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I haven't blogged since December 5th!! And I see I have some new followers. Wow. Welcome. Last year, I was working this blog thing based on an idea that a "career coach" had given me so the title was, A Clear Channel. My intention was to blog every single day for a year then see what happens. I can definitely say, I Can See Clearly Now, although it is primarily due to the vicissitudes of life

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I have always admired the career of Cicely Tyson. I had the opportunity to meet her on one of my stand-in jobs. I watched her rehearse and when she was finished, I decided to introduce myself in the hopes of getting some words of wisdom from this legendary artist. I walked up to her, "Ms. Tyson?". She turned toward me very attentively and I continued, "I'm nobody important but I just wanted to

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One of my favorite movies of all time is Slingblade. The first time I saw it at screening, I was blown away by the story and particularly the brilliant work of the then unknown Billy Bob Thornton. To this day, I can watch that film over and over again and have become quite a BBT fan. Love him in Bad Santa!! One day, not too long ago I was hanging out at Barnes and Noble at The Grove and some

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Someone once said everyone has a six degrees of Kevin Bacon story so here's mine: I worked on The Closer with his wife Kyra Sedgwick and their daughter shopped for the clothes I wore on the show. She has great taste and did an excellent job. That's it. Short and sweet. The end.

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Sunday I visited the UP Church in Inglewood, CA where Della Reese is the pastor. I had been wanting to go there for a long time and since I am currently without a church home, I feel a bit of a void in that area of my life. I prefer to have a spiritual institution to give my tithes to. Not to mention that the service there starts at 1PM. Now that's my kind of church! As I sat in the

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Back in the day, I was a traffic co-ordinator at J. Walter Thompson Advertising. I was in my early 20's and loved all the perks that came along with the long hours and hard work. Two hour lunches,limo rides, parties, Christmas bonuses, amazing gifts from vendors and the occasional glimpse of a celebrity. One day I was getting into the elevator at 420 Lexington Avenue with my friend Ellen Bonta

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During the rehearsal period of the one of The Academy Award shows I worked on, I was roaming around as usual checking out the surroundings. One of my favorites places to hang out is the green room. It's always so nicely decorated, has the best food and all the stars come through there at one time or another. So there I am strolling through the backstage area on my way to the green room and I

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Before I was a stand-in on award shows, I was a talent escort. Once. A talent escort is a volunteer position and duties include being assigned to an artist and making sure he, she or they are in the right place at the right time. You greet them when they arrive at the venue, give them their credentials and take them on a walk through to show them their dressing rooms, where their assigned seat

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Lately I have been enjoying the work of Diane Ladd. I've been studying her range throughout about 3 decades. A homework assignment I had was to watch Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, but I found Diane Ladd's work more interesting. Then I watched her in Rambling Rose....Loved it!! Her daughter, Laura Dern was in both of those films....really nice work in Rambling Rose from the

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Well Tyler Perry finally has my attention. I've been aware of his movies (even seen a few of them), his plays (never wanted to see one of them) and his TV shows. Tonight I saw For Colored Girls based on Ntozake Shange's work, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. I saw that piece on Broadway back in the '70's and performed in 2 productions here in Los Angeles in

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Watched two Ellen Burstyn films: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and Resurrection. Even though she won the Oscar, for Alice..., I felt more connected to the Flo character played by Diane Ladd. I liked Ellen's work in Resurrection much more. The role was extremely challenging and I thought she did a brilliant job. It is the type of role I look forward to adding to my body of work. Ellen was

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It's been said that one way to become successful at achieving your dreams is to hang around people who are already where you want to be. Sometimes that's not possible because some of the greatest lessons can be learned from people who have passed on. Thank God for books, recordings and movies. I have been asked by my mentor to study actresses that have gone before me who have brought to the

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Two words. Russell Simmons. We grew up in the same neighborhood (Hollis, Queens), went to the same college and rode the same train to CCNY up in Harlem. It was on one of those old rickety E trains that I remember sitting with him and my friend Carmen and he said something I will never forget as long as I live. Russell has risen above his seemingly dismal circumstances to become one of the

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Let me introduce you to another actress friend of mine. Do you remember the TV show ROC with Charles Dutton? His wife was played by the fabulous Ella Joyce. I know Ella from New York and when we met, she had an entirely different name. No, you won't get it out of me, I've been sworn to secrecy. Ella Joyce is one fierce sista. There were about four of us NY actresses that all came out to LA

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You know you have made it in Hollywood when people stop you on the street because they recognize your work. This is happening to me more and more lately. So much so, I had to do a bit about it in my comedy act. I talk about the person who came up to me and said, "I know you, you're an actress. I just saw your commercial. Aren't you the Pine Sol Lady?" When the audience stops laughing, I say,

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There is one person I know who probably doesn't have the same Whoopi Goldberg stories that I have and that person is my dear friend Sherri Shepherd. She and Whoopi work together on The View. I met Sherri in a stand-up comedy class when she was still working in a law firm a loooooong time ago. I cannot tell you how proud and happy I am for all of her accomplishments. I remember when she didn't

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There were less than a handful of celebrities that I thought I would love to meet. I've never really been star struck, but there is one star I always wanted to have 10 minutes of quality time with. She is smart, funny, famous and rich. I would simply ask her how she got started and if she had any words of wisdom for an up and coming actress like myself. This person was Whoopi Goldberg. I got way

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I've been blogging for the past few days about being a stand in on award shows and I suddenly realized that some of you may not know what that is. A stand in is a union actor who is hired to replace the stars of the show in rehearsal for lighting, sound and blocking purposes. This is not be confused with a seat filler. Those people just fill the seats of celebrities during the show so that on

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I heard Dave Ramsey say on his radio program recently, that if you really admire a particular celebrity, you probably shouldn't meet them because you will most likely be disappointed. Enter Luther Vandross. I was working as a stand-in on the Soul Train Awards and Patti LaBelle, Luther Vandross and Gladys Knight were the hosts. I was standing in for Patti, so at one point all four of us were

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Went to see FELA on Broadway with Patti LaBelle last night. As I watched her in her scene stealing performance, I was reminded of the other time I saw her on Broadway in YOUR ARM'S TOO SHORT TO BOX WITH GOD with Al Green. It was so funny when Al's mic went out and Patti, being the giving performer that she is, grabbed his head and pulled it toward her chest so he could be heard through her mic.

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On Saturday night, I went to Black Spectrum to see Melba Moore in concert. It was a very significant evening for me since Black Spectrum Theatre is where I began my acting career. That's right. Right here in St. Albans, Queens on Linden Blvd. I originally went there to take an acting class but immediately started to get cast in productions. One of these shows became a big hit and ran Off

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Been so caught up these last couple of days I haven't had a chance to blog and I'm not too happy about that but I'm about to flip the script anyway. The title of this 365 blog experiment is called A Clear Channel, but there's more. I went to a year end career coaching session in December where we created my personal theme called, A Clear Channel To A Household Name. Hope you enjoy the ride.

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Another pouring rain storm in the middle of the night in Hollis Queens. I love it! Had an interesting day yesterday. A family friend who was doing my Mom and I a favor, said something to me that hurt my little feelings. I felt she was out of line. Although I've love to get this off my chest and move on, I realize I don't want to get into this now because anyone can read this blog. I'm starting

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Danny and I have been playing house for about a week now, but last night we cooked our first meal together. That was interesting. I really need to work on my collaboration skills in the kitchen. I kinda wanted to do it my way. I'm used to either cooking for myself or having someone cook for me. When he wanted to add more paprika and sliced onion to my baked chicken, I had a bit of an attitude.

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I just realized I haven't checked my email since I've been here in New York. That's one week! Yikes. That's one of the reasons I bought this laptop. Obviously, I've been making time to blog, check out facebook and look up a couple of addresses on mapquest. This week, I've really got to get down to business with my Mom. With Danny being off from work last week I split my time between the two

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What a day. God is good. So I experienced Coney Island with my Beloved. I could blog about how I was only there to support him because I really didn't feel like I fit in with these people dancing in a trance like state to house music I didn't recognize. I really wanted to get into it and join them but I just wasn't feeling it. Danny was totally enjoying himself as usual (he talks about going

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Day 200. Wow. Only 165 blogs to go (details later). I wish I could say it was 200 consecutive days, but I've missed a few especially lately. My ritual had been to blog every night before bed but here in New York staying with my sweetie pie it just hasn't happened that way. Hmmmmm, I wonder why... Just had lunch with my Mom and my god brother. What a god send he has been. We had a little

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What a fun day. Caught up on some phone calls and set up some meetings for my Mom. Tonight I went to the first rehearsal of the Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir. My beloved Danny has been excited about this choir for months. After sitting in the back of tonight's rehearsal I can see why. There were about 100 singers there (mostly sopranos) and the choir director (Pastor Frank Haye) wants it to

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Did you miss me? It's been a couple of days since I've let you in on the not so secret life of Carlease. I've been traveling, visiting and getting massages. I'm here in New York with my Mom and my man and things are going quite well. My Mom is running around like she never had knee surgery but I am still concerned about some things. I'm learning to take it one day at a time. I have a

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Now that I've gotten some important business out of the way, I am relaxed and ready to go to New York to see my Mom and my man!! I just finished producing, hosting and headlining my comedy show last night and found out that I don't really need to wear all three hats. I usually just host and produce but there were a couple of requests for me to headline one night. I never had the urge to do that

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I'm trying not to get to freaked out about my trip to New York. I feel like I'm under a lot of pressure and not quite sure if I can handle it all. I'm trying to take care of myself while I'm here at home because in New York it's going to be harder to do. At times like this I tend to get moody and very sensitive. I just want to shut down and be left alone but I know I can't do that. I have

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Went to another locktician today recommended by my friend Kimberly. Although the shop was cute, I had an enjoyable time and the price was right, I now have another "handle" coming out of the side of my head. These braided styles just don't work for me but the only way to achieve my "look" is to leave the locks braided for about a day or two. Unlike my experience in New York a few months ago, I

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Due to technical difficulties, there was no blog from me last night. With two computers one would think I would have back-up but noooooo. I don't know enough to figure this all out. My friend Tree has graciously offered to help, but I think the desktop will be fixed by Friday. Computer guy #1 is coming back and I have a plan B. We'll see what happens. So I'm feeling a little anxious as my

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OK, so I called computer guy #2 and he suggested that I call computer guy #1 back since he and my computer have history. I guess that makes sense. A couple of people have suggested that I might have to remove/erase/take away??? everything and put it all back together again. Isn't that like Humpty Dumpty? So I've got a call out to #1 but this is getting very annoying. I have things to do that

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I can't believe my computer is stuck. Again. I think it's time for a second opinion. For some reason, I had wanted to try a new computer guy, but my neighbor gave me the wrong number before she went out of the country so I called the old computer guy. Even though he has definitely made some improvements and gave me a really cool game, he can't seem to figure how why it just gets stuck. Part of

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As I said so many times before, care giving can be a beatch!! I have been working very diligently to put some things in place for my Mom's care and thought I had it all figured out. Then I shared it with her and she opposed. Now I feel like all that work was in vain and I had a moment of feeling unappreciated. My Mom is not acting out of character. You would think I would be used to it by now.

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My computer guy had to come back today to see why the computer has been freezing up for the past 2 or 3 days. The print and colors still seem light to me but so far no freezing. That's the good news. The bad (not really) news is that he downloaded a game that I absolutely love to play and avoided because I know it will turn me into a vegetable. I don't want to say what it is in case he put on

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It's official!! My Beloved and I are leaving for Maui the day after Christmas. I feel so blessed and grateful to be able to do this. Dec. 30th will be a milestone birthday for me and my original intention was to go to Europe. By myself. Then this year turned upside down. My mother had a car accident in May and I've used all the frequent flyer miles I had saved for my trip to go back and

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I got some great news a couple of days ago...my sweetie has stopped smoking!! Wow. He didn't tell me for two days. I am so proud of him. Two days is more than half way there for the poison to get out of your body. It takes three. Now I think he has about 5 smoke free days. I'm noticing that we bring out the best in each other. Now that we are in this relationship, I've been observing that

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I'm back on my desktop and it is running faster than it has for a long time. So much so, I could hardly pull myself away from it today. I was back on Outlook and it felt great to manage my contacts and emails the way I used to. I've noticed a couple of possible glitches, but we'll see what happens. For one, the print and colors on the screen seem a bit washed out to me. I'll be looking for a

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Two. Two. Two blogs in one. I was too tired to blog after getting in from Palm Springs last night. My intention was to check in this morning but I got all caught up in preparing for my computer guy to come a fix my computer. My desktop was running extremely slow, colors were fading and I was so fed up I just stopped using it. Fortunately, I have this Mac so I could keep up as much as possible.

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It's amazing how quickly dreams can come true. Just a few short weeks ago I blogged about how I wanted to drum for African dancers. Today that dream became a reality. After drum class I hung out with the master drummers at Lulu Washington's Dance Studio. They invited me to sit in with them and drum. What an experience! And I thought drum class was fun. I caught a glimpse of myself in the

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Whew! What a day. I started off with meditation and was feeling peaceful and optimistic about my day. Then I called my mother to check on the home attendant and that peace was disrupted. I found it hard to get it back for the rest of the day. I realize that I may lose this home attendant before I fire her...either way her time is about to come to an end. So I need to kick it into high gear to

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I was what they call a "picture wrap" on the Disney film today. This is the first project I have worked on that used that term. I was in hair and make-up way longer than I was on camera but Rhoda (my character) looked beautiful for the prom. As a matter of fact everyone did. Even the director was wearing a prom dress over his T-shirt and shorts! Too funny. I had so much fun working on this film

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Well I'm still up and haven't received a call time for tomorrow yet. (My last day on the film PROM). Got an email about the wrap party but no email about work tomorrow. That must mean they are working late which means I will have a late call time. That also means I might be able to make it to the two auditions my people have for me in the morning. Both at 11:00 in two different places. It's

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Spent a lot of time on the phone attempting to set up appointments for when I return to NY to handle business for my Mom. I learned some new info today as I entered the world of geriatric care managers. One of the things that struck me was how a case manager assured me that she could find ways of taking care of my Mom without us having to use our own money and without losing all of our assets

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Ooooo my feet are killing me! That's what happens where you have an 11 1/2 hour day on set. I am not complaining...I love my work. I've been working on the film PROM for about six weeks now and even though I have not worked every day I truly feel like a member of this family. Everyone has been wonderful and I'm so excited about this project. Some may say I have a small role, but my character

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A beautiful relaxing Sunday. Preparing for work on the Disney film tomorrow. 6AM call in Northridge. Looks like we will be working on one scene all day. Almost all of the main characters are in this scene and I'm sure it will be quite exciting. It's day 26 out of 30 which means the film will be wrapping up on Friday. I may have one or two more days of work this week. It's been a fun project

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I love being at the center of creativity. At LATC today I was right there in the vortex. It's a great feeling to be around so many talented artists and really get to enjoy the work, the process, the energy. I didn't have be in performer mode, I just got relax and take it all in. One of the highlights of the day was seeing the 10 minute plays two of which were written by Arthur French III. I

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No, I didn't meditate before I went to bed last night, but I did say a prayer before I went into my audition this afternoon. Sometimes I think I need to stay away from this new agey stuff. Yesterday my chakra healing revealed that my third eye and crown chakras were closed indicating that my intuition and connection with God needed some work. So of course I spent all day thinking about this.

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Living my life like it's golden. Auditioned for the role of a doctor today. I actually felt like I could get this one. Usually I'm the nurse and until now that felt right. There's been a shift in my perception and I feel like I'm moving on up! Of course I will book it because the shoot dates conflict with my trip to New York. We'll see what happens.Drove down to Long Beach for a chakra

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I was having such a wonderfully relaxing day at home I decided to blow off my drum class and going to play cards. I took care of stuff that I knew I wouldn't get done if I wasn't at home. I paid some bills, balanced my checkbook (partially), prepared for my audition, and made a special compilation of itunes for me and my sweetie. After that and a steamy little conversation with him I booked a

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Nice relaxing Tuesday. My intention was to go to hoop class this morning, but I just have trouble making it to that 10AM class. Danny called me twice to wake me up and finally suggested I just go take a walk when I get up. That's exactly what I did. Took a nice long walk to downtown Santa Monica, came home and got ready to go have dinner with my dear friend and brother Chris. We always have a

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I have a bit in my act about people mistaking me for the Pine Sol Lady. What they don't know is that she is a good friend of mine. She lives in San Francisco and whenever she's in town it's like a holiday. I always look forward to getting together with her cause we do all my favorite things: eat great food, tell great stories, laugh and play cards. Her name is Diane and she was here shooting a

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Why do I think I need to keep taking workshops that I believe will accelerate my show business career to the next level only to be disappointed time and time again? What is that all about? Yesterday I took part 2 of a workshop that I swore I would not attend. I was disappointed, angry even when it was all over yet I want to take part 3. Somehow I think the answer to my question is there. In

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What a beautiful day. I worked on a side project for the Disney film. Sorry I can't reveal any details but I love the way they are including my character as much as possible. I'm very excited to be a part of this movie. Now let me shut up before I say too much. After my shoot, I stopped to get some ahi tuna for dinner then went home, prepped for Laugh-A-Latte and sorta rushed to prepare my

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Had a voice over audition this afternoon. What a mouth full! Lots of dialogue that had to fit into 30 seconds. Booth director was nice enough to give me 5 takes. He'll edit the best parts of each and I will sound fabulous!! One thing I learned...I don't like the headsets. It distracts me to listen to myself while I'm talking. It may work for some roles, but not for this one. Figured that

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Spent the morning washing and braiding all this hair. Running out to a voice over audition. I called my voice over agent yesterday because I hadn't heard from them in a while and wanted to let them know I was in town "just in case" they forgot. Come to find out I had this audition waiting in my email before I even called. So now I'm going to this audition with all these braids in my hair but

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Laugh-A-Latte via @constantcontact

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A productive day at home. Got some laundry done, fixed an awesome lunch, prepped my Comedy Show, made some important phone calls. My buddy Ron came over to help me with my presentation for the colleges and introduced me to a great raw food restaurant right here in my hood of South Central Santa Monica. I always pay him in food for helping me then I get to find out where the healthy places are.

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In my morning prayer and meditation today I realized that "A Clear Channel" is only 1/2 of my theme for this year. I don't wish to disclose the other half but I realize that I only have a little over 4 months to make it happen. I still feel like I'm moving in the right direction, but I've had so many huge & unexpected events happen that could throw me completely off track if I'm not careful.

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Nice casual Sunday. Peaceful before the work week begins. By work I mean unexpected auditions and dealing with the rest of the world who have had the weekend off. We don't have weekends in show business. As a matter of fact as a live performer the weekends are our work days, during the week is for rehearsals and pounding the pavement. Today I did a reading for a screenwriter. Hadn't done

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Got up early to meet with my walking group. We went to Descanso Gardens. What a disappointment. It was more of a walk than I thought it would be and far less of a garden. Apparently this was "off season" which makes no sense because all around town I see flowers and beautiful gardens everywhere I look. A staff member told us that the flowers are really pretty in the spring. Does that mean

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Friday the 13th and it was a good Friday. Took my dear friend David J. out to lunch for his birthday. I was proud of myself for two reasons; I had a nice healthy, delicious salad, and I never mentioned my solo show once (he's my director). It was not a business lunch, although we couldn't help chatting about our acting careers, after all this is Hollywood. We chatted about real life stuff like

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Started reading the book on proprioceptive writing before I went to sleep last night and ended up tossing and turning for what seemed like hours. I originally thought it would be something I could incorporate into this blog, but it is not. It's a very deep, spiritual, therapeutic type of writing which should remain private and not placed in a position where it can be judged. Obviously this blog

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My beloved was having a bad day today and as he was telling me all about it, I started bombarding him with questions asking for all the details. He got more upset than he already was and hung up on me. Then I got upset, called him back to let him know that and apologized for aggravating him at the same time. We spend the rest of the day apologizing to each other which was kinda funny. See,

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I've fallen off the wagon a bit regarding exercise and healthy eating. I was doing so well up until May. I know I have to get back on track. I think part of the problem is, I'm thinking of too many things, too many ways to exercise so I end up doing nothing or taking one class here and there. Maybe I need to just commit to one thing and one thing only. When I was driving up the coast to the

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This evening I went to a meeting of a fellowship I've been a member of for 6 years. I felt the principles discussed at these meetings could help me with my current situation with my mother: reminding me to take care of myself first, accepting that I am powerless over certain things, turning my will & life over to God, etc. These principles do apply to all areas of my life, but after tonight's

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What a relaxing weekend. Yesterday was spent at Paradise Cove in Malibu for my friend Jane's birthday. She is an amazing woman who honored so many more people than just herself. She celebrated her father-in-law with American flags for his service to our country, her husband for his birthday, her parents for their 50 year marriage , her widowed mother-in-law for 85 years of life. She even had

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Everybody's talking about Pandora.com. The first person to tell me about it was my sweetie. He has it on his phone. Then I heard about it from one of my hoop instructors, now today I read that it's all the rage with the kids. I'm still old school, so I want my phone to just be a phone but I registered with pandora on my desktop and it is so cool!! Thanks sweetie! Pandora is an internet radio

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Just finished reading a movie script for an audition I have on Friday. I love it when my manager sends scripts because it gives me a real feel for the character within the context of the project. It also gives me something to talk about at the audition. It's a sign of respect when an actor takes the time to learn and understand the story. For me, it gives me even more to work with. Earlier

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Today I managed to get the hula hoop around my waist for more than one or two revolutions. I actually waist hooped until I was out of breath. I used the DVD that came with the hoop I bought oh so many months ago. The DVD is a better teacher than the live person I took class with last week. I kept my head and torso up, tucked my pelvis in and before I knew it that hoop was spinning around my

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Had a wonderful 11 1/2 hour day on the set of PROM today. I didn't work on the actual film but was honored to be a part of a special DVD bonus written specifically for one of the main characters. An adorable, 6'6" tall, young actor named Nick. For someone his age he is quite focused on his craft and extremely confidant. It was a joy to work with him and chat between takes. He was reading a

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I wonder what significance circles have on my life? They have been showing up a lot lately. In my mandala workshop on Thursday, the drums in my drumming class and yesterday when I walked a labyrinth with my friend Carol Ann. Just an observation but I'm sure the meaning will surface soon. I do know that when I was a little girl, I wanted to live in a round house. That stills intrigues me a bit

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I believe I have found my drum teacher!! I took a class today with a Master drummer named Malik and his class is just what I've been looking for. He's a real African (not African American - whatever that means) from Senegal I think, and he drums for dancers. That is my dream, my goal, my vision..to drum for African dance. His class was quite challenging and very popular. I was able to keep

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Almost every night, my beloved Danny Chisolm asks me what am I going to do tomorrow. And almost every night, he catches me off guard. I usually don't have an answer so I begin to stutter and make up things. The truth of the matter is, unless I have an specific appointment, I don't always know. I guess I am truly blessed with being able to wake up in the morning, give thanks to God for be able

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My GEICO commercial is airing back east!! Got facebook and text messages from people who have seen it. Very cool. Here's to a nice, long, national run and then some!! Went to a workshop about mandalas tonight at Leeza's Place. Lots of blessings there. First of all, Leeza's Place was founded by Leeza Gibbons whose mother had Alzheimer's so she created a space where caregivers could support

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Finally got a chance to be a bit domesticated today. Did some laundry and food shopping. One of my guilty pleasures is experimenting with different recipes and I welcome the time to cook right now. I'm not one who cooks everyday and I hate to do it in a rush. I like to take my time and enjoy the process. Tonight I just created my own dish of seared tuna, brown rice, edamame and a sprinkle of

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Spent most of the day doing some online de-cluttering. I think I figured out how to sync my new mobile phone with my PC, so after transferring all the numbers I wanted onto my phone, I deleted a bunch of emails I hadn't checked since I don't use Gmail very often. Looks like I will paying more attention to that account. So much new stuff going on in my life lately. I've decided that now that I

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Easy breezy day on the set of PROM. As grateful as I am for work, I'll be glad when I book movie roles that I can really sink my teeth into. Everyone was pleased with my work today, but I want to "feel the burn". (A little voice is saying, "Be careful what you wish for.") I say, "Shut up!...Bring it on!!!" How else am I going to win my Oscar?

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I love these new blogger stats. It shows me I don't have as many views to my blog as I thought, but it's OK. I notice that at least one person from the Ukraine has read my blog. I have 70 people in the US and 2 people in Canada who have checked out Carlease's Bits N Pieces at one time or another. Can't stay up too late tonight, I have a 7AM call for my film shoot tomorrow. Today we had a "

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I've been taking some time to clear my head and focus on me. I feel a little selfish doing so knowing that my mother needs my help...or does she? Maybe that's just my opinion. I've been doing a lot of spiritual work these days and I listened to a CD today that lead me to the conclusion that I have to back off. If she says she's OK, then I can't force the issue. If I truly believe that God is

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Today was the first day in a long time that I had no specific agenda. Not that there's anything wrong with having an agenda, but sometimes it feels good to wake up whenever your body tells you to and then decide on what you're going to do that day. The only thing I knew I really needed to do today was get my car washed and while I was out, I ran a couple of other errands. I love spending time

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Friends and family. These are two words that are often used together and in my opinion are inter-changeable. Sometimes it's hard to differentiate between the two. Families are joined together by blood and friends are joined together by choice. We have lots of expectations of our family members who sometimes let us down, but thank God we have the opportunity to create our own "families"

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Today was a wonderful day. Very healing. It started with my interview on the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival's new cable show, SPOTLIGHT. I was interviewed by Florence LaRue of the Fifth Dimension. We talked about my solo show, FIFTY! It Doesn't Look This Good On Everybody and because of my mom's recent changes in her health, the interview was a lot more emotional than I had intended.

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Today I had a very lengthy and uplifting phone call from my friend Julie Rice. She and her sister have been caregivers for both of their parents so she had a lot to offer. What I liked about our conversation is the way she first shared her experience and then let me know that she really understands me personally and what I am going through. She never preached or told me what to do. She did

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Today must have been the most stressful day of my life. I am not a deceitful person by any means, but I've had to resort to trickery in order to get my Mom to accept help while I'm away. I hired a in home helper disguised as a physical therapist and told my Mom that her doctor said she would have to choose between the help at home or go back to that "facility". Naturally she chose the former.

Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-54663053168958291822010-07-17T21:40:00.000-07:002010-07-18T21:42:17.592-07:00

Way too tired and too hot to blog tonight. I'll try again tomorrow.I love you Danny!!

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Like I posted on facebook today, caregiving is no joke. I'm tired, I'm hot and I want to go home. I'm here in New York to take care of my mother and she is resisting me all the way. I really want to believe those caregiving books that tell me no matter how I feel, she feels worse. "Handle the situation with humor, patience and compassion." How do you do that in 100 degree weather with no air

Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-57879465512682074672010-07-14T23:23:00.000-07:002010-07-14T23:37:23.890-07:00

Blogging keeps a person honest as well as tells the world all your business. I was trying to sneak up on a friend whom I've known since childhood while here in New York. He's a drummer with the band Southside, but we were in the same band back in the day. I can remember the name of the cover band we created (The Universal Robot Band) and that silver bread truck we used to tour in, but for the

Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-28761017645920676272010-07-13T22:45:00.000-07:002010-07-13T22:56:22.236-07:00

Mom and I are back in New York but not after a long and very tiring ordeal with our flight from Augusta to JFK. It's such a long story, but my Mom was a trooper. She never complained. I on the other hand, had a little meltdown at JFK when a car voucher was not honored after we had been traveling for over 12 hours!! We had a 3:14PM flight out of Augusta and arrived at my mom's house at 6 in

Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-38415211099303041682010-07-10T12:29:00.000-07:002010-07-10T13:47:47.410-07:00

The day finally arrived. Yesterday my Mom aka "Grandy" and I went through with our original travel plans to see 3 1/2 month old Dylan David Baldwin. We took a three hour road trip from Aiken, SC to Buford, GA. Kyle Baldwin is Dylan's Daddy and Grandy and I have know him since he was a baby. It amazing to watch the circle of life in motion. Kyle and his wife Dee have a beautiful 5 bedroom home.

Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-2605701169748741592010-07-08T23:55:00.001-07:002010-07-09T00:11:16.091-07:00

They are gonna make a country girl out of me yet. This morning I picked blueberries for the very first time and once I figure out how to transfer the footage from my Flip, I might even post it here on this blog. Fortunately, the bush we were picking from was not full of ripe berries so it wasn't a very long adventure. It was fun though.My god-sisters drove over from another town to visit and

Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-19567661755052315862010-07-07T21:52:00.000-07:002010-07-07T22:29:33.173-07:00

As I sit here in Aiken, South Carolina waiting for some delicious smelling cupcakes to finish baking, let me tell you about my day here in the south. I must also let you know I am sipping on some home made blackberry wine. Lord, I hope I don't need another program after this visit.I was awakened by a call from a my childhood friend, Tina Pilgrim this morning. I hadn't talked to her in ages and

Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-29278707553818354962010-07-06T23:21:00.000-07:002010-07-06T23:33:12.055-07:00

I bring you greetings from Aiken, South Carolina! What is the first thing people from the south do after picking you up from the airport? They feed you! Here I am in this gorgeous house at 11PM eating rice, black eyed peas, ribs and some pork thing that goes over the rice. Hash I think it's called. Then we have ice cream and cake followed by a wine tasting. Did I tell you about the wine

Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-6795421995494400202010-07-04T22:36:00.000-07:002010-07-04T22:48:08.579-07:00

Went to a very nice July 4th gathering that my friend Carol Ann invited me to. It was the home of one of her Emmy award winning actor friends. The very same home where I held that beautiful statue just a few months before. After posting about it on facebook, I was invited to join the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. And I so graciously accepted. I had to share this story with the host

Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-7149634727198909482010-07-04T00:23:00.000-07:002010-07-04T00:44:37.871-07:00

There's nothing like realizing that you are now a caregiver to encourage you to get your sh*t together. That's what happens for some of us late bloomers, like my cousin Kevin and my boyfriend Danny. I spent the day getting my affairs in order before I dive into my mother's business. There's a whole lot of new stuff I'm gonna be responsible for and I want to be as organized as possible. I

Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-70643073310471419932010-07-02T21:37:00.000-07:002010-07-02T21:56:13.053-07:00

If I lived in South Carolina, I'd have it made right about now. My mom and I have an amazing support system there. Right now, she is with a retired couple who love and adore her. She's in a huge beautiful home on several acres of land with a pool, jacuzzi and a wine cellar!! OK, so only I'm excited about the wine cellar, she could care less. Actually she's probably not that excited about the

Carlease!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10083112937557347143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076344800534529399.post-57329531166014595342010-07-01T20:14:00.000-07:002010-07-01T20:22:13.375-07:00

Write it down. Today, my role as a caregiver has officially begun. My 4 elder care books have arrived, airline reservations have been made and phone calls to doctor's offices and in home care providers will be made tomorrow. Oh, and did I tell you I booked a movie? Yes. And nailed another callback today. But starting now, I have requested my agents and management team to cease and desist all

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