I Guess I Live Here Now?

What have I been up to for two weeks? See for yourself! ^^^

George Washington Bridge - minutes from my place!

I just skipped right over January didn’t I? I suppose it wasn’t so much of a skip as a slough. I worked 12 hour days for a month straight to cover expenses and then I moved to New York.

And now I live here I guess?

I’m not really certain I do. It all came together so quickly that I’m pretty sure I’m still in a deep, exhausted sleep from working too many hours over the holidays. Since “living” here for two weeks, I’ve been assembling furniture, job hunting, and calling the super too often to fix all the broken things we weren’t aware of when we signed the lease. Without school or a new job, I feel as though I haven’t arrived. Not much has changed except the wifi router I use to film self-tapes and send music to clients. Well there’s one thing that is aggravatingly new; the noise. Honking is really a language New York drivers speak fluently and loudly, isn’t it?

At the same time, it feels like I’ve always been in New York. Two weeks have felt like two months. I’ve fallen easily back into my city-walk pace. I’ve assumed the cool, determined expression of pedestrian city folk I used to wear in Chicago. This rhythm and attitude came back to me as naturally as breathing. I’ve never lived in this city, yet I know it well.

Now that I AM here, (surprisingly) I’m looking forward to rejoining classes at the MN Acting Studio for film and tv in February. I am also working with a fantastic acting career coach by the name of Jenna Dolittle. A fellow Rhode Island to New York transplant, Jenna understands both the regional New England market and national markets of NYC and LA well. I am working with her to compile a list of agents and managers to build my team and get those auditions flowing! Later this spring, I am proud to say I’ve been accepted to The Barrow Group training center and theater! I will be diving back into a concentrated scene study quarterly program.

I decided to move to New York to live among creatives and pursue my art full-time and in-person. Continuing my training at MN and TBG opens doors to connections, paths, and friends I may have never known.

BTW Forest Friends, many of you decided to release new music in February. You can call yourselves the motivation behind posting this month. I heartedly look forward to listening on my subway commute. =)

Day after snowstorm in Fort Tryon Park

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