So in the time since I last blogged I've moved to LA and continued pursuing the acting. A short film I was lucky enough to play a supporting character in last year , entitled Youth, is having its local premier in San Francisco tomorrow. Which is why I'm currently on a bus up to that great city in the fog right now.
After my return is when the bigger trip happens. Youth is having one of its premier screenings at the Festival de Cannes, and I have decided to bite the bullet, take the risk, dance with Lady Luck so to speak, and go with it. That's right folks, Drama Queen is going to Cannes. I'm going to spend just over a week there. I've spoken to many people who are festival regulars and researched it thoroughly and have absolutely no idea what's going to happen. I decided I needed an adventure and then this dropped into my lap. I couldn't have asked for a better opportunity. I'll be blogging as often as possible(not sure what my wifi situation will be but I'll make it work) and I hope you all will follow along and feel free to chime in in the comments.
I've decided to blog about my San Francisco excursion, brief though it is, because it feels like the opener for the Cannes trip. So far yesterday and today have been fraught with obstacles, and I had moment this morning where I debated canceling.
I woke up yesterday morning to find my iPhone 5, such a recent machine compared to the vastness of history but already decrepit in the eyes of Apple, had kicked the bucket. I was stone cold dead and nothing could revive it. The idea of traveling without a phone did NOT fill me with joy and I didn't have much time to figure out an alternative as I had a doctors appointment to get to.
Luckily I live with my resourceful parents and my dad handed me his cellphone to use out in the world then set to work finding me a replacement. When I returned from the doctor we made a much unwanted trek to the mall to visit the Apple Store and I am now writing this post in a brand spanking new iPhone 6. Although I bristle at being controlled by Apples planned obsolescence, I must admit having a new phone is quite nice.
But the fun didn't stop there. I woke up this morning to find I'd somehow, sleeping in my bed, thrown my low back out. It spasmed every time I moved a certain way like my spine was playing a painful game of hot cold with me. I very nearly cancelled, but I didn't.
Moving very slowly I managed to get my luggage out to the Lyft and then from the Lyft to the bus. I probably confused everyone with my gate, why is a young woman in a Ramones t shirt walking like an eighty year old whose just had hip surgery?
The important thing is I made it on the bus.
I'm settled in with my back support cushion in place and a collection of short stories to read. San Francisco here I come.
Premier info and photos to follow.
Yours sincerely,
Drama Queen
