Welcome to Lauren's blog!

I love movies. I LOVE THEM. I mean, I should...right? That's kind of what I want to do with my career. Back when I wasn't so busy I would watch at least one movie a day, sometimes more. I also made sure I saw almost every movie that was up for an Academy Award. I love indie films and documentaries and all the Sundance ones that most people don't end up seeing. Tracy (good friend/audition buddy/fellow aspiring actress) always makes fun of me because I tend to watch movies over and over again. She let me borrow Autism: The Musical (which is a fabulous documentary) and I watched it like...4 times in one week! I just don't get sick of watching the same movie all the time. Same thing goes with music but that's a completely different discussion that would take an entire blog to talk about. I don't know if anyone has ever seen the movie Brick, but it's one of my favorites and I could watch it over and over and over again (and I did, when I first got it).

I guess I thought everyone watches movies over and over again but Tracy said that no, that is not the case (at least for her).

Recently I found some funny old pictures of my brothers and I when we were little (I have three younger brothers ages: 17, 15, and 11).

Lauren and John-Mark back in the day:


Lauren(19) and John-Mark(17) present day:


Lauren and Chad back in the day (don't be too jealous of my purple windbreaker pants):



Lauren(19) and Chad(15) present day:







That was us in October at GuluWalk and at Christmas.


I don't have any pictures of Trevor at the moment. Oh well....sorry Trev!

and here's my last one to show you WHAT MY MOTHER USED TO DRESS US IN! Oh the horror.



Really now, mom! REALLY?!

Make sure you click on that picture and get the fabulous blow up version of Chad's knee high socks and shoes. HAHA.

Yay for getting a new layout! My other one was so blah and boring and I didn't like it (even though I very much like the color purple) so yay for googling free templates. Hahaha.

This morning I had work from 8:30am-1:30pm and then I RUSHED home to change for my audition in Santa Cruz. I literally was at home 5 minutes and was barely able to throw on some decent clothes and grab some food. I then went and picked up Tracy (she is my good friend/audition buddy/fellow aspiring actress) so she could go with me to my audition/hang out in Santa Cruz afterwards. TRAFFIC WAS RIDICULOUS! Usually it takes 40 minutes or so to get to Santa Cruz but it took almost 2 hours to get there! CRAZY.

So I had a screen test and all that jazz and I ended up getting the role! It's a student film and I'm the lead and it will be all dandy and great and definitely something to add to my reel. So filming for that should start in a couple weeks.

After my audition I met back up with Tracy and we just hung out in Santa Cruz (downtown, NOT the beach) and talked and met a bunch of crazy people. It was like...80 degrees today? The warmest it's been for a while so that was interesting.

Here are pictures of downtown Santa Cruz:



These pictures don't do it justice but imagine a bunch of little boutiques and coffee shops and music stores and book stores and crazy granola eating hippies everywhere and musicians playing all along the street. Many many interesting and crazy characters all the time. It's fabulous, and my friends and I go there a lot during the summer just to hang out.


That whole adventure took up most of my day, so now I am home about to clean my disaster bedroom and do some homework (don't be too jealous of my crazy Saturday night plans)!

DFTBA :)

Okay, I am definitely getting a little too blog happy today but I figured that since I have my BEDA buddies, they might just want to know a little bit more about me without having to read through every single blog...nope, definitely would not recommend that.

FAVORITES:
Musical: Spring Awakening
Color: Purple
Flower: Yellow daffodils
Book: Looking for Alaska-John Green

Dang, I ran out of things to say...
well anyways, here are just some random facts about me:

I love theatre and film and TV and everything surrounded the entertainment industry.
I watch a lot of TV (mostly online though) and this includes: J&K+8,Freaks and Geeks, The Hills, Taking the Stage, Heroes, Survivor, The Office, American Idol, ANTM, Real World, etc.
I strongly advise you to read all of John Green's books. I'm just starting my first MJ one, so I will slowly be catching up with all those.
My favorite food is pasta! YUUM
I love to travel and take road trips and plan trips and pack and unpack and visit people and go to other states and go to other countries and yeah.
I'm a Christian and am Jr. High staff at my church and I love it! :)
I play the guitar and the piano and I also sing/song write.
I love foreign languages and have taken 2 years of French, 1 year of ASL, and 3 years of Spanish.

I guess I thought I had more to say about myself then that but at least that's something! Happy blogging

DFTBA!

BEDA BUDDIES have arrived my friends! I think it's all very exciting. My buddies are Scott, Alissa, and Sugandha and we are from 3 different countries, are in different time zones, but all have similarities! Thank you to Maureen for pairing us up. NERDFIGHTERS UNITE.

Ahhh good morning world! I am finally starting to feel better from my stupid cold. Getting sick is just so inconvenient. I managed, though, to not miss any work or school (minus dance). Yaay for getting well!

Here's my rant of the day (or maybe it's a not rant):
I think that people in your life NOT supporting you is a love/hate situation. I personally love it because in the end you prove them wrong....in the meantime though, it is very frustrating.
FOR EXAMPLE..
I very much enjoy acting/film/tv and all aspects of the entertainment industry. Say one want to pursue acting as a possible career choice? One would start off doing small things: commercials, student films, extras work. After one has the appropriate experience then one would move on to bigger projects/SAG/AFTRA.

"LAUREN! you are going to audition for something you are not even getting paid for?!!"

OH MY! I must have forgotten that I am the next Angelina Jolie and should be demanding from these people millions and millions of dollars....

Oh wait. I don't have that much experience yet, I come from a theatre background with not very much film work under my belt, and oh yeah...I can't do acting as a full time job because I AM A FULL TIME STUDENT AND WORK 25 HOURS A WEEK.

Why am I okay with not getting paid right now? Because it's for the experience. Because it's something I enjoy doing. Because it makes me happy and excited to be on set somewhere. So instead of focusing on whether or not it PAYS, shouldn't it be about whether or not I am having fun/pursuing my dreams?

I don't know if all artist's should work just for the money. There's an amount of satisfaction that goes into creating something people (and yourself) enjoy.

Yes, in the future when I live on my own and need to pay bills I will definitely be much more concerned about the financial aspects of the industry but right now in my life it's just fun.....and what's so wrong with that?

In the end, I am not pursuing acting to get rich. Almost all actors in this day and age work another job besides acting. So don't try and become an actor for the sole purpose of getting rich. I do it because I love it and go ahead let the insults fly about how "I'll never make it" and how I "should be getting paid instead of just wasting time." In one ear, and out the other. Clearly we do not all have the same priorities.


ON A LIGHTER NOTE!
I have a screen test tomorrow afternoon so that should be fun! Who doesn't love being in front of the camera?!! :D

I started reading 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson last night. Pretty good so far! Maybe I'll spend most of today reading outside in the sun.

DFTBA!

So this morning I woke up and decided to read Paper Towns (again). Basically I started reading it but was really really busy with school and life and so I had to return it to the library like 1/3 of the way through. This is a very very terrible thing to do with books. Luckily I got it from the library AGAIN and was able to start it and finish it today. I love finishing books. I feel so accomplished, and since I'm trying to read 50 books in 2009, I always feel really good when I read an entire book in one day.

I actually read Looking for Alaska in one day, as well. John Green= amazing.

I skipped dance this morning but had work this afternoon/evening which was alright. My coworkers are all pretty sick so it just makes everything go by faster. And all my kids are so gosh darn cute.

Right now I'm watching The Visitor and I have to say that it is pretty good. I think I may have some auditions for some film stuff this weekend, so hopefully I'll be discussing that soon!

I really want to get another fish. Every since poor Martini died, I just want to get another one! Maybe next pay check on the 30th I'll reward myself with a new friend. Hmmmm any name suggestions? I love thinking of my future children/pet names. I've thought about going with a "world cities" theme and naming my children Sydney, Cairo, London. Or maybe I'll go with naming them after my favorite characters in plays/books: Alaska, Moritz, Ilse. Maybe I'll just name my future fish Bubbles or something like that. I always am interested in seeing what people want to name their unborn children. Some interesting kids' names from work: Indigo (boy), Topaz (boy), and Ainsley (girl). All three of these kids in particular are so precious. I just want to eat them with a spoon!


The new youtube is stupid. That is all I have to say about that. I very much dislike it.

Now it's time for Taking the Stage. I LOVE THIS SHOW.

I FAIL AT BEDA...I FAIL.

Okay, so really though...HOW MANY DAYS OF BEDA HAVE I MISSED?! Sad news friends. Oh well, the lovely Maureen Johnson said it was alright if we missed a day (or few..) and that we could just get right back on track.

Here to start off is some quotes that were said in class today by my amazing theatre professor!

"I think the medical term would be 'she got knocked up!'"

"Act like kings and queens in charge of the lower class! You are the pimp in charge of your street women!"

"You really just asked how you should start the assignment? Well I would say you should start at the beginning!"

ANYWAYS...

I have a cold so that pretty much sucks. On the other hand I just got a whole bunch of books I need to read! The sad part is that I have too much school and work at the moment to read as much as I'd like to.

Question...do your little brothers wear your shoes? I walked out of my bedroom this morning to find my little brother (he's 11) playing x box and...WEARING MY UGGS! This is not normal! Who steals their sisters' uggs?! WHO DOES THAT?! Clearly my brother.....so weird.

The past couple days I've just been watching more and more Freaks and Geeks. Not gonna lie, I'm definitely addicted.

I just filled out my info to get a BEDA BUDDY! YAY. I'm so excited! Maureen is such a clever cat.

This entry is lame and my mind is all over the place due to my heavily medicated self right now...I really need some nyquil right about now. Hopefully I will have improved before dance and work tomorrow!

Off to do some film homework.

DFTBA :)