Hooray for Work!!!

Peter Pan opens tonight! I'm playing Bill Jukes the pirate in sort of a mixture of Quasimodo, that monster guy from Goonies, Vincini from Princess Bride, and a pirate. That's the kind of characters you'd see in this production... Its everything you expect it to be.

As soon as it closes I start rehearsals for A Picture of Dorian Gray. I play Basil Hallward... Great part. Great play... never read it before, but now I know what a great story it is.

Friday I get to be a zombie for a commercial - at least its paying.

Met with a friend in PR and started working on my strategy for career growth.

Auditioned for RENT at an equity theatre. I don't think I got the part, but I'm glad I tried. I also am gearing up for an audition for The Little Mermaid and Grease at another equity theatre. I wonder how my shaved head will work for Grease?

Well, too busy for sleep, but hooray for work anyway...

Thoughts on Business

After pontificating on being an actor (which by the way, a film I was in - not a great film, but... a film was posted to IMDB and now I have to start seriously deciding to start a pro membership and build my presence there...) I decided that I would drop a quick line about a MAJOR part of acting.

Like it or not, acting is a business... well, it depends on how much you to do with it... small projects, community stuff, etc... that's a hobby. But if you want to make it - then it's a business. You have to network, work on your craft, promote yourself, make money (which means accounting and taxes!), and on and on...

With that in mind here's a fantastic resource I just landed on. I started a lecture series at BYU. I like it cause they maintain a blog with videos from the lecturers. Free resource. Plus the lecturers have the opportunity to apply businesses concepts with Faith in God and Christ... Since I strongly believe that success is based on stable principles (such as hard work) I believe one can be successful with or without giving credit to (or believing in) a supreme being - let alone Christ. However, I think its a shame to do so as they miss out on something that only Faith can provide. Anyway, here is the link: http://byuebusiness.blogspot.com/

Thoughts on acting

"A great actor can do things ordinary mortals can’t.  They’re the most vulnerable.  My writing and directing are separate from who I am.  Acting?  Not so much.  They’re the only people on a film/television set who can’t see what they’re doing. When you’ve worked with a great actor, you know what I mean."

This is a quote from a blog I stumbled upon.

Christmas!!!

It's Christmas time!

I'm super excited for the Holidays. Sad as it may be this is the first year that I have felt able to purchase presents for my children... Now that's not all as bad as it sounds. They've had fantastic uncles, aunts, and mostly GRANDPARENTS that have provided very blessed Christmases... Christmases? Christmas'? Christmas-i? Holidays... very blessed holidays.

Designing the new Blog...

Okay... So I'm not really a computer guy... I wouldn't mind being one, but I'm really not too worried about it. While I am somewhat of a smart man (you know, from the "proverb" smart man learns from his own mistakes while a wise man learns from others mistakes...) I do try to stand on the shoulders of other great men and women.

So to try and coolify my blog I direct myself to this one: Best Methods for Support Groups. Even though this is designed to be a blog for medical support group blogs it works fantastically for any blog. So... I borrow their noble efforts for my self possessing ones.

Hope it works...

8:30 Dec 17, 2010

I've finally decided to become connected to the entire digital world...

I'm not going to mince words (today at least) - It's all part of a huge publicity scheme... One day (soon) I will look back and be satisfied with all that I have set forth to do... and I hope that people everywhere will be happier that I did.

And that is how it should be: We should all reach out and be happier, healthier, wealthier, wiser, stronger, and closer to God and each other.

Now I just have to figure out how to post this thing...