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I'm Ready.

1/30/2013

Since my birthday is in January, I always start my New Year right after. I first rang it on on closing night of my show with oysters and champagne. I can DEFINITELY get used to that. I've decided to take it as a sign of things to come for 2013!

Now it's time to buckle down and use my successes of 2012 to push me even further. 2012 was great to me. I worked harder than ever before and did some amazing projects. Now all I want is MORE MORE MORE!! I'm ready to give it my all to GET it all. I'm ready.

I want to be FEARLESS.

I want to SPARKLE.

I want to SURPRISE everyone, including myself!

I will OWN YOU, 2013!

BRING IT.

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How a Concert became a Metaphor for My Life

7/3/2012

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If you receive my email updates, you know that I am kind of in love with a young up and coming musician named Ed Sheeran. (If you aren't receiving my email updates, why not?? They're fun!) I was lucky enough to see him in concert a few weeks ago. He's crazy talented live and while I realized I would have a good time, what I DIDN'T realize was how the entire process of seeing the concert would turn out to be a pretty apt metaphor for my life, particularly in regards to my career.

Bear with me here. I came up with this at 3am and it seemed incredibly deep at the time. Now that I've written it out, it seems a little silly, but I'm sticking by it. Because that's how I do.

Just as I have been inspired by talented actors, writers, and filmmakers which led me to the desire to be an actor myself, I was inspired by Sheeran's talent and desired to see him play live (told you it would be silly). It seemed impossible (tickets were sold out, scalpers were charging 6 times as much on Stubhub (I still don't know how that site is legal), I had no one to go with me), Just like sometimes it seems impossible that I will ever "make it" as an actor (the sheer number of people, the fact that I'm starting out so late in my life, questioning if I'm even good enough, etc).

But I didn't care- I wanted it, so I was going after it. I went to the venue in the hopes that maybe a concert goer would happen to have an extra ticket for me to buy at face value, but it turns out I didn't have to worry about that. They still had $20 tickets at the door- much easier than I expected (and cheaper since there was no ticketmaster fee)!

I have been trying to be more fearless as an actor lately. I have made phone calls to people, asked questions and for help, I've replaced certainty with curiosity (Certainty= "the concert is completely 100% sold out" or "this casting director doesn't have any roles for me". Curiosity = "What happens if I show up at the venue?", "What if the Casting Director's NEXT project has a role I'm right for?") I've been doing all of this and guess what? I'm not dead! Which ALREADY makes it easier than my heart palpitations would have led me to believe. That in and of itself makes it easier than I expected.

When I got to the concert, I looked around and was pretty sure I was the oldest person there that wasn't a parent- which is often how I feel at auditions and classes. But you know what? It didn't matter. I had what I wanted and I had an absolute BLAST. I enjoyed every second of it and gained a deeper respect for him as an artist.

Best Part? All the trouble I went through to get it made it all the better. Look!! I learned a lesson!

So, I guess I have no choice. I gotta keep at it until I make it. Oh, and friends, it will be sweet. I'm excited. :)

Thank you, Ed Sheeran and Bowery Ballroom. You've given me the silliest, yet incredibly apt metaphor ever.

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Dance like EVERYBODY is watching!

5/8/2012

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Confession time: I've been watching a lot of this adorable Australian TV show called Dance Academy lately. It's as if Center Stage and Degrassi had a baby in Australia. It pretty much hits every single one of my guilty pleasures. Also? The character of Kat is so freaking awesome.

Ahh Kat. Kat is made of everything good and awesome and wonderful in the world. Kat is bold and brave and fun. She takes risks. She is loyal as all hell. She is talented. She fights for what she believes in. She has awesome hair.

She's not perfect by any means. She makes a LOT of mistakes. She can be a bit rash. She doesn't always think before she acts. But there are often consequences to her poor decisions. She deals with them, picks herself up, and moves on to the next big adventure.

She has such confidence in herself and her beliefs. She is the embodiment of "What would you do if you knew you couldn't lose?"

Recently I began taking this course called The Actor's Business Breakthrough with Dallas Travers. It's all about making a Quantum Leap- taking not just your career, but your life to the very next level. And how does one do that? By being fearless. By doing the things that frighten you. By making strong choices and acting on it. By not being afraid to fail. By picking yourself back up after you make mistakes and carry on and try try trying again. By trusting yourself and your choices. Basically? By being Kat.

So for the next 8 weeks, that's what I'm sworn to do. I'm going to be an audacious, courageous, adventurous Australian chick with long blonde curly/wavy hair and neon clothes. Well, ok, maybe not the clothes. My NY sensibilities prevent me from wearing anything other than black, grey, and purple. But I may get highlights in my hair. And I will definitely be pushing myself far out of my comfort zone and taking risks.

Anyone else up for some adventures with me?

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I'm Ready.

How a Concert became a Metaphor for My Life

Dance like EVERYBODY is watching!

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