Aerial Acrobatics and Movie Sets

This week was a very busy and interesting one! I had several writing sessions to tweak songs that were already written and I gotta say, I'm so excited about the new versions!!!

The other day I was in the TV show "The Carrie Diaries" for the second time. The first time I was in an episode, I played a high school student in the school. This time, I was at prom! (For the record, staged proms are much more fun then real proms! Or at least better then my senior prom!) I went to the fitting expecting them not to have an 80's style prom dress small enough to fit me but they did! Turns out I'm not the only teeny tiny actress on the show! The dress they gave me to wear has been in the Warner Brother's movie/tv show costume collection for decades and was the dress that the Lead actress AnnaSophia Robb was wearing for a scene in the first episode that got cut out. People on set were constantly telling me I looked like her so its probably a good thing she wasn't seen with that same dress or we totally would be twins. The other difference between this time on set and last time was that this one went ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT! 14 hours of being on set in high heels and a dress! It was brutal but I'd totally do it again and probably will! I was in direct view of the camera this time too so I can't wait to see the episode!

Carrie Diaries 80's prom 

Today I went to take a dance class and once I got there I found out the class was cancelled so instead, I took the Aerial class! I WAS A BEAST AT IT!!!!! All those years of being a competitive gymnast paid off I guess! This particular aerial class was called "aerial silks" which means there are 2 connected giant pieces of silk fabric hanging from the ceiling and you wrap your legs in it and do tricks in the air! It's exactly what the music artist Pink does on stage!!!!! I thought of her the entire time I was upside down! I never thought I would actually get a chance to do something like this and can't wait to do it again! Now if I can only figure out how to play guitar while hanging upside down from fabric in mid air...hmmmmmm maybe next class. ;)

Pink!

Just hang in out

Puppy Insanity and a sleepless week

So this week was...interesting to say the least. Sometimes during the week in addition to music I petsit since I love dogs and don't have one in NYC. I've never had any problems with the dogs I've had until this week! The company told me I was watching a little yorkie and the woman shows up at my house with SIX DOGS! She drops them into the door and basically runs out before I can say AHHHHHH YOU SAID ONE DOG! Lets just say 6 dogs in a little New York apartment is NOT a good mix! If I so much as turned my guitar volume up to 2 it was a total bark-fest! I was so paranoid that my neighbors and landlord were going to find out I had 6 dogs in my apartment that I kept the lights out and tried to calm and quiet down 6 puppies every second and was a nervous wreck! I tried treats, toys, and just about everything. It didn't work. There was nothing I could do so I let all 6 dogs sleep on my little twin size bed and curled up into a little ball and prayed they would stay asleep! They did for about a minute! One of the dogs in particular was the ring leader of bad behavior and barking so the second day I had to find a pet sitter for him because I just couldn't handle 6 dogs going crazy! This dog was nice when he was alone with you but had a thing against men. He HATED them! every time a man went by he would try to attack him and bark hysterically. The only last minute petsitter I could get was in Brooklyn so I stuck him in my purse and brought him on the subway and lets just say I got a whole row of subway seats to myself when people heard my purse hissing and growling. That night was a little quieter but still, 5 barking puppies is no walk in the park. I was so excited to see them go home but sadly I miss the tiny pomeranian puppy! Makes me want a puppy! JUST ONE THOUGH!