happy 2009, everyone. i hope this year brings you plenty of love, warmth, and unexpected stuff.  here's to making new starts and loving old ones.  

xoxo.

back by popular demand.

i'm home in oregon, and i'm completely trapped.  there is about a foot of snow and ice that covers every inch of everything.  the tree huggers in oregon don't believe in salting the roads because it may affect the salmon or something (?) so no one can drive anywhere.  all work is cancelled, schools are all shut down, and it's awful.  i thought i was gonna get some breathing room here, but i'm trapped in the house with my entire family. anyway, onto la news: 

i've been looking at subletting an apartment in weho, but it looks like it is a better deal to rent an apartment and buy cheap ikea furniture.  this is what i think i'm gonna ultimately do.  the cheapest sublet i found in the area is a studio for $1250 + an extra $50 for cable & internet (essential, obvs).  the cheapest studio i found in the area unfurnished is $700. i'm not sure how nice that one is, but i've found others for around $875/mo that look very nice.  then i'll spend about $500-600 on ikea furniture... it was sounding like a better deal, and now that it's in front of me on paper it is defs a better deal.  the housing market is less competitive than nyc, so i don't have to move as quickly to find a home.  my dad and i (and sister? possibly.) are driving down from portland around the 18th, and we can check out potential places when we get down there.  we are taking my mom's old honda down, and then my dad (and sister?) will fly back home and leave the car with me.  i was in LA for about 5 days on vacation without a car and it was not easy.  although a car is expensive, i think it's the only way to make it in la.  i'll keep you posted on that one. 

that is where i'm at.  i'm definitely going to get a place of my own (it's more fun to decorate my own place anyway!), sublets are a rip off, i think i need a car, and the snow is killing me.  i hope all is well with you guys.  oh and a couple people have been giving me a hard time that i don't update enough (or at all). have no fear - as soon as i'm actually another la actress, i will be blogging up a small storm.  for right now, i'm just another girl in portland - and that's nothing to blog about. xxx

a new journey.

i only have about a week and a half left in the city, and then i'm off to celebrate christmas with my family in portland, THEN i'm off to LA to start this new chapter in my life. this is where i will talk about EVERYTHING and ANYTHING that i encounter as i try to act in la la land. where i'm going, who i'm meeting, projects i'm auditioning for, what embarrassing / awkward things i'm doing, all the bad choices i'm making, etc. i'll also talk about the atlantic program. i was going to just write notes on facebook and tag people i think would be interested in me or the program or me in the program, but then i remembered that a lot of atc admin / teachers have the book, and i'd rather be candid. i want a place to be honest, where i can be completely up front. anyway, all i've done so far is secure my car (my mom's old honda - thx, mom and dad!) and attempt to look for housing. i think i can actually afford to live alone (!) because west hollywood is so much cheaper than nyc. i'm gonna try the whole living alone thing. i've always been slightly interested in having my own little place. watch: i'm lonely by march, but for now it is very very exciting.

that's about it for now.
i'm about 6 weeks away from being another la actress.
and i'm not gonna lie - i could not be more excited.

come and find me out there... hopefully i'll be the one on tv... ha.
xoxo, m.