WHO

"To be, or not to be, that is the question—
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?"

-William Shakespeare

I like food. I like art. I like fashion, playwrights, film, literature, playdough, anything and everything at my disposal to get the creative juices flowing. The purpose of this blog is this: to create and to analyze.
Will I be wrong; most likely.
Will I digress; with certainty.
Will I soldier on in the ongoing struggle of self expression?

Yes.

I am an actress. Now before you get all judgmental, I'm not a prima donna; there's a difference rest assured. Let me spin a definition for you: I am a servant to the playwright. This is a much better description of what I do because the playwright - and I mean a good playwright - creates the essence of everything that a character can, cannot, will and will never do. They are the spine; we are the soul.

But a really really really really good playwright can do both. Enter Shakespeare, stage right...

"A mortal man caressed my heart so sweetly,
My wishful thinking had me drenched in vain.
Had any other gent come to complete me,
I would have treated them with much distain..."

My terrible attempt at iambic, I know (did you notice the feminine ending? GENIUS!). I honestly have no idea how to express the significance of Shakespeare in my life. I've seen Henry V and Taming of the Shrew at London's Globe. I've been blown away by a performance of King Lear at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. I've drooled over the workings of Mark Rylance on Broadway's Richard the III.

I've read and seen over a dozen Shakespeare performances and I don't stop there. My guilty pleasure is even She's the Man (yeah, I know you can unclench now).
I love Shakespeare because for me, he represents my interest in all things creative. My search for creativity doesn't end with Shakespeare. It begins.



Important and totally relevant things to know:

1. I can recite the entire movie of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas; staring Jim Carrey...try me.
2. Netflix has ruined my social life...shocker
3. I'm a wine snob (it's a prerequisite for growing up next to wine country).
4. If it's on the BBC, I'm most likely already an avid fan of it...or them...or him ;)
5. In and Out fries.
6. Wet grass in the morning is probably the best smell ever.
7. I majored in smiling and pretending like I know what I'm doing.
8. Hair virgin.
9. I own an iPad and have absolutely no idea what to do with it.
10. Dieci is my favorite word in Italian. That and cucchiaio.
11. Fluent in movie quotes.
12. Coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee
13. Can anyone explain to me the point of Twitter? Well anyway I have one...so I have that going for me.
14. Did I mention how great the Grinch Who Stole Christmas is?
15. I'm ashamed of how much I love Andrew Lloyd Webber.
16. I'm also ashamed of how much I love Spongebob.
17. My favorite number.