AwesomeBird

What's a sashiko quilt?

Keep the faith. It's not over til it's over.

Is that from Jesus Camp???

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WERD.

26. Wait, haha.. I just realized I AM 26. Damn, this has been a long year. I don't know what happened but every year of my 20's I felt so "old". You know that "I am not a child anymore, but I still feel like a kid and want to 16 forever" feeling. Then 26 came and I really realized 1) how young I am and how much freaking time I have left to live. That creeping urge to find success, find a husband, make money, make a name, have babies melted away. I think that's maturity. Not a change in attitude, or feeling of "adulthood", but realizing and understanding your place on this planet, and where you are in your life.

I graduated three years ago and did not even consider going to grad school. I have acted a lot since then. Plays, independent films, I've worked as a PA, assisted some A-listers on movie sets. I didn't really feel like I was getting anywhere and my feelings of boredom/ADD/unfulfillment led me to some soul searching that eventually kicked me in the head with the realization of "WHY THE HELL AREN'T TRYING TO GO BACK??" I loved school. Anyway, when I left undergrad what I really wanted to do was build my resume; something that's super important in this field. I did a pretty good job. Now it's time to take it to the next level. I'm still praying that's grad school... if not, I'm off to LA! My advice would be, no matter where you end up or what you end up doing, write every day. Or as often as you can at least. Keep working at it. It's important to know that just because you're not in school doesn't mean you are not in a place of learning. Be your own instructor, create your own assigments, and realize that it is our job as artists to be in constant progress. You'll do great; good luck!

I must've read over my SOP like 20 times before I submitted it, made sure it was "perfect", not a comma out of place... I read it NOW and catch all those seemingly microscopic mistakes and I'm like... WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THAT!! Just shows you what kind of state of mind you're in when you're under that kind of pressure. I read it SO many times... how did I not see that?? What seems dumb now must've made perfect sense at the time.

Elisa, what schools did you apply to last year? Do you remember around what time you heard back from them?

It's crazy expensive and right around the holiday time . I feel like I'm only now getting my finances back to normal. I feel like it's under 10 people for UCLA, but of course I could be wrong. I LOVED the UCLA audition process. They do such a good job at recreating what it would really feel like to work with them, and how it would feel for them working with you. You can see the appreciation for the casting process and how careful they are to, exactly, "build" the right team. Great program. I wonder how the URTA auditions compared to the private ones for UCLA. I had never considered URTA before, but I think if it doesn't work out this year I am defintely going to opt for them next year.

Hey! Congrats on your acceptance! May I ask to which program? I'm waiting on those two as well as UNC... USD I kind of expect a rejection, just because I know they are one of the more competitive of all the super competitive programs. I did that thing yesterday where you search to see if you can find any acceptances... I see one girl was accepted to UCLA on the 22nd! Which freaked me the EFF out because the last round of their auditions wasn't even a week before that. She is from Texas, which was their first round of auditions... so, what Im thinking is they admit/reject people from Texas, then people from NY, then Chicago, then Los Angeles. I am also wondering they will accept a guy/girl from each city.... wow. I really need to stop.

So... I'm realizing UNC's deadline for applications is in May.... and I cannot find ANYWHERE on the site that outlines when we should have a decision. I did hear from the department head after my audition and he said he would be in contact after 2/10, but since then... silence. I've been trying to fight the urge to contact the program because I know they're busy and don't want to be bothered. Have you heard anything?? I guess there's nothing to do but wait... but I'm having that freak out moment where I think "what if I don't contact them and they assume I'm not interested, or what if they forgot about me??" I know. I have to stop... but still.

Word.

Beautiful. Really.... I get you. I say this with the utmost sincerity... you should be an actor. For real.

Must. Stop. At least we haven't become a bundle of raging alcoholics... yet. Maybe if I become obsessive about my body it will ease the obsession of admissions... naaaah.

Ahahahahaha.

What surprised me... How much I enjoyed it. I remember making the decision to apply probably a little less than a year ago. Was a HUGE "if". Not expecting anything, "just putting it out there". I enjoyed the process so much that I pray it's just the beginning. Every day I pray. I never imagined I could want this as badly as I have come to.

I haven't had candy in a year... yesterday I went out and bought: a box of rasberry licorice, 1 container of assorted jelly beans, and.... gummy bears. One year.... I share your pain.

I know one movie that dude's been in .... Blast from the Past with Christopher Walken Christopher Walken was in Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp Johnny Depp was in Sweeny Todd with Helena Bonham Carter/Sacha Baron Carter Helena Bonham Carter/Sacha Baron Carter was in Les Mis with Anne Hathaway Anne Hathaway was in the Princess Diaries with Julie Andrews. Boom. Halle Berry, Meryl Streep

Example: I say: Kevin Bacon, Julie Andrews Then you say something like: Julie Andrews was in the Princess Diaries with Anne Hathaway Anne Hathaway was in The Dark Knight Rises with Christian Bale Christian Bale was in American Hustle with Jennifer Lawrence Jennifer Lawrence was in X-Men First Class with Kevin Bacon. Then you give two new names (Kevin Bacon doesn't really have to be one of them) : Denzel Washington, Bill Murray Anybody....?