Even tho recovering still from my back operation, I got permission from my wonderful doctor to attend Screamfest as long as I had someone drive me and I stayed in my back brace and wheelchair. It was a screamingly good time and I was thrilled to get out of the house!

Click here to check out the slideshow of pics! Screamfest 2007

Well, folks, I'm finally back home following my surgery. OMG, it turned out to be way more than anticipated. According to my wonderful doc, when he opened me up and saw inside he said, "Holy Crap"!!! Needless to say, it became much more involved to repair my barely existant spine. Doc says he can't believe I was standing upright, must have been sheer willpower holding me up. Anyhow, after 8 hours of surgery and a ton of rods, bolts and everything including the kitchen sink, I'm done with surgery. I've got a lot of metal holding me together and wearing a very odd looking brace made of aluminum. I expect I'll go to Screamfest this year as some kind of goth bionic woman. LOL (yes, folks I'm still planning on being there.) So, thanks for all your well wishes and prayers. It was touch and go but I'll be back to business in about 6 months although not fully healed for a little more than a year. I'm scheduled to play a woman in a wheelchair in one of my next Fear Film projects.....how fortuitous! LOL And, Tara, if you're listening, I'm still hopeful to play that evil grandmother role, in CA or anywhere you want me!

Never give up on your dreams folks, no matter how many roadblocks are thrown your way.

Hugs to all my NON-"fair-weather only" friends. I appreciate you more than you know.

P.S. Phone calls and visitors are welcome, since I'll be housebound for a few months.

Love,

Trish

What a wild ride it was this past week in St. Augustine! Filming was done at night and we attempted sleeping during the day in our assigned housing. My assigned house was gorgeous and filled with men and beds. LMAO Our house named "Transient" had 16 men and me as the only woman. The guys were great, very considerate, and I never once had to put down a toilet seat! What a great group. Joe, our resident artist from Key West, became house cook and made us some great vegetarian chili. He shared his wonderful art with us along with some great stories. The free runners rehearsed every day and it was amazing to watch them in action. Tom, our resident Pirate, rehearsed lines with me for our big scene together. Tom plays "Solon", my brother in the story. Tom knows more pirate jokes than pirates themselves. Just ask him about RRRRRRR's! LOL Brent (one of our hugely hot "guards") became a good friend and helped me run my lines for the big scenes with Justin as "Connall", my son. Brent was a great help since there were 6 re-writes, right up until the day we shot the scenes. Justin and I managed to get in 3 hours of rehearsal once. Justin and I developed a real "mother/son" relationship and will remain friends for a very long time I'm sure. The scenes should turn out well, despite the demands of our eccentric DP who insisted we sit in very unnatural positions and not look at each other while we had intensely dramatic moments. Hopefully his artful shots will make up for the frustration we endured! All in all, the week was a blast and I was sorry to have to come home and leave my "boys" behind. Thanx for the memories everyone!