Amazing Video to Lifehouse's "Everything"

This video is absolutely amazing. I think it's a "human video" but in case that's not what it's called--I don't know that for sure.

Don't forget to turn off the music player before you watch the video.

When I perform, I want to inspire the emotions the way these people do. Human videos are just amazing. I'd love to be in one. [Have I mentioned the word "amazing"?]

You can see when people just get so into their character the way people do when they perform a human video. You have to. When I watch stuff like that, I want to jump into character with them. I don't know--it's hard to describe.

This is Dedicated to Mr. Matthews

This slideshow is something that I made not too long ago after I read that a good friend of mine [who directed Flowers For Algernon when I was in it] had passed away from cancer.

This slideshow has pictures from Flowers for Algernon. It's not very long--please take a look and comment [I'd like to know if anyone watches it]. Thanks!

The song that I put with it ["From Underneath" by Hawk Nelson] may not match regarding the lyrics but I think, at least, the FEEL is right.

Anyways,

Cat

This flipbook is... ladyfayre for the director who not only directed very well but helped me to become a better actor....

Happy Birthday!

GUESS WHAT?!?!

It's Elijah Wood's birthday!!!

Okay, I know my priorities are way off but he is handsome and he played Frodo in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy!!! [For those of you who don't know, "Lord of the Rings" is one of my favorite movies.] I don't have as much of a crush on him now as I used to [especially after learning some things about him that I don't like at ALL] but it's FRODO and I did USED to have a big crush on him. For those of you who haven't seen Lord of the Rings [which is EXTREMELY terrible because you MUST see LOTR!] you may have seen him on Oliver Twist [1997] as the Artful Dodger, Deep impact [1998], or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [2004].

So...Happy birthday, Elijah!

Cat[rina]

I was in a play in December of 2005. Well, I just put the last pictures of it up on my blog: http://heytomsawyer.blogspot.com/ Check it out. Comments are welcome.

Peace out

=)

How Acting & Writing are Very Much Alike

In both acting and writing [fiction]you have to play pretend. "What if..." You 'put yourself in someone else's shoes'. In both instances--writing and acting--you can do it badly. Whether you are writing about a guy named Indiana Jones or whether you are playing him in a movie, you have to think about how he would react in a certain situation. The difference in writing and acting, though, is that when you are writing about a certain character, you are trying to create a believable character and when you are acting you are trying to believably portray that character.
My thoughts for the day...

I'm Inspired!

Here is a picture of Carter Jenkins. Carter Jenkins plays one of the main characters in the sci-fi series "Surface". He is almost a year younger than me (his DOB: 9/4/91). Want to know where he started out? Here is his biography from IMDB.com. (Especially notice the part that is bold.)

Carter Jenkins began his acting career in his home town of Tampa, Florida, beginning with Community Theatre around the age of seven. His parents thought this would pacify his desire to be an actor, but they couldn't have been more wrong! After the performance of a community play Carter was approached by a local agent. That night set things rolling. After booking local and national commercials, Carter really wanted more. In July of 2002 he and his mother traveled to L.A. for training. After two weeks in L.A., he was represented by a top agent and was soon getting auditions as well as callbacks and bookings. Coming from a very close family and not wanting to be separated, his success made it necessary for the family to make the move to Los Angeles. Carter now lives in Los Angeles with his parents, his older sister and older brother (also an actor). In addition to acting Carter enjoys playing baseball, basketball and football. He loves being with his family and having fun. And although not living in Tampa Florida anymore, he is still a Buccaneers fan.
You can check out more about Carter Jenkins here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1334396/
Isn't that cool?!--I mean the part about starting out in community theater. Of course I did not start when I was seven but...I can still hope!
Ever hoping,
Cat

Unseen Talent

Can you believe that both of these pictures are of the same guy? The one on the left is of Cillian Murphy in Batman as the "scarecrow" and the other is Cillian's promo picture. I couldn't believe it. Neither picture I have here is a really good one. Well, I just wanted to discuss the subject of actors that haven't really been noticed yet. Here we have Cillian Murphy. I didn't see him until I watched Batman Begins where he plays the "scarecrow". He has been in twenty-two films since 1997 (some were shorts, one was a T.V. min-series but the rest were movies such as Cold Mountain, and smaller films) but he's not well-known or famous. Although, he does have a couple fans. I like looking at smaller characters in movies--mostly because of my bias for guys I think are good-looking, but that is beside the point. I also do that because I hope that someone will look into my record when/if I'm an actress who hasn't really been discovered and cast in a main character role yet (it's a "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" kind of thing).
A nother thing on the subject of acting, I think that if you don't really, really want to act and it's just something you like to do as a hobby or something, please don't audition for huge parts in movies and things. I'm not saying that you can't audition for big parts when it comes to community theaters. Actually, when it comes to community theater, many times you don't really have a choice because sometimes there aren't very many parts to audition for. But when it comes to movies you should leave the big parts to those who really want to act (like me, for instance). Do you understand what I'm saying? Well, I better go. Bye!
Cat