I had a fantastic weekend being super busy on Saturday with a photoshoot, (with the incredibly talented John Minchillo for his upcoming photography book) – we froze our arses off standing on a street in the Village at 10am taking photos of me pulling stupid faces – followed by hosting the pub crawl (www.bakerloo.org for more information on the Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl), a recording of a podcast as publicity for my upcoming show, then a rehearsal where we ran lines, ate Chinese takeaway and I tried not to fall asleep on my friend Amy’s couch. Sunday was a heady mix of a lie in, catching up on 30 Rock episodes, a rehearsal, and an evening watching the Oscars.

I was also dead proud of myself for walking up to a total stranger in Starbucks on Saturday and asking to audition for their film – I had overheard a group of people talking about location scouting and stuff so I summoned up a bit of courage and got his card. It’s hard to do but I knew I would regret not trying, and at least if they are rude or you make a fool of yourself, you are likely to never see them again so what do you have to lose?

One day, I’ll earn a living doing all the things I did this weekend, and then I will have the most perfect life. Until then…back to the day job. Ho hum.

Well, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel with all my shows…two have come and gone, one has opened and will just need a couple of brush-ups before the full run in March, and the last one is headed into its final week of rehearsals before we open (gulp!) next Friday. I’m especially proud of it because I co-wrote it – the first time I’ve done so professionally. I hope people like it because we are really proud of it, but I’ve realised how hard it is to have perspective on something you have written. Fingers crossed, not shit. Oh, and here’s the awesexy photo for the show:

The Dysfunctional Guide

Yeah, we’re hot.

Link to show: www.dysfunctionaltheatre.org

I’ve finally succumbed to a winter bug. I was very proud of my immune system for fighting off various different colds, coughs and flus that were floating around my day job and every cast of the four shows I am currently doing (actually, two just closed so I’m down to two now!), but I finally got so tired that I think my body gave up fighting them all off. I’m now drowning in supplements and hot drinks, but fortunately I’m pretty quick to bounce back from illnesses, so a day and a half at home in the warm has seen me back to at least a working version of myself.

However, I’m not managing to catch up on all the sleep I really need. Biggest challenge is waking up on time in the morning even when I’ve gone to bed early the night before. I’ve been going non-stop, 7 days a week for over a month and I still have a month of it left before all my shows are done (and I start rehearsing ANOTHER show pretty soon after that), and it’s finally taking a toll on me. I’d love nothing more than to spend a week lying around my house, reading a book and watching crap on TV. Hopefully all this work will pay off soon and I’ll have a swish voiceover gig that involves working for 4 hours a week. I can dream, right?