I've had an interesting past two days. First, I got an internship with a casting agency here in Chicago! And it's a very nice, reputable agency as well so I'm very excited. I start on my birthday!
The bad news- I auditioned for a show at DePaul and thought it went very well. The director seemed to like me a lot, I made him laugh a ton, and so on. I was ecstatic when I got called back for the show. My friend Alex went with me through all of this as well, and we were both very confident. Yesterday, he got an email in the afternoon telling him he got cast! I'm super happy for him, but I got really nervous because a lot of time was passing and I still hadn't gotten anything. Four hours passed, and by then I just gave up hope. I got an email, eventually, and I was "thanked for my time" and told that I wasn't cast. I was really disappointed, and even though I tried to convince myself that it was inconsequential and doesn't really matter and that I shouldn't be upset about it, I couldn't help but feel hurt.
When I was finally starting to feel better after that blow, I lost my UPass. For those unfamiliar with it, the UPass gives me unlimited rides on Chicago's public transportation. It's my means of getting to class at the Loop, as well as getting around the city in general. What's even worse is that I can't do anything about it until Tuesday because the office for getting it replaced is closed on Monday for MLK Day. Aaaaaaand there's a $50 replacement fee. My parents are going to be really, really, really angry with me.
I'm trying to stay positive, though. We'll see what happens. If I'm lucky, somebody will have found my UPass. It's happened before, it could happen again! However, I don't think it's anywhere close to campus, so I'm not gonna get my hopes up.
