I Was Wrong =)

That same night I sent the writer of Single Daddies a message asking him if I was still part of the cast and he said yes and that they are remaking the opening credits to include me.  I honestly still don't understand why he didn't do it in the first place.  They had said that the other baby sitter and I had equally important roles. We'll see what happens.  To tell you the truth though, the opening credits look a bit cheaply made and I was disappointed as I watched them even before I saw they didn't include my name.  Unless a network likes the concept of the show and is willing to remake it with a more professional equipment, I don't think we'll get picked up.  The editing is not all that great and the camera's quality is not as good as the Lola webseries I participated in.  I'm hoping the final result will be better.  If someone from the Single Daddies team reads this I hope you guys don't get insulted or anything.  I'm just trying to share my experiences and thoughts.  I might be wrong after all. 

Well, I'm still working on the floor of my house so I haven't had time for any other auditions but we should finish soon.  I should have submitted an important audition yesterday.  I hope I can get to it today and they'll still accept it.

Disappointment...

So I saw the opening credits for Single Daddies...my name is not on it.  They even put the kids on it and the girl who plays the other babysitter.  I'm thinking the worst right: they want to replace me.  A few weeks ago the writer posted a video on his facebook wall commenting that sometimes you need to change a character in a show in order to make it work.  The video he posted was the unaired pilot to Full House where the dad's character was played by some other unknown actor.  Honestly, he sucked and I see why they replaced him. Was he trying to send out a message there?  At first, I thought he was talking about the guy who plays my boyfriend because he was terribly unprofessional.  But then I read that they are cutting one of the scenes that I am in because they messed up on another scene so my scene wouldn't make sense...but now that I think about it, maybe that was just an excuse.  In the opening credits, they even gave credit to Barika who is in like two scenes of the show.  I decided to make it quick and painful and just sent a message to the writer asking him if I was off the show.  Might as well get it over with instead of driving myself crazy wondering.

Found My Dogs =)

It happened Monday! Right after posting my last blog!  I was suppose to go over to my boyfriend's house because I hadn't really spent much time with him the previews two weeks and I was getting ready when I got a phone call.  It was some teenager telling me that she thought she found one of my dogs but wasn't sure.  She said she was at at the park but they couldn't stay there too long.  I live 30 minutes away from the area and it was gonna get dark soon.  I got ready as soon as I could and rushed out.  About 15 minutes later I called her again but she said she wasn't there any more and that she left the dog with another lady but she didn't have her number! Rrrrggghh!!! I was upset! So many things went through my head about this other lady not giving up the dog!  I called my boyfriend because he lives closer to the area and I asked him to go and make sure the lady stayed at the park. 

A few minutes later I got another phone call from another lady saying she was the one who had the dog and she gave me her address.  She said the dog looked like Beethoven and he would not stop crying.  From then on I knew it was him.  I finally got to her house and there he was!!! My Beethoven!!! I thanked her so much and my boyfriend decided for me to just go home and spend time with my dog.  I was happy but sad at the same time because my Tiger was still missing =(.  The whole time I thought they would be together.

I called everyone I could telling them we found one of our dogs and when I was almost home I got another phone call.  It was a third person asking me if I found my dogs yet because they had just seen one crossing the street and almost got ran over!  She said he was scared to death!  She was so sweet, and she tried so hard to find the dog but lost sight of him.  I quickly dropped off Beethoven and rushed back out with my aunt to see if the other dog was Tiger.  When we got to the area I called the lady back and asked her where was the last place she saw the dog.  We went to where she said, I got out of the car and looked around but nothing.  Then I noticed there was a daycare center with a playground but it was fenced.  I thought maybe my dog might have gone toward it thinking he was a the other park where they have been hiding this whole time.

I looked over the fence and there was my baby!!!  He was so scared looking around, didn't know where to go.  As soon as I called him he ran toward me and cried out for me.  I climbed the fence like spider man and got my baby out of there. =)  He cried the whole way home.  I think it was because he was looking for his brother.  I think that's why he crossed the street.  He was looking for his brother.

As soon as we got home and they saw each other they got so excited and they kissed each other and played with each other.  They were so skinny though =( They probably didn't let anyone near them so they didn't get fed.  We were very fortunate though that we found both of them alive and healthy on the same day!

Placing the tiles

Me cutting the tiles

Perfect corners and edges =)

Grout in place =) One more week and will be placing the molding

On another note, I've been super busy this week installing tile floor.  That's right! Me! =) Did the dining rooms and the studio.  I measured myself, placed the cement and the tile, cut the tiles for the edges and did the grouting =)  Been working on it since Wednesday and finally finished yesterday.  Now I'm going to rest for a few days and submit some more auditions, then start on the kitchen and the breakfast room.  Another break after that, then the living room and the hall.  This is going to take some time! So far so good though =)

Back from Dallas =)

Ok, so I've decided that even if there's a make up artist, I'm just going to do my own make up from now on.  That's it!  Again, I had plaster put on my face and it didn't look good! My skin looked like the skin of the guy from chainsaw massacre and my eye make...you couldn't even tell I had any.  Don't even get me started on the eyebrows! I did love my hair this time.  She left it beautiful and did it super fast!  For the eye make up she just said that I had to look more simple then one of the other characters who my character doesn't even interact with.  I had pictured my character a certain way and the make up didn't do any justice.  Not just the way I pictured it, it was the way it was described to me.  Oh well, didn't even get a close up in this film so I don't mind too much, but seriously doing my own make up from now on!

On the whole kissing part, it was not as bad as I thought.  The guy I had to kiss was about ten years older than me and super tall LOL.  We didn't really match but I'm glad I had the opportunity to be in the film. I drove to Dallas the night before with my sister, stayed in a hotel and the next morning I was on the set on time.  I got my hair and make up done, then it was a bunch of waiting.  I got there at 11am and didn't shoot my scene until about 3pm.  Before shooting we went outside to rehearse.  As we rehearsed I didn't expect the actor to do the kissing in the rehearsal so that was a big shock, but I guess it was like being pushed in a pool of cold water unexpectedly.  After that first time I didn't feel uncomfortable, although I don't see why we had to kiss during the rehearsal.  But anyhow, this was his very first time acting and he also had a girlfriend who was uneasy about the whole kissing thing.

During shooting, they kept switching the location where they wanted to shoot and eventually found the place they liked the most.  The director had a major dirty mouth.  He cursed in every sentence.  He was very rude to the crew but they all had met a few weeks before to rehearse so I'm not sure if he was joking or playing around.  They decided that after we kissed I had to faint and he was just going to leave me lying on the floor and drive off.  That was a bit uncomfortable because I was wearing shorts with stockings and when I bent over you could see them.  Damn, I wish I hadn't worn that, but I think it worked out well.  I only had about three lines or so.  We shot about three or four takes then we were done.  My sister got to be an extra so that was pretty cool for her.

First time riding a horse!

After we I was done, we drove to my friend's ranch and rode some horses for the first time =) That was pretty awesome! I've always wanted to go horseback riding! Her ranch is beautiful and they have acres of land! We had a great time.  After, we drove back to Houston and I ended up getting home at midnight.  Overall it was a great trip.

Oh one thing I forgot to say, when we got there on Friday, my friend called me telling me that someone found one of my dogs in the park behind the Kroger where they got lost but they couldn't catch him =( I felt horrible!!! I was so far away so I couldn't do anything =( Yesterday we spent the day looking for them again, and when we got home we got a phone call from someone who said they saw one of my dogs. She said she saw him walking on the rode a few days ago but that yesterday she saw him dead on the street.  My heart sank and we rushed back to that area.  I called her and she met me up to show me where she saw him.  Thank God it wasn't either of my dogs! It turned out to be a possum.  We drove around again trying to see if we could find them and we decided we need to place more fliers so we will get that done tomorrow. 

Decisions...

I decided to go to Dallas.  It's too last minute to cancel and hey, maybe this will open up other doors.  I can meet new people and network.  So yes, I'm leaving tomorrow. 

As for my doggies, I spent the whole afternoon posting fliers but nothing yet =( I'm so sad!

Should I Cancel on the Skunk Ape gig?

So here's the thing.  I was thinking of how short the role I'm playing is and now I'm questioning myself if it is worth driving for 4 hours, paying for a hotel and kissing some other guy for no pay and for such a tiny role.  But then again, that's all I got at the time.  It's bad for me to cancel at the last minute but I don't have money to be wasting.  I'm kind of stuck =(

Skunk Ape Role

My family and I decided to pack up and leave to Miami on Thursday night.  I drove all night long and all day long only stopping for gas and restroom breaks.  It took me 20 hours to get there...lots and lots of caffeine.  I drove the whole time because I know when Mom and my aunt drive it takes longer and I really wanted to make it to the Memorial Service on time.  We made it to my uncle's house an hour before the Service.  The fact that we went there to be with him made a huge difference for him.  He feels much better now.  We spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday there.  Sunday night we decided it was time for him to get out of his house for a bit and get a bit distracted (it didn't do him any good to be locked in his house crying all day) so we took him to walk around Bayside and it was a great idea.  It really did help him.  We drove started driving back to Houston at 4:30am Houston time and got here at 1:30am this morning.  Everything was fine except the fact that we left two of our dogs with someone to take care of them and they lost them =( (Our dogs are 6 in total...well 4 now).  They left them in the backyard and the doggies dug a hole and escaped.  I spent the day posting fliers up around the area they got lost with my sister, but no luck yet.  We were supposed to get back and take care of installing floor in our house but now we're going to have to move that back because we want to find our babies. 

On the acting part, the filming of the role for Skunk Ape is getting done this weekend.  I have to drive to Dallas on Thursday night and film it on Friday.  It shouldn't take long though but who knows.  It might just be the whole day.  It's a very short scene and my character doesn't even have a name =( Oh well, you gotta do what you gotta do.  It's better than nothing and I believe it is getting ImDb credit so it should be worth it.  The only small problem is as I was looking through the script today, I saw that I have to kiss a guy.  My boyfriend was right there with me when I read that part so I just had to tell him and ask him if it was ok with him.  He said it was fine but he looked weird...like it did bother him.  Well, I just don't know what to do.  I think not doing the kissing part in the Single Daddies scene was a mistake because they might not take me as a serious actress.  It's part of the job.  But at the same time, I'm not even getting paid for this yet so I don't know.  I'm going to have to do it eventually so might as well get the first time over with.  The scene itself sounds pretty fun.  I play this psycho ex-girlfriend.  Very small scene lots of drama.  I'll write how it goes when it happens. =)