A little more catch-up please

So, instead of backdating a bunch of stuff, here's a quick rundown of highlights.

September 2010 -
1. shot commercial for Breve International Delight Coffee Creamer. Had a blast. We got to improvise some extra stuff that they ended up wanting to use for online purposes. I still haven't seen any of it! If you find it somewhere, let me know.

2. On the hottest day in the LA universe, I worked on "Men of a Certain Age" in Burbank. Holy smokes it was a firestorm. It was at least 113 and brutal. While there, I was talking to a friend about my meeting back in May with Bob Lambert at All My Children. Five minutes after I told her I needed to send him a note to say "Hello", guess who called my cell? Yes! So cool when that stuff happens. He had a cop for me shooting in about 2 weeks. Great, albeit sweaty, day. The next day, I booked an HBO commercial.

October 2010
1. Shot the episode of AMC. Was a quick hitter, all pro, book 'em and leave 'em kind of thing. My scene partner was a nice fellow. Hope to get some work on the show again. I like playing the cop. Would love to book "Southland," an excellent show that found a good home on TNT.

2. Shot a commercial for HBO's Entourage DVD series. This was a holiday themed bit. And my "wife" in the spot had all the really hard work. She did a phenomenal job. Another laid back set, very smooth shoot and the spot turned out great. Yahoo named the slate of spots one of the 10 best commercial campaigns of 2010.

3. Had a meeting with the good people over at the Jimmy Kimmel Show. Something will come of that, though it hasn't quite worked out just yet.

November and December 2010 were full of auditions and callbacks. It was a busy run up to the holiday break there. My buddy and I also brewed our first batch of beer, an IPA. It was a good time. It's so much about sanitizing the equipment. Otherwise, you see two dudes boiling water and throwing something in every now and again. The beer took a total of about 5 weeks to finish up, but the "PFSSST!" we got from popping the top off the first bottle was very satisfying!

December was also the joy of visiting family and friends back in the South. We were busy with lots of running around, last minute shopping, a Jackpie show, etc.

January 2011 was surprisingly slow for me. I set up an appointment for new headshots, which I am not always excited about. However, I try to pick photographers whose work catches my critical eye. It's a good investment and I'm due for it. The shoot happens this week (March). In February, I had a couple of avails (my favorite!) that didn't end up as jobs. What can you do? The last couple of weeks have been jam packed with auditions and callbacks. I'm expecting to book something soon. I'm also expecting my son to be born at any time now. Didn't I mention that? A lot happens in 9 months.



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A TUESDAY

In many acting-related areas, the last couple of months has been a little slower. In other life areas, I've been extremely busy.

We planned a trip to Atlanta from April 19-27. The previous several weeks had been devoid of much commercial activity. However, as you should know by now, if I buy a plane ticket...

Thursday, before we were to depart on Monday, I got a last minute audition for Arby's @ ASG Casting. The callback came the very next day, and that night I was on avail. I had booked out well in advance for our travels, but I always stress that I will make adjustments for a job. This, however, was still just an avail. When the assistant asked what I was going to do, I just told her I wasn't going to change anything, but would be prepared to fly back as soon as I was booked. Wardrobe was scheduled for Wednesday. So, we flew out at 7am Monday morning not knowing if I'd have to board a plane and come right back Monday night. I spent the first two days there riding around with a "go-pack" in the car in case I had to go to the airport. Late Tuesday evening, I was released.

Tuesday

The purpose of the trip was to attack my parents' storage rooms and get them sorted, thinned out, and moved to a cheaper place. On the first day of this odyssey, Tuesday, the world went berserk. First, it rained even though it wasn't in the forecast. My mom's car wouldn't start and neither would that of a guy I hired to help me out. Fortunately, he got his going in time to help a lot with the moving along with another kind fellow. I got them both by putting the word out through JaCKPie. I'd rather pay someone in the JaCKPie family than pick people off the corner. What actor/production-type couldn't use a little extra cash? Anyway, we got it going.

Then, my wife calls. Her grandmother was put in the hospital. Then, she calls back. Her parents' neighborhood is on lock-down because some crackpot shot his family up and may be loose in the woods. So, they can't get to the hospital to visit...and they've been terrified by the police warnings.

THEN, I get a text that MY granny is in the hospital. Meanwhile, I'm also waiting to find out if I'm going to fly back to LA. We finally got all the moving done and took the truck back to the rental place. I hop out, borrow a broom from inside. The guy comes out and reads the mileage. Me and one of my friends are sweeping out the truck when something doesn't seem right. "Is the truck moving," I ask. Then, I jump out the back, run around to jump in the cab and stop the truck before it rolls into a busy highway.

Oh, and it was my brother's birthday dinner that night. Yeah, I had a beer or two.

By the time I headed back to the house, the lockdown was lifted. Turns out the guy had shot himself in the bathroom of his house and had been inside the whole time the cops were running around in the woods. There's some crack police work huh? Might want to search the house before you turn your back on the place.

And that, my friends, was a Tuesday.

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