Christmas Brink

I am blogging on the brink of Christmas eve, I don't know if I'm in the state or if this is the proper time to blog, but I do know its been awhile, I still don't even really know who reads this, I just kind of am in the mood to blog its not that I have significant reason to, lets see how it goes.  Where do I start, well I will visit my family soon that should be fun.  Also I booked a job a couple weeks ago, and have been living in my new place and like it, I know I am being somewhat vague here..... I am listening to a interview while I write this, its a Howard Stern interview with Bill Murray, its interesting his relationship with the world around him and how he interacts within the business, he doesn't have an agent, a manger, a anything really, he just barely has a phone, its an interesting topic in a business in which a lot of the submissions, submissions is a poor example, but a lot of things in this business can be pursued digitally, you can promote on social media, so its very interesting how he basically doesn't use technology in his personal life at least, and at the same times it makes sense because he is an older fellow, it makes sense he wouldn't be so digitally inclined.  I mean he got his whole career going before the internet existed basically.  I am certainly not anti-technology, obviously I'm not because I'm writing this blog on the world wide web as we speak, but the idea of valuing your time and not getting sucked into every type of social media that is available is an admirable thing, and I really believe if I didn't think some of it was integral to my career I don't know that I would use it at nearly the same level. So anyway, I have been working on some of my friends projects and writing a little bit and doing some good paying gigs here and there.  I'm thankful for all of it but what I'm really looking forward to is to whats next, whats ahead but whats now too.  Excited to learn as I go.  Its been fun being out here and going after what it is I really desired to go after in life, I feel lucky that I was even aware before I moved out here that this is what I wanted to do/pursue.  Its fun theres a lot of great characters in my family, which is where I'm sure I got my acting bone from, I enjoy my connection with my family, love talking to my grandpa Al he is a cinema buff, a TV buff.  My family and real good friends that are practically family are the people that have introduced me, showed me, and taught me about great cinema and great story telling.  I'm gonna abruptly end this blog, ill be back as soon as I can, with hopefully valuable information.

Approaching

Well I haven't blogged for a minute so I thought update you on what's going on. I got a lot of thoughts in my head not sure what I'll write. I'm in a transitioning phase looking to move into my own studio, looking forward to having my own place. Had a lot of roommates and learned a lot over the last 4 years. A strengthening experience. This summer I worked a slew of random jobs, working at summer camp, selling candles, and some door man working. The auditions came at a decent rate I have no complaints I have great representation. Had a few call backs and avail for a big project and booked my first job with my theatrical agent, just auditioned for my first pilot in awhile the other day, things are looking up. And I'm also learning that it can't all be done in one day but with a concentrated effort over a period of time is where you find progress. Finally finished short film now just need to figure out how to market it or figure out who I will show it too. Also need to learn how to push forward with other stuff, I am saving up money for new head shots currently. I have put time in at the gym trying to get in shape I want before I take pics. My goals to get them taken sooner than later. Can't win it all in one day head shots and the big tools are important but I got to focus on the little things too. But in general, I am thankful for all the opportunities I've had and also for all the projects I've got to work on. I want to push forward and do a lot more with my career personally but I also realize how lucky you are when you simply get to work or are being paid for your acting. I hope to continue moving forward and work hard and continue to remember to be thankful for it all along the way. Time to keep busting my butt, hustling and making my own luck. I'm hoping to see SouthPaw soon and I joined my uncle Mikes fantasy football league, so far I'm thinking Marshawn Lynch for first pic of perhaps a Bear will see, until next time.

Why not?

Im not sure that Im feeling inspired but I do feel like blogging. Alright blog lets try and update you on whats going on.  Welp, the inside of my room is clean, now just for the closet.  I took a different path home from the gym this week, I checked out a library from a local arts store about some girl that struggling in her 20's, i dont know if its necessarily the book I want to read right now but it had a funny chapter or two I'll bring it back soon, I have also been reading a little bit of Matthew McCohnaugheys new book on himself and Barnes and Noble.  I saw Mad Max a couple weeks ago, its pretty good, not a must see if super hero movies aren't your thing, but its good enough, fun enough, and has simple enough of a story i think for anyone thats a fan of movies to enjoy.  I hear the new Spy Movie with Melissa McCarthy is really funny.  Not that it is a revolutionary thing or anything but I am trying to write my blog a little different then usual,  after saying that I realize I'm not sure how i usually right, but I think I get focused on what I need to do and acting and in this blog Im sort of trying to just, blog. I took a class a couple weeks ago, I guess you would probably call it a life coach class, and i dont know if we talked about this but I am thinking about the notion of doing the same thing over and over again without desired results or a certain kind of results is the defintion of insanity.  I'm and I'm sure a whole lot of people including myself find themselves dulving in this trap from time to time, and so I may only be making small changes, but I'd like to think that I'm trying to make small adjustments and do things differently and stay open to possibility, I'd at least like to think that haha.  I was reading up on the acting trades about this show called LA BEER, they shoot a web series in front of live audience, pretty cool idea.  For quite awhile I cant remember how long now, I have had the song Why not by Hillary Duff stuck in my head, at times inspiring, at times annoying, what a strange song to have stuck in your head over a long period of time, cant say I've had an experience quite like it before.  But anyway, I do feel like I am making at least small movements and progress with the acting, I would say at the very least I am still definetly hustling.  I've pretty much developed an addiction to working out, I even had to think to myself and am trying to get myself to potentially take a day off, thats a big change from a couple years ago where I couldnt phathom going to the gym. I will still never post a hashtag tuesday or a hashtag no pain no gain, its just too douchey.  I guess you could say that I am a man of extremes.  I'm not really drinking at all right now, I have given myself permission to indulge in caffeinated beverages though, always coffee, and have found that coffee actually tastes incredibly delicious with protein.  Its raining today, the weather is so nice out here generally, its always nice when it rains too, it feels like a huge climate change from sunny.  Pretty much done with a couple of film projects Ive been working on with my buddy Jorge.  We hit a dodger game a couple weeks ago saw a good pitching dual between Kershaw and Baumgarner.  Well blog I'll leave you with this, do your best forget this rest, just keep on keepin on. Just keep livin, alright alirght alright.     

Monday

Ok I dont know if i will actually post this blog but ill give it a shot, maybe itd be better to wait until the end of the week.  So over the weekend i got a couple things done, room cleaning, laundry, went to church, got a couple of workouts in, did an open mic saturday, also bought a plane ticket so that I can attend my college buddy Brad Hartzlers wedding.  It took me awhile to decide but now I'm going and i think itll be a fun time.  I will be a groomsman, and there is a wedding party I'm looking forward to it and I know that it means a lot to him as well.  Like I said in my last blog I have been attempting to keep my workouts steady and I would say that I have basically at least maintained where I'm at.  I would like to get more serious about my workout approach this month, from this time to June 1rst specifically I'd like to be a little more hardcore ill let you know how this goes.  I think last summer i got down to at least 203 lbs I'd like to get at least back in that range.  I am also going to try and write more, at least take pen too paper and continue to come up with different ideas, Im working on an idea right now thats kind of funny to me i dont know if it will translate though haha.  I did finish the hunger game book I thought it was a pretty good series, need to figure out what to read next, i still need to read my uncle mikes novel.  Hopefully I can get that done this summer.  Alright perhaps I've ran out of things to talk to or need to get goting, I will try and revisit this at weeks end.

Learning you are

Ok, so this may or may not be the best time to do a blog, I don't regally know let me update you on some things. I am reading the third hunger game book, I have less than 100 pages left. I will have to start digging into those movies at some point. I think I've seen the first two, but will re-watch them. Other than that I have been keeping up with my gym workouts. The weight loss goals have consisted of strikes and gutters, ups and downs, I'm trying to take a new approach that is less, result based or outcome oriented and more about consistency. Will see how that goes. I've done an open mic at the same coffee shop in Hollywood the last two weekends, I think I'm finding some good things in it, um, I am just doing it to do something first off, and am learning and also experimenting to see if it helps me with sketch writing. Let's see what else, I turn 26 Tuesday, holy cow. I'm not sure what else to write but here is a current train of thought for turning 26 or for living in LA for about 3 in a half years, however you want to look at it. Ok, so I guess my goal, or hope, is that I am able to evolve, personally and professionally, all facets of life, I plan on doing this by trying to put things into the proper perspective and also changing some of the patterns in my life. That may have been vague but that's what I'm running with. I don't even know if it's something that I can explain in a blog, I think it's something that may just become evident over time. I am still really learning, and that's ok, it's good in fact, my goal is to be open and willing to continue to learn and push forward. I guess some easy examples for learning venues would be taking classes, or hobbies, shooting projects, anything really I don't think it's necessarily limited, I think should figure out what some of these are and blog again soon, until next time.

Eye of the Tiger

So, it's probably too late to write this blog and I'm not sure if I have a lot to update you on but I figure I'll give it a try. This was not my best week overall all as far as motivation or productivity, not a bad one just not the best, the 5-7 week prior I got a little more done and used my hours better. Although did get some good filming done this week and had a few auditions that I did fine at. I'm pressing on ward, getting my taxes done, there are things I need to do this next week that hopefully can get done, I'm sort of organizing in my mind exactly what those things are. I'll have to journal but I think they drift from job hunting to really getting hungry and seeking that next acting gig, wherever that may be. I also need to look at health insurance. There's lots to do with planning and budgeting and action I need to take care of, I'll update you again soon on it all. I am still determined to press forward and fight for what it is I want. Until next time.

Milestone!

Welp, that only took about three and a half year but I am now officially part of SAG-AFTRA which is an acting union, I have been eligible for awhile but after so many bookings you must join.  This last month I did a little acting work on my own and on paid gigs.  I have been keeping up regularly with my working out, and also seeking other job opportunities.  I have a job interview tomorrow so I shaved today, we will see how that goes.  I have also read the first two hunger game books and just started the third one mocking jay.  I also should be one more day of filming away from completing the short film that I wrote last summer and started filming about a month or two after coming back from vacation at the lake.  I met a guy doing a print shoot named Jorge and we have become friends, he is shooting the short film, we went to Lebowski Fest last friday and that was a lot of fun.  It'll be nice to finish the film we will throw it up on vimeo and I'll see if there are any short film fests I can send it too, probably put it on social media, and then time to move on too my next move and to continue auditioning.  I am really happy with my commercial agents they really do a great job for me.  I went to church today, met a nice guy named Johnny who dabbled in acting as well.  I have been somewhat serious minded lots of working out, writing, a little shooting, auditioning, sending out postcards, headshots, looking for jobs ect.  I'd like to push myself into some stand up or something of that nature again like the groundlings, I'll need to save for sure though and be smart and budget.  But just be doing something thats fun and creative.  And also look around a little bit at what this city has to offer, my goals and changing a little bit, but at the same time I want to ride this wave, I'm happy about certain parts of how I am doing, just need to keep pressing on.  Saw two movies recently, the duff and focus, I thought they were both decent films, I liked the duff a little more than focus but probably because I had read the duff which was a book.  I am working on turning my bed room into kind of a work space so I can hopefully be more organized and get stuff done in there.  I had a paying job recently and the drill will be kind of the same as usual and that drill is that, that job is over, time to find the next one.  Alrighty dont want to drag this blog out too long, I will update you again when I feel like there are new moves and improvements in what I am doing here, or if I just want to track where I currently am.  Until next time, rest easy, blog.

Short Blog

So just last night I had a thought, a random one, and it was that yeah I'll blog eventually probably not soon. But a early Saturday morning workout at the gym and now finding myself at Starbucks with my coffee music and rocky music coming through my headphones and here I am.  I figured  Id update a little bit on the week and past week. So, I auditioned for groundlings,  I passed am now eligible for taking there main track of classes.. I also had a  small acting success this week  that I will explain another time. I am keeping up with work out routine, I have given up alcoholic drinks.. I am trying to eat better but still falter from time to time. I've been hitting the courts a little bit. Colin and I filmed a scene for our short last week, I didn't like the original first scene so we redid it. Not much else to report. Short and sweet blog, figured id check in. Peace!

Lots of stuff

So I didn't really expect to blog tonight but I had a random thought and so, hey why not? It's late though so it'll be short. I've been waking up pretty early, I definitely prefer that it feels good. I just watched about half of goodwill hunting, I hadn't seen it in awhile. It still holds up, great film, acting, the soundtrack, it really was just perfectly made. I assume no movies perfect but it was just a wicked combo of everything coming together I think. A little surreal seeing Robin Williams in it too, a great actor, it would have been cool to have met him. Anyway, there was a scene in the film that reminded me of my theater teacher in college, she talked about it once and said they put it in their because they were young and it shouldn't have been in the film. It's the scene where Minnie Driver meets Wills friends, it mostly consists of dirty jokes, and when I was in school I didn't really agree but watching it now I think she may have been right, but it's hard to say for sure, but I do value her opinion on that I could see how it would have been tempting to put it in but maybe wise to leave it out. Anyway I avoid watching that film a lot because it is such a classic and I've seen it too many times, but sometimes you start not watching a film and then three years go by and it's fresh again, I actually have not watched the big lebowski in a long time. It's always good to watch a couple scenes from time to time as a refresher. I am trying to read more too sticking with my hunger game book, been staying in tune with the playoff Super Bowl noise. I am picking the Seahawks. As long as I can remember in Super Bowl history since I've been watching when a number 1 defense shows up it is usually a massacre, now I think this game will be close, but don't forget offense can win games, defense wins championships. I think that the Patriots are coming off a more impressive win but I also think Peyton Manning should have been the opponent in that game but his season just fell apart, Tom Brady seems to be holding up. I think it's all about whether the Seahawks defense can hang tough or not because the patriots can really score. I think it's about which one gets going first because as much as the patriots can score the Seahawks can become an offense when they get going. It's gonna be a chess match. Alrighty I'll predict a score, Seahawks win 31-25

Blooog

So this blog is pretty much coming out of the blue.  Not sure what Im going to write, alright will just go for it.  Today I am feeling pretty deflated, woke up at about 6:30 and got a good workout in, otherwise ive been submitting for acting jobs and actual jobs.  I have been reading the hunger games almost done with part 1 of the 3 part first book.  But I am feeling pretty deflated dont know if I'm in a great place right now, could just be from a lack of sleep and I'm sure this feeling will pass, so I'm going to attempt to focus on some positive things. Alright since I've been back I finally got out on some good auditions, havent heard back but at least had some good opportunities, in search of a part time job ive put upwards to 30 resumes out there and I did here back from a pretty nice restuarant and had an interview their last week, i think I would have already heard back, but a i still got a lot of resumes floating around out there and I'm going to punch even more out, filled one out at IHop today too.  I really dont feel like blogging that much, Im more doing it to humor myself at this point, im sort of just a little wore out.  Living situation, auditions being slow, everything but I cant really control those types of things as of now, just gotta keep pushing.  I'm sure I will blog again soon.