So from Oklahoma to Tampa, Tampa back to Oklahoma (with the addition of a pretty fantastic guy) and then to NYC, my life has been all over the place the past few years. I basically had everything planned out until this point. I knew I was going to go to collge, preferably somewhere out of state. I knew I was going to move to NYC eventually after college (or atleast desperately hoped that would happen), and I knew I wanted to make my duckets by singing and dancing (that's where the part about me being Nuts comes in). But once I got to NYC, I had NO idea what was going to happen. nd let's be honest there have been less than pleasant nights where I've gotten pretty worried and sad etc... because I felt like I was NUTS for doing this.
The really frustrating part comes when I try to apply for a job... or ANYTHING that doesn't involve singing/dancing/theatre, cause well, let be honest, I'm just... well, not qualified. (But in my defense I'm a quick learner).
example #1: I walked into a restaraunt yesterday and said "Hi, are you hiring" and he said, "Sure, just give me your name and number" Then the manager piped in in his NY accent and said "Wher'd you wherk before" and I said "In a restaraunt in Oklahoma" and he just laughed and said "Well, I'ts a different wo'ld up here missy"...... people suck.
On a happy note! Ive been in the city just about a month now and have experience a multitude of awesome things. Let's cover a few:
-Awesome Thing # 1: My first audition was for the Broadway Show, The Little Mermaid, just a dancer call, but they actually saw the non-equity people. It was great fun and I couldn't stop smiling by the end of it!
-# 2: (more funny than awesome) I regressed back to my cheerleading days and was invited to audition for a Pontiac NCAA commercial... we had to make up a cheer with a partner... when I walked into the room there were a bunch of girls in cheer uniforms, tiny cheer shorts with mid-drifts showing annnnd I basically just wanted to leave. It's not that I didn't enjoy that part of my life, but it's over and that's truly for the best. Trust me. BUT the stupid commercial would have paid 1200 bucks, so knowing that I gladly tucked my pride away and cheered my little heart out (cheesy smile and spirit fingers included). I didn't get that job. It's like they could smell the "ugh" on me.
-# 3: Then there is this awesome place where you can pay ONE time and for a month you get live concerts, hip hop dancing/break dancing, ethnic music, free rides, and people preaching the good news of Jesus.* That's right, the Subway. Now the down side of this magical place is the smell of urine, walking past people and not knowing if they're dead or sleeping andpeople constantly asking you for money (I'm a softy and I give when my heart says so, and I wish I could everytime, but I would go broke). And then there's something that can only be SEEN in the NYC Subway (drum roll please) germs. That's right SEEN. You heard it here first.
*I actually love these people. They have MUCH bigger... well you know, they are much braver than me. True story.
-Awesome thing # 4, after about 3 weeks of auditioning I made it into a show! My first post-college, professional gig :) The audition experience was great (loooong, but great) and the people casting and producing the show are SO nice! I sang first and they kept me for call backs that day, and then again for the next day. The next day was also the dancer call, so I figured there'd be no harm in dancing, so I did. After the dance call they chose 3 of us and they asked me to be a dancer AND a singer in the show! I was STOKED! And will be starting rehearsals for Celebration of 60's on March 22. The show runs in Atlantic City at the Tropicana Showroom from April 13th through June 8th! YAY!
Well, that's all for now. Peace and love from Washington Heights!
