A Fifteen Minute Post

I'm tired of looking at that last post about the shooting that trapped our car, so since I have fifteen minutes here I'm gonna throw something down!

We did get our car back, safe and sound. Our biggest worry was that it would be ticketed or towed since we didn't know when street sweeping day was on that street.

I'm still deciding which of my headshots are my favorites (AKA which I'll use for auditions). I'm pretty much sick of looking at my own face. As soon as I look at a photo for too long all I see are the flaws, which leaves me eventually hating every photo, one by one.

Chad and I, inspired by our soon-to-be-first-time-marathoner cousin Kristen, have decided to run another half marathon! We found a really affordable one in Camarillo (about an hour away) in October. Our training starts in two weeks! After that I want to run either the Pasadena or Los Angeles full marathon (if we can afford it.)

And to finish this 15-minute post, here is a picture of a bearcat. I only post it because it makes me giggle. He looks like an R.O.U.S!

Carless

At least temorarily... As we got out of our acting class today this is the scene that greeted us:

It looks like there was a domestic distrubance that escalated into gunfire, and two people were injured. There were black and whites absolutely everywhere, and a S.W.A.T truck, shutting down three blocks. Here's a link to the article on KTLA.

We realized quickly that our car was parked essentially right in front of the building where the shooting took place, and were informed by a nice LAPD officer that it would be 4 - 12 hours before we could get it out.

So that sucks.

But thankfully our friend and classmate Jeff was still close by and gave us a ride home, saving the day. Thanks Jeff!

So it looks like now we will find out what it is like to be carless in LA - at least for the next 24 hours!

New Headshots

I had a headshot session this past weekend, and I think it went... alright. The jury in my mind is still out. Chad says they are good, but he's married to me and has to deal with the repercussions of telling me otherwise. :)

Here's a sample of what came out of the camera, and a link to the "best of" that I'm choosing from. These are completely unfinished, no retouching or anything yet so please don't laugh too hard.

See the whole set here: http://picasaweb.google.com/lindsaywevans/HeadshotsAM

Your comments are openly solicited!

A good week

Busy week!

Full of good busy things: haircut, dentist appointment, four mile run, a nice hike with Chad & our friend Jarred, great class with Paul, capped off by my first audition through my commercial agent!

The latter was for a bank in Norway, and it was the easiest, quickest audition I've ever had. I mean, how hard is it to say your name and get your photo taken? But it feels good to know they're getting me out there. And hopefully I'll be getting out much more once I get my new . . .

. . .Headshots! Which are scheduled for tomorrow! Pretty exciting. And nerve wracking. But I'm trying to be relaxed about it in the hopes that that translates into good pictures. Of course I will post a few here when I get them back. I have high hopes for these ones... Headshots are tricky, expensive business. But a necessary evil. Because it doesn't matter how good you are if you can't get in the door - and I'm not satisfied with my getting-in-the-door track record.

On a completely unrelated note: why is office coffee so bad? I'm tempted to bring my own french press to work... I think Folgers crystals would almost taste better.

Happy Friday!

10 on 10 :: May

I made a movie, kind of.

In case there was any doubt as to how crazy we are about our kitties, here is hard evidence.

Primly Seated

Busy days upon busy days around here, though this has been the first week in a while that I've had some down time at home - both by myself and with Chad. I definitely needed a bit of both. With the crush of rehearsals and performances and work and the ever present "what next?"-factor I had been feeling very disconnected. But I'm getting back to myself, and I'm feeling really good about the present and the future, and some specific things that are taking shape artistically and personally and career...ly. More on that as things develop. Things are always 'developing' here... Now if only they would go ahead and 'happen'! Which reminds me of a quote I stole from my acting teacher, Paul Kampf: "It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things." -Leonardo da Vinci

My Sister in This House is going really great, and we have good reviews in the LA Weekly, LA Times and Backstage West. The most descriptive they have gotten specifically about my performance is in the Backstage article - Darrin and I are described as "primly seated" at the side of the stage. That kind of makes me laugh, but in reality it makes sense - we've always said that if we do our jobs well the audience will forget we are even there! Thankless work, but I really enjoy it. I wouldn't trade this experience for anything.

We did get some sad news this week - Chad's grandmother, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday morning. She was 92 years old, and lived a long and healthy life filled with people she loved, and who loved her right back. I can only hope for so much! We'll all miss her sweet, gentle spirit, but take great comfort that she is resting in peace with the Lord.

Chad and Grandma - on our wedding day in 2004.

Wishing you all a wonderful week, filled with the ones you love. Cherish them always!