A change.

A slight snag in the plans already. It's amazing that it didn't take long before I already had to make a few changes in my plans. The important thing is to not lose focus, no matter what.

I was not able to get a hold of the head shot guy. The plan is to help him edit a project and in return, I get his photographic services. Jill, the woman whose documentary I'm currently editing, will apply my makeup on the day I choose to go forward with the shoot. But first, I have to contact him. Unfortunately, by the time I got his number, Jill told me that he tends to go to bed early. Thus, the call will wait until tomorrow. I'll let you know how that goes when it goes.

Tonight is devoted to learning my lines for the show on Saturday. This week, I will play a boyfriend, a voiceover, a woman, and a filmmaker. So, I need to get these lines memorized. Also worked on rewriting new lines to the skit that I wrote. I love doing the sketch stuff. I have a terrific troupe filled with three close friends. We get the chance to play around, try to make each other laugh, and have our own mini-party, right on stage. And people come and watch.

I'm not what you would call someone who needs to be the center of attention. At a party, I'm okay not being in the middle, sort of lurking on the outskirts. I like to blend in within a crowd, become a chameleon within a party. It's strange that I love being on stage. I crave to hear the sound of laughter, or even the sound of crying, or even the sound of boos. I love to get a reaction, to know that something I did would stick in someone else's mind. And I like to blend in within my troupe, because when one of us makes the audience laugh, we've all succeeded. I need that reaction.

I want to develop my character using this blog. I'll get into that more in the future. This week, I think is going to be a lot of stuff with the Experts. On Wednesday, instead of doing a mic, I am going to visit fellow Expert, Joe Powers. It will be the first time the entire troupe went to see him at the rehabilitation facility. Back in August of 2008, Joe fell two and a half stories and has been working to get through his rehab since then. On the trip, we plan to rehearse our lines on the train. That's something I've done with Sue before, and again, it was great seeing the response from the passengers. Wednesday is going to be an awesome chance to do that, especially since the train ride is over an hour long and our scripts are not what you would call "suitable for all audiences."

Tomorrow, I have to call the head shot guy, contact a friend about possible open mic opportunities, and research and design some business cards for comedy. Stay tuned.

P.S. Writing this while Andrea watches The Bachelorette in the background. Nobody told me that living with a woman meant I had to watch a lot of reality shows. Can't wait for Top Chef Masters. Thanks, Andrea.