#ActorsOnAPlane

[kittywildegrrl]

VOATLANTA2024, the Voyage Home.

Or, “The continuing story of MamaCat Always Has a Plane to Catch” Yes, Virginia. There is a Voiceover Community. Here I sit, in my least favorite part of the airport: on the tarmac “for about a half an hour.” This episode is suddenly real. The weather has been hammering the east coast, and there are ever so many flights delayed all over the country. I was very excited to be aboard, 40 minutes…

[wildegrrl76]

Ode to My Cocktail: l left the house in Minneapolis at 4:15am, to get back to New York by lunchtime. Now it's 5:30pm CDT and I am still at O'Hare. This rum and coke is my only friend. #flightdelays #actorslife #actorsonaplane #actorsnotonaplane (at United Airlines Terminal Gate C1) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1UoEDaHqbC/?igshid=1u0xjys56sv04

[kittywildegrrl]

We Will be Boarding Shortly.

Or, How I Found the Dryest Turkey Sandwich in America. Winner, “Dune” Award for Most Arrakis-Like Peformance by a Prepackaged Airport Deli Sandwich, 2024. Dateline: Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1:15pm. I am on my way to the grandaddy voiceover conference of ’em all, VO Atlanta. And in one of those rare events, I have a connecting flight instead of nonstop. I am, therefore, spending my cocktail money…

[kittywildegrrl]

#GrannyHasAConference

Or, Will Our Heroine Finish Her Latest Episode Before Her Plane Leaves? Hey there, cats and kittens. I’ve been down in the studio, what’s up? Still editing my hot rockin’ birthday episode of audio goodness. Also, makin’ movies. Content creation, baby. It’s not just for your grandkids. So here, please enjoy: A Story. Includes Dinner. And when you get done with the soup, let me know. I might…

[kittywildegrrl]

See You at VO Atlanta!

Here we go again. A lot of confused people think we’re just off to drink and party. Oh, there are drinks and parties. But we’re there to meet one another; to learn, teach, grow; form and strengthen relationships. #HattitudeOfGratitude So hope to see you there. It’s a pilgrimage, but with cocktails and snacks. Bring your water bottle! Glamorous, adult, business relationships.

[kittywildegrrl]

Follow me on Insta for a world of Intangible  Benefits!

Did you even know my cat had an album dropping? Romantic grooves and slow kitty jams to enjoy with the cat you love. I’m not an influencer. But my pet pictures are every bit as good as those of any pets on the Insta. So feel free to follow my dog’s and my cat’s adventures. And maybe mine, between times. Love to see it. “Dogs and Cats, living together; mass hysteria.” — Dr. P. Venkman And…

[kittywildegrrl]

Three Weeks from Tomorrow

The very latest in, “MamaCat Always has a Plane to Catch,” which comes as no surprise to literally anyone. I Was Catching This One Outta EWR. So after my two and a half weeks minding my friends’ apartment in the Bronx, I was informed by Amy Farah Howler that I am not permitted to travel again for a while. I had gone to SOVAS/That’s Voiceover early in December, then HusbandCat joined me for our…

[kittywildegrrl]

Dragon-Based Marketing

It’s my new thing. I was alone in the Bronx. With the dragons. With the Bronx dragons, specifically. I had plenty of time to process. And it came to me. All the dragony imagery. The fire, of course. But also… the power. The element of surprise. The flight. Dragons are my biggest fans. #DragonBasedDadJokes The fierce loyalties. The magical attributes. The fearsome beauty. Dragons! But, you…

[kittywildegrrl]

#NEVO2023

I have now attended five of these here voiceover conferences you hear tellabout, and I am really impressed with each one for its own genius and its own vibe. Every conference has its own offerings, speakers, classes, attendees, and surprises. NEVO, the New England Voice Over Conference, did not disappoint! With my brilliant agent Lau Lapides and my brilliant coach Carole Alpert, two of the…

[kittywildegrrl]

To Boston!

On my way to the New England Voice Over conference’s premiere event. Pre-boarding rituals. Here I sit, finishing a cabernet and listening to the conversations on either side of me. GAWD, I love an airport bar! We’re delayed by heavy rain and this wine bar has an excellent playlist. And tomorrow night, I am honored to be able to say, I’m singing for an audience once again.…

[kittywildegrrl]

Bloom where you're planted.

And occasionally, transplant yourself. Tomatillos! Golden Shrimp plant! And coffee. It’s been four years, at least it will be in a couple of weeks, since a dance rehearsal injury in little old New York sent me back to the suburbs of Minneapolis for good. And I may finally be starting to accept that, at least partially. And having this deck, doing the refinishing all myself by hand, growing my…

[kittywildegrrl]

Granny Has a Podcast, Season 1, Episode 12

“MamaCat Gets Back on the Horse What Threw Her and then some other stuff happened”. Not gonna lie. This one came out really good and it’s a treat to your earbuds. If I’m lying I’m dying. Today’s soup includes travel, home life, appliances, and at least one cat. 😻🎧🎙🎛🎭 Some days it’s just one thing after another. And some months, it’s just one day like that after another. Respect the tenacity.…

[kittywildegrrl]

MamaCat MamaCat Where Have You Been?

Here I sit, in NOT an airport bar. Don’t fly out of Newark Concourse B gates42 – 46 if you can help it. The amenities bite. Sorry not Sorry, Newark Liberty International.

So I got myself this dry but relatively nutritious pre-packaged turkey & Swiss on wholegrain with lettuce. It’s not great but it’s not bad, and it’s 26 grams of protein that I need right the hell now.

I just had a holiday vacation in New York and I am completely exhausted. #DoingItRight

It was the first time I’ve been back to the City in four long and eventful years. The first time since the pandemic. The first time since the career-ending dance rehearsal injury. And it was glorious.

I have lived in New York, auditioned here, worked here, lived and loved here. But I have never had the opportunity to just enjoy the City the way the touristas do. I have never been free to just wander about having fun and no deadlines. Turns out it’s really awesome.

Don’t get me wrong.  Of course there was business. But business was concluded Thursday night. I timed my trip to visit my friends Shannon & Phillip so I could attend a voiceover thing. It was another one of those gatherings that I have begun attending, but instead of over a thousand people at VO Atlanta, it was an intimate group of four students and a coach during the day, and a downtown cocktail mixer of around forty that evening. Could not have been lovelier.

(Good grief. We don’t board for two hours. If I had been trying to arrive two hours before boarding, there would have been transit chaos. So instead, here we are… sheesh. Why am I flying out of Newark??😖)

And the next day, we did very jolly little. Ventured down to the Park. Met Shannon at Whole Foods after her class. She made chili for dinner. So low-key.

And then came Saturday, the Saturday that the Chamber of Commerce wishes was depicted in all the TV shows and movies. The sparkling blue sky. The air temperature, neither hot nor cold, just… air! The doggies of New York, out walking their humans in the sunshine and sweet fresh air. We wandered west to Little Island from the 14th street stop on the 1. We wandered further downtown, mainly via the Hudson River greenway, then across on Jane to Hudson Street, and the next thing you know we’re having guacamole and drinking cocktails called, “Love Come Down" at the White Horse, entertaining the waitstaff and making off-color remarks about Dylan Thomas. Those cocktails are extremely well crafted.

(It’s frikkin cold in here. It’s only 70 degrees outside and lucky us, the air conditioning is on. Goody goody. Suddenly very happy to be bearing a coat. Besides, I look damn good in this coat.)

Sustained by the powers of an appy and a drink, we continued downtown to meet Shannon’s husband Phillip at the Dead Rabbit. If you’re a fan of NYC history like I am, then you may have correctly inferred from context that we were now well downtown, Water and Broad, Bowery Boys & Little Five Points stuff. On the Historic Fraunces Tavern tour and everything.

And verily, thanks to the largesse of HusbandCat, back in Minneapolis, we ate and drank like 19th-century street gang members. No, more like the Old Money would have.. Yum yum yum no apologies no excuses. We enjoyed craft cocktails, Irish Stew, and all manner of good filling foods before we staggered gently, as a trio, down to South Ferry for an after-dinner stroll.

You can’t party like that at home. Even if you really live in New York, these are the things you save for company, because it’s just too expensive and time consuming to wander Manhattan and eat at expensive places. The One Percent can manage it. But we of the working classes wait for Special occasions.

Sunday, I met Bethany & Adam Sharp for brunch. They’re friends from Minneapolis theatre adventures gone by. We had an excellent meal in the Heights, and afterwards I got to see my dear old friend Gilley, their lovely Russian Blue cat. He's about 12 now. And I swear he remembered me.

As I left their apartment and began wandering around Washington Heights, I checked in with Shannon to see if she was up for adventures or in for personal mental health. She definitely wanted some Me Time for herself, and that’s when I hiked over to the A train and 181st and headed straight for Coney Island.

We’re boarding. Tell you more later. Meow, darlings.

 

[kittywildegrrl]

MamaCat, Delayed.

Here I sit in my favorite place: literally any decent airport bar. I’d love to conjure an image of me in my beat-up fedora, a modern-day Katherine Hepburn, long and lean in men’s attire,  throwing back shots with the boys. Hardly that. But I do love me some airport bar talk: “Yeah but you can’t go to every town hall” “Do you wanna see a picture of my dog?” “To New York, y’all, let’s get this…

[kittywildegrrl]

"Granny Has A Podcast, Season 1,Episode 11: MamaCat's Got A Plane Ticket (and she's not afraid to use it)"

I’ll sleep on the plane. It was worth staying up late. Look what I made for you! “Granny Has A Podcast, Season 1,Episode 11: MamaCat’s Got A Plane Ticket” by Granny Has A Podcast. Today’s soup includes time travel, air travel, and James Bond. Now gluten free!…

[kittywildegrrl]

Happy Anniversary to All the Good Things

#HattitudeOfGratitude🎩 #GrannyHasAPodcast🎧🎙 #MamaCatOnTheLoose🐈 #VOAtlanta2023 ✈🎉 Among the fine sponsors of #VOAtlanta2023, our good friends at SAG-AFTRA. Union strong, baby. Safely home and back to work. Yes indeed. First hilarious thing was when I couldn’t get levels earlier when I fired up the room, and realized I’d left off one cable entirely when I was unpacking after VOAtlanta.…