chokay... so -

I have not disappeared off the face of the planet. I promise.
I am here. alive and well and have been enjoying california for the past two months.
Its almost 2009 so i figured i should write to you all. I'm lame, please forgive me.

Quick update:
Movie. Was great. Phenomenal learning experience form every angle possible. I learned so much about myself, acting, my acting, making a movie, and that there is only so many nights in a row you can eat pizza and sill crave the stuff. Believe it. I will miss the cast, the experiance, everything really. I can't wait to see it!!!

Acting. not so much has been happening of that since i finished the movie. Maybe it was because i wasn't supposed to stay after the movie so this whole time i wasn't really putting my all into it. i guess i didn't want to get into any long term commitments that would conflict with my plans.

which brings me to ..... my plans. what's next? More nomadic life style. Yes i am hitting the road again and i am taking the show with me. First, with my greatest honeymoon sweet heart, Paula, i will be in chicago for a week to visit the one and only Elie. From there i fly back to Israel. for a month. Yes, Guy has survived first semester of Hungarian med school (passed with flying colors i might add, i am so proud of him) and will be in Israel for his winter break. I will be with him until he has to go back to Hungary for round two. I will then have a weekend in England with family there on the way back to the states. I will land in NY, be there for a week, see all the lovely faces i miss so much, get to my winter clothes in storage (which will be oh so neccessairy for the final destination of my travels (for now (of course))) Minneapolis!!! I will be living for a time with my uncle aunt and cousins who live there. Hopefully be apart of some great theater and projects and meet a lot of great people who will help me to the next phase of my carreer. I know what your thinking, minnisota? but its so cold.....all i have to say to that is: Yes. it is. (I did buy uggs though....)

In the meantime, what have i been doing? Working. Babysitting, searving beers and burgers, you know. making some money which has been nice. But also seeing freinds family and the likes. It has been great being home and back to my old shinanigans with my girls. The holiday season has been full of wonderful bump ins with dear old friends. It has been nice and warm (internally, it can be very cold here) and cozy.

That's basically it for the "quick" update. I leave in less than 10 days and am already having anxiety dreams about packing. I am excited and nervouse and tired and wired all at the same time. I am reflective and pensive and confused and wondering.......

2008 has been such an up and down kind of year, i heard about so many engagements or weddings and happiness as well as so many deaths and saddneess.
for me there was love (can you believe it? Jan will be 1 year after Guy and I met) and travel and exploration as well as success and home and comfort but there has also been saddness and anger and unfairness. I can't say 2008 was all bad but i will not be sad to see it go (don't let the door hit you on the way out bitch!)
It seems like with all the news about israel, 2008 is really trying to go out with a bang (sorry for the saddly literal pun)

So here is to 2009, may it be filled with more happiness than saddness, with success, with reunion, with peace of mind and calm heart as well as peace on earth and quelled rancor between all.

Love, happiness, and health to you all.
Happy New Year.