Okay I admit it I am a FanGirl

Today a friend of mine sent a link to an online auction thinking that now that I have a semi steady job I might be interested in bidding on a few things. The prize being auctioned that she felt I would like was lunch on the set of Stargate Atlantis with Joe Flanigan. When I looked at the site it was going for over $3,500 which is just a tad over my price range. Especially considering 1. I would have to go to Vancouver BC to claim my prize and 2. I would really rather work on the set of Stargate Atlantis as an actress and have his respect rather than pay to have him eat lunch with me.

Be that as it may - the website housing the auction was very interesting it is called www.charitybuzz.com. Now since Ms. Susie works with several charitable organizations I brought the website to her attention thinking that it would be a good idea to get some of the organizations that she works with involved. She quickly agreed and then asked how I found out about it. I came clean about my being a fangirl of Stargate Atlantis and Mr. Flanigan. (Who I realize is married with 3 children).

They all thought it was rather cute and have bin kinda ribbing me about it all day.

Though I know that we all spent quite a bit of time playing on the Charity Buzz website to see what goodies are up for grabs.

A Working Monday

I usually work for Ms. Susie two days a week - Tues and Thurs. But since this is her first day back from Vacation there was a lot of things to catch up on so I opted to come in today. Also, it is very good for the pocket book.

I also joined Facebook today. I like MySpace and have been active on it for quite some time but some people like Facebook better. The thing for me is that it is a networking tool and the more I can get my name out into the universe the better.

Tonight was the last of the Cold Cuts reading series for this year. I really haven't been going the past couple times for several reasons. Some of the people were a little "cool" but I guess that is to be expected in this rather fickle business.

I just seem to gravitate more to where I feel wanted and appreciated and though I love and support Cold Cuts and the whole theater group they just don't seem to NEED me as much as some other places.

Perfect Sunday

When I got up this morning I felt better than I have in ages. I have been having this lingering cough that did not seem to want to ever go away. I never really was sick sick just felt low energy and the cough just drove me crazy.

I feel great today and have lots of energy. Yea!!!

I decided to add a new thing to Sunday's. Usually it is my day for spiritual and self-help types of study. But I have decided to add to the mix a couple of hours of self improvement in the more practical sense. Things like playing with hair styles, make-up techniques and home decorating.

I started out by spending a little time reading my back issues of In-Style for ideas then went to the local drug store where I got a new curling iron and some new make-up.

In the afternoon I headed into Manhattan to catch a concert. A couple weeks ago I got an invite to go to a concert. The performer is one of the young men that I work with at one of my "temp" jobs. First of all I had NO idea he was a musician so of course I was eager to go to see this "other" side of his life.

I was figuring that he was probably fairly good but I was surprised to find out just how good he is. He played the Mozart Sonata in B Flat.

After the concert some of us went over to his apartment for a champagne toast to the man of the hour. He has a lovely apartment on the upper West Side. He has two fireplaces no less. Really had a wonderful time.

The picture above is of Jim when he was a little younger.

Beautiful Saturday

Such a beautiful day out.

After doing my morning reading and catching up on Career busy work I headed into the city for some "Park Time". As in Central Park.

Have you guessed yet that my favorite place to be on a nice warm sunny day is in a park?

On my way to the park I stopped by the Borders at Columbus Circle and picked up the latest Stargate Magazine and the book The Actors Menu.

Of course the first thing I read in the park was the Stargate Magazine because it had an article about Joe Flanigan. It really was a great article and I really enjoyed reading it. He really seems to have a good head on his shoulders. And of course we can't ignore the fact he is a vary handsome guy.

Day Off

Wish I could say that I did great things today since I had the day off from having to "BE" someplace. But not really.

Hung out with my cat. Did laundry a little house cleaning. Did some career study. Worked on my career database and then when the mail came with my next disc from NetFlix - watched the next four episodes of 6 Feet Under.

I decided not to go to the New York ComicCon this weekend because there were only two panels that I kinda was interested in and $40 dollars was just a little bit to much for one panel. (There was one on each day. To see both would have been $95). I would rather save my money and go to a convention where I can see members of the cast of Stargate Atlantis.

Student Filming

Today I went into Susie's office for half a day. Just did some organizational things since she is going to be back from vacation next week and I wanted to make sure I had MY act together before I start taking on her projects again.

I got a call for an American Express commercial that is shooting tomorrow and Saturday. About an hour later the casting agency called me back to say that the AmEx people had changed the "scope" of the commercial and I was no longer needed. They were extreemly apologetic about it. I was sorry to loose the gig but I understand that these things happen. So it looks like I will end up with tomorrow off.

Then it was off to NYU to work on the Student Project Over//Loaded. This was a very interesting project using the Tisch three camera television studio as well as blue screen technology. I played the part of a mother who try's to get through to her son by talking to him through the video screens that he is constantly watching. George the writer/director/student is very nice and had assembled a very interesting and diverse cast for his project.

We talked about the project and rehearsed it for about an hour. Then took a break while they set up the studio.

George was very considerate in that he got pizza for his cast memebrs. Not all students are that thoughtful so it was much appreciated.

The students are only supposed to have two hours in the studio to film their projects and unfortunately George was the last one to film today. The project ahead of him had a very imaginative and complicated set that took quite a bit of time to take down after they had finished which unfortunately spilled over into Georges time. When we finally got ready to film we only had an hour left of George's alotted time to complete the project. There was one small part that he didn't get coverage on but we did a pretty good job on trying to get it all done in one take per shot.

I really liked his idea and he was nice to work with so I hope that he got everything he needed to get his vision accros.

Run Around Day and Another Seminar

Today I did quite a few errands.

First off was a trip to the store Enchantments on East 9th Street to pick up some candles for myself and a friend. I used to love Enchantments but now most of the people that I knew there are gone. Also, they just don't have the inventory that they once did. The only things that I get there anymore are the figure candles and other generic candles for spells. I don't really get any oils, incense or pre-made spell candles there because I don't know the people anymore. I don't know their energies so I don't feel comfortable with using the items for my spells.

I guess the good part of that is that I have to learn to make them for myself or order them from the people that I do know and trust.

I find it so sad that the Pagan community in the New York Metropolitan area can't keep a bricks and mortar store in business in Manhattan. We have lost Morgana's Chamber, Other Worldly Waxes as well as a few others. Enchantments IS trying and I give them kudos for that but it just isn't what it used to be.

So after picking up my Magickal supplies I headed over to Drama Book Shop for my Career supplies. Basically in the shape of the Clear-Vu Envelopes for submissions. I think these are a great tool to send Headshots and Resume's to casting directors and agents and other Entertainment professionals. It saves them time and energy which in a busy office can only be a good thing. So I picked up 50 of them which should keep me supplied for a while. I hope.

By then there was just enough time to hi-tale it over to Actors Connection for my Seminar with Angela Mickey from Liz Lewis Partners Casting.

She casts Indy Film and commercials mostly. She works with both Union and Non-Union people and does call in people that she meets at seminars. She likes going to theater and will go to staged readings if she has the time.

She likes people who are prepared, business like, polite and pro-active.

She told us that she started out at Liz Lewis Casting as a receptionist and moved her way up. (A good reminder to always be nice to the front office person since you never know where they will be in a couple of years.)

At my private session with her I read an Alpo Dog Food Commercial which she told me was a good choice for me since I played up the comedy in the dialogue.

She was so nice and positive in her approach to the business and to meeting people. She really was a joy to talk to.

Another very positive experience. I just hope one or all of these people call me for an audition sometime in the near future.

This will be my last seminar until next month. Both for financial and time reasons. I really did enjoy them and I think I got a lot of good information and ideas from them. Yea.

Working Tuesday

Today I went into my "day job". You know the one that actually pays the rent until this acting career thing takes off! Though unlike most day jobs in the past I actually LIKE this one. This one connects to me on a whole bunch of levels. I love the lady I work for (and not just because she supports my career), for the most part I like the work (research and some admin assist) and she works for good causes that support Humanitarian Rights, HIV/AIDS Organizations in South America and Education among others.

Miss Susie isn't in the office today she is still in Vacation in Florida with her family. So I did a little admin. work that needed to be done. Filing (which I don't really like), and just some general organizational stuff. I will only charge her for half the day. I figure since I can only work half a day on Thursday due to filming that 1/2 day today and then 1/2 day on Thursday will make one day and then a full day on Friday will complete my 2 days for this week. Besides, since Thursday will be Susie's first day back in the office it will probably be just getting things organized and updates on projects.


The rest of the day I worked on my things. Letters to send with Headshots and getting several packages ready to send.

I sent off a couple of packages on the way home. I am so happy that I already had stamps for the envelopes and none of them had to be weighed. The Post Office was a zoo.

The rest of the evening was rather laid back. Did some study reading, worked on my lines and watched a couple of episodes of Stargate: Atlantis - Season 1.


I am really happy with how much I am getting done.

Low Energy Monday

Today is a kind of low energy day. Didn't get up as early as I wanted to. I had also planned to do laundry today but didn't manage to get that done either.

But on the positive side worked on my script for Over//Loaded and have them all basically memorized.

Read again the chapter in the Working on Industrials book that talked about camera angles. I am thinking that George is probably going to do most of this in medium shots or close-ups. Worked with the script a little in front of the mirror. It is rather hard for me to keep my head "still" when talking which is a problem in close-ups. So working on that.

Watched the Dr. Who episode "Voyage of the Damned". Many things to love about this episode. David Tennant is quickly becoming my favorite Doctor. I love how the writers are making The Doctor more three dimensional. Also, what a treat to see Geoffrey Palmer and Clive Swift on Dr. Who. I have loved watching these actors on various Brit shows for years.

Above is a picture of my wonderful kitty Aengus taking a nap in my old wooden Salad Bowl. The bowl has a crack in it but I still keep it to put in fruit that doesn't need to be kept refrigerated. But it is a little on the empty side at the moment so he decided to use it.

Yup, I need to go to the store as well.

Audition and Lion King

On Sunday I auditioned for a student film at NYU called Over//Loaded. I was supposed to have met with the Director on Friday but we somehow got our wires crossed and didn't meet.

The basic premise is a young man sits in a room surrounded by tv screens, his mum, his girl friend and a friend try to pry him away from the screens and reconnect with real life again. I auditioned for the part of the mum.

This is going to be done this coming Thursday in their three camera studio. He is going to use blue screen to get the illusion of the live people being on screen in front of the projected picture.

The audition turned out to be perfect in the fact that George hired me on the spot for the role. That's just the way I like it. No fuss, no muss. I took the script with me as I left. Lines to learn but the dialogue flows easily so should be easy to memorize.

Nice way to start the day.

Headed back up to Time Warner to take pictures of the Lion King exhibit. See above. Rather nicely done. I haven't seen the Broadway version, well to tell the truth I don't think I have even seen all of the movie. Frankly I don't think there are any parts for me so it is fairly low on the list of things to see. I really did like seeing the costumes and reading about how they do some of the illusions for the stage. I also really like that Julie Tamor in doing the staging uses the costumes to enhance the actors not totally cover them up.

When I got home I watched the Movie Troy with Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, and Peter O'Toole. Okay must say they sure played with the story. The Trojan War took years this made it seem like about two weeks. Playing a little fast and furious with the story here aren't we?????

Though I have to admit that Brad Pitt is one handsome guy and very pleasing to watch.

The Trojan Horse left lots to be desired. They couldn't see through that???? It looked rather shoddy in my book and quite obviously not what it was supposed to be and why it didn't fall apart from the beach to the city of Troy is beyond me. Also, if Orlando says to burn something - burn it - it will save you lots of trouble in the long run people.

Thought it was cute that Orlando (Paris) ended up with a bow and arrow again. Channeling Legolas are we???

I did like the production quality. And really it was good for what it was and enjoyable in an eyecandy pretty pictures kind of way.

I enjoyed Peter O'Toole but then again I always do and he was interesting to watch as Priam. But were was Hecuba??? Where was Cassandra????

I will be interested in seeing the "Making of" DVD.

Saturday Seminar

Doing some catch up - since there is much to tell and quite a few photos I will back date these entries to the correct day. Gads I so need to get the internet at home.

Saturday, started with a another Seminar at Actors Connection. Today's was with commercial agent Doug Keston with Paradigm. The first thing that struck me when I first saw Doug was just how much he resembled my friend Page. (Which reminds me that I need to e-mail Page and see if we can arrange a time to get together and catch up.)

Back to the Seminar - Doug was very informative about how he works and about the current state of the commercial business in general. He noted in answer to another attendees question that commercial work usually picks up in an economic downturn because advertisers believe they need to do more to get people to spend their money. I guess that bodes well for getting more commercial work in the coming months. He also said that advertising agencies are looking more for new faces which is why he likes to freelance.

Some pointers he gave for booking commercial work.

1. Be comfortable with who you are as a person. That is who they want to see - a real person.
2. Be able to think fast on your feet. - Many commercials are not as scripted as they were in he past therefore you need to be able to react more to scenarios than to script.
3. Trust your instincts - be willing to try things - be spontaneous - make daring but appropriate choices and most importantly bring into he audition, call back and project your sense of fun.
4. Don't try to second guess what they want. The advertisers often don't know exactly what they are looking for all the time so your take on the commercial might just be what they end up wanting.

After the Q&A Doug and I had a mini interview. We mostly talked about my background. About being from Oregon and some of the things that I have been doing. Another person who was very supportive of my doing extra work to learn the business.

He also really liked my Headshots.

He seemed open and interested and said that he would keep his eye out for things that I would be right for.

Hope so since I get the feeling that I would really like working with him. (And not just because he so closely resembles Page.)

On my way out of the building, on the Elevator I ran into some guys who were there working on their album. After a quick hello, one of them said that he thought they had found the person they were looking for for their music video. I told them that I had worked on a Vampire Weekend and a Burn and Cry Video. They said great and asked if I had my Headshot with me. I did of course. As we got to the lobby one of the guys produced a pen and asked if I would autograph it. Of course I did. Such fun. Although I don't know if I will ever hear from them it was VERY flattering.

Since it was such a lovely day out - I think it might have even gotten close to 70 degrees - my camera and I took a walk up to Central Park. I love Central Park especially in the Spring. See pictures above.

One of the pictures is of the tree that I named Hern. He hasn't awoken from his winter nap yet. He is always one of the later ones to bud and come to life in the Spring. Anyway, he is a rather special tree to me since this is the tree that is the keeper of the spirits of my kitties that have passed away since I came to New York. When one of my fur-kids dies I clip a bit of their fur and give it to Hern for save keeping. So Hern is the place that I go to "visit" - Tasha, Tearsie, Tiger, Star, Sergei, and Merlin.

On my way home I passed by the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle. They are having a tribute to the 10 years of the Lion King on Broadway. Some costumes and other neat things. I will come back tomorrow to take pictures.

These evening I watched the DVD of the first 3 episodes of Six Feet Under again. Alan Ball in the commentary had pointed out some scenes of Francis Conroy's that I wanted to see again. In the Pilot when she hears that her husband was killed and destroys the kitchen and then again at the funeral. I of course noticed them before but after hearing his commentary about them I wanted to really look at them and they are indeed amazing. How completely raw the emotion is and how freely she expresses it. Learned quite a bit as an actress from watching these scenes several times.

Well all for today!

Seminar & Hot Water

I will start off with the Seminar from last night. I met with Christine Kromer who works with Alexa Fogel Casting. Very nice and personable even though she was under the weather with a bit of a cold.

The first part was a Q&A where Christine told us a bit about her past and what she is working on now. I found one of the Pilots that she said that she was working on particularly interesting. It is called "The Philanthropist" and the Logline is: After the tragic death of his child, a man becomes the world's first vigilante philanthropist.

Okay, I work for a lady who IS a philanthropist. Trying to figure out what could be "vigilante" about what she does is not coming readily to mind. So I am extremely curious.

Christine has the basic normal pet peeves: Be on time, be prepared, spell her name right that sort of thing.

She likes the theater and goes as often as she can. She likes people to keep in touch via postcards.

For the other part of the seminar we were paired up to do cold copy for her to see. I was paired with a very nice young lady who has just graduated and is starting out on the audition circuit. I think her name was Andrea (I really need to get better at remembering names).

Our scene from a Situation Comedy Pilot called "Pepper" that Christine had cast. The pilot wasn't picked up but she liked the script.

The reading went well and Christine said that we did a good job with the scene. Situation comedy scenes still kind of through me a little since I don't know if I should be "natural" or be "over the top". I played this one natural and Christine laughed at a couple of places so I guess I made the right choice.

We then talked for a few minutes where I told her that I had worked background on The Black Donnelly's and M.O.N.E.Y both projects that she had cast. Also, that I did a lot of theater but I was interested in moving up into larger parts in film and TV.

So we will see.

When I got home I watched the first part of the Six Feet Under Pilot with commentary.

Okay, I LOVE commentaries. I think they are great learning tools. Some of course are better than others but most of the time I feel like I learn something either about acting or the filming process in some way. On some DVD's for episodic television shows they even show some of the original auditions of the actors who got the parts, Lost and Dark Angel come to mind as having good ones. Very good to watch and to see how the people approached the auditions.

Anyway back to Six Feet Under. I learned that Four of the lead actors came from NY Theater. One Michael C. Hall was sort of plucked right off the stage of the Broadway production of Cabaret. This series was his first time in front of a camera and he got his SAG card with the pilot. Very interesting. It also reminded me of something that Christine said tonight at the Seminar. When asked about going to LA for pilot season she said that the best thing would be to wait until someone asked you to go to LA for a particular project. Let them pay the bill for you to travel or something to that effect. This just proved the point. Even though it was shot on the West Coast many of the actors were actually cast on the East Coast from the Theater.

On another continuing subject I FINALLY have hot water again. Yipeeeeee!!!!! I turned on the faucet expecting the same old cold water that I have had for the past two months and to my surprise actual HOT water came out.

This morning I had my first real shower in it seems like ages. Felt so good and I really feel clean again. I mean I did my best with the bottles and heating the water on the stove by it really never feels the same. Also the luxury of washing my hair, putting on conditioner and cleaning the bod all at the same time - priceless. I admit I stayed in the shower much longer than I usually do but I think I can be forgiven. I also immediately put all of my bottles in the recycling bin. So happy to see them go.

I have another audition this afternoon for a Student film and then another seminar tomorrow. I also submitted myself for a couple of possible background jobs today that are for Sunday and Monday.

I don't know if I will be able to post again for the next couple of days. I will try to post by text message but I don't know how that will really turn out. So anyway have a great weekend and I would love a comment or two.

Thurs. April 10

I run out of clever titles esp. for day to day stuff.

Didn't get the Verizon Print Job that I was up for. Kind of a bummer but I am not horribly upset about it. I have done quite a few Verizon Network commercials of late so I don't mind missing one now and again.

Also, I signed up a little while ago for a seminar tonight at Actors Connection by Christine Kromer of Alexa Vogel Casting. I haven't done any of these seminars for quite some time due to my emberresment over how old my headshots were. Now that I have new ones there is nothing to stop me. So I am glad that I didn't have to cancel it.

I went into the office of my "regular" job today to see if there was anything that I needed to catch up on. I hadn't been here since Tuesday of last week since I was working at one of the other companies that I sometimes temp at. There wasn't really all that much that I needed to do and the lady I work for is on vacation until next week so I spent most of the day catching up on some of my stuff that I still needed the internet for. (I have got to get internet at home - next month for sure).

Sent out the first batch of my April Newsletters which I had to convert to a .pdf file to send out. I love pdf factory one of the best things EVER invented.

Did some filing and mailing for Ms. S. (my lady)and sent out my packets of Headshots from yesterday.

Really feeling like I am sort of together with everything for the first time in a long time. (Except for the Hot Water issue of course but that ball is not in my court at the moment.)

Hopefully I will start getting lots of calls for auditions from my new headshots.

Well I will let you know about the Seminar tomorrow.

Waiting for .........The Plumber

Okay, today I stayed at home waiting for "The Plumber". Felt rather like Waiting for Godot for a bit there.

I was assured by my landlord last night that the plumber would come by sometime today. He also dropped by this morning to get my phone number -he didn't have it???? - so that if there was a problem and the plumber wasn't coming he could let me know so I wouldn't be stuck here ALL day for nothing. Big improvement over the last two times.

At around 1:30 pm the plumber shows. He makes sure that there is indeed a problem by running water in my kitchen, bathroom, and shower and yes indeedy there isn't any hot water. He then goes to the Hot Water heater and comes to the conclusion that everything is fine on that end so he is rather stumped for a moment. He asks me how long I have had the problem and I say ever since the new tenants on the 2nd floor fiddled with things before moving in. This sends him off again. All the time of course my water is running full force out of the faucets in my kitchen and bathroom. Water conservation is not a big thing with this guy. All of a sudden the water goes off completely. He comes in and says something like "I thought so." and disappears again. The water comes back on and he returns. He says that when the people renovated they obviously re-routed some of the plumbing so that the hot water that is supposed to come down to me is actually going to them. NICE! He then says that he needs to figure out how to fix this and that he "will get back to me." and leaves. That's it I don't hear from him for the rest of the day.

Now I have a question. As a landlord for a building you let a new tenant hire someone to come in and fiddle with the plumbing and don't at least have your regular plumber check out that they are not screwing something UP???????

So after looking forward to actually being able to have a nice hot shower tonight and wash my hair it is not to be. I washed my hair AGAIN in the sink with water heated up on the stove and took a "bath" with water again heated up on the stove and put in plastic bottles so I could have the illusion that I was at least semi clean.

This is getting to be pathetic. Landlord is NOT getting the rest of the rent until I have hot water and if it goes till next month well he might get even less than half.

I did get quite a lot done though. I got several packets together of my Headshots to send to agents and managers that I have been freelancing with. Updated my Pro-Talent program with upcoming auditions and contacts. Also got some studying done.

Been reading a very interesting book on acting in Industrials which is something I haven't really pursued yet. I like that it talks a lot about camera angles and how best to position your body for the different angles. Good to know for any film work.

With the mail came my next selections from Netflix. The movie Troy with Brad Pitt and the first disk of the TV series 6 Feet Under.

Troy I will probably watch on Friday night.

Started watching 6 Feet Under (never got to see it when it originally aired - no cable).

I really liked the pilot esp. the fake commercials that they had in it. Very quirky. I also liked that they had a lot of people like me in it. I mean of course real looking people who are over 45 and weigh more than 100 lbs. I think I am going to enjoy this series.

Well that's about all for today. Thanks for reading.

Did you see me on?????

New Amsterdam



Damages: Pilot

These are two shows that I worked on earlier this year. The first image is from the new series New Amsterdam. Which I have been watching and really enjoying by the way. I think Nilolaj Coster-Waldau is a real cutie. Though my heart still belongs to Joe Flanigan of Stargate:Atlantis. But hey, I am just a fan girl at heart.


The second picture is from Damages starring Glenn Close. This scene was from the Pilot. Ms. Close is phenominal to watch on set. I admire her so much. This is a very interesting show that I highly recommend. It is NOT your usual lawyer in NYC type show. Lots of interesting twists and turns.

Vampire Weekend PSA

A little while back I did a Vampire Weekend PSA that has been playing on MTV.

This is a great group of guys that I loved working with.

New Headshots and Asundry Items

Hello -

Remember me? My name is Madalyn and this is my blog. I used to write here off and on - well usually more off than on and I am sorry to say that I really haven't been blogging for quite a while so maybe you have forgotten me. I hope that you haven't totally given up on me. Well I am here and I want to really get down to some serious blogging.

I just got new headshots done. I am so happy with them. They were done by Michelle Hannay here in New York. She was wonderful to work with and a really had fun at the shoot.
If anyone is interested in her contact information shoot me an e-mail and I would be glad to pass it on.

So now that I have new pictures I have been busy updating all of the actor casting web pages that I am a part of, as well as every agent, manager, and casting director I have ever met.

Also, just finished revamping my web page - I know finally. It has been ages since I have had the time and access to a computer that I can upload the editing software on. Even today it was still a bit of a hassle since the computer I am working on is a bit slow and the software crashed on it about 5 times before I eventually got the first page re done, the photos uploaded, my "What's New" page done and my new "Ask me a question" page formatted. I am so hoping that I can get an internet connection out to my apartment either this month or next month. That would solve a whole ton of issues.

Oh, speaking of my apartment. I haven't had hot water in my apartment now for close to 2 months. I am becoming a master at boiling water and filling plastic bottles to take a shower. Fortunately I can wash my hair in my kitchen sink. Now I must say that part of the fault is mine. What with acting gigs and my part time job I just haven't been at home that much. Though the times that I have made it a point to be home at my landlords request no one has come. Of course no one told me that the plumber wasn't coming afterwords or came and found out that he needed some part or whatever. I just sat (well read, worked on my computer and played with my cat) all day and still no hot water.

Well, this month I only paid half of my rent telling my landlord that he would get the rest of it when I had hot water. Well, that seems to have gotten some action. My landlord showed up at my door last night claiming that he thought it had been fixed. After of course checking my shower and bathroom and kitchen sinks he found out that indeed there is no hot water to be found unless I am boiling it on the stove. Sooo the upshot of this whole thing is the plumber is coming tomorrow. So I will be home a-waiting.

Other than that as I said I have been sending out my new headshots. I have a couple of auditions lined up that I have gotten as a result of those.