25 Days of Giving

Last year I used the power of Facebook to spread the word about 25 charities and donated to each one as a personal christmas gift to whomever recommended that charity.

This year I was inspired by this video called "Advent Conspiracy"

"Spend Less on Gifts, Give More Presence."


The Charities I supported last year included the following. If anyone is considering buying me a Christmas present this year, a donation to one of these would be preferred:

1.     Terrence Higgins for world AIDS day

2.     Human Rights Campaign 

3.     Jimmyv.org 

4.     http://www.thetrevorproject.org/

5.     www.nhctf.org 

6.     http://www.nhcadsv.org/

7.     International Justice Mission 

8.     Aspca 

9.     Post secret hopeline

10. joyful noise leukemia foundation

11. hoops for heroes

12. Haiti yele

13. invisible children

14. toys for tots

15. Courage campaign 

16. Girls on the run NH

17. Breast cancer awareness

18. Heifer international 

19. Let’s move 

20. National inclusion project 

21. Charity for cancer survivors

23. Faith Hope and Love Foundation 

24. Defenders of Wildlife 
25.Momentary Times           (I'm not sure where 22 went, my blog is being funky with the lay-out and HTML... I'll edit more later.)


        *also, if anyone else has other websites or organizations they would like to recommend to me, please do so!! 

Love one another. X

On trying to Act in NYC

Here we go. I've jumped into the acting world of New York City. It is competitive and harsh and you only get places by knowing the right people.  You can have talent and try really hard and still fail.

So far since being here I have applied to numerous projects, including feature films, television shows, student films, web series, and commercials. I have gone on a few auditions and even landed a few roles. The projects that I have done are a web-series filmed in Brooklyn and an episode from a television show for a class at NYU. Both were unpaid but it was great to use them as experiences to learn more about film acting and to meet new people. Also, it's building up my resume!

How I found out about these parts were by constantly searching online. The two websites I use most are Mandy.com and NYCastings.com. Mandy is free and it has mostly student films and non-paid work. NYCastings cost about $10 a month and it has everything from background work on Gossip Girl to models for Hair Shows. I have received more feedback from Mandy, but I got both of the gigs I actually ended up doing from NYCastings. Both websites allow you to upload headshots and resumes, however NYCastings also lets you upload a multi-media reel.

I think the ultimate goal is to eventually get an agent and be in a union. For now, just doing non-union non-paid stuff is fun. I have a few days off a week from work so I can go to auditions and have time to film, but eventually I hope that acting can be my full-time job.


Here's to making your dreams come true!

X