Three good things.

I think it's high time to reconnect with this blog. As things are moving at a crazy pace in my life right now, I may not be posting as often as I'd like right away....... but, little steps! Today was an exhausting, but amazing day.

First, my very first niece was born this morning! I have three adorable nephews; ages 1, 2, and 3 - and now I have a beautiful little girl to spoil as well. Her name is Annabel Tallulah Taylor, and she was born at 3:20am, UK time. Here she is with Mum and big brothers Seth and Josiah!

Secondly, I finished my first big commercial shoot yesterday. Sadly, the commercial is only airing in Europe (although fortunately that does mean I won't have any conflicts with stuff airing here should I get another gig... Crossies!) This afternoon, my agent forwarded me a note from the director of the shoot:

Gina,

Esther is one of the best actors I've worked with... Her interpretation of her character, her delivery, her energy was perfect. She took direction (what little I had to give) well and also was able to memorize her big chunks of dialogue fantastically. She even had a few suggestions and ideas which made the scenes better. Every scene we did with her was a genuine pleasure.

- Matt 

Sometimes you just need to hear words like that.

Finally, tonight was a lovely evening with my roommate, Alanna. This is a girl who I love very much; she's my friend, and my co-owner of Half-Pint Theatre - and tonight we got to chat about everything from traveling, to future life plans, to how proud we are of our little company - and how far we've come in a year!

And after three days of shooting, it is now high time for another thing. Sleep.