Tag: life
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Patched
About a Blood Patch All this reminds me that our lives are like seeds you harvest for a future garden. Once you’ve veered off the most direct path, the opportunities to correct that trajectory are almost without limit. I lay on the couch like a sloth while Colin stirs pots, shakes spice bottles, and bangs plates…
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From the Archives – License to Drive
https://www.blogger.com/navbar/8201232525367214319?po=7365430933555165049&origin=https://nikinaeve.blogspot.com&usegapi=1&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fabc-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Dgapi.lb.en.OE6tiwO4KJo.O%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAHpOoo_Itz6IAL6GO-n8kgAepm47TBsg1Q%2Fm%3D__features__#id=navbar-iframe&_gfid=navbar-iframe&parent=https%3A%2F%2Fnikinaeve.blogspot.com&pfname=&rpctoken=23136572 Wednesday, April 26, 2006 License To Drive -or- How Terrorism Made Me Lose Hair Today So, do I have a valid drivers license yet? Heh. Nope, not yet. No license. Not at all. Not really. Come to think of it. No. Some of you know the beginning of the story – my driver’s license…
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From the Archives – My First Equity Gig 5-17-06
https://nikinaeve.blogspot.com/2006/04/license-to-drive-or-how-terrorism-made.html “Hello.” “Hi, Shirley?” “Yes…” “Shirley, this is Niki Naeve. You called me yesterday evening to offer me the role of Mrs. Linton in Wuthering heights.” “Yes, Niki. You didn’t call me back.” ‘Well, I got your message late last night and I left you an email; then I called you this morning.” “Yes, and…
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From the Archives: Audition Day 3 – The Callback
February 12, 2002 https://nikinaeve.blogspot.com/2002/02/audition-day-3-callback.html By the time I arrived I had to pee so badly I could see no further than the fantasy of a bathroom, and cared little for whether there was a job on the other side of it. Of course, being run by theater people, the production “office” opened 15 minutes late,…
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From the Archives: Audition Day 2
February 11, 2002 https://nikinaeve.blogspot.com/2002/02/my-first-week-in-new-york.html 8:35 am – Alarm goes off. (Just think: It is 7:35 in Chicago.)My goal: Be downtown by 10:15, get my name on the sign-up list for a touring company called “Earthtones,’ do the audition, get out. Go get headshots reproduced. 8:55 am – Out of bed 9:05 am – Start warming…
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From the Archives: My first Week In New York City
https://nikinaeve.blogspot.com/2002/02/my-first-week-in-new-york.html February 8, 2002 So, here it is. Here’s my big story about my first week in New York City. This is about what happened once I actually got around to the business of auditioning, after I got lost because the lights on the signs to the highway were burned out, got my first ticket…
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