2nd day.

yesterday was my second day of studio, and somehow (okay, well i know how...) it was better than the first. this experience is kind of like when i first moved to new york and started at atc there, but it's more fun and relaxed but still focused. i think it's more fun because i'm at a different place. i'm not as concerned with how well i'm doing or how i'm going to be graded? it feels like i'm doing everything for me or for the sake of doing something fun and that i enjoy doing. it's a shift. and i think the people in the program are all in different places than we were when we first started out. my year got a little catty after 3 years together. . . moving on.

weds:

we started the day with jiujitsu. PS EVERYONE SHOULD DO JIUJITSU. RIGHT NOW. i thought it was that really dumb, slow karate (what is that called?) that i sometimes saw people doing in washington square park, but it is so not that. it is like full body contact wrestling. seriously. it was so sexual and physical and... frankly, pretty hot. PLUS our teacher is this amazing looking brazilian man named ricardo. he threw me around a little... and i wanted him to throw me around a lot. a lot, a lot. it was such a blast!  then we had lunch and went off to our auditioning class with jeanie bacharach. she has cast many shows and is currently working on brothers and sisters. i've never seen the show, but my sister likes it and, let's face it, i would flip to even audition for it. jeff mentioned on the first day that she brought in a lot of people from his class to read, so i'm hoping we get the same shot. 

aaaand i actually went out (!) with people (!!) last night to see my friend (!!!) paul play guitar at this lounge (all bars in LA seem to be called a lounge for some reason) near my house. i think i might be making friends. the people in the program are really relaxed, and there doesn't seem to be much drama brewing. i guess there is a bit of this and that, but that's people. i think whenever you put two people together there is energy generated between them. sometimes that is positive and sometimes it is negative. it's just chemistry or something. nothing wrong with that. anyway, i think i'm making friends which is awesome because i was worried if i was lucky i'd have to choose between a career in LA or a life in NYC - if i was VERY lucky that would be my dilemma. it might not be like that after all! bahhh and i have committed impulse weekend this weekend. i'm a happy, happy girl :)

also, my sister bought me a gps, and it just came in the mail, so i was thinking i might try it out and drive over to ikea. or maybe just target. or amer pear. i need yoga pants for my movement classes. we'll see. my car is stuck in the car garage because i pulled it all the way in and another car parked behind me because the last time i pulled it up so no one could park behind me the guy yelled at me and said 'pull all the way in' and i was like 'but i'll get jammed in' but the attendant told me he could allegedly move the other car and get it out for me. i don't believe him, though, because if it was my car blocking another car he doesn't have my key to unjam that car. stupid, mean garage attendant. oh the joys of auto drama in LA. it's a small price to pay for this weather, the program, my apartment, and i might actually be making friends already. it's hollywood, baby, and i finally feel like anything is possible. even getting my car out of the garage. . . or loving jiujitsu? who knew my favorite class would be some wrestling class? oh my.  xo, m.