Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world

I just thought of another great use for my blog!

I will use it every time I want to call my mom and be negative about something in Los Angeles. Then you all can hear about it and she can go about her day unaware that I am angered!

Although, she may read this....

Anyway having said that, today's topic is: TAPE

At the post offices in Los Angeles, YOU have to pay for the tape THEY use in order to make sure the package you are sending is securely shut.

Next topic: THE BANK

At the Bank of America in Los Angeles, they cannot give you money in exchange for your loose change. Instead you must take it to a coinstar machine halfway across your area code which then proceeds to keep 9 cents for every dollar you have inserted in the machine.

Not to mention the ridiculously high over draft fee of $35.00 which seems to be taken out of your bank account (sometimes twice in one day) at complete random, even when there is money in the account...

Moral of today's story. I miss Iowa State Bank and The Fairfield Post Office. No one will ever understand my needs quite like you do.

I found the light in the tunnel at the end

I haven't posted in a long time. I got accused of being too self absorbed by having created this blog and it threw me for a while, but I'm back and I think it's important for me to write about my life out here.

I landed my first real movie job out here today. I had an audition last week for a film called "Locked Up." No it's not a spin off of "Knocked Up." It's actually a serious film about 5 women in prison and what they deal with on a daily basis. It has the potential to be incredibly raw and gritty with a message in there somewhere...

I'll get paid SAG wages and recieve SAG credit (whatever that means) even though I'm not SAG.

Besides going on about 1-3 auditions a week and having not landed any of them until now (yet, only recieving positive feedback) I've been doing background work. I never gave an update on what shows I've worked on so here it is:

Maybe someone will see me someday!

Movie: Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith
TV: True Blood
Movie: Operating Instructions
Movie: Warrior
TV: CSI Las Vegas
Movie: Family Wedding
Movie: The Roommate
Movie: Get Him To The Greek
Print: University of Pheonix
TV: Greek
TV: Criminal Minds
Internet: Hammertime Dance

Life is great out here. The weather is always nice, the people are nice, I've met some truly incredible friends whom I love dearly and Ben and Pumpkin don't think it's half shabby either.

=)

Much love,
Sara

I'm so gay and I don't even like girls

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who woulda thunk it

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I am proud to be an Iowan!

The funniest thing about today was reading all the Facebook status fights. Some of my friends even went as far as "defriending" friends who said something negative about Iowa's decision.

broke

I have 30 dollars to my name...

Bad Timing?

So I guess coming to Fairfield may have been a stupid thing to do. I got a call yesterday from my calling service because a casting director wanted me in a production and they were going to give me a SAG voucher. I looked into flying back, but filming was on a weather permitting basis only, so they told me as much as they were impressed that I was willing to fly back for it, it probably wasn't worth the risk and they would consider using me in the future. I hope that there will be many more opportunities for SAG vouchers because that is the whole reason for doing background work. I know some people who have been doing extra work for years and still haven't gotten a voucher. I could have gotten one within a month of having started background work...

I suppose if it's meant to happen it will happen.

I love that I'm already getting to see my family and friends and that I'm getting to spend time with Ben and Pumpkin, I would have missed them so much. It's important to take them away from Los Angeles too. You start to become someone else after a while and it's good to go back to your roots. Even after only being there for a month I started acting like the other people on set. Getting upset about the long hours and gossiping about the "poor production assistant's attitude." Being away from it for a while will hopefully remind me that being in L.A. and having work there is a privilege that many people don't ever get to experience and that I should be grateful for everything I have.