#NerdsUnite: The Ramblings of a Raconteuse (I am stoked! aka Why Things are Rockin')

<editorsnote> Nerds, meet my buddy Helenna. We met on twitter not too long ao, and she's totes mcgotes one rad chiquita banana with a flare for all things flair! That's right, Helenna here is what we call an artsy fartsy nerd. She's a poet, into all things dramatic arts, and she's going to come on board to write each week about her love of said drama. Well not like actual drama drama, like some cat fight shit - but you get the idea. I only have one thing left to say ... HIT IT HELENNA!!! </editorsnote>

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @Helslevy

When I started out with “Project Helenna,” I made the decision that I wouldn’t force anything as far as my career is concerned, instead I would let go of the reigns a bit, just sit back and relax for the first time in well…forever.  

Now, of course I’ve still been very focused on my career goals, but focused in a different way.  I’ve been doing my best to allow things to happen rather than have preconceived ideas or plans as to how those things would turn out.  As the saying goes, “the path is the goal,” and I have to say I’m really happy with the way things are going.  Turns out, when you give yourself some space to grow, the world/the universe/God, whatever you choose to call it, does a darn good job of supporting your decision.  

Case in point, I made the firm decision that for the rest of 2012 I will not be producing anything.  Instead I will focus solely on acting and working with fantastic people on fantastic projects.  I also decided I wanted to get in the best shape I’ve ever been in so that I am in the physical condition needed to play the types of roles that really excite me outside of the comedy genre.  

Now what’s awesome is that things are starting to materialize in really rad ways.  Unfortunately, I can’t reveal the biggest news until next week, but let’s just say that I will be playing one of the types of roles that I’ve been dying to play, ever since I graduated theater school, in a really cool project.  But more on that next week… 

Two other very cool things have also come my way.  One is that Alan Sizzler Kistler named me in his article “Women of the DCU Who Deserve Their Own Films” for Comic Book Resources as his choice to play DC Comic’s Hawkgirl if it were to be adapted into a film. 

This makes me all sorts of excited.  I would LOVE to play a superhero, and Alan totally made me even more motivated to get into “superhero shape” so that when that role comes calling, I’ll be completely ready for it!

Something else ridiculously awesome is that fellow Geek Girls Create panelist Kristen Nedopak asked me to play one of “The Forsworn” in her next “Skyrim parody video.”  

This is amazeballs because not only do I get to get all sexy and tribal, I’ll also be wielding a sword and doing some fight choreography which is UBER exciting!!  Plus, I’ll be wearing a costume hand made by Kristen herself that will look a lot like this…

And this is what she’s crafted so far…

Pretty incredible right?!?

Now, it’s only June so I can’t wait to see what other kick ass roles I’ll get to play in 2012!

Right now, aside from the project I can’t talk about yet, I’m hoping some of the roles are a lot like this…

or this…

or perhaps this…

But no matter what, I can definitely say that I am having a blast. “Project Helenna” is definitely turning out to be my most important project to date! 

Until next week…

#xoxo hels

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