Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Since last we met...


March is just marchin' along! Better get a blog entry written before I lapse in my goal just a month in!

Since last we met, I did in fact have some visitors from Nebraska stop by this fair city. It was nice to have them here and visitors always create a bit of a "staycation" as you always end up seeing or doing things that you might not have otherwise. Case in point, I finally got to explore MOMA properly. The last time I went, I took a speedy "drive-by" tour in the last minutes of a Free Friday a few years ago - it was nice to take the time to actually see and absorb things this time! I also got to spend time meandering thru scripts at The Drama Book Shop. Normally when I go, I have no time to dilly dally so it was nice just to take my time to discover scripts new to me.

In other news, I said goodbye to a good chunk of my hair this month. I kept it long for a long time - partly because I knew a hair change would require a headshot change - but finally decided it was time to let go of the long locks. I don't regret changing my hair and am enjoying wearing dangly earrings again without them getting knotted up in my hair. Now they just swing freely! Next up, getting those headshots updated so I can properly submit for some more auditions!

Thankfully, in the meantime, I have people that know my work and cast me without a headshot. :) Case in point, I was asked to be a part of a reading of "goodness" by Sean Christopher Lewis at Theatre for the New City last week. It was nice to flex those acting muscles again, I only wish the playwright had been there as I was curious about his inspiration for the play.

I'm continuing to bake, bake, bake. Nibbles by Nora treats made an appearance at 3 different theatre venues this month and continue to be for sale at Cafe Via Espresso in Astoria. I've got plans in the works to create webisodes that combine my baking creations with a bit of my acting skills - how's that for a tease? And my goal is to have at least the first episode posted by May. Stay tuned.

On a "waxing philosophical" note, I've recently pondered the notion of whether or not this whole social networking thing is screwing up the space time continuum at all. (Heavy, I know... BTTF represent!)

Before Myspace, Facebook, etc - there was a natural ebb and flow of people that came in and out of your life. If a relationship ended, you wouldn't have to fret about protocol with relationship status or deleting the "friend" on Facebook. If you weren't in touch anymore, you weren't in touch and moved on.

Now it seems more and more people are "moving on" thru life with a humpback as they drag along those people that "back in the day" they would have left in memory but thanks to Facebook, doing so is a bit more complicated. Before Social Networking, people you met in passing, were just that and you didn't feel pressure to "accept" them as seemingly long term friends or then feel bad if you did decide that you didn't really want to know everything single detail about what's going on in their life and delete them.

Mind you, these sites can be helpful for networking and to keep in touch with those you want to know about that are many miles away but then there's that weird spy factor that comes into play. Why be in touch with the person directly when you can just check their wall? Much less complicated than scheduling a call or meeting up but yet, do we really know what's going on with that person based on what they decided to share with the Social Network world? Not really. A face to face or phone call with someone can tell you way more than a status post. As with email or text, the person that sends/posts the message can intend for an entirely different tone than what is interpreted by the reader and then you are keeping tabs on someone you are just speculating on. What's the point?

It's a weird thing. Thanks to the internet we have a bit of info overload but how much do we really know? Thus is my pondering for the month of March...