ankinrowen productions....

We had an amazing reading of new work by Brooke Berman and Beau Willimon on Thurs Dec 4th, 2008 followed by a cocktail party.

I am so excited about the infinite possibilities.

http://www.ankinrowen.com

Twilight and Turkey

I made my first Thanksgiving dinner this year. It was one of the most terrifying yet rewarding things I have ever done in my life. Cleaning the turkey was disgusting and traumatizing. But seeing the actual finished product was like reaching some sort of milestone. Like riding a bike for the first time or getting my period. I looked at what I had created-the bird (which took an impressive five hours to make!), yams, salad, cranberry sauce, gravy, mashed potatoes and my pie-and I realized I can do this. I can be the matriarch, the woman of the house. I can be a mom. I can do this! I can do this! I made Thanksgiving dinner!

Juxtaposed with the fact that the week of Thanksgiving, I also became literally obsessed with the Twilight saga. I read all four of these books in ten days. The books were beautifully written and deeply moving, and much to my chagrin I found myself sneaking out of parties early that week to go home and read. I felt sixteen all over again and like I was falling in love for the first time. (These are young adult novels, of course:) Suddenly I had an incredible backdrop to my life, much like acting homework as described by my mentor, where I was simultaneously running errands and also wondering what Edward was thinking when he flew through trees. (OK-if you haven't read the book, you should. Or at least see the movie which is horribly disappointing but the boy in it is hot. And also hanging out with my thirty year old friends in LA which is a whole other story).

S what does all this mean? I clearly have ageism issues. I'm thirty ears old. I have a husband and can honestly say for the first time in  my life -after years of hard work-I'm experiencing the beginnings of true happiness in my career. I can make a kinda kick ass Thanksgiving dinner. And I'm also sixteen inside. A true teeny bopper for life. Happily married and also having a secret affair with a seventeen year old vampire (and Justin of course. He will always be my #1 imaginary friend). And this is all OK.

Twilight and Turkey sound kinda good together.