Sunday, October 5, 2025

*Primary* Ongoing Log of Updates

I aspire to be a natural appearance performer

Divorced Billionaire Heiress

A lot of my friends and acquaintances are telling me that they've seen me in this vertical drama, where I play the powerful billionaire gramma.  Here's my blog about it Blog link

Performance Reels

Dramatic/Comedic reel

Commercial Reel

Villain/Angry reel



Legit Soprano music video (Sound of Music)

Alto belt example

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I am 11x vaccinated against COVID!

I am a USA/DE dual national

News from 2025 

Acting related

  • Sept 13 & Oct 1 filming "Stray Cats" d. Josh Wick photo
  • Sept 29 filming Student project at Feirstein d Ariana Melendez-Franco blog
  • April 18 first draft of proposed Villain/Angry reel https://youtu.be/Sy_o12onZy4
  • Jan 14 Actors Connection class with Dani Markowitz

CLE

  • Rule of Law Under Siege: Lawyers, Immigration and Voting Rights Cases, NYDLC 9/30/25
  • Fair Use and Generative AI: Navigating Legal Frontiers, IIPS 9/30/25
  • What Brand Owners and their Attorneys Need to Know about Indigenous Cultural IP 9/12/25 (IIPS)
  • Hot Topics in Trademark & Copyright Law June 26, 2025 (NYIPLA)
  • EU Design Law Changes 2025 8/14/25 (IIPS)
  • The DEI Conversation -- I'm Confused 8/6/25 (IIPS)
  • JPPCLE, June 6, 2025
  • Navigating Japanese Patent & Trademark Law 5/28/25 (IIPS)

Other

  • Solar Cookers International (SCI) Webinar 7/18/25
  • Movies seen in theaters or paid for: Fairyland, Sketch, Fantastic 4, Superman, Snow White, Moana 2, Thunderbolts, Captain America: Brave New World
  • Live Theater: Waitress at the Weathervane (Whitefield, NH) Boop The Musical on Broadway (so sad that it closed)
  • Live Concerts: Lindsey Stirling, Bridgeport CT 9/14/25; Big Moose Bach Festival -- Coös County, NH (Labor Day Weekend)
  • New Music I'm enjoying: Mat & Savanna Shaw "Just How Strong You Are," Max Richter "Sleep cycle", Lindsey Stirling "Duality"; Lucia Micarelli "Anthropology"

News from 2024

Performance (click on links to see videos)

  • December 6 filming "Family Affair"
  • Sept 13, filming Woobles Ad
  • July 12, discovered an ad for Divorced Billionaire Heiress with extended clip 
  • June 13 release of FOGO (Fear of Getting Old) https://vimeo.com/957504849
  • June 4 filming  ad in Chicago retina specialists ad
  • May 21 release of Count of Monte Cristo  more info on blog
  • May 6-9 filming "The Divorced Billionaire Heiress"  Blog
  • May 5: I discovered that the "Secret Trillionaire" was renamed "Mystic Tycoon" and a clip is on FB.  blog with clip
  • May 2 "The Substitute Bride" starts streaming on Short Max Blog about The Substitute Bride
  • Feb 26 Filming  "Secret Trillionaire" (later called "Mystic Tycoon")  d Amy Omar.  
  • Jan 28 & Feb 5 Filming "The Substitute Bride" d Ying Xiao

CLE

  • 241107 NYIPLA fall one day program
  • 241020 State of the Law: Transgender Rights Lawline
  • 241018 Artificial Intelligence & Chat GPT: Uses, Abuses, and Ethical standards Lawline
  • October 2024 Poll Observer Training NYDLC
  • September 10 JPPCLE
  • July 23 NYDLC Supreme court Ethics
  • Feb 16, "Protections of Geographical Indications in the EU and Beyond" IIPS

Media consumed

  • Movies seen in Theatres:"Moana 2", "Wicked", "Venom: Last Dance", "DeadPool & Wolverine", "American Fiction", "Aquaman 2"
  • Audio purchased (Yeah, I haven't joined a streaming service yet) : "Impossible Dream" by Aaron Lazar, Everything I could find by Tony Ann, "Hell Together" by David Archuleta, "Fraggle Rock" with Adam Lambert, "Musical Priest" by Lucia Micarelli
  • Live theater & Music: Find your Light Benefit Appel Room; "Cabaret" at the Weathervane Theater in NH; "Cabaret" featuring Adam Lambert; Concert by Dave & Kat Foster in Staten Island

Other

Earlier updates, deleted from this blog and moved to separate blogs:



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Magnolia student project

 So this is going to be a draft for now.  

Sept 29 I went to Feirstein to participate in a student project.  The student, Ariana Melendez-Franco, was filming a scene from the movie "Magnolia" in class.  It was a small assignment -- tho hopefully will result in some reel for me.

I was away on a retreat the weekend before and only learned that the scene was going to be filmed Monday on Sunday night.  Monday I also had an extended doctor's appointment, with lots of testing.  Miraculously, I managed to learn most of the lines -- and the student wasn't too picky about errors.

I was interested in the project because this movie is on my to do list, since I'm a Tom Cruise fan & his role in this film is widely considered to be his best acting -- yet I haven't seen it.  The scene we filmed was not one of his scenes.

This project was a classic illustration of how important it is to read the whole script, even if you're only filming one scene.  In the scene we filmed, I played a woman named Rose who was confronting her husband, Jimmy, about his alleged molestation of their daughter.  I somehow had the idea that she was already convinced that he was guilty and that her primary emotion was anger.  

The student had a different idea -- probably more based on  the real story -- that Rose was trying to figure out whether to believe her daughter or not.  Jimmy's responses convinced her that her daughter was telling the truth and she was persuaded to leave her husband.  She was both angry and sad, not just angry -- probably more sad.

If I had understood this distinction, I would have approached the scene differently.  Hopefully, I got a good enough interpretation based on the direction I received.  

The professor also came in and gave some direction.  He told me I did a good job, tho, I, at this point, am not at all satisfied with what I did and would have done it quite differently had I really understood the scene.

Anyway, it was a good experience.  I actually felt like I was in class myself -- learning something from the professor.

This school is a bit tricky to get to, as I had to take 2 subways and then a bus that only ran every 20 minutes, and I just missed the first one. The G subway stopped at a very confusing intersection on Flushing Ave.  Fortunately, other people helped me find the correct bus stop -- in particular a guy who was also filming -- altho in his case it was of someone doing tricks on a skateboard -- dangerous, given that the performer was in the street.

The school itself is at the entrance of Steiner Studio -- a very large movie studio that is also their landlord.  The big gate to the studio looked very enticing

On the way back, I discovered a ferry from the nearby Brooklyn Navy Yard to 34th street in Manhattan.  If you have the option of taking this ferry to either Feirstein or Steiner Studio, I would highly recommend it.  It was much more fun -- tho more expensive -- than the subway. Apparently this ferry also goes to Astoria

Here are some videos I took from the Ferry



Hopefully, when I get some video from the student, I will be able to add it here.


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