Those Good Problems.

Head south toward Evergreen drive 

Turn left on Spring Road

In one thousand feet turn left. Listen to the GPS

It just had me go 

In a big giant circle. Let’s call it an adventure.

Let’s take it easy

We are early anyway. 

Podcast, commercial reel, and cheese

Today feels like one of those, well I’ll just go to bed early tonight and start all over tomorrow kind of days.

I think it’s because I had homemade queso last night. That’s the kind of food that hurts even worse when you see what goes into it. Lactose intolerance is real, you guys, and I feel like I ate a slowly deflating beach ball, still covered in sand.

Better news: I have become certified to…

It’s been so long since I wrote a blog post that I wasn’t sure I’d remember how to use WordPress. In fact, I don’t even think WordPress has faith in me, because it keeps giving me little pop-up tips.

So, I have no explanation. It all comes down to laziness and some sort of weird fear.

Or maybe, inspired by Steven Pressfield’s “The War of Art”: Resistance. I will use that word instead of Lazy. I’m…

full of joy and happiness

  When I moved to New York City, I Instagrammed a screen capture of a note my sister left on my phone. It says:

“Dear Tory, I hope you have a wonderful life in New York full of joy and happiness. I believe you will be famous one day and maybe even cast in a television show. When you are, I hope you don’t forget about your little sister stuck in Iowa. Love, Keely.”

My caption is as follows:

“I…

I’m blonde now

I’m blonde now, and it’s true I’ve been having more fun. I did it for a show! More on that in a few paragraphs. Hold on! God, you’re so impatient sometimes.

  Yesterday I was on the phone with my mom and I think she was trying to understand what I DO all day. “So if you’re not at an audition or an actual job… what are you doing with your time?”

I didn’t quite know how to answer her except to say,…

Review: “Songs of the Black Moon” by Kendra Lou

Kendra Lou’s new album “Songs of the Black Moon” is a weird and wonderful ride. There’s no predicting where she’ll take us with her immaculate vocals and raw lyrics, but the album’s titular track kicks us off with an ambient surf rock beat- and we know there’s a journey ahead.

But if producer/guitarist Al Street’s reverb-laden ominous guitar riffs make you wonder if you’re being peeled out of…

I have just been drowning in updates you guys, so I have to write about them all to save myself.

It’s been a great 2016 so far! Recent projects include:

-“I Love You… But I Lied”(which we’ve already talked about c’mon people keep up)

-A sketch show at the Annoyance

-Lots of modeling, check out my most recent portfolio. 

-Tons of classes and workshops, including an amazing weekend with Clown…

Tory Flack and the Case of The Lazy Blogger

God! I feel like I have to start out every post with an apology! But you’re not my boss.

So, I’m sorry Tory, that you continuously let yourself down by not making yourself known on the Internet every 32 seconds. BRB checking my Facebook.

34 likes, phew.

I am listening to a comedy podcast right now, which is why this blog post is so funny.

So what do you want to know about? I wrapped on that…

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Today is a great day for jokes. Unfortunately, I don’t have any. But I DO have a Valentine, so today I choose love.

Speaking of, here’s my new comedic reel!:

Thank god my Valentine was here to remind me how to embed links, otherwise it would have been the worst day ever.

I wish you all the best, and if you are…

Before I left for Iowa for the holidays I discovered Discipline. It started with Willpower, who is a cousin of Discipline, I believe on the paternal side.

I catered a private holiday party somewhere in the Union Square area. There were desserts, trays and trays and trays of desserts. Ginger snap ice cream sandwiches, Bite-mallows, mini fried apple pies, peppermint soliders. I remember all these…

a great and beautiful day!

Sunday morning after rehearsal for the Magdalene Sisters, Caitlin and I went out looking for a gift for a baby shower that evening. I had too much 100 proof something-flavored Schnapps at a drag show in which I performed the night before, and was still waiting for my mind to return. This sense of disconnect is probably why when Caitlin almost stepped out in front of a car I said, “Oh wouldn’t…

Lately I’ve really been into this knock knock joke where you get people to say “I eat mop who.”

That’s all I have to say about that.

Did I tell you that I filmed an episode of “I Love You… But I Lied” for the Lifetime Movie Network? Probably not. When things feel like a big deal, I tend to keep it to myself for fear that the opportunity will go away. I am superstitious like that. It’s genetic.

I…

I took voice lessons in college but I was terrified of singing in front of people. I had no less than 3 audition experiences where singing turned into paralysis, followed by what I like to call a “public fear tantrum,” and then a trip to McDonalds.

Within weeks of moving to Chicago, I was cast in a children’s musical. And I had to sing, alone, during a show for the first time ever. When it was…

Just kidding, I’m not going to touch that question.

But here’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about since beginning classes with Anthony Abeson: Acting as an art form.

WHAAAAAAT.

Well, it is. And I never really regarded it as such. It’s easy to cast actors off as beautiful talking heads, and that’s because- most of the time that’s the case. I am realizing how many bad habits I’ve created…

Funny world we live in now where we celebrate women for speaking loud and proud about our periods, but it’s now taboo to say “I’m Busy.”

This week I am very busy AND I am getting my period, so everyone just sit the fuck down.

I am so grateful to the Annoyance Theatre for giving me so many wonderful opportunities to write and perform my own work. Sunday night I have the second installment of a…

When I started auditioning my arms would go numb all the way up to my shoulders, and my hands would cramp into steady fists. I would leave the audition room and find someone to unfold them so that I could go to McDonalds and hold the McFlurry I was inevitably going to cry into. This happened for a few years before it got worse, and then got a bit better.

I have terrible anxiety, mostly at night.…