kate’s blog

sorry i have been MIA.  i am just working really hard right now to keep my level of frustration and self-pity to a minimum. this is due, of course, to the fact that i am jonesin’ for acting work~or just some darned auditions!  it has been dead for me so far this year, and i know it’s not just me… but it is also not everyone either.  so it is requiring all of my effort from time to time to stay positive and distracted from useless and defeating bouts of actory-ness. :)  in case you’re in the same place and want some ideas, i am accomplishing this pretty successfully thru exercise, meditation, volunteer work, and doing the acting and other artsy work i can do on my own & with friends.

meanwhile, my BF and i went to a private VIP screening of the new remake of wes craven’s classic The Last House on the Left.  we happen to know the villain-star, and he was wonderful! i’ve mentioned him before~the fabulously talented and generally excellent human being, garret dillahunt.  it was very cool to sit and watch the film with him and friend paul schneider. (in case you all are wondering, i only had the chance to get to know these wonderfully talented people thru the grace of my BF, who is their Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coach.)  the film was great on the whole. i didn’t personally care too much for the performance of the lead girl, but that’s just my humble actor-infused opinion.  i really thought garret did an excellent job with this role~and i don’t say that because i know him.  i really loved and admired his performance, and it’s a different sort of character than he usually gets cast as, so what a great opportunity to see him spread his wings some more.  the film is definitely a go-see-in-the-theater-with-a-crowd type of movie. it’s got the same sort of vibe, to me, as the wonderful de niro-studded remake of Cape Fear.  check it out!