Site Meter Always Auditioning » Blog Archive » The World Stops

The World Stops

by

There should be no reason for a person to stop promoting and working toward their goal to constantly get work in theatre. Recently, I have discovered an exception to the rule. My grandma is not doing well at all since her surgery. If anything, her health has spiraled down rapidly this weekend. It is quite sad. I have so much to do, yet it is hard to focus when something this tragic happens. Luckily, everyone is very understanding of how painful this all is … look at this, I can’t even blog about anything else. Death is highly distracting. Especially this one. My grandma would fly annually to watch me in The Nutcracker. She was always pushing for me to go see the latest show in New York - offering to pay. I was performing a cabaret in New York and my grandma was unable to see it - due to health, so I arranged a special performance for my grandma in her own home. It was my favorite performance yet. She had me re-sing one of the songs when I was done. One of my favorite things about grandma - she would take off her hearing aid when I would call her. That was always hysterical. She couldn’t hear a thing and would give odd responses cause she thought I was saying something else.
Yes, this blog is about life in the arts, but it is important to remember that life is always still happening. Right now, for me, life is happening. I am dealing with the harsh reality of death and that is all I can think/talk about in the moment.


Posted in General on November 14th, 2007

Link to this Entry

Recent Posts

Related Posts

2 Responses to “The World Stops”

  1. Greg Says:
    November 14th, 2007 at 2:02 am

    I’m sorry to hear that the surgery didn’t help your grandmother as we all had hoped it would.
    *hug*

  2. Doug Robertson Says:
    November 14th, 2007 at 9:43 pm

    Jenna - Yes, life is always happening. Both for you and your grandma. You’ll deal with it in your way, and she’ll handle it in her own way. And when her time is up, well, you’ll both know that the love you both had for each other was worth it. Don’t know why I felt compelled to even comment on this, other than my friend’s mom died this last weekend. And I know they were both at peace with the whole death and dying thing. Take care, and feel free to completely ignore my rambling!


About Always Auditioning

This site is about the life of an aspiring actor/actress. Tips and Tools for auditions and coping with rejection.

Always Auditioning Author(s)

NAVIGATE

LINKS

CATEGORIES

TOP COMMENTERS

RECENT COMMENTS

SUBSCRIBE

ARCHIVES

Arts & Photography Channel Links

 

Arts & Photography Channel Posts

  • Ogunquit Playhouse
    Great place to work. They had their open auditions this weekend. I hope you made it, but if you could not, do not fear. They are also holding Equity Principal Auditions Monday through Thursday and [...]
  • Everyone has to start from somewhere
    Once again, I found these awesome clips of people who are successful auditioning. I love watching this stuff. For me, it is so easy to forget that these actors had to start from nothing to get [...]
  • My New Decision
    I have decided to stay in New York. This is a big decision for me because I have been performing and traveling for these shows to different states for a little more than three years. It has been a [...]
  • Health or Audition?
    This is a hard one to choose. I have had this happen to me many times - when I want to go to a bunch of auditions and I am feeling a little under the weather at the same time. This leaves me in a [...]
  • A Tuesday Night of Acting #2
    Wow! Great acting class yesterday! I learned so much. I will begin with the great exercises I learned that have to do with getting into character. 1. Sad at the top of a scene: Face a wall and [...]
  • Never Assume
    Just because you have worked at a wonderful theatre once or even more than once, you can never assume that you will be cast automatically. It is an unfortunate truth, however, it is the truth. You [...]
  • The Callback is Today
    ... and I can't make it. I have to work. In this economy, a job means money and money is what I unfortunately need to survive at this time. It sucks. I am super happy to have this great job and my [...]
  • Revamping My Audition
    I have been reworking my audition book and it takes so much time. It’s ridiculous and a bit annoying. I have gotten rid of some songs that didn’t do anything for me and I added new songs that [...]
  • Weekend Auditions
    I do not like weekend auditions. I make a point to keep the weekends open to actually make an income. Yes, that's right, we all have to freakin work side jobs/survivor jobs/whatever you want to call [...]
  • Pissed Off At Audition
    Forgive me, but I totally got pissed off at an audition today. I don't like admitting it and totally wish I was perfect, but I had it for the day. It was the audition for a production of "Les [...]

 

Hot Off The Press

  • Faces of Haiti: Hormise
    Her name is Hormise Datos. For 9 years she was living illegally in the United States. She is a Haitian and this is her story. She grew up in the vicinity of Saint Marc. Her parents worked in the [...]