Management & Christopher Rice

I've been off my blog grind - but plugging away.

Signed a management deal with KMP Artists - who are based in LA, and incidentally they work with pretty much my favorite writer of all time - Christopher Rice

I just finished his fourth book, Blind Fall, and immediately started his most recent work, The Moonlit Earth. His stories are absolutely captivating - written with a lot of heart and emotion, with suspenseful and mysterious aspects that are totally up my alley.

Hope to meet him soon - I think I may meet him at a showcase in Seattle in September.

Also been working on some development with Jonathan Whiteley - he has been giving me some advice on things from performance to image - he suggested I take some technical dance classes as a form of exercise, and to train my body in a way that hip-hop classes don't quite cover. I took a jazz class today at PMT Dance Studio.

Boychoir & Bridesmaids

I met up tonight with my old friend William Southerland who I went to the American Boychoir School with, and whom I hadn't seen since I think 1998.

Pretty crazy - but awesome to see him, and we chatted it up for a little while at Bourbon Street (bar) in Midtown.

Love reminiscing!!

Then I had a party of 1 (solo date) at the 12:30am showing of Bridesmaids at Regal. 

Freakin hilarious -

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Kristen Wiig - she is my hero

Nose piercing

Got my nose pierced :-)

Zennnnnn

Today I wasn't feeling the best - a little bit of a sore throat.

So I slept in pretty late....which is grand on a Sunday.

When I got up, I headed down to E 14th St. to go to Chogye International Zen Temple for some guided meditation.

Months ago, Time Out New York did a write-up on Finding your Peace or something to that nature. Ways to find peace in New York city. And there was a section on meditation with suggestions of centers where you could go.

I decided on this because the time was perfect. 6-8 pm on a Sunday.

I plan on finding some other centers too and trying them out.

I would love to incorporate meditation into an every day practice.

Screen shots

My cousin's girlfriend was kind enough to take some photos of her TV when they aired my song, and sent them to me....

LOL.... here they are!

Real World

Was giddy today because of the impending placement on Real World: Las Vegas.

I set my DVR to record it, and watched it late at night.

Sure enough, as my friends and family already told me, my song "Warning Shot" played right at the very end of the episode before the end credits.

Was a great placement with a little bit of the track upfront (Nick Morin production) and then the lyrics "Tell  me what the hell's going on? / Some kind of voo-doo," and then the beginning and ending of the chorus: "Could you fire a warning shot before you blow me away / When the trigger is cocked / Give me a warning shot"

Very exciting -

I got a bunch of people commenting on my old YouTube video of Warning Shot - so exciting that people were seeking it out after the episode - I also searched Twitter and discovered that people were quoting the lyrics!!

Got a lot of congrats and well wishes from friends - this is pretty big for me, and I hope for more placements in the future -

Very Grateful :-)

MTV placement on REAL WORLD

I found out today that my music will be featured on Real World: Las Vegas

Episode will air tonight (Wed 5/4) at 10pm.

They will be playing my song "Warning Shot."

WOOOO HOOOOOO so excited!!!!!

Back in New York

It feels good to be back in NYC. I mean really:

No place like it --- even though I would like to go back to LA very soon.

I finally finished unpacking today from my trip - kinda pathetic considering it's almost a week later LOL - been dragging my feet a little bit on everything that needs to be done, but I'm getting back into the swing of things.

Today I went and took Eddie Villanueva's dance class at NYSC. Me and him both danced in Sheryl Murakami's carnival piece a couple years ago, and have stayed in touch a bit. It was great to see him do his thing!

I also hung out with Gillian Hunter earlier in the day - she is such a beautiful, sweet person that I went to Interlochen Arts Camp with back in '98. She's British, and currently lives in London, but I saw her back in 2009, and she was visiting New York again recently. We have kept in touch via Twitter. 

We had a lovely time.