1.19.04-- Hermit.
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So I guess you can tell from how infrequent these web updates have been, that I have been missing in action of sorts. I have been going through huge changes already this year. So many that I can't quite keep track of them. I guess I feel older. More mature. More reflective. Back during my first year of college, my friend Melisa (you may remember her as my friend who got married last year) put this sign that says "Hermit" over her dorm room bed. She had a bottom bunk bed and it was a sign that was right above her head. I found it so funny. She would lay in bed and look at the sign and repeat to herself, "I have to be a hermit. I have to be a hermit." Basically, it was her way of telling herself that she needed to stay inside, stay away from people and all the BS at the dorms, and just be a productive person. So I put a sign up above my bed the other day that reads "HERMIT". My message to myself to get to work and try to avoid the mean and scary world out there that is distracting me from completing all my projects and stuff. But it got really hot in here the other day, and the sign fell down. I am not exactly being a TOTAL hermit. I went jogging with my friend Gennifer who is visiting from SF. She is interviewing for different grad programs. We did something so LA. We jogged along the beach in Santa Monica to Venice. I never did that before. It was cool to do something so LA. But I am spending a lot more time at home by myself. Cooking. Have you seen that guy on the Venice boardwalk who is there everyday and has those ridiculous "free speech" signs on dry erase boards? Some of them have titles like, "Koreans killed Jesus" and "Iraq is the 53rd state." That guy is there EVERYDAY and I swear, if you read his stuff, it is totally incomprehensible. I finally asked some woman who was standing there, "How does this guy make a living?" and she was like, "I don't know how he does. Donations I guess." I can't believe that guy spends every day of his life on the beach with those signs. ** I also have been passing out for 2 hours mid-day, everyday for no real reason. Just exhausted by all these changes I guess. I also love Britney Spears' "Toxic". ** Nobody wrote me with testimonials about last week's tips to cut your cell phone bill. Just so you know, I will be taking that page down the moment I book a cell phone commercial! ** My friend burned me a copy of Tony Robbins' "Hour of Power." I used to think that stuff was cheese but now I'm so into it. I listen to it and think about how much my attitude has changed over the past few years. I used to be so negative. I think I still have my cynical edge, but I think I am a much lighter person than I used to be. ** What I am super excited about is that this year I am performing less, but doing bigger gigs. One of my new year's resolutions was to perform outside of Los Angeles and get more high profile gigs to share my work to a national audience. So I am performing at the East Coast Asian American student conference in February. That's in Virginia. I'm going to New Orleans for a conference next week (I won't be performing, just meeting big leaders and talking about how we can save the world). And in April it looks like I am going to be performing at the La Pena Cultural Center in Berkeley. This is a huge milestone for me as an artist. But it's also so scary. Because looking at all my established artist friends, becoming a higher profile artists doesn't really equate to financial stability. (Not that anyone who wants to make a living, should look at the arts as a stable career path!) It actually can be quite the opposite. It's also scary because it means that I am in this for the long haul. It means that I AM A SERIOUS ARTIST, not the young sprite Kristina that could still take off from this life if she wanted to. It means being more public about my politics and identity (which believe it or not, I am very shy about!). That I can't stop now. And it's a huge commitment and a big risk to go into this direction. It's also very exciting as much as it is scary. ** Is this happening to you too? Suddenly all my artist friends have been jumping off the dream ship and are applying to law school or MBA school. Some are selling houses. Others are becoming nurses. Everyone is getting married. It makes me feel so alone. Of course when I told my mother that my friend from college was applying to law school she started railing on me, "YOU SHOULD APPLY FOR LAW SCHOOL TOO! YOU'D BE GREAT! YEAH! YOU SHOULD APPLY TOO!" If only she would be as encouraging about the things I did care about. grrr...... ** During Christmas break, I looked up a lot of girls from high school who are now nurses. And what kind of scares me about that, is that a lot of those girls used to copy off my homework. Now they will be taking blood from me. ** Anyway, I can't tell you the details, but I do have a long term business plan underway that's top secret. On top of spending the next few months working like a mad woman, I will be trying to knock this plan out. It means a lot of hours spent as a hermit here in my office. It's going to be lonely so please send your messages of encouragement and support to the hermit over here: hermit@kristinasherylwong.com Also... I know this is a long shot but I am still looking for the perfect "artist job" and was wondering if anyone out in webland could help me. You know the job I am talking about-- that well-paid part-time job with flexible hours. I don't want to sell water filter systems or take my clothes off. I also am not a great waitress, but I can be for enough money. And if I can learn a new skill on the job, that would be great. I guess those are pretty much the limits. I'd prefer to teach or work for good people. Or just make a crap load of money in very little time. So if anyone knows of any billionaires that need someone to make photocopies for them then please email me at job@kristinasherylwong.com Please only write me if you know of an ACTUAL job opening that I could apply for, not an "idea" for a job I could get. (Sorry to be picky, but I have gotten way too many unsolicited ideas from people that were not as helpful as a real job opening.) Ok, that is all.I will crawl out of my hobbitt and update you again later. Love, The Hermit PS I am in a show next week. I almost forgot. I have a show on Monday, January 26th. The day I come out of the Hobbitt and show the world what I am made of, then crawl back in. It's the 15 Minutes of Fem show that I did last year, I am the token woman of color in the line-up again. Details... Come
on time at 8pm and vote for your favorite performer (that would be me!)
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