I am a day late on my weds ritual but with good reason. It was Mr. Joel Eckels' birthday yesterday and his birthday/CD release show the night before. We were moving slow but had a whole Birthday day adventure planned with his Brother who is also an extremely talented musician, Shawn Eckels. If you need a guitar shredder he's your man. I had hopes of getting tickets to Steely Dan but by the time we made the choice to go, only 3rd party companies were selling the tickets. It's crazy nose bleeds seats at $46 each, which is fine, times 4 tickets because they will only sell them in pairs, plus "service fee" plus "delivery fee" and we are looking at close the $300 when all said and done. It's ridiculous! No wonder the music biz has been going down the shitter! It's things like that, that make people, say screw it. They'd rather download music than buy a CD now, or watch clips on youtube instead of go out to an actual concert. It makes me a little sad & angry. Anyway, enough of that. We ended out dropping those plans and hung around hollywood to eventually make our way to THE ROOF where our amazing chef friend Eric Greenspan gave us a little bit of a hook up! So yummy! And 360 view of the city. Its where I took him last year, for his 40th surprise party but that's where he decided to go again. It worked out.
So here's a funny thing that happened to me yesterday. I found myself in a similar situation as last month, with my "packed bags". Well, I'll start at the beginning. I got GREAT NEWS our little short film Bobby & June: IMPULSE got chosen to be a guest film at THE 15 MINUTES OF FAME FILM FESTIVAL, in Orlando Florida. And I have been looking into flights, car rentals & looking forward to seeing Family in Florida too. Well yesterday I decided, "I'M GOING! I HAVE MONEY COMING IN, TOMORROW, I AM BOOKING MY FLIGHT!" - And within 2 hours my manager calls me. "Nicole, I have a booking for you for an in-house commercial, it's a straight booking that I pitched you for, can I confirm you?" Asked Guido. "Awesome, When is it?" I ask. "April 25th" he says. And I just laugh! That's the day our film screens, of course! haha. So this is the same casting director who brought me in for the Auto Owners Insurance, job. And I didn't even audition for it. It's a job! You can't say no to something like that. Part of me feels like I might be missing something in Florida. The people I have the potential to meet. The joy of seeing our work appreciated and on a big screen. Seeing Family I never get to see. But work begets work! I also need to have faith & gratitude that this is still a win-win. That I am in flow. And that I am attracting good things. And I will still be able to get to Florida soon to see some of my family.
I recently got a reading with this woman Dr. Carole Carbone. I have had readings by her in the past. She reads the energy around you and choices you might have coming up and she is really good at coaching you back into your higher self. But as she says, we all have free will. We have opportunities show up all the time to bring us to one direction or another. We choose the ones we take and the ones we let pass by, whether we realize it or not in the moment. Sometimes it feels easier to complain and keep choosing the same thing over and over because we know what to expect and maybe perhaps enjoy the struggle or misery. But then there are the moments when we get out of our own way, don't over analyze our options, we don't wait to hear everyone else's opinions, we don't wait for something better. We ACT. We JUMP IN BLIND. We CHOOSE. We SAY YES. Her Advice to me was SAY YES TO EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW. Because the oddest outing or situation can lead to meeting an important person who will help evaluate your life, or you could find yourself at the right place at the right time for a new opportunity to show up. I SAID YES, to the festival, not yet knowing how I would afford it, or the rest of the head chatter I could put myself through with excuses of why I shouldn't. But instead I said YES and as soon as I did, I booked a Job I didn't even know existed, I didn't even audition for, it literally just fell into my lap. So now I am saying YES to that. And we will see where that takes me next!
Happy belated Weds on this beautiful sunny Thursday!
xo - Nicole
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