Things I have done instead of blogging...

1. Slept
2. Stared wistfully out my window
3. Worked in a retail hardware store
4. Ate far too many girl scout cookies
5.  Dressed up for Halloween
6. Celebrated Thanksgiving
7. Celebrated Christmas
8. Celebrated New Years
9. Resented Valentines day
10. Closed the season at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival
11. Moved back in with my folks in Portland to save money
12. Went to New York City
13. Auditioned for Grad Schools
14. Filmed an independent film
15. Filmed two Public Service Announcements for Clackamas county
16. Signed with an agent in Portland
17. Auditioned for a bunch of Shakespeare companies in Portland
18. Read many many MANY plays
19. Did some acting coaching
20. Started writing more
21. Started working on some plays
22. Made a budget
23. Abandoned budget
24. Grumpily went back on budget
25. Participated in a 3 person flash mob in times square
26. Cleaned my room
27. Was cast in a show for this summer (Will tell you what it is when I've signed all the papers)
28. Did the laundry
29. Had callbacks at two grad schools I was convinced I would never see the inside of in my life
30. Did the dishes
31. Started working on a web series
32. Found and have had many drinks at a Doctor Who themed bar in Portland
33. Cut my hair
34. Dyed my hair
35. Ate some delicious food
36. Ate some ok food
37. Snuggled my cat
38. Drank a LOT of coffee
39. Drank even more tea
40. Saw a good majority of the Oscar nominated films
41. Re-started my voice lessons
42. Took a few naps
43. Got lost on the subway far too many times
44. Bought new shoes
45. Wore some fabulous dresses
46. Started planning my future career moves
47. Considered giving it all up and running away with the circus
48. Realized that the above plan was silly because I have no circus skills
49. Firmly abandoned circus plans upon remembering the the clown's native habitat is the circus
50. ... etc.

If you read that entire list, Congratulations! You are far to invested in my life. I hope to get back into the swing of blogging and writing some actual advice posts as we move on forward. I want to be as clear as I can as I make different career moves and invite y'all into my process of becoming a full fledged actor.

With that said I hope to spend the next few posts about my adventures in New York City and my search for a grad school. So stay tuned!

Cheers!

Tamara