In this place...

It's no exaggeration when they say that anything can happen.  About nine days into my contract here in LA, my new travel nurse friend Kristina asks if I want to go out to some bar in Melrose with her.  Sure, I say, what's the occasion?  Apparently a friend of her friend was having a birthday and she was making and an appearance because she's new in town and wanted to make friends.  Sounds like run of the mill social sitch, right?

No such thing in LA.  In LA, you go to birthday parties of casting directors.  Casting directors who are friends with other casting directors, whom may or may not be the recipient of your gin-laced confession that entertainment was your childhood fantasy and that you tried to move to New York both for the culture shock and the possibility of acting school, which seemed easy enough to hide from your friends and family until you figured out if you had any talent beyond the lead in your fifth grade production of Alice in Wonderland.  Which, of course, you had never said out loud to anyone until just then.

If he's an ass, he can laugh at you and tell you that the industry isn't hiring oompa loompas at the moment, which is what you would expect.  OOOOOR if he's a really good guy and will henceforth become a friend of yours, he will just say "Hey, why don't you go be a background actor for me?  You can try it out, see how you like being on set, and then go from there."

huh.  mmmmk.  "and what show is it that you cast for, good sir?"

right.

Friends and family, I am coming out of the show biz closet.  I am that girl, whom cannot see a great movie or theatre production without losing sleep at night, thinking, "Damn, I could do that." Previously, I had kept this all to myself, being too afraid of an industry so wrapped up in appearance and status.  I know I'm not Lucy Liu.  However, I'm also not that ugly asian girl you know, and even she has gained some notoriety in this looks obsessed part of the world.  Well, the time has come to chase another fear, and this time it's not as simple as jumping out of an airplane.  I have also come to the conclusion that I am no longer keeping secrets about my fantasies and wants, because you never know who might be able to help you, and my short time here has proven that stories are made from a series of human connections.

So I have been working as a background actor on Glee for the past six weeks.  I love being on set, I love learning the lingo, and I love soaking in everything I can about this industry.

I am registered with two casting agencies.  I have plans for acting school.  Commence the quarter life crisis.