Christmas time is here!

Every time you hear those words do you start singing in your head- really high pitched- the Charlie Brown melody?  You are not alone.  This season has already been a blast for me.  We cut down a beautiful Scotch Pine that is currently scenting our living room and bringing us extra holiday cheer.   This time of the year is so fun and energetic.  Whilst the schedules are crammed fuller and fuller, I encourage you to remember the reason for the season.  While you're at it, help out a local food pantry.  Offer the elderly assistance with stringing lights.  We are all very blessed and shouldn't hesitate to give from our hearts.    

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The Significant Other had a screening!  This sweet romantic comedy starring yours truly showed at The Studio Movie Grill in Dallas on 12/16/09.  The screening benefited Volunteers of America and the North Texas Food Bank.  I so enjoyed finally seeing this cute movie!  You can check out the trailer on my imdb page, linked at the right.

pssst! Actors, listen close!  Another Thrifty Actor tip!

Do you use the library?  Why not?  Here's a list of things I've recently gotten from my library: Bonnie Gillespie's Self Management for Actors, a 7.5 hour DVD of a Sanford Meisner Acting Class (that was a humbling and very enlightening watch!), a Doris Day biography, a Tale of Two Cities audiobook, The Proposal DVD, and It's a Wonderful Life.  Why wouldn't you take advantage of this wonderful FREE resource?  Get to know your library.  I am blessed to be able to walk over to mine at least once a week.  Seriously, all the cool people use the library.  You can get interlibrary loans if your local one doesn't have what you want.  Then they deliver it to your library for you!  Or you can request purchases (what I did with Gillespie's book).  After you figure out the richness your library has to offer, give back by volunteering to be an ESL or literacy tutor.     

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Shout-outs

The amazing Bonnie Gillespie, a Hollywood casting director whose mission is to help actors learn the ropes and be the best actors they can be through her writings, has featured "Extreme Measures" in her Actors Voice column.  Check it out!  I'm the Self Produced Clip of the Week.  Thanks, Bonnie!

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