Hey, are ya'll aware that today is free scoop day at Ben & Jerry's?  I advise you to take advantage of that - I sure did ( Read more... )

-Yesterday I suffered a paper cut from a manila folder.  Today it's itching like crazy.

-I'm three episodes in on the 4th season of The Sopranos.  It's good to be back with the family.

-My hair is down today and driving me crazy.

-Auditioned for a theater company last night.  Olga and I did our True West scene for them.  Fun.

-Went to a goodbye party ( Read more... )

So, looks like our biggest client, the client on which we rely for most of our work, may be shutting down and going bankrupt ( Read more... )

Shooting two short films this weekend ( Read more... )

 There is a homeless man who lives outside the Skylight Theater.  He sleeps against the wall on a thin layer of cardboard and newspaper.  He doesn't have shoes.  He is very thin but doesn't like it when you offer him food.  He never opens his eyes all the way; when his eyes are as open as he'll let them be he appears to either be half-asleep or in ( Read more... )

Had a great callback last night.  If I get this one I'll be playing a comic book nerd.  I don't know the first thing about comic books, but I figured I could transfer my Lord of the Rings/Firefly/Narnia nerdiness into the character.

Auditioning for "Rabbit Hole" on Sunday.  The Izzy part is so great...

Rehearsing a scene from "True West" with Olga ( Read more... )

The USC thing last night went great.  My scene partner, Christopher, and I arrived at the Robert Zemeckis Center at about a quarter to nine for the directing class, which takes place on a sound stage.  The girl who cast us, Liz, is a student in the directing class, and once we were all ready to go she got up in front of everyone and explained the ( Read more... )

The following is a message my brother left me a while back.  Rediscovered it in my voicemailbox today ( Read more... )

Booked the thing for "Me and You and Everyone We Know."  I've yet to meet the guy playing Richard.  He and I will be doing the scene where Richard and Christine are walking to their cars and part ways at the corner.   The way this thing works, I guess, is that he and I will meet with the director for a rehearsal or two, then we'll put the scene up ( Read more... )

 On the heels of Ruth's story about babysitting her director's kids...

Yesterday one of my co-workers came up to my desk to chat.  The conversation eventually turned to stories about his son.

Him: Well, he's three now, so pretty much all he wants to talk about is his butt and poop.

Me (laughing): Oh yeah?  Sounds pretty great.

Him: Uh-huh.  His teacher ( Read more... )