art of films and acting. We want to tell stories. I came here shouting loyalty to The Theatre, but I feel I've been somehow wooed by film making. I'm learning to appreciate the art of a well written script, smartly decided camera shots, subtle acting that catches your breath, and directors that have a story to tell in a simple beautiful way.
Of course there are those Hollywood blockbuster hits that make you feel like you just ate all the frosting off a cake and you feel a little sick afterwards...but there are so many film makers, actors, story tellers that want something deeper. I love discovering that.
I've started up a little museum going group. It started with me going to the Hammer museum on a whim a couple weeks ago. To have wonderful pieces of art so close at hand and not take advantage of it seems a shame and a waste. Leaving the museum I felt completely inspired to use what I saw in my improv, in my scenes, in my acting and writing, etc.
So I got a couple of friends together and we went to LACMA, saw Aztec sculptures (and by some odd chance got to share the experience with Diane Keaton), early American paintings, and a few other things. Last Sunday my friends and I celebrated Valentines day with our love of art, so we went to MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art). I don't think I've really gotten to experience art with friends that enjoy it as much as I do before. It brings a whole new light not just to you and how you view things, but discover how your friends view things as well. Seeing the art in friends is really great.
Renior is being displayed at LACMA now so I think that will be our next stop. Da Vinci will be at Getty in March.
I still have that feeling that something could happen and I would have to go home all of a sudden, so I make sure that I live every day to the fullest and take advantage of every opportunity before me.
I'll be starting classes at an acting studio in a couple weeks. I look forward to all it will teach me. The class will also help me get on the right track for becoming a working actor. I don't want to be a bank teller forever!
So many things are possible.
I like this feeling.
Shooting begins for Dear Hollywood in about 4 weeks. That is a great feeling too.
You can find me here: http://twitter.com/JulisaLyn
I write this blog entry on a rare cloudy L.A morning. Irish Breakfast tea by my side and Miles Davis jazzing his way out my computer speakers.
Last night I was walking back to my car after going to see Roman Polanski's latest film "Ghost Writer". I really enjoyed myself. Had a very Hitchcock feel to it. I felt like I was watching a modern day classic movie - if that makes sense. Anyways, as I walked the rain covered pavement of Hollywood I heard Ella Fitzgerald crooning from some rooftop party and it was one of those moments where you love the very moment your in. The air was fresh after the rain, the city was actually a little quieter this Friday night, and Ella was the soundtrack to my life at that moment.
I've been trying to fight it, but I think I'm really enjoying living in Hollywood. There are times when you just feel like your at a big art camp. Everyone here is going for similar things. Most of us love the art of films and acting. We want to tell stories. I came here shouting loyalty to The Theatre, but I feel I've been somehow wooed by film making. I'm learning to appreciate the art of a well written script, smartly decided camera shots, subtle acting that catches your breath, and directors that have a story to tell in a simple beautiful way.
Of course there are those Hollywood blockbuster hits that make you feel like you just ate all the frosting off a cake and you feel a little sick afterwards...but there are so many film makers, actors, story tellers that want something deeper. I love discovering that.
I've started up a little museum going group. It started with me going to the Hammer museum on a whim a couple weeks ago. To have wonderful pieces of art so close at hand and not take advantage of it seems a shame and a waste. Leaving the museum I felt completely inspired to use what I saw in my improv, in my scenes, in my acting and writing, etc.
So I got a couple of friends together and we went to LACMA, saw Aztec sculptures (and by some odd chance got to share the experience with Diane Keaton), early American paintings, and a few other things. Last Sunday my friends and I celebrated Valentines day with our love of art, so we went to MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art). I don't think I've really gotten to experience art with friends that enjoy it as much as I do before. It brings a whole new light not just to you and how you view things, but discover how your friends view things as well. Seeing the art in friends is really great.
Renior is being displayed at LACMA now so I think that will be our next stop. Da Vinci will be at Getty in March.
I still have that feeling that something could happen and I would have to go home all of a sudden, so I make sure that I live every day to the fullest and take advantage of every opportunity before me.
I'll be starting classes at an acting studio in a couple weeks. I look forward to all it will teach me. The class will also help me get on the right track for becoming a working actor. I don't want to be a bank teller forever!
So many things are possible.
I like this feeling.
Shooting begins for Dear Hollywood in about 4 weeks. That is a great feeling too.
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