Last week

Here's the Cliff's Notes version of things that happened last week:

1. People at my auditions: Gabrielle Union, Mena Suvari, the girl from "Whale Rider" (who incidentally is not a little girl anymore, and also happens to have a tattoo that says "BREATHE" on the inside of her left wrist), Daneel Harris, Katherine McPhee (yeah, I know - I forgot she was an actress too, but she is), girls like me who fall into the "recurring role" bubble (one had an arc on MadMen, one has an arc on Secret Diary of a Callgirl). Steep competition, I tell ya.

2. My favorite security guard of all time at Universal (who is about 80 and at the Muddy Waters gate), forgot who I am. To most people, this is not a point of interest, but it almost brought me to tears. Every time I audition over there I look forward to seeing him. We chat about everything, and he always tells me I'm gonna book the part. He is the bright spot on some very dark days of auditioning. And he is that personal connection that makes the hustle of auditioning have a bit more heart. He doesn't remember me anymore. Which either means he's getting old, or that I'm not as special as I thought I was. Both make me sad. He was my buddy.

3. I went to a screening and met Josh Radnor (best known from "How I Met Your Mother," but more recently from the film he wrote/directed/starred in called "happythankyoumoreplease"). The one that I raved about a few posts back. So as I'm being introduced to him, my friend says, "she really loved your film," at which point I realize who he is, and let's just say I completely geek out. Not in a star struck way, because I don't get like that, but because I freaking loved his movie. The words "happythankyoumoreplease!!" spat out of my mouth like I am a woman with Tourette's. Seriously it sounded more like "assholefuckyoubitchface!!!!" with an excitement and unharnessed bravado that made me feel like a complete nerd. Thankfully I can laugh about it.

Tomorrow...back to the grind. But for now, I'm going to enjoy this beautiful weather. Hope you're all having an awesome weekend.