The Newest

Well, I'm starting a new blog obviously. New quiet time, new situations, new friends and most importantly new projects. So here it is, me in the raw, writing without critique. I guess this blog shows I have a lot of time on my hands, and honestly, its been pretty quiet in my life at this time. My daily schedule is something like this:

Wake up (usually earlier than I wanted to or too late than I wanted to)
Eat something eggy or grainy
Look at myself in the mirror  (Dana your getting old)
With that thought I do p90x with massive grunting and sweating
Jump in the shower, get out and write post cards to send to agents...
In my recent attempt to find an agent that is compatible with me I've probably met with only about a handful all expecting to see someone average height (I thought you'd be a taller 4'10) if not they only read my resume and send me on my way. My last encounter was with an agent who is pushing 100... I'm not kidding. To communicate with him I had to yell practically in his ear. I sense he is on his way out to retirement but hey if your still kicking you die in this business. I don't blame him for doing something he loves to do. Anyway, I'm sure I was forgotten by the time I left the office although not on purpose.  A friend of mine said I just had a "typical ny agent experience" which made me feel a tad bit better after hearing her hysterical story. Honestly, I just love to create things. And now that I've gone off on a tangent that is my purpose of this blog. Creation. After all the morning events I usually have a lot of time on my hands.

My life has been nothing but normal and I believe people take for granted the time we have on this planet. I want to do it all... and if I can't, I want to die knowing that I've tried. The only reason why I can't do something is because I just haven't found a way to get there yet. It will happen when I have gotten the things I need to get there.

I struggle with lack of patience. I always have. Immediate response or kinda like "mile signs" like "hey kid your going in the right direction" if I can't get a conclusion right away. Being an actor is far from getting instant gratification and I understand that in order for me to have the patience in this business I need an outlet. There it is... an outlet... before it was writing, singing, dancing, cooking, and even though those things are fun for me and I do them sporadically I wanted to learn something that would help me grow. Some where that I can be creative, without rules just exploration. A place where I can entertain my mind at anytime, any where. That world was puppetry. So I started on a little experiment to see if I was any good at it. I never went to school for it, and the only experience I had was puppets in my mothers toy store. I realized that they just made me happy no matter what mood I was in. I knew I didn't have the experience like some of the people I know. The only way I was going to understand it was to actually learned how they worked and just play with them. So thats exactly what I did.

I feel that being hands on as always been important in how I learn things. In this world I am constantly learning. I love to act and that is and always has been a major therapy outlet for me.  OK sooo this blog will be about what i've learned, the do's and don'ts and the disasters I've come across while building different types of puppets. I realized that there aren't many blogs about HOW to build things. I found a lot of sites that show how to build them but nothing about materials, where to find them or what is best to use for certain things. So I will try to save you money, time and the big no no's. Now that I've vented a little time to start the first lesson of mistakes.