 I just landed. I'm going to make my way to the hotel, so I'll see you over there because I've never been here. And I shouldn't really be vlogging, I should be figuring out how to get to the hotel. I'm here at the Southwest Actors Conference in Scottsdale, Phoenix, Arizona. And today, day one is only a mixer in the evening from 5.30 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. and I was able to check in a little bit earlier than 3 p.m. And the lady that helped me downstairs actually said that there's like a free happy hour, so if I show my key at the bar during the mixer, I can get free drinks and snacks. Let's do a little room tour of this hotel because this is actually like the nicest hotel I've ever stayed in by myself. Bar right here, like a little mini kitchen at. And now I'm in like a living area. I don't know that I've actually had like a living area in hotels. I know I sound so silly. And there's a balcony right here. And right next to the front door, there's a door over here that leads to the bathroom. Nice little shower and then a vanity area. Oh, it's well lit. It's time to get ready. I just showered. I don't feel nervous yet. I don't know. What am I going to do? Say hi to people? Big deal, right? I will tell you guys. Oh, I was going to tell you guys today about how I afforded to be here. I guess I can tell you. I don't think it's a secret. I have got a video sponsor. Tomorrow's video is going to be sponsored by a company that I like. I really like. And I have a lot of friends who really like this company. And that's how I was truly able to afford to come here. And what's my goal today at the mixer? Genuinely to just meet people, whoever these people are, actors, casting directors, I just want to like meet people and make friends, not like expect anything from them, you know, because I think that's how the best relationships are built, especially in a working environment where there's like a lot of people that may want to work with them. I think the best way is to meet people and see if you interact well. And then once if once you interact well, then you can be like, okay, well, maybe we can work well together. At the last mixer that I went to something that I found, this is a tip. If you are a super extrovert like me, by super, I don't mean like amazing extrovert, I just mean very extroverted. Try not to talk to the same person for too long because then you'll only end up talking to like two or three people. People that I know that are going to be here that like, I believe I will get to say hi to them. Bella Hibbs, of course, the creator of the conference, I think I'm going to be able to say hi to her because she's been really sweet in the DMs. Like I DM her like a comment and her stuff. So she's replied like, oh, excited to meet you, things like that. So she might be too busy. I might not be able to say hi to her. But Heidi Dean, she's also a YouTube creator and does a lot of like marketing tips for actors. She's gonna be here. But that's pretty much all of the people that I like know and I feel 100% comfortable like going up to and saying hello. And I do have my phone with my QR code. So I have a QR code that leads people to my link tree and has my YouTube channel, Instagram, and IMDb. I obviously don't know Bella Hibbs like personally. I just know her through social media, but I have to say she really seems like a nice genuine person and dang. We're the same age, I'm pretty sure. I think we're the same age and for her to have made a whole conference and originally I wanted to do this like a couple of years ago. It's really cool that she was able to do that. Time to become a sausage. It's time to go to the mixer. I'll try and show you guys as much as possible, but I will definitely tell you how it went when I get back. I met mostly actors, one casting director. Once you checked in, if you were VIP, they gave you a badge. I do wish that everybody else had a name tag, but at the same time, it was nice to just go up to people and be like, what's your name? I met mostly actors. I got to talk to Bella. So one of the things that I was wondering is if I'm gonna get to talk to Bella because she's gonna be so busy. Well, I'm pretty sure she was the first person I talked to. She just happened to be saying hi to somebody else near me and then right after she came up to me and she's like, I feel like I already know you from like social media and that made me feel so good because I also feel like I already know her from social media. So it was nice to just not be awkward and be like, hi, I'm Bellica. You have no idea who I am. So that was that was really sweet. I need to stop talking so loud. I just realized I'm probably talking really loud because I've been like screaming for the past three hours in that room. You also got a little paper where you had to get your significant other. So I got Blake Shelton. So I was looking for Gwen Stefani. But that was a fun icebreaker because I got to go interact with people by trying to find Gwen Stefani and I got really into it. And it definitely got some conversation started. There was a fun little booth and I took a photo by myself. I was not ready for the first one. And then a lot of the speakers were there. I got to say hello to Mel. I believe that was her name. That was super fast just like at the end there. But that was a pretty successful mixer. It was just a lot of people. So I had to be like, okay, guys, nice to meet you. Confirm the names again so I could remember it and then went on to the next group. Everybody seemed really sweet. I did not meet a single person where I was like, so I did get the VIP ticket and today's perks for the VIP ticket was that I got to wear this and I got to talk to people about my dream role. And then we did get one drink ticket. So that was cool. I got orange juice because I didn't want alcohol. And then we got this tote, this little bag Southwest Actors Conference and Expo. It's $100 gift card. Good towards all audios, albums in the actor inspiration store. And then I got one free Saffron Road snack. $75 off a annual premium with a code for VIPs. Cool. Six month membership for We audition. So it's worth $60 because it's $10 a month. If you guys don't know what we audition is, it's a platform where you can get a reader and then a notebook from Communication Method for Actors. This pen looks really nice. Pretty good pen. Tasty pastry legendary foods. I thought we were supposed to get a key chain. I thought Bella had put key chains on the like on Instagram. These are pop tarts basically 20 grams of protein 24 carbs, which just like anything else that has a bunch of protein doesn't taste like a pop tart, you know, everything that has a lot of protein. Unless you're a health nut, you're gonna think it just tastes a little different. In the video I posted today about me coming to the conference, I asked you guys to let me know any questions that you have. And somebody was like, Well, how do you go up to somebody that you want to work with? And honestly, what you want to do in general with people is just genuinely get to know them and them to get to know you because then you can see if you can work together well. But now I think it's time to relax. I do like how today was the mixer because now you have like new friends that you made today, you're going to be able to see them tomorrow. Maybe it would be cool to do like a mixer after though, like a little after party. One more thing about the mixer. My little screen QR code worked pretty well. I didn't have a bunch of people scan it. And now I'm following and being followed by like 10 or so actors. So it worked.