sometimes second is better than first

If you've been reading my blog since the beginning, you won't be surprised.

If you haven't been reading my blog since the beginning...you seriously need to give up one of your 5 TV shows and an hour of Netflix a day to catch up.

Most of you know by now how an actor's life works. I'll explain it in a way that will cause every actor reading this to call me out on technicalities because they feel I falsely represent their lifestyle (similar, say, to SMASH), but every other person reading this will just say, "Oh yeah, I get that".

First, there's the initial AUDITION. You walk in a room, you sing, sometimes you read a few lines, and then you awkwardly stare at the people hoping they'll say they want to see you again. If they don't say it to your face, you instantly leave the room and say, "OMG I was terrible; they hated me!"until you receive a call from a casting director or agent saying you got a CALLBACK...then you say, "Oh yeah, I knew I was great".

The CALLBACK is when you're told what to prepare, and you generally perform for more people. After the callback, you wait 6-12hrs. before you assume you didn't book the gig. Then, you ponder giving up and buying that LSAT book.

But sometimes, there's what we like to call the SECOND CALLBACK (and this is where actors will say it's not that simple because sometimes there are more than two callbacks to which I say THEY'RE JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU!)

The SECOND CALLBACK is when your agent tells you he almost forgot to tell you that the show is still interested in you and they want to see more!!

And I, my dear readers, have received my first second callback ever...at least for as long as I felt like trying to remember before I was distracted by Dance Moms.

Now, here's the NOT surprise to my dedicated followers (I'll call you FANS).

Fans, I have received a second callback for...I'm not even going to TELL you...I mean it's only fitting...

BUT If I book this show you're all getting free tickets! Or at least a really cute discount code like ALIENLUV or BWAYUFO.

I ate a quart of ice cream to celebrate,

TJB: Making It