Alright! If memory serves me (which it may not, actually. I’m a bit sick. More on that later.), my last entry was about Seattle. I did check, but I’ve forgotten. Clearly a sign of my approaching birthday – egads!!
I was pretty sure that the rest of my year would be fairly quiet, acting-wise. I thought I’d buckle down with Christmas and ICBC and the like. However, life has, once again, thwarted me – and that’s fantastic!
After Seattle was the first time since the spring that I hadn’t known what my next project was going to be. That lasted a few weeks. Less than.
I was cast in a BCIT student film – as a prostitute, ooh! Who does drugs, obviously. And who, naturally, gets murdered. On camera death – fantastic! That was seriously why I was so excited about this role. I’ve always wanted to play a character who gets killed. And so I find myself cutting lines of icing sugar, gauging my hand (accidentally!) on a bar sticking out of the door, getting stabbed in the neck repeatedly with a knife (obviously retractable), and landing face first into a puddle of “my” blood. It got everywhere. And so I take a shower (blood everywhere!) and thank the crew, and head out on my merry little way. With wet hair. In November. In Vancouver.
Yes, that’s where the “I’m sick” thing comes from. Unintentional! …I didn’t see a hair dryer there. I wish there was one.
Moving along, now.
Friday I had a read through for a pilot I’ve been cast in! At the auditions, I’d asked when I could expect to hear back by, and was told that since shooting was commencing the first weekend of December, I’d know by the end of the week. Well, the end of the week came and went, and I hadn’t heard. Oh well. Never hold your breath about these things. And then…I get a phone call. Ooh. I’ve been cast as Thai Girl #2 – a massage therapist. (Thai Girl #1 and I joke that we should actually be referred to as Thai Girl Chinese and Thai Girl Phillipino) And I have to learn to speak Thai. By Sunday. AHH! (If you speak Thai and can translate for me, please send me an email! kristal@kristalgrace.com) I’m excited for this, though. Keep your eyes peeled for a pilot called Thwackers!
And I only have 3 more tap classes left! I’ve been taking Intro Tap at Harbour Dance, and it’s been phenomenal. I’ve had so much fun! Finally, those tap shoes I bought are getting some use…genuine triple threat, here I come!
