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oh journal! oh introspective thought! how I've missed you.
It does not need to be stated but it's been a while. Here are a few key happenings that have occurred since January:
I went to the Galapagos Islands two weeks after being hired by Lindblad Expeditions. I was there for 10 days and it was by far one of the most random things that has ever happened to me. I mean, I went from a miserable internship, making beans for salary and a rather hopeless mentality to being paid to be in the Galapagos swimming with sealions and hiking up volcanos. The trip was surreal and it's still hard for me to believe that I was actually there. It goes without saying though that it was a trip of a life time and I couldn't be more proud of the company I'm working for.
Also, I've recently been told that two of the pictures that I took while I was in the Galapagos are going to be published by this new environmental magazine called "Plenty". They'll be in the June issue and will hit newsstands May 18th. This is just as random as being sent to the Galapagos. I sent my pictures to this woman who was on the trip with me because she was in some of them. Well she was/is a journalist doing a story on ecotourism and she showed them to her editor, who loved them so much that she decided that should be used in conjunction with the story - they're even going to pay me. This is HUGE for me because I've always dreamed of being a photographer but felt like winning an Academy Award was more likely to happen than having any of my pictures published. I can now say that I'm published photographer!! :) If you wish, you can view all the pictures on my ofoto site:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?&collid=769914511205&page=1&sort_order=0
if it asks you for an email address: lizandthecity@hotmail.com password: rosebud
My brother Jamie and his wife, Kristina, had their first son (James "Eli" Cartwright) a week ago. Just like that, my family has forever changed. My brother has now become a father. My parents are now grandparents. I am an aunt. Wow! I'm super excited to meet and hold Eli for the first time. I know that I'm going to fall in love with that baby, and fall hard.
I'm taking acting classes again. Not because I want to but because I NEED to. I need acting to be a part of my life and the more time I spend working at this amazing company, the more I realize that I have to act. If I decided to do anything else with my life, it would be a lie. Acting is a part of who I am. For a while, I hated that people always connected me with acting because I didn't want be labeled as an "actress". I wanted to see if I could do something else and still be satisfied because if I could, then that would be best. But spending this much time away from it has only proved to me how much of me is an actress and the answer is ALL of me. It's nice having stability but I think stability makes you lazy and prevents you from pushing yourself towards bigger things. So I guess what I'm saying is I would rather be a bartender, a little financially uncomfortable, and pursuing my dreams that to be comfortable and accepting the fact that my dreams will either have to change or die. So by this time next year - this "dream" will be a reality.
That basically catches you up with the big things. If there were more little things going on, then I'd update more but my personal life is at an all time LOW. That's the only thing I miss about college - my personal life was a full time job and it made life a lot more exciting for me. I miss being part of people's lives and them being part of mine on a daily basis. I have friends here in the city and across the country but I can't say that I'm "part" of their lives. It's hard to be apart of someone's life when your connected through a phone. There's a difference between knowing about their life and being part of it... and I can't say that I'm part of many people's life now a days. I have no real effect on anyone's daily experience. All I have is my own life and situation to take care of and it's a very lonely position to be in. I don't know how to fix this without forcing it and I'm not going to force anything. I guess I've become to use to having college conveniently lock my life into others. There were projects to work on, games and parties to go to together, everyone was friends with everyone else. That's the big thing that gets to me: no one ever knows who the hell I'm talking about about when I bring up another friend of mine. I just need a smaller world. I also need to put myself out there more than I am. Consider this the next thing on my list.
It does not need to be stated but it's been a while. Here are a few key happenings that have occurred since January:
I went to the Galapagos Islands two weeks after being hired by Lindblad Expeditions. I was there for 10 days and it was by far one of the most random things that has ever happened to me. I mean, I went from a miserable internship, making beans for salary and a rather hopeless mentality to being paid to be in the Galapagos swimming with sealions and hiking up volcanos. The trip was surreal and it's still hard for me to believe that I was actually there. It goes without saying though that it was a trip of a life time and I couldn't be more proud of the company I'm working for.
Also, I've recently been told that two of the pictures that I took while I was in the Galapagos are going to be published by this new environmental magazine called "Plenty". They'll be in the June issue and will hit newsstands May 18th. This is just as random as being sent to the Galapagos. I sent my pictures to this woman who was on the trip with me because she was in some of them. Well she was/is a journalist doing a story on ecotourism and she showed them to her editor, who loved them so much that she decided that should be used in conjunction with the story - they're even going to pay me. This is HUGE for me because I've always dreamed of being a photographer but felt like winning an Academy Award was more likely to happen than having any of my pictures published. I can now say that I'm published photographer!! :) If you wish, you can view all the pictures on my ofoto site:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?&collid=769914511205&page=1&sort_order=0
if it asks you for an email address: lizandthecity@hotmail.com password: rosebud
My brother Jamie and his wife, Kristina, had their first son (James "Eli" Cartwright) a week ago. Just like that, my family has forever changed. My brother has now become a father. My parents are now grandparents. I am an aunt. Wow! I'm super excited to meet and hold Eli for the first time. I know that I'm going to fall in love with that baby, and fall hard.
I'm taking acting classes again. Not because I want to but because I NEED to. I need acting to be a part of my life and the more time I spend working at this amazing company, the more I realize that I have to act. If I decided to do anything else with my life, it would be a lie. Acting is a part of who I am. For a while, I hated that people always connected me with acting because I didn't want be labeled as an "actress". I wanted to see if I could do something else and still be satisfied because if I could, then that would be best. But spending this much time away from it has only proved to me how much of me is an actress and the answer is ALL of me. It's nice having stability but I think stability makes you lazy and prevents you from pushing yourself towards bigger things. So I guess what I'm saying is I would rather be a bartender, a little financially uncomfortable, and pursuing my dreams that to be comfortable and accepting the fact that my dreams will either have to change or die. So by this time next year - this "dream" will be a reality.
That basically catches you up with the big things. If there were more little things going on, then I'd update more but my personal life is at an all time LOW. That's the only thing I miss about college - my personal life was a full time job and it made life a lot more exciting for me. I miss being part of people's lives and them being part of mine on a daily basis. I have friends here in the city and across the country but I can't say that I'm "part" of their lives. It's hard to be apart of someone's life when your connected through a phone. There's a difference between knowing about their life and being part of it... and I can't say that I'm part of many people's life now a days. I have no real effect on anyone's daily experience. All I have is my own life and situation to take care of and it's a very lonely position to be in. I don't know how to fix this without forcing it and I'm not going to force anything. I guess I've become to use to having college conveniently lock my life into others. There were projects to work on, games and parties to go to together, everyone was friends with everyone else. That's the big thing that gets to me: no one ever knows who the hell I'm talking about about when I bring up another friend of mine. I just need a smaller world. I also need to put myself out there more than I am. Consider this the next thing on my list.