Red Letter Day

Today my be a Red Letter day

I found myself in "The Mail Room".  Anyone who is reading what I am writing knows that I was a Cool Cat at one time.  I went to a workshop of Screen Actors today.  There was no parade.  No autographing..no, " wow, it's nice to meet you"....

It was brilliant!

I sat in the far end of the auditorium, and listend.  A word that I try so hard to teach to the twins.  They're are so many things that this trip to Houston taught me.



Shut Up

Listen

Ask Questions

Listen to the answers

Speak out                     This is a hard one


I find myself in the mail room, as an actor in Texas.  I met some great people today who are there with me, and welcomed me to the room.  It's a great room to be a part of...it's not glamorous, it doesn't pay well, but, come on, it's a community, and that's what I want to be a part of.  People helping one another...Asking questions, answering them, " What are you wearing tomorrow night?  to the Screen Actors Guild Awards "?   What an amazing mail room.  I will be escorted by Jeff and he will be  the best part of my ensemble. 

If I can figure out how to do this...I will be adding another favorite...my boyfriend.  Well, he is one of my favorites.  There are only 2 above him.  The Kiwis.  The Boyfriend, Jeff Anderson....aka El Jefe...the BEST guitar player I have ever known.  Not that I've known a lot, but, yea...he's super talented.  I've had a crush on him since I was 16.  That's another story for another time.  He's teaching my twins guitar.  He has so much more patience with them than I do.  He bought them these beautiful guitars...pearl inlaid, abaloney...binded.  I don't know what all that means, but, I know that these guitars are beautiful and special to my children.  Go to his webb site and you can hear his latest project.  I am featured on it.  Come on...I have a great voice.

As I said, I'm just learning this new way of communication.  I'm a bit more of a "phone" girl.  I like to hear the inflections in the voice.  It's something that I have spent the better part of my life learning about, ie acting and voice over work.  If I can't see the look in your eyes, I, at least want to hear the sound of your voice.  It makes a difference.  To me anyway.

Maybe one of our problems is that we don't connect.  Not like we used to.  We have all these tecno-gadgets to make it bigger, better, stronger, faster.  "We can rebuild it".  Sorry... I'm going down a Six Million Dollar Trail...I like that we are not bionic.  I want the scars.  I like walking.  I don't want to see through a person's clothing in a security camera.  Can't we go back to a simpler time?  Something so simple like, 2 years ago.  You walk through security and see  need someone looking at my bra.  So...I find myself slowly typing on a key board.  I can talk way faster.

As I learn this, I hope you will be encourage me.

Favorites

If you look to the right of the front page, there are two "favorites".  My good friend, Alan, has a computer company and helped me get this started.  You will learn that I am a technophobe, a "Ludite", if you will.  Alan, has been to my house too many times to admit, to teach me how to use e-mail, facebook, google, well, really anything having to do with this thing that I want to throw against the wall.  I'm on a MacBook, she's small, so trust me, it would hurt her.  He keeps telling me that the more I use her, the better I'll get.  He has even gone so far as to give me homework.  Things like, download your latest pictures, delete the bogus ones and save the good ones to a cd.  I'm like, you lost me at download.  Anyway, he has been a patient teacher, even when my twins are asking for milk, or needing to go potty, or climbing into his lap.  I highly recommend his company.

You may wonder why I refer to my Mac as a girl.  I have too many men in my life, so any think pink, or frilly that I can cling to, I will.  Her name is Sophie.  I believe it means "wisdom" in some language that I learned and forgot.  I shouldn't say I have too many men in my life.  I have just the right amount, my boys, my Dad, my Step-Dad, my boyfriend, and all the great friends I have in the real and virtual world.

The other "favorite" is a blog that my sister created for me in 2005 when I was pregnant.  I had never even heard of a "blog".  I had just moved to Texas to be close to her and the rest of my family.  She's married with 3 boys and convinced me it was the best thing to do, being single.  She calls me Frankie in some of her captions.  I should explain.  It's a nickname that was given to me a long time ago.  When I moved to Taos, New Mexico, I would introduce myself that way, so a lot of people still know me as just that.  Ok, here's the story, while I'm thinking about it...my first friend in LA was a man named Roger, one of the costume designers on a tv show I was working on called "Wings".  He was over at my house one night and we were ordering delivery from Jerry's Deli.  I was on the phone and kept saying, "No, it's Farrah, F as in Frank...Forke, F as in Frank".  It cracked him up, so he just started calling me Frankie, it's easier to say than Farrah.  It just stuck.

Back to my super cool big sister.  She did a great job on the blog, but moved to Saudi Arabia shortly after the twins were born and couldn't keep updating it.  I love that I can share those pictures and memories with you all.  It was a magical time.  Thank you Paige.

Welcome to my Blog

This is my first time.  I promise to get better.  Thank you for being interested in what I have to say.  I will probably write about being a single Mom with twin boys.  That takes up most of my time and mental energy.  I hope to come up with funny stories and pictures, and maybe even some helpful advice.

Welcome

More later,

Farrah and Chuck and Wit