#NerdsUnite: Gypsy Mode Month 8 Update
<editorsnote> Nerds, meet my buddy Leah. She's pretty rad and has an INCREDIBLY random life. Like, no - for reals ... did you know she has an obsession with vampires, psychics, and tarot card readers ... and she had more sex as a teenager than in her 30s ... anddddd she even had two ex boyfriends die violently - one from a heroin overdose, and the other was murdered. Holy moly roli poli oli - that shit be cray cray. Either way, she's now here to write about her life, love, and all things nerd. I only have one more thing left to say ... HIT IT LEAH!! </editorsnote>
#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @Leah_Cevoli
Yikes, I haven’t done a Gypsy Mode Update in 2 months! For those of you that don’t know about Gypsy Mode— this is how it all began: Click Here
So, since giving up my townhouse in LA, without having a new place locked down, I’ve become quite the Gypsy. The other day, I couldn’t help but relate to Metallica’s “Wherever I May Roam”… “Roamer, Wanderer, Nomad, Vagabond, Call Me What You Will…”
Now granted, I may not be travelling in style, there’s lots of busses, taxis, and trains, but I always end up somewhere wonderful in the end.
In the last update, I explained how my Tour Managing gig ended 10 weeks early, and I was venturing to New York: Month 6 Update
I spent an entire month in Manhattan, and started a whole new blog, which you can check out here!
The general theme of my month in New York was Yoga. And more Yoga. :)
Month 7, which was January, saw me all over the place, working tradeshows and conventions.
I started the month with a super-ooper-duper gig in Philadelphia and literally got to walk in the MUMMERS DAY PARADE!
If you’re from or near Philly, you know that this is pretty much something that every kid dreams of doing, especially an Irish/Italian girl from South West Philly! :)
Next Up was the Consumer Electronics ShowLas Vegas I worked six, very, long days at the convention center, with a great group of gals:
I had a ton of fun in Vegas, made lots of money, spent a few nights with some old friends who moved from Palm Springs to Vegas, and then ended up staying with Jen Friel & Steph Belsky in an amazing, penthouse condo walking distance to the convention. Not only did it make life that much easier to walk to work, but oh it was sooo luxurious!
And yes, that’s me on the stripper pole in our living room!
Vegas ended with an incredible treat, and I was gifted with tickets to see my old friend Blas Elias perform with the Blue Man Group! It’s an incredible show, GO SEE IT!
After Vegas, I took the (new route!) Mega Bus up to Los Angeles for four days. Originally planned on checking in on my Kitty, my car, moving all of my scattered-amongst-friends-homes-belongings into one location, and seriously finding and settling in on a new home to move into come February.
When I arrived in LA at 6am on a Saturday morning I discovered that my lil Hybrid car was in need of some major repairs. I was blind-sided by this, and so the next 2 days was spent worrying and what not while waiting for the first available appointment on Monday. Long story short, it’s a big repair. The hybrid battery needs to be replaced. I spent a few hundred dollars trying to do a quick temp fix so that my friend that was renting it could continue to rent it while I was roaming, but I ended up spending that $200 for nothing and having to refund her 1/2 of the January payment. Needless to say, the four days in LA, cost me more than all 8 days in Vegas combined!!
I had to rent a car, in LA which is so odd, since that’s the ONLY city in this country that I actually have a car in, but I did manage to get all of my belongings moved into one location. Unfortunately I only got to look at 2 possible living situations, but I did get to see quite a bit of my good friends, AND.. even made to one of our Talk Nerdy To Me Lover, Trivia Nights!! YAY!
My time in LA was way too short, and before I knew it I was back in Philadelphia where I spent 6 days working at the Philadelphia Auto Show.
And from there it was off to Atlantic City, New Jersey for five days at the Boat Show!
I spent two nights in the Borgata Casino, compliments of my cousin Bianca, this hotel is voted the #1 Casino in Atlantic City.. Oh, it was soo nice. I felt like Cinderella at the ball, I took bubble baths every night, ordered room service, and even jumped up and down and giggled like a little girl.
It really helps to have awesome, cozy, comfy, luxurious places to stay when you’re working these long, crazy, hours, on your feet, and talking and talking to hundreds upon hundreds of people while keeping a smile on your face. It’s exhausting! The only thing I want to do after working at a tradeshow is RELAX!
It was bittersweet though as on Day 3 my iPhone was stolen, and I have yet to recover it. It’s just a phone, and it’s just a material possession, but it was quite challenging to be on your own, in a different city, travelling, and working without a phone. NO ONE has payphones or phonebooks anymore, and everything I do is connected to an App on my Phone, from banking to public transportation.
I also got myself back into Acting Classes in Philly for the month of January, which was really great and helped fill the hole in my heart from not doing much performing or creating while I’ve been in Gypsy Mode. I’ve mostly just been bouncing around from job to job, but haven’t been around a group of creatives in so long. It felt SOOO good to get up and perform. I worked on a really great monologue in class, from a romantic comedy, and rocked it. I SO want to star in a romantic comedy in this lifetime.
And now… It’s February…
Nothing panned out for a new place in Los Angeles, and truth be told I don’t have enough money saved up yet anyway. I refuse to go back to LA and live hand to mouth like I have the past 13years. I want a savings account and a cushion for emergencies and dry spouts.
It’s now Month 8 of Gypsy Mode and I’ve decided to spend some time with friends in Nashville.
I have 3 really great girlfriends here, and one of them reached out to me with a temporary live-in Nanny position for her 3 sons, until the full-time au pere begins in March…
So, Viva Nashville… and oh, look THEY do have payphones here!
I’m excited to see what this month holds. It’ll be a different pace of life, and an all-around different schedule with different priorities namely an 11yr old, 5yr old, and 2yr old.. but at the same time I plan to get a lot of writing done, get a solid work-out routine going, I’ve got a new website being designed, and I have a very cool announcement about a panel I proposed that got accepted to Wonder Con in Anaheim on March 30th. YAY!