Sex

I vote yes.

OK Walter, I'll just wait for those numbers to roll in!

ok

Audition in Lisa Fields office as a somewhat out of control golfer. No problem there! I like this office, my last time there was the first audition with Origin.

The callbacks for Comcast at ASG & Sprint at Francene Selkirk-Ackerman went ok but slightly odd. At ASG for the Drifter character about 1/2 the guys were coming in for the first time straight to the c/b. Not the best thing to see but on the other hand it's nice when your agent can get you straight to c/b with a CD if you were busy for the first audition. So no biggie. I get in the room , get the new explanation & do it. Get a couple notes & right when I start the second read a giant, evil eyelash comes slashing into my left eye. Luckily blinking made it feel worse, like stabbing motions. Blinking furiously away and continuing on I wonder if I should stop (of course all this happens in a second or two) or plow through. I decide to plow through as we had some business to do looking down which would hide my fluttering eye and/or give the giant log a chance to pop out. Somehow it popped out without making a ruckus & I believe I gave them what they wanted, they said thanks & I left. Hopefully they didn't think I was winking at them (as the tough guy drifter) to help get the job.

At the sprint callback they liked my read & gave it a minor adjustment. A similar adjustment comes before the 3rd read when I take the opportunity to pop about a third of an altoid in my mouth, as it was a bit dry. Now I decided not to mention this altoid moment because I felt I could do it on the sly while they were explaining. And I did pop the little moisture generating nugget in there quite stealthfully ...along with a nice piece of shirt-pocket-string.
Director: ...as if there were more people around.

Bill: thwppt, pfft, Yes, ok...

Session runner: Action

Bill: Just a sec, lemme chew this mint real quick. OK

Session runner: Action

And they thank me & I leave, thinking and/or hoping I gave them what they wanted. Hopefully they didn't think I was tongue waggling (as the trustworthy casual businessman) to help get the job.

Gut

I'm getting a gut. It's happened before & never gets past the point where it is now but it kinda sucks. See, I never do the " I gained through the holidays" thing, except for this year. Well, and maybe some year I don't remember to well. But it sucks because this time I think it's only partially (I dunno, 1/2, 1/2 sounds good) my fault, partially the fault of some meds & the fact that I had to give up running months ago. I'm tired of typing the word "partially". Probably because I'm still in a bit of a grease coma from all the pizza I crammed down today watching the Steelers give a beating to cinci.

Had a good day yesterday. Right in the middle of it was an interesting hit-man audition. Heard a bunch of guys screaming in there before me, I played it less-screamy. A lot less. I also got asked to be in a (slightly paid) staged reading from someone I auditioned for 2 years ago . Cool. Oh, and the first rehearsal is really more like an audition then the winners stay & rehearse. OK, not quite as cool but still worth checking out.

Another Callback

Now were talkin. And this one also goes back to mid December, ASG casting, Comcast. A good role for me. At the original audition he had some of us read for a second, completely different spot as well, so it was a fun audition, with bonus. This one is next week,same day I'm going in to read for Lisa Fields for an Investment spot. Yesterday I had to miss a USC grad thesis audition. It was a western spec commercial that sounded fun. I hate missing any audition but sometimes that's just how it goes... plus Today I had another print go-see & read for Melissa Martin for a VW industrial, in a German accent. We had fun in there & I hope the accent didn't suck to bad. Can you tell I'm diggin all the commercial activity?

Got a couple mailers to get out tomorrow. The plan was to at least use up all my stamps on postcards & headshots going out tomorrow before the rates go up Sunday. That way we wrap up a little motivation on top of not having to buy an assload of 1 & 2¢ stamps. Bonus! Uh, except I'm ready to crash...I'll let ya know how that goes.

OK I think I may be back to more regular writing here, complete with zany links & pictures. Still not sure how much to pull back the lid here, I guess I'll figure it out along the way.

Callback

It feels good to start off the new year with a callback. Or I guess maybe I finished off last year with a good audition? Maybe a little of each. I actually finished off the year with 4 commercial auditions last week when it was kinda slow, so I was already psyched about that. Plus I think we rounded the corner on this f'n migraine thing (that's what all the Borg equipment in previous posts was trying to figure out) which makes a generally happier actor in the audition room & everywhere else.

So, this callback is with Ava Shevitt for Home Depot. She's called me a few times since I've been with Janet/Origin and this is the first CB... as a matter of fact, I had a CB on my very first audition through (can I stop calling them my new agent(s) now? I think so) Janet but have not had another until now. That was starting to concern me until I realized that many CD's are calling me in repeatedly and , of course, ya just never know, don't sweat it, etc. etc.

As I'm typing this another audition came in for tomorrow: Sprint with Francene Selkirk-Ackerman, whom I've read for many times over the years. Hmmm, and now that I think about it I believe I had a callback there a few months back--ok, nevermind, I just checked & that was with the old agent so the above post stands. I think.

Also as I type I'm watching a wicked awesome sunset. Here's a Sony-Ericsson T610 rendering of a similar "Hotel California" type sunset earlier this year. The view right over my monitors.