Hello Again!

Yes, I know. I am officially the world’s worst blogger.  ;)

Seriously though, completing my next blog has been on my ‘To Do’ list since January! Settling into LA life has been crazy, amazing, awesome and out of control all at once…. But nonetheless, better late than never – so here I am once again!

So, as you all know, I made the move on December 11 2009. I was most disappointed, after leaving the sunny skies of Adelaide to arrive to miserable sheeting rain in Los Angeles. Oh. It wasn’t the most welcome arrival, but I was just happy to be ‘home’. In a whirlwind  few weeks, I managed to buy my car down in the OC, meet with my agent, start auditioning, and most importantly, we finally found a house to live in on the 31st of December! I spent Christmas with ‘old’ friends in LA and made some new ones too. I was happily joined by one of my compadres, Bek on the 28th of December….just in time to help me find the house to live in!

Shortly afterwards, in early January, I sent for my ‘kids’ and was happily reunited with my dogs and cat. They were not so ecstatic after a 14 hour plane journey out of Melbourne, which was experiencing a heat wave the day they were shipped out! Oops. Bad mother. However, you will be happy to know that they have settled in nicely and no longer resent me.

So what have I been doing in the last four months? I couldn’t even really say….so terrible! The past four months have been a blur of auditioning, studying, catching up with friends, trying to squeeze in catch up time on film, television shows and theatre and just generally living life…. It was also exciting to have Lynda-Maree join us in early March to complete the set. Now the three of us are here, we are really digging our heels in and conquering the town!

I am also pleased to announce that I have found a new home at Sovereign Talent Group for my commercial and theatrical representation. Dina from Arete moved to her new home at Sovereign and I was pleased to accompany her for the ride. So, I look forward to a long and happy partnership with Sovereign.

Initially, I was taking scene study classes with Candace Silvers Studio, whom I had previously worked with, but have since transfered across to the Larry Moss Studio as they offer a Theater Company which is part of the studio and I have joined the Edgemar Theater Group and am very excited to start working on some very professional theater with them in the near future. As you all know, I am very passionate about great theater, and am excited about this transition.

I am also working with the Berubians on a Shakespeare ‘Best Of’, which will be produced in Hollywood in June, so watch out for updates! I have also already wrapped on two short films – ‘The Fortune Cookie’ by Kimie Koike, and ‘Non Fiction’ by Michael Lisenberry. I am always auditioning – so who knows what’s next? I also had a blast zooming around the Paramount Studios lot a few weeks ago when I went to be a reader for some pilot auditions with Pagano/Manwiller Casting.

On a personal level, I have indulged in a visit to Disneyland already (yes, I am a big kid at heart) and am looking forward to going back and doing CaliforniaLand sometime soon……… I have caught up with my LA friends and made some new ones.  I participated in an International Netball Tournament, which was great fun. So good to catch up with other Aussies, Kiwis, Brits and other commonwealth citizens, and eat more familiar food (all whilst playing 17 games of netball in the driving rain!). Sigh. I have done not as much shopping as I would like, but my wallet is happier that way! I also got a chance to catch up with my Aussie agent, who was in town the other week, which was great! I also get to do my two favourite things with friends every week – bowling on mondays and spa on wednesdays! Fun-ness!

We had a wonderful get together with about 30 friends at our place over Easter and I did indulge them all by ‘throwing some shrimps on the barbie’. Oh my, they tasted awesome too! Funnily enough, this was the day of the 6.9 earthquake, but I didn’t feel a thing!!! I was too busy working that Barbie…..like father, like daughter.

And, the question that always plagues me…….have I seen any celebs? Well, yes. It is Hollywood. I have played netball with Aaron Jeffrey, Simone Kessel, Tanc Sade and Molly Ringwald. I have been in classes with Rob Estes, Zoe Bell, Lindsey Mckeon and Jessica Sutta. I saw Apl from the Black Eyed Peas DJ in a club, and I almost ran Gerard Butler down with my car (true story).

So what next? Well, this week is going to be HUGE!!!!

It’s off to Las Vegas for me tomorrow for the MGM Pool Party ‘Wet Republic’ with some promoter friends and to celebrate Lynda-Maree and another friend Nick’s respective birthdays…..oh, and to honour Anzac Day. Then, I am getting new headshots taken this week and heading to a film premiere at Sony Studios on Thursday – ‘Turning Japanese’ with Brian Austin Green. I am also madly trying to organise a house move, as we have just found a great 4 bedroom house for us all to move into next month! I still have classes every week and plenty of auditions coming up! I am also looking forward to the series of One Acts opening at Edgemar, as I will be volunteering in the box office for a couple of nights, which is always fun. You never know who will show up!!

Also, now that the weather is finally heating up and we are heading towards summer, I would love to get down to Venice sometime soon and throw my rollerblades on and set off into the sunshine – BLISS! Fingers crossed I can fit that in soon……..

I am also looking forward to a brief visit to Australia in June to see family, so that will be a nice break to catch up on all that has been going on back home.

So, until I blog again – and let’s face it, it could be another 4 months…….(well, let’s hope not) you can keep up with all my adventures on Facebook. I have a new fanpage, so look me up under Alicia Hovell (Actor/Director).

Keep Smiling and Being Amazing!

xoxoxo

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