My Hope. My Faith.

I am on a cruise ship. Working. I am working on a cruise ship. Cruise ship = internet at $.08/minute Cruise ship = pretty slow internet Cruise ship = not a lot of time. Therefore, my posts may be sparse until July 7th and Hollywood. I am sorry. Please bear with me. Oh and I have an additional airport story. I missed my flight on Saturday. That story will come. ....

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2 years ago I began grad school.I had no idea what to expect.Frankly, I was scared.I knew I could do it, but I wasn't sure all the time...I was surprised that I got in,and vowed to do better than I did in undergrad.I did do better. Thank God.I learned a lot,and made a lot of friends.Had a few falling outs with people that I believed were friends.I felt lonely, ....

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When I was younger and dreaming of my acting career, I was always trying to figure out what my stage name should be. It's not that I didn't like my name (actually, I never used to be too fond of Ruth. I thought my siblings all had cool names and I got stuck with the boring one. And yes, I do know what Ruth means and who she was ....

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I am going non-stop from now until at least August 15th. I have so much to do: sell my stuff, pack my stuff, one paper, one presentation, one exam, graduation, fly home, best friend's wedding, leave for ship (on the night of best friend's wedding), join the ship the next morning, work with children, leave the ship, go to LA, attend (an awesome) school. Ok, here is the layout:May ....

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I got into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts!!! I was checking the mail all day long today and checked it at 4, but there was nothing. Almost gave up and resigned myself to the fact that I should resume checking on Monday. However, one last peek into the mailbox resulted in a large envelope. The first word of the letter was "Congratulations!" YAY! I am so happy. My ....

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I apologize that I was not able to post a follow up on my audition. I have been sick for the last few days and now feel slightly better.--My audition on Saturday was cool, I think. It was actually really short, so Jum Jum, I really did not have time to feel nervous. It only took 13 minutes! I was ushered in, the lady (picture an older, cool, eccentric ....

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I have had a semi sore throat for the last couple of days and I thought it was getting better, but I woke up today with my skin achy and my eyeballs (no, not my eyes, but my eyeballs) hurting. Seriously, it hurts when I look up, down, to the left and to the right. I guess I should be happy that it does not hurt to blink. ....

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