February is the New January

I’ve been underwater for the past five weeks, and can honestly say January was the worst month I’ve had in a long, long time. With all the horrific news coming out of Gaza, I was heartsick and everyone else in the world was looking for information online about Hamas. So when they googled “Hamas.com”, the magic of the internet sent them to me.  (The website for my show  comes up in the top 5 search results by the way.) So let’s just say death threats and hate mail no longer effect me. It just goes to show that the anonymity of the web brings out the monster in all of us.

In the midst of all of this, my steady jobs all dried up, my knee went out, my computer crashed, and my cell phone died (the computer and phone within 5 minutes of each other in what I like to call my own personal electrical storm). People kept telling me Mercury retrograde– Yes, I now bow down to the powers of astrology and specifically Mercury and will sacrifice my first born to prevent any such catastrophes in the future.

So in the spirit of reinvention and second chances…I’ve decided February is the new January. Hey, if 40 is the new 30, and Arab is the new Black, February can be the new January. I don’t like starting the year off in a bad place, and ever since the fog of January lifted things have been sunny and warm in my world. So MY New Year started February 1st, 2009. And what a February it’s been. Started working with a new agent, and am excited about the relationship. Am shooting a new feature, and have a few more films in the wings. Just got a callback for a commercial. Booked a Murder Mystery gig. Some fresh ideas for the rewrite of the show have surfaced. So far, so good.

And the cherry blossoms outside my apartment windows bloomed early this year…February 1st to be exact. You can call it global warming, but I’ll call it a special Happy New Year from the Universe to me.

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