Technology

TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY:  The branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment. A scientific or industrial process, invention, method or the like.

Okay, so you all know I drive a pretty expensive car (2010) that comes with all the bells and whistles right?  And, they are supposed to be in working order, at least one would think.  So, the other morning I get into my car and head off to Santa Monica for my first audition, yay!!  As I’m driving I click on the Navigation button in my car to put in the address..GASP!!!  It doesn’t work! Oh no, now what do I do?  Well, thank goodness I have my handy dandy iPad available and my cool phone, yay!! Well, the only problem with those is that they don’t tell me if there’s an accident, construction or stopped traffic. UGH!  Can you say spoiled..lol

NAVIGATION:  The art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course.

Well, I put the address in both of them (just in case, sometimes they get confused) and lo and behold two hours later I arrive at my destination. (Darn traffic) Now, after my first audition I get back into my car and put the next audition location into my iPad (cuz my phone is almost out of battery) and off I go.  Well, I obey the iPad, even though I know it’s not leading me in the right direction and guess what?  I end up at the beach. (Told ya so) I mean, I know it’s a beautiful day and perhaps the little machine wanted to bask in the sun, but that wasn’t on my agenda.  Even though I certainly had enough time for that since my next audition wasn’t until 4:50 pm in West Hollywood. So, I stopped to get gas for my little gas guzzler (just put in $20 bucks the day before) and reprogram the iPad (now we’re talkin) and off I go (again). 

I get five miles down the road and my iPad says it’s only got 5% left on the battery, oh well no biggie, my car has a hook up for an ipad.  GASP!! It says, NOT CHARGING….WHAT????  What do you mean not charging???? Okay, well I’ve got it, I have my charging adapter for the lighter so I’ll just plug it in, whew! WHAT???  NOT CHARGING?? You’ve got to be kidding me??

CHARGER:  An apparatus that charges storage batteries.

So, by this time my phone is charged a little so I pull over and put the address in my phone.  (Thank goodness I’ve got both little machines, whew) GASP!! Two miles down the road it tells me my GPS was lost.  WHAT??  I’m on Santa Monica Blvd. and I have Verizon, I mean come on now.  Well, I click on the Nav sign to refresh it and it asks me if I want to show my location..well of course I do..duh!  So I click on OK and it takes me to settings..really?  I go through this little episode 4 times until I get soo frustrated I shut the darn thing down.  I waited a minute and turned it back on and yay, a miracle it worked.  Sooo, I pull over again and put the address in (again). 

Well, I remember my iPad telling me to make a U-turn at Hancock Park but it never came and I know Hollywood pretty well.  All of sudden my phone says make a right (Then it pauses)then it says make a left..okay, so which is it??? I’m in the left hand lane so I decide to turn left.  OMG! I went around in circles for 15 minutes.. (I told you the GPS doesn’t get it sometimes).  So, I turn back on my iPad, praying that it has some life left in it and it tells me that my destination is 1.5 miles back the other way.  What satellite are those things getting there info from?? UGH!!  Okay, so I finally find the darn place (Or so I thought).  I park and get my lunch out, a can of chicken, pork rinds, and crystal light.  I’m not much of fast food person. I pull out my can opener and start to open the can..are you flippin kidding me?  The can opener doesn’t work. Well, at least I have my pork rinds and crystal light.

Soo, now it’s 1:54 pm and I have to go to the bathroom.  Ugh. I remember my last ordeal, not so pretty, so I think I’ll just pee in a cup..lol  (not really)  So now what do I do?  I’ve got 2 hours and 56 minutes to go.  Well, I guess I’ll check, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and my 2 email accounts.. DONE and I have to pee like a race horse.  Alright, so I sucked it up and went to McDonalds, whew!

Now, I’m off to find the REAL location of the audition driving around and around AGAIN. There is no such address and no phone number.. really??  Finally I decide to check it out on Google and they forgot to add the first number to the address.  No wonder why my navigation was taking me around and around like the Tea Cups at Disneyland.  Don’t you think they would want people to show up and don’t you think they’d know their own address?  Sooo, I pull over AGAIN to put the CORRECT address in my phone and this crazy girl has a U-Haul van with a Handicap sign (she doesn’t look handicap to me) filled with barking dogs. This guy comes out of nowhere with his dog and they start fighting. He actually spits in her face and says, “Don’t you do it #@%*, I’m going to call the cops on you”.  Then he tries to get me involved in it, as if I didn’t have enough problems for today. I’m just an innocent bystander.  OMG!  I need a drink!

Alright, so I’ve actually found the place now and it’s only 3:49 pm. I’ve smoked enough cigarettes, drank a huge diet coke (time to go to the bathroom again) checked all the social media I can, do I go in early or tough it out.  I decided to wait until 4:30 pm and head on in, hittin the bathroom first thing!  I sign in, fill out the appropriate paperwork and patiently wait for my turn.

I absolutely loved the Casting Director, she was amazing!!

Soooo, guess what??????  I GOT THE PART!! The whole day was worth all that stuff just to hear those words. God is good!

Oh and you’ll be happy to know, I hit the bathroom before that long trek home..lol