The Girls Next Door
In the bungalow next to me is Caroline and Chris. Their best friend, Jen, is there most of the time. They like to write on our wall in chalk. Our landlord, who I will call LANDLORD, does not like this. We don’t care what LANDLORD likes, and now we all make an effort to do it on a regular basis:
LANDLORD is a little sketchy. After I found crackpipes in the parking lot, I asked him to put up a fence. This is our parking lot before:
This is the fence he put up:
and here is how I feel about our brand new spankin’ (half) fence:
So, the girls: Jen, Caroline and Chris.
Chris is obviously not a girl. But Chris is much quieter and more private than Jen and Caroline, only making occasional cameos in our day-to-day existence. The girls are much more boisterous, so my husband and I refer to the whole operation as The Girls Next Door.
I told Chris this, and he says it is okay to call him a girl for the sake of this website.
All three are actors. They have been out here, pursuing their dream, for years. They haven’t had their big breaks yet. They are all working hard for it. They are all talented, too. I know it will happen for them as long as they don’t lose hope…and that isn’t easy. It is really hard out here. California is bankrupt, and jobs are scarce in the summer, so we have ALL been facing eviction in the past month…thank you so very much, LANDLORD.
I got the first part of my book advance this week, so I’m okay. But The Girls Next Door are struggling, and consider going back to their home states (don’t go to West Virginia, Jen – DON’T DO IT!) on a daily basis. But I know their break is around the corner…I have faith in them. Besides, they can’t leave now. I need them for this website.
They let me film them often. I get to see them as they really are, smoking cigarettes, without makeup…worried about making rent and the next audition. Just like those studio girls. I am honored they let me know them.
No matter how shitty my day is, the moment I see one of them on the porch smoking a cigarette I find myself smiling.
Here is Jen and Caroline on Caroline’s birthday:
If you are an agent or casting director, and for some reason you’ve stumbled on this writers website, you better get off your ass and sign/cast these ladies before someone else beats you to it.
