So, it's been awhile since I last updated, and I tried getting this in last night like I said I would, but I ran out of time. So here you go:
My parents flew in here on Saturday morning so I took a FlyAway Bus from Van Nuys to LAX to meet them there. They had a great flight, especially from Indiana to Phoenix. I gave them both great big hugs and we headed to pick up their luggage and take the shuttle to Hertz. After trying to understand the Hertz lady for the Rent-a-Car, we got switched from a Hyundai Accent, to a Pontiac Vibe, to a Mazda 6. My dad wanted GPS, and so when we told the lady that, they upgraded us. My parents were staying in the Sheraton Hotel at Universal City. Excellent hotel! The bonus for me, was that I'd get to stay with them all week if I wanted to. They had a two-bed room.
We walked around the Universal City Walk. They have shops, restaurants, and right next to it all is Universal Studios itself, the theme park. Unfortunately this week we did not get to go to the theme park, but hopefully I will someday soon.
On Sunday, mom, dad, Kelly, and I all got up early to go to a restaurant in Burbank called The Castaway. It was located WAAAY up on the hill and it's a very ritzy place. Ranked in the top 5 of restaurants in either California or the country, I'm not sure. It was our breakfast/brunch/lunch/dinner food place. They had all kinds of food. Food for every meal of the day. It was all set up buffet-style, but not like a Golden Corral buffet, more like a 5-star buffet. The view was amaza-zing! We could see all of Burbank, all of the Valley, and even the buildings in downtown LA. On top of all the food you could eat, they had as much champagne as you wanted. And the dessert table, WOW...that's all I can say.
Sunday night I took my parents to Ireland's for karaoke night. They got to meet all the people I hang out with at Ireland's all the time and outside of Ireland's too. We had a great time, and I ended up singing "Pinch Me" by Barenaked Ladies and I sang a duet with James, and we sang "Africa" by Toto, and pretty much rocked it as usual. The highlight of the night was when James and Eric got up to sing Afroman's "Because I Got High", and they didn't want to sing it in front of my parents, thinking they'd get offended or the wrong impression, and what they failed to initially realize, was my parents singing along......so proud......
On Monday I had to be in Long Beach at 7am for the shooting of Alvin and the Chipmunks 2. That turned into a 14 hour day. My parents drove me there and planned to head to Newport Beach by 11 to see my cousin Shannon, her husband Scott, and their son Kayden. (I'll be seeing them Sunday) My role in A&C2 was just like the other 379 people cast as a student. We were in a gymnasium and we were going to be dancing and cheering on the Chipmunks, a couple bands, and even a dance group. Zachary Levi, who plays on the show Chuck, was there, along with a few other familiar faces, like Wendie Malick, who played Nina Van Horn on the show Just Shoot Me, and Anjelah N. Johnson. The day was full of cheering and dancing and screaming and singing, and it was a blast. Tiring, but it was a blast. I was in the front row or second row most of the time, and I hopefully will even be seen. There was a scene or two when the camera was really close to me if not looking right at me briefly. So when that movie's released, please go see it! This was also the night my mom and dad had In-N-Out Burger for the first time!
Tuesday, I got up about 5:50am to take James to the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank. He was flying to go to Louisiana for 6 weeks to work on a movie that was shooting there. He was kind enough to loan me his car for those 6 weeks. That's very helpful, so I don't have to share my cousin's car in that timeframe to go places or to jobs or whatever the case may be. After I got home from taking him, I showered and cleaned up and my parents came by and picked me up and we headed to Hollywood to the hotel my grandparents were staying at. It was nice seeing them! We all headed to the Universal City Walk and went to breakfast at a place called Saddle Ranch. Very fun, country western looking restaurant. Indoor and outdoor seating available. They looked as though they only had one server on. But it was early, so no problem right? That early in the day they seat everyone outside, but luckily we had awesomely nice sunny weather. So me, my mom, dad, grandma, and grandpa sat there...and sat there.....looked over the menu...and sat there some more... Still no visit of the waitress to our table. We had all already picked out what we wanted to drink/eat. People started getting sat after us and they were having the same problem. Not to mention, one table was sat after us and ordered before us. WTF, mate? Finally, the host who sat us came over to take our drink orders. He brought them out and finally the waitress came to the table and apologized up and down because they were short-staffed/staved/plural anyone? She took our orders and told us we'd be getting some complimentary pancakes coming out to us. ROCK ON! So we did. We got like 4 pancakes and only me, dad, and grandma had some. Then out came the food. The plates and portions were HUGE! My dad and I each had the 'Chicken and Biscuits'. But no sign of my dad's. So that host guy came back to the table, asked if we got everything, and my dad told him he didn't his food. The host then apologized and informed us he was the manager and he'd go check on that immediately. When they brought out the food, they informed us dad's meal would be "on the house". Free food left and right! All the problems aside, we had a great breakfast, great service, and a great time. We walked around the Universal City Walk a bit longer with the grandparents and we then took them back to their hotel, and they were on their way back to Arizona.
Wednesday, we had plans to go to The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, which, not to burst anyone's bubble, but was NOT taped 'Late Late' at night. As a matter of fact, it started taping around 3pm. But we were told it would air that night. We had time to kill before the show, so we walked around the Farmer's Market there at 3rd and Fairfax. We ate some lunch and checked out all the little shops and such. At one point, my mom and I walked right by Scott Caan. You might recognize Scott from the Ocean's Trilogy, or Varsity Blues, or simply being the son of James Caan. He's been in many many movies. But we both looked at eachother and immediately knew who he was. That was pretty cool. I know I saw another celebrity, but cannot put my finger on who he was. So we dressed in our "upscale" attire and headed to the CBS Studios where it was being taped. It's also the place they tape the Price Is Right. We lucked out and got put in the front of four rows outside in the waiting area and listened to a guy named Brian, who was hilarious, that prepped us for the show and what they're all about there and told us of a guy named "Chunky B" who we'd be meeting that would be our audience guy for the day. He was again, a crazy funny guy who took us inside the studio and made us laugh and would tell us what to do when and tested us for preparedness for Craig Ferguson. We got sat in the stage area for Craig Ferguson (CF), and we were 3 rows up on the right side. Awesome seats for the 113-person seating area. The whole taping we laughed our butts off...I had mine reattached later...and got to see a couple celebs. Not only CF, but Jerry O'Connell, and for a thing they were taping for this upcoming Tuesday, they had Isabella Rossellini there, which made my mom's day! If any of you saw the show or taped it, at the break right before Jerry O'Connell came on the show, you can see the back of my dad's head and half of my head and my hands clapping. Same thing could be seen after the commercial break was over. After the show for dinner, we headed to Maggiano's. Upon leaving Maggiano's, we were walking towards the exit while this somewhat older guy, who was nicely dressed and just had that look of a celebrity walked right by us. I looked at him and kept walking because I had no idea who it was. My mom was behind me and was lagging behind a little bit. When she caught up, she had one of those looks on her face. A very giddy look about her. I asked her, "Okay, who was he?" She told me it was Tony Geary, best known for his role on General Hospital. She then, all excitedly, told me she leaned in and said "I love your work Mr. Geary." He replied, "Well thank you very much." So my mom was needless to say VERY excited she actually talked to a celebrity. Dad's was gone getting our parking validated and missed him. So that even more so made my mom's night!
I can't remember which dad we did, but one of the days we went to the Hollywood Walk of Fame to see the Grauman's Chinese Theater and all the other awesome sites of Hollywood. I think my dad's was especially happy to see all of that because he had NEVER been to LA before now.
Thursday, we had breakfast at the North Hollywood Diner. I think it became my mom's favorite place to eat out here. We headed to Culver City where they tape the Bonnie Hunt Show. We got there later than we wanted to, so we were numbers 97, 98, and 99. When we got inside, the set was AWESOME and they immediately handed out Root Beer and Hot Dogs to anyone who wanted them. I took a hot dog, but no root beer. When we told them we had 3 people, they sat us in the front row off to the right. How lucky are we?! The guy who pumps up the crowd and is a big part of the show was named Bill. He ended up talking to us quite a bit and giving me tips and he told me to add him on Facebook, so I did. His biggest things of advice were 1) take any job I can, 2) Be nice to everyone, because you never know! and C) Watch your spending. And yes, I did say 1, 2, C on purpose. So the show started and Bonnie Hunt came out and everyone went nuts! It was really cool to see her in person, and so close up too! The guests on the show ended up being Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael, aka "The Bacon Brothers". They performed on the show, which was exciting. In between the Bacon Brothers interview and the next guest, during a somewhat long break, Bonnie came up to the crowd to say hello to her brother and his wife and kid who was in the row right across the aisle from us and so Bonnie was THAT close to us. She kind of said hi to everyone around that area and turned and kinda touched my mom's leg and said "Thank you for being here"...my mom replied with "thank you for touching my leg." Haha, what a dork. Love you mom. After the break was over, we were surprised with a guest by the name of Phil Keoghan, aka the host of The Amazing Race. He literally rode in on his bicycle. My parents, being such big fans of that show, were very surprised and excited to see him. After him, actress Ashley Scott was on. She's been in that show Jericho and the new movie starting this weekend called "12 Rounds". She's VERY attractive in person. Even more so than on TV. Unfortunately she's a bit older than me...surprisingly 31, so I probably don't have a chance. Not to mention, she's a celebrity...I'm not. haha Oh well. After Ashley, the Bacon Brothers performed and the show was wrapped. Bonnie Hunt herself made her rounds in the crowd to say hello and shake hands and she actually did come to the front row where we were, again, and shook all three of our hands. That was wonderful. Quite a successful and surprising happening trip so far.
Friday, we again ate at the North Hollywood Diner for late breakfast/early lunch, and had the same server as Thursday. She remembered us and what we drank from the previous day. She is a very kind person and a great waitress. We spent the day going to Venice Beach, walking the beach, standing in the water, enjoying the sunshine (no I didn't get much of a tan), and checking out the array of shops lined up. Selling everything from jewelry, to tshirts, to paintings, and more. Quite a bunch of crazies there though. One guy even had a sign saying "SMILE IF YOU TOUCH YOURSELF". Yeah...those kinds of people. Not to forget the sign reading "WILL WORK FOR MARIJUANA". Wow people...wow. So we left the beach and my parents dropped me at the apartment to get cleaned up and changed and they headed to the hotel to do the same. We headed to this timeshare Kelly's friend Mark has so Kelly could feed us. She wanted to make us dinner. We had Margaritas to start and Lasagna for dinner, and an Armenian chocolate cake for dessert! Quite a wonderful night. But we were way tired and headed home after all the festivities.
Today, Saturday, was my parents' last day in California. :(
We, for a third day, ate at the North Hollywood Diner, and got all the suitcases packed up for their trip home. We walked around one more time, briefly, at the Universal City Walk to buy a few souvenirs. After the NoHo Diner, we stopped by Ralph's for a few items, and they brought me back to my apartment. We hugged and said our byes. Kinda sucks they have to leave. I know they didn't wanna leave either. Again we got a little teary saying bye, but I'll hopefully get to come home sometime in the next couple months.
So I hope that completes my week with my parents. It's now back to regularly trying to get acting gigs, and paying for my own food. haha
If I forgot anything, I'm sorry, but feel free to ask my parents when/if you see them. They'll tell you everything about the trip you want to know. We're only a few days away from the month of April, which is insane, but that means it's closer to the time my cousin Adam gets to come visit!! And if any of you people want to come visit me in the next month or so, please let me know. I would love to have company, you just gotta let me know!
Until next time...
Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Alvin and the Chipmunks 2
Hello again my blog readers!
First and foremost, I just got booked today for Monday, March 23rd to be an extra in Alvin and the Chipmunks 2! My first movie! The only downside is that my parents will be here all next week, and I really didn't want to work while they were here, but my mom said "don't not get jobs on account of us being there". So I did what any good son would do, and listened to them. It might be the only one I try for next week, but they don't know that...unless of course they're reading this. Oh well. :)
I've got great responses from people about my headshots! Thank you all so much! If you haven't seen them, I have selected 21 photos of ones I liked or just wanted to show on both Facebook and MySpace. She took WAY more than 21, but I just figured I'd limit them. If you don't have MySpace or Facebook and want to see some, let me know, I'll try sending you some via e-mail or something like that.
Ben and Shayna came to California to visit! I got to hang out with them on St. Patrick's Day, which was also Ben's 27th birthday! We went to the Draft and drank green beer and had a wonderful time! The following morning, we went to the North Hollywood Diner, aka the NoHo Diner, and had breakfast, just the three of us. Late into our breakfast, I see this very familiar face walk in with who I think is his wife, and they sit down about four tables away from us. Turns out, it's Leslie David Baker, aka "Stanley" from the hit TV show The Office. How cool is that?! Shayna slipped in a picture from afar.
So real soon, within the next couple days, I'm going to start making a list, and trying to rack my brain of all the celebrity sightings I've had since living here. I'll probably just put their real names, so if you don't recognize some of them, just Wikipedia or IMDB them.
MY PARENTS WILL BE HERE SATURDAY!!! That's so exciting!! Can't wait!!
Miss you and love you all...
Until next time...
First and foremost, I just got booked today for Monday, March 23rd to be an extra in Alvin and the Chipmunks 2! My first movie! The only downside is that my parents will be here all next week, and I really didn't want to work while they were here, but my mom said "don't not get jobs on account of us being there". So I did what any good son would do, and listened to them. It might be the only one I try for next week, but they don't know that...unless of course they're reading this. Oh well. :)
I've got great responses from people about my headshots! Thank you all so much! If you haven't seen them, I have selected 21 photos of ones I liked or just wanted to show on both Facebook and MySpace. She took WAY more than 21, but I just figured I'd limit them. If you don't have MySpace or Facebook and want to see some, let me know, I'll try sending you some via e-mail or something like that.
Ben and Shayna came to California to visit! I got to hang out with them on St. Patrick's Day, which was also Ben's 27th birthday! We went to the Draft and drank green beer and had a wonderful time! The following morning, we went to the North Hollywood Diner, aka the NoHo Diner, and had breakfast, just the three of us. Late into our breakfast, I see this very familiar face walk in with who I think is his wife, and they sit down about four tables away from us. Turns out, it's Leslie David Baker, aka "Stanley" from the hit TV show The Office. How cool is that?! Shayna slipped in a picture from afar.
So real soon, within the next couple days, I'm going to start making a list, and trying to rack my brain of all the celebrity sightings I've had since living here. I'll probably just put their real names, so if you don't recognize some of them, just Wikipedia or IMDB them.
MY PARENTS WILL BE HERE SATURDAY!!! That's so exciting!! Can't wait!!
Miss you and love you all...
Until next time...
Sunday, March 15, 2009
36 hours...
Hello again my faithful readers. That goes out to all my first time readers too. Now that I'm awake, I can update you on my two shows from this weekend.
Thursday, I got booked on two shows, one for Friday and one on Saturday. On Friday, I was going to be on a new pilot called "Lily" which, come to find out is the Gossip Girl Prequel. On Saturday, I was going to be on the oh so popular show called "House". I wasn't told right away what I was going to be doing on Lily but I was told I was the scorekeeper. So that sounded specific, so I was excited to hear because I might be seen pretty well.
The information (i.e. the wardrobe and call time) was going to be posted at 8pm Thursday night for Lily. At 8:30pm when I called, the call time was not posted yet. The wardrobe was going to be for a 1980's house party. I didn't really think I had much, but even if I didn't, I knew the wardrobe people on set would have plenty to give me. So I planned to take a few things I had but really didn't think they'd like. At 9pm when I called, it was not posted yet. James picked me up and we headed to Eric's house to "pre-party" for Jovanni's birthday party that night in Hollywood. I didn't want to drink OR stay out late, in case I had an early call, so I didn't. We left Eric's a little after 10pm, and still there was no call time. We headed to the place in Hollywood called "Happy Ending" for Jovanni's birthday. When we got there, Jovanni was walking out as we were walking in and he told us his table was right around the corner. I only know two of Jovanni's friends, and I didn't see either of them, so we just walked around and checked out the place. They were having a Beer Pong tournament upstairs, so Eric and James signed up for that, and later signed up for the Flippy Cup tournament. I was getting tired, and frustrated, because through the night, I would call the number and no call time was posted. They did update it, however. At 10:20pm, a message was posted: "We still don't have the call times yet, so please don't call the emergency number to find that out. Just keep checking back through the night." I'll skip ahead, and after leaving the bar, and getting back home at 2am...yes, 2am...there was still no posting for call time. I set my alarm for 5am, for fear the call time would be early, and at 5 when I woke up, the call time had been updated sometime after 3am and my call time wasn't until 4:30pm. THANK GOODNESS! So I went back to sleep, but only slept till 9am. I couldn't stay asleep. So I got up, got directions for the Chatsworth area I had to go, and hung out till a little after 3pm when I left.
When I arrived, I got my voucher and headed for wardrobe. They put me in my gray pants, my blue suit jacket, but they gave me a short-sleeved peach shirt, and a tie they called their "magical tie" and a pair of black dress shoes. We were a bunch of rich kids (18-30ish) at a party and the year was 1983. We got to stand in line for hair and makeup, but only the girls got makeup. And all they did was brush my hair to the side and hairspray it. We then were told we wouldn't be starting till 7pm, which turned into 8pm. They took us to this huge mansion that had a super long, twisting driveway that was up in the hills of Chatsworth. It had an AMAZING view. When we were on set, we all were placed here and there inside and outside. We were split up into 3 groups. The cocaine group, the dancers, and the church-goers. I was in the dancers group. So while "Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol played, we were given a variety of drinks as props and we were supposed to jam to the music. Dance like fools, so I did. Thank goodness for Footloose and the Breakfast Club. I just tried to think those things in my head the whole time. Needless to say, after the many takes we did of that, I was wiped. We broke for "lunch" at 9pm. But they fed us, and they fed us WELL. Tuna steak, chicken, salad, vegetables, rice, bread, desserts.. YUM! We then were taken back to the mansion after lunch and were placed at different spots here and there. Still mostly danced. Watch a fight break out (it was part of the scene). We interacted with the actors of the show. Come to find out, the one recognizable face I saw was the star, who will be playing Lily, and that was Brittany Snow. Best known for her role in "American Dreams" but also in movies like "John Tucker Must Die", "Prom Night" (2008), and "Hairspray". She's even better looking in person than on TV. I talked to the guy, who was the lead in this episode, a little bit, but I don't really know who he was. He and I shared an odd, random handshake at one point. I don't know, but it was still cool. And I know what you're going to say, but I'm almost certain Brittany Snow was checking me out. I'm just saying. We caught eyes quite a bit. But that's besides the point :)
There were a few instances where I was either RIGHT next to the featured actors, or right in line with the camera angle, so I should be seen here and there throughout these scenes of this episode. One in particular, you'll probably see me or my hand taking a drink of the drink I was given. The coolest part of the night, was at about 5am, while we were still on set by the way, this guy shows up and starts hugging a lot of the crew members. He looked like a crew member himself. Almost all in black, and was wearing a black hat backwards. He made his way inside and outside while shooting was going on and it wasn't until he was outside that I did a double take and realized who it was. It wasn't some random crew person. It was Zachary Levi! For those of you who aren't familiar with his real name, you might know him better by the name of "Chuck". He's the star of the show Chuck, one of my favorite shows, and he's right here in person. The reason he was there hugging all the crew was because the crew that was working this also worked/works the TV show Chuck. It was a fun night, but here's the kicker, we weren't finished till 6:30am Saturday morning. I've read online, the Pilot episode will appear on TV on May 11th! So mark your calendars!
Through the night, I didn't have the call time box number OR the wardrobe number to find out what I needed for House. So when I was wrapped, I got on the FIRST shuttle from set that was taking us back to the cars. I called the number and found out I, the scorekeeper of this episode of House, was needed at 9:00am. Blehh... I had enough time to drive home, shower, get dressed, pack my bag, and write down directions and leave. Literally no time to sleep. I got to the set and the only thing for wardrobe they changed me wearing was my zip-up hoodie. Easy fix. They gave me a plain gray one. My job as 'scorekeeper' was to sit at the scorer's table and act as though I was keeping track of points on this clipboard I had. We were at a wrestling match. I don't want to give a lot away for you avid House watchers. But I sat the whole day. I sat and one guy next to me worked the electronic scoreboard while I made notes of scores. They had camera angle after camera angle. I again, will probably be seen. Kind of in the distance, but you still might see me. I have a feeling this episode will air April 27th! I don't know that for certain, but I'll try finding out more specifically when I do know. My day on House lasted 10 hours. So by the time I got home and in bed, I was awake for 36 hours straight. No nap. No joke. 36 hours... I slept ALL through the night. Not waking up once. I hope my neck stops hurting though. I think it's sore from all the dancing and all the standing. I'm probably going to take it easy today. Maybe I'll get some work for tomorrow. And headshots on Tuesday!! I'm so excited!!
Well I hope you enjoyed this entry. I apologize about the length, but I had a lot to inform you about.
Take care, I love and miss you all, hope to hear from you soon!
Until next time...
Thursday, I got booked on two shows, one for Friday and one on Saturday. On Friday, I was going to be on a new pilot called "Lily" which, come to find out is the Gossip Girl Prequel. On Saturday, I was going to be on the oh so popular show called "House". I wasn't told right away what I was going to be doing on Lily but I was told I was the scorekeeper. So that sounded specific, so I was excited to hear because I might be seen pretty well.
The information (i.e. the wardrobe and call time) was going to be posted at 8pm Thursday night for Lily. At 8:30pm when I called, the call time was not posted yet. The wardrobe was going to be for a 1980's house party. I didn't really think I had much, but even if I didn't, I knew the wardrobe people on set would have plenty to give me. So I planned to take a few things I had but really didn't think they'd like. At 9pm when I called, it was not posted yet. James picked me up and we headed to Eric's house to "pre-party" for Jovanni's birthday party that night in Hollywood. I didn't want to drink OR stay out late, in case I had an early call, so I didn't. We left Eric's a little after 10pm, and still there was no call time. We headed to the place in Hollywood called "Happy Ending" for Jovanni's birthday. When we got there, Jovanni was walking out as we were walking in and he told us his table was right around the corner. I only know two of Jovanni's friends, and I didn't see either of them, so we just walked around and checked out the place. They were having a Beer Pong tournament upstairs, so Eric and James signed up for that, and later signed up for the Flippy Cup tournament. I was getting tired, and frustrated, because through the night, I would call the number and no call time was posted. They did update it, however. At 10:20pm, a message was posted: "We still don't have the call times yet, so please don't call the emergency number to find that out. Just keep checking back through the night." I'll skip ahead, and after leaving the bar, and getting back home at 2am...yes, 2am...there was still no posting for call time. I set my alarm for 5am, for fear the call time would be early, and at 5 when I woke up, the call time had been updated sometime after 3am and my call time wasn't until 4:30pm. THANK GOODNESS! So I went back to sleep, but only slept till 9am. I couldn't stay asleep. So I got up, got directions for the Chatsworth area I had to go, and hung out till a little after 3pm when I left.
When I arrived, I got my voucher and headed for wardrobe. They put me in my gray pants, my blue suit jacket, but they gave me a short-sleeved peach shirt, and a tie they called their "magical tie" and a pair of black dress shoes. We were a bunch of rich kids (18-30ish) at a party and the year was 1983. We got to stand in line for hair and makeup, but only the girls got makeup. And all they did was brush my hair to the side and hairspray it. We then were told we wouldn't be starting till 7pm, which turned into 8pm. They took us to this huge mansion that had a super long, twisting driveway that was up in the hills of Chatsworth. It had an AMAZING view. When we were on set, we all were placed here and there inside and outside. We were split up into 3 groups. The cocaine group, the dancers, and the church-goers. I was in the dancers group. So while "Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol played, we were given a variety of drinks as props and we were supposed to jam to the music. Dance like fools, so I did. Thank goodness for Footloose and the Breakfast Club. I just tried to think those things in my head the whole time. Needless to say, after the many takes we did of that, I was wiped. We broke for "lunch" at 9pm. But they fed us, and they fed us WELL. Tuna steak, chicken, salad, vegetables, rice, bread, desserts.. YUM! We then were taken back to the mansion after lunch and were placed at different spots here and there. Still mostly danced. Watch a fight break out (it was part of the scene). We interacted with the actors of the show. Come to find out, the one recognizable face I saw was the star, who will be playing Lily, and that was Brittany Snow. Best known for her role in "American Dreams" but also in movies like "John Tucker Must Die", "Prom Night" (2008), and "Hairspray". She's even better looking in person than on TV. I talked to the guy, who was the lead in this episode, a little bit, but I don't really know who he was. He and I shared an odd, random handshake at one point. I don't know, but it was still cool. And I know what you're going to say, but I'm almost certain Brittany Snow was checking me out. I'm just saying. We caught eyes quite a bit. But that's besides the point :)
There were a few instances where I was either RIGHT next to the featured actors, or right in line with the camera angle, so I should be seen here and there throughout these scenes of this episode. One in particular, you'll probably see me or my hand taking a drink of the drink I was given. The coolest part of the night, was at about 5am, while we were still on set by the way, this guy shows up and starts hugging a lot of the crew members. He looked like a crew member himself. Almost all in black, and was wearing a black hat backwards. He made his way inside and outside while shooting was going on and it wasn't until he was outside that I did a double take and realized who it was. It wasn't some random crew person. It was Zachary Levi! For those of you who aren't familiar with his real name, you might know him better by the name of "Chuck". He's the star of the show Chuck, one of my favorite shows, and he's right here in person. The reason he was there hugging all the crew was because the crew that was working this also worked/works the TV show Chuck. It was a fun night, but here's the kicker, we weren't finished till 6:30am Saturday morning. I've read online, the Pilot episode will appear on TV on May 11th! So mark your calendars!
Through the night, I didn't have the call time box number OR the wardrobe number to find out what I needed for House. So when I was wrapped, I got on the FIRST shuttle from set that was taking us back to the cars. I called the number and found out I, the scorekeeper of this episode of House, was needed at 9:00am. Blehh... I had enough time to drive home, shower, get dressed, pack my bag, and write down directions and leave. Literally no time to sleep. I got to the set and the only thing for wardrobe they changed me wearing was my zip-up hoodie. Easy fix. They gave me a plain gray one. My job as 'scorekeeper' was to sit at the scorer's table and act as though I was keeping track of points on this clipboard I had. We were at a wrestling match. I don't want to give a lot away for you avid House watchers. But I sat the whole day. I sat and one guy next to me worked the electronic scoreboard while I made notes of scores. They had camera angle after camera angle. I again, will probably be seen. Kind of in the distance, but you still might see me. I have a feeling this episode will air April 27th! I don't know that for certain, but I'll try finding out more specifically when I do know. My day on House lasted 10 hours. So by the time I got home and in bed, I was awake for 36 hours straight. No nap. No joke. 36 hours... I slept ALL through the night. Not waking up once. I hope my neck stops hurting though. I think it's sore from all the dancing and all the standing. I'm probably going to take it easy today. Maybe I'll get some work for tomorrow. And headshots on Tuesday!! I'm so excited!!
Well I hope you enjoyed this entry. I apologize about the length, but I had a lot to inform you about.
Take care, I love and miss you all, hope to hear from you soon!
Until next time...
Friday, March 13, 2009
2 New Casting Jobs!!
Can't type long, but I just thought I'd give you all a heads-up about my night tonight and day tomorrow. I got booked as an extra on a pilot called "Lilly" and that's shooting today. I have to be there in 2.5 hours from now. I'm going to be part of a 1980's house party. So that should be fun! Just hope that wardrobe either likes what I'm bringing (which isn't much) or they have something for me.
Tomorrow I'm booked as an extra on the popular TV show "House". The lady cast me as the 'scorekeeper', but that's all I know so far. So hopefully it'll be something real specific and maybe I'll be the only scorekeeper. Might get camera time. We'll see.
And I called the other day to try to get booked as a young looking person on Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 and a lady named Maryann answered and she said "Oh Brendan, you're great, but I JUST booked all my spots. However, I will need more kids next week, so let me have your phone number." So hopefully I'll be getting a call soon, or sometime next week. I might make it on Alvin and the Chipmunks 2!!
Still haven't heard if I've been picked as part of the Untitled Nancy Meyers Project that I went and stood in line to get my picture taken.
Anyhoo, gotta run, I'll try posting if not tonight, then tomorrow when I'm home from being on set. I'll let you all know how things went with these two jobs, and hopefully I can get airing dates so you can watch! Keep watching Desperate Housewives. I don't know when exactly it will air, but it should be on one of the next couple to few episodes. And don't forget, March 26th is the air date for the ER episode I was on.
Until next time...
Tomorrow I'm booked as an extra on the popular TV show "House". The lady cast me as the 'scorekeeper', but that's all I know so far. So hopefully it'll be something real specific and maybe I'll be the only scorekeeper. Might get camera time. We'll see.
And I called the other day to try to get booked as a young looking person on Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 and a lady named Maryann answered and she said "Oh Brendan, you're great, but I JUST booked all my spots. However, I will need more kids next week, so let me have your phone number." So hopefully I'll be getting a call soon, or sometime next week. I might make it on Alvin and the Chipmunks 2!!
Still haven't heard if I've been picked as part of the Untitled Nancy Meyers Project that I went and stood in line to get my picture taken.
Anyhoo, gotta run, I'll try posting if not tonight, then tomorrow when I'm home from being on set. I'll let you all know how things went with these two jobs, and hopefully I can get airing dates so you can watch! Keep watching Desperate Housewives. I don't know when exactly it will air, but it should be on one of the next couple to few episodes. And don't forget, March 26th is the air date for the ER episode I was on.
Until next time...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Improv and Headshots
Welcome back you reader you. It's been almost a week since my last update, and that's just WAY too long. So here we go:
This past Sunday, I attended my first class on improvisational techniques, aka improv. It was a 3-hr crash course taught by two guys named Jon Smith and Randy Gordon: http://www.randygordon.net
There's Randy's page, made by my friend James Young.
They're working to get an improv academy setup with the Avery Schreiber Theatre and start teaching improv classes. This class was something that anyone with or without improv training could take to learn a thing or two and to pretty much get the basics on improv. To get people familiar with it and interested in moving on with improv. They were teaching basic fundamentals, which they really push because they believe they're the most important things about improv to know and remember. So I've talked things over with Randy, and we're going to work something out for me to take the class they'll be starting, maybe even audit it, take a few free classes so I can get the hang of things. He's being really cool and helpful about the whole thing, so props to him. It was definitely a fun class though. Only 3 people showed up, and then Jon and Randy, so five total. They gave us a basic overview on improv, and that a big thing about it is to stay out of your head, and not TRY and be funny. If you let go, and just go with things as they transpire, it will be easier, and feel more natural. We did some activities, with Jon and/or Randy starting us with a brief scenario, and GO! I was completely lost at first, but by the end of the class, I was having a good time. They would setup scenarios, or give us characters, and sometimes they'd freeze us midway and switch where we were or who we were. It was definitely challenging to be able to just jump into things like that, but I'm definitely willing to learn and try it out. Improv training's a great thing to have out here, especially for actors.
Now, the second part of my blog title is "Headshots". I officially have a date set to get my headshots taken with a lady named Lesley Bohm. She's been around and doing the photography for 20+ years. She's shot many well-known faces in the acting world. I had an appointment set up with her today at her studio in downtown Los Angeles. We met, and she showed me around her awesome studio, and told me a bit about herself. She even gave me water and we ate strawberries...random I know, but she's a very nice person, very personable, and VERY talented. And with talking it over with my parents, we both agree we love her work, and so it's settled! March 17th, aka St. Patrick's Day, I have my day for shooting :)
http://www.bohmphotography.com <---that's her website, take a look, I'd love to hear feedback what you think.
So James and I have found out we pretty much rock it out everytime we sing "Africa" by Toto on nights when we go out for karaoke. I told him I'd take the higher harmony. The first time we did it, we were doing well until I cracked a little bit right at the end when it gets WAY up there. I give it up to people like the group Toto, and Straight No Chaser for being able to get up there with ease..haha But last night, we sang it again so I could redeem myself. I told James, at the very end, for him to switch me and take the high road of the song, and in doing so, we nailed it, and I was crack-free. (Which I'm always crack-free, just so you know) :)
I don't have too much else to chat on here about. I'm trying out the new craze known as Twitter. It's better for those who have the internet at their fingertips anytime they want, unlike me who only gets it 2 hours per day, if that.
I gotta go call Central Casting to try and get some jobs setup. Wish me luck!
Can't wait to see my parents! They're coming out here for a week starting on the 21st. I'm pretty stoked about that.
Keep my friend Harvey in your prayers! I hope the doctor visit went well today!! CALL ME DUDE! :)
Well I love and miss you all!
Until next time...
This past Sunday, I attended my first class on improvisational techniques, aka improv. It was a 3-hr crash course taught by two guys named Jon Smith and Randy Gordon: http://www.randygordon.net
There's Randy's page, made by my friend James Young.
They're working to get an improv academy setup with the Avery Schreiber Theatre and start teaching improv classes. This class was something that anyone with or without improv training could take to learn a thing or two and to pretty much get the basics on improv. To get people familiar with it and interested in moving on with improv. They were teaching basic fundamentals, which they really push because they believe they're the most important things about improv to know and remember. So I've talked things over with Randy, and we're going to work something out for me to take the class they'll be starting, maybe even audit it, take a few free classes so I can get the hang of things. He's being really cool and helpful about the whole thing, so props to him. It was definitely a fun class though. Only 3 people showed up, and then Jon and Randy, so five total. They gave us a basic overview on improv, and that a big thing about it is to stay out of your head, and not TRY and be funny. If you let go, and just go with things as they transpire, it will be easier, and feel more natural. We did some activities, with Jon and/or Randy starting us with a brief scenario, and GO! I was completely lost at first, but by the end of the class, I was having a good time. They would setup scenarios, or give us characters, and sometimes they'd freeze us midway and switch where we were or who we were. It was definitely challenging to be able to just jump into things like that, but I'm definitely willing to learn and try it out. Improv training's a great thing to have out here, especially for actors.
Now, the second part of my blog title is "Headshots". I officially have a date set to get my headshots taken with a lady named Lesley Bohm. She's been around and doing the photography for 20+ years. She's shot many well-known faces in the acting world. I had an appointment set up with her today at her studio in downtown Los Angeles. We met, and she showed me around her awesome studio, and told me a bit about herself. She even gave me water and we ate strawberries...random I know, but she's a very nice person, very personable, and VERY talented. And with talking it over with my parents, we both agree we love her work, and so it's settled! March 17th, aka St. Patrick's Day, I have my day for shooting :)
http://www.bohmphotography.com <---that's her website, take a look, I'd love to hear feedback what you think.
So James and I have found out we pretty much rock it out everytime we sing "Africa" by Toto on nights when we go out for karaoke. I told him I'd take the higher harmony. The first time we did it, we were doing well until I cracked a little bit right at the end when it gets WAY up there. I give it up to people like the group Toto, and Straight No Chaser for being able to get up there with ease..haha But last night, we sang it again so I could redeem myself. I told James, at the very end, for him to switch me and take the high road of the song, and in doing so, we nailed it, and I was crack-free. (Which I'm always crack-free, just so you know) :)
I don't have too much else to chat on here about. I'm trying out the new craze known as Twitter. It's better for those who have the internet at their fingertips anytime they want, unlike me who only gets it 2 hours per day, if that.
I gotta go call Central Casting to try and get some jobs setup. Wish me luck!
Can't wait to see my parents! They're coming out here for a week starting on the 21st. I'm pretty stoked about that.
Keep my friend Harvey in your prayers! I hope the doctor visit went well today!! CALL ME DUDE! :)
Well I love and miss you all!
Until next time...
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Desperate Housewives
For those of you who haven't heard, I got another extra job, this time on Desperate Housewives. I wish I could give you an air date, but I wasn't told an episode number. Don't quote me, but I'm thinking it might air March 15th. Not for sure though. I think there are only 4 episodes left to air in the season, so what's four shows of watching it to see a familiar face? :)
I played a student in an all-boys prep school. I was wearing a white button down shirt and khakis with a maroon/dark red pullover sweatshirt with a Harry Potter-looking emblem patch.
Let me lead you up to that though.
Tuesday night Kelly left to talk to her friend, even though she didn't want to. So we made up this plan, that if she didn't want to be there, she'd text me a code word and I would call her telling her I needed the car. (Amy wasn't home) So she left, and not 15 minutes later I called the number I was given to check for wardrobe, and whatever else I needed for the shoot on Wednesday. I was told I needed a white dress shirt and light khakis. Well I had no light khakis, only brown dress pants and a white dress shirt that's more like a suit shirt. I wanted a plain white button-down. Anyhoo, so I text'd Kelly telling her "funny thing..I actually DO need the car..haha" .....no reply. So I text'd her again, "I need to go buy clothes for tomorrow and I want you to come with me." .....still no response. I wanted her there because she said she could get me a discount at Macy's. I tried then calling her, twice, and no response on either. Macy's closes at 9pm and it's now 8:20pm or so. I have 40 minutes! So I call James to find out if there's a nearby 24-hr Wal-Mart. He gives me an address and phone number of the closest one, being about 10 minutes away, and so I call them. They're only open till 11pm. It's now 9pm, too late to go to Macy's, and still no word from Kelly. I'm a little concerned now, because she's usually good about having her phone on her. I give it time, sit around, and at about 9:45pm, and still no word from her, I give in and call James up. "I need a huge favor, and I'm so sorry, but can you take me to Wal-Mart?" He replied, "Yes, I'll be there in a bit." I feel terrible for asking him, especially because it's almost 10pm, karaoke started at 9:30, I figured he was going to go, I was keeping him from that, I am without my own car. I wasn't going to go to Ireland's because I had a 7am call time in Pasadena. Well we made it to Wal-Mart by 10. I found a little-bit-too-small-for-me pants, a white button down, and a casual black belt. I had a really dressy one, but I didn't want to wear it, it's too fancy. I bought James a Kit Kat Bar at the register, told him to pick something out. And handed him the last $4 cash I had in my wallet. He dropped me off back at the house and he headed to karaoke. Now that I got my stuff home, I can go to bed, right? WRONG! My shirt is as stiff as cardboard, so I need to start a load of laundry. It's now around 10:30 or 10:45 and I'm fixing mac 'n cheese, because I've had no dinner, and I've started my load of whites. Not to mention, I need to iron my pants I just bought. By the way, still no sign from Kelly, and Amy's not home yet either. I get a text then from James telling me Matt LeBlanc was there. Then he tells me Cedric Yarbrough is there, he's the guy from such things as Reno 911 and the 40-Year Old Virgin. Then he tells me the guy, who I've seen before, from Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place is there, Richard Ruccolo. What is this, celebrity night at Ireland's?? I HAD to see these guys! So I call Amy, no answer. She then texts me shortly thereafter telling me she's on her way home. I told her we have to go to Ireland's, please take me. She gets me, we get there, I walk up to the front from the back, and walk RIGHT by Matt LeBlanc, aka Joey, standing out front, smoking a cigarette, talking on the phone. He looks a lot different. More gray hair than I've ever seen him have on TV. Then I get inside and am welcomed warmfully by my Ireland's buddies. I then see Cedric, and Richard is up on stage singing. The place is packed. Before I got there I had James sign my name up so I can sing one song and leave. Five or ten minutes into being there, I receive a long text from Kelly telling me that she's so sorry and when she got where she was going she was surprised with them wanting to take her to dinner and she left her phone in the car. I called her and had her put my clothes in the dryer. When my chance came, I sang "The Middle" again and went on my way. I got home, got my clothes from the dryer, put the mac 'n cheese I didn't eat into the fridge and went to bed. It was pushing 1am when I finally laid down, so I just knew 5am was going to come REAL soon.
I got up in plenty of time, put my stuff together, ironed my pants, ate a bagel, and was out the door by 6am. I made it with flying colors a half hour early. They shuttled us over and in that shuttle sat a guy who looked super familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. He was there, just like all of us background actors, dressed the same. I didn't know if I had seen him at another shoot, or had already seen him on TV or a movie somewhere. The day went on, we did some walking in the background, some of us holding backpacks, silently interacting with whoever was next to us as we walked by. If he wanted us to, he would send us back to the other side, and we did this about 5 or 6 takes. The whole time, some of the Housewives cast was right there in front of me. Within about 5 feet of me. Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria Parker, Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman, and Kathryn Joosten. They're all really gorgeous in person. We also did a shot outdoors, doing the same thing walking back and forth whenever we were directed to do so. And I was walking RIGHT by the actors. I was right next to them a couple times when we were re-setting. I think I made eye contact with all of them at least once haha. They fed us a feast for breakfast, snacks, and lunch. For breakfast, they had bagels, all kinds of cereals, fruits, donuts, milk, juices, granola bars...it was crazy. And for what they called our "snacks" included rice, taquitos, sandwiches, lasagna, a sausage and vegetable mix, guacamole, all KINDS of things. And for lunch, we had steak, chicken, salmon, pasta, salad, bread, vegetables, and dessert. I took a to-go container with me for my dinner :)
Overall it was a fun day, and a lot shorter than the other previous two I've done. This was only an 8-hr day, but I was done by 3pm and headed back home.
I want to wish my Godmother, Suzan Jones, a Happy Birthday! (March 4th)
and I very Happy Birthday to my twin cousins Amber Gibson (March 4th) and Adam Gibson (March 5th)
Also to my friend, and blog reader Chelsea Parham in Indiana (March 5th) and my buddy Matt Armstrong in, I think Georgia (March 5th) a very Happy Birthday to them!
Any questions, please ask!
Until next time...
If you're birthday is on a day or near a day I post, I'll try wishing it to you on here!
I played a student in an all-boys prep school. I was wearing a white button down shirt and khakis with a maroon/dark red pullover sweatshirt with a Harry Potter-looking emblem patch.
Let me lead you up to that though.
Tuesday night Kelly left to talk to her friend, even though she didn't want to. So we made up this plan, that if she didn't want to be there, she'd text me a code word and I would call her telling her I needed the car. (Amy wasn't home) So she left, and not 15 minutes later I called the number I was given to check for wardrobe, and whatever else I needed for the shoot on Wednesday. I was told I needed a white dress shirt and light khakis. Well I had no light khakis, only brown dress pants and a white dress shirt that's more like a suit shirt. I wanted a plain white button-down. Anyhoo, so I text'd Kelly telling her "funny thing..I actually DO need the car..haha" .....no reply. So I text'd her again, "I need to go buy clothes for tomorrow and I want you to come with me." .....still no response. I wanted her there because she said she could get me a discount at Macy's. I tried then calling her, twice, and no response on either. Macy's closes at 9pm and it's now 8:20pm or so. I have 40 minutes! So I call James to find out if there's a nearby 24-hr Wal-Mart. He gives me an address and phone number of the closest one, being about 10 minutes away, and so I call them. They're only open till 11pm. It's now 9pm, too late to go to Macy's, and still no word from Kelly. I'm a little concerned now, because she's usually good about having her phone on her. I give it time, sit around, and at about 9:45pm, and still no word from her, I give in and call James up. "I need a huge favor, and I'm so sorry, but can you take me to Wal-Mart?" He replied, "Yes, I'll be there in a bit." I feel terrible for asking him, especially because it's almost 10pm, karaoke started at 9:30, I figured he was going to go, I was keeping him from that, I am without my own car. I wasn't going to go to Ireland's because I had a 7am call time in Pasadena. Well we made it to Wal-Mart by 10. I found a little-bit-too-small-for-me pants, a white button down, and a casual black belt. I had a really dressy one, but I didn't want to wear it, it's too fancy. I bought James a Kit Kat Bar at the register, told him to pick something out. And handed him the last $4 cash I had in my wallet. He dropped me off back at the house and he headed to karaoke. Now that I got my stuff home, I can go to bed, right? WRONG! My shirt is as stiff as cardboard, so I need to start a load of laundry. It's now around 10:30 or 10:45 and I'm fixing mac 'n cheese, because I've had no dinner, and I've started my load of whites. Not to mention, I need to iron my pants I just bought. By the way, still no sign from Kelly, and Amy's not home yet either. I get a text then from James telling me Matt LeBlanc was there. Then he tells me Cedric Yarbrough is there, he's the guy from such things as Reno 911 and the 40-Year Old Virgin. Then he tells me the guy, who I've seen before, from Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place is there, Richard Ruccolo. What is this, celebrity night at Ireland's?? I HAD to see these guys! So I call Amy, no answer. She then texts me shortly thereafter telling me she's on her way home. I told her we have to go to Ireland's, please take me. She gets me, we get there, I walk up to the front from the back, and walk RIGHT by Matt LeBlanc, aka Joey, standing out front, smoking a cigarette, talking on the phone. He looks a lot different. More gray hair than I've ever seen him have on TV. Then I get inside and am welcomed warmfully by my Ireland's buddies. I then see Cedric, and Richard is up on stage singing. The place is packed. Before I got there I had James sign my name up so I can sing one song and leave. Five or ten minutes into being there, I receive a long text from Kelly telling me that she's so sorry and when she got where she was going she was surprised with them wanting to take her to dinner and she left her phone in the car. I called her and had her put my clothes in the dryer. When my chance came, I sang "The Middle" again and went on my way. I got home, got my clothes from the dryer, put the mac 'n cheese I didn't eat into the fridge and went to bed. It was pushing 1am when I finally laid down, so I just knew 5am was going to come REAL soon.
I got up in plenty of time, put my stuff together, ironed my pants, ate a bagel, and was out the door by 6am. I made it with flying colors a half hour early. They shuttled us over and in that shuttle sat a guy who looked super familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. He was there, just like all of us background actors, dressed the same. I didn't know if I had seen him at another shoot, or had already seen him on TV or a movie somewhere. The day went on, we did some walking in the background, some of us holding backpacks, silently interacting with whoever was next to us as we walked by. If he wanted us to, he would send us back to the other side, and we did this about 5 or 6 takes. The whole time, some of the Housewives cast was right there in front of me. Within about 5 feet of me. Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria Parker, Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman, and Kathryn Joosten. They're all really gorgeous in person. We also did a shot outdoors, doing the same thing walking back and forth whenever we were directed to do so. And I was walking RIGHT by the actors. I was right next to them a couple times when we were re-setting. I think I made eye contact with all of them at least once haha. They fed us a feast for breakfast, snacks, and lunch. For breakfast, they had bagels, all kinds of cereals, fruits, donuts, milk, juices, granola bars...it was crazy. And for what they called our "snacks" included rice, taquitos, sandwiches, lasagna, a sausage and vegetable mix, guacamole, all KINDS of things. And for lunch, we had steak, chicken, salmon, pasta, salad, bread, vegetables, and dessert. I took a to-go container with me for my dinner :)
Overall it was a fun day, and a lot shorter than the other previous two I've done. This was only an 8-hr day, but I was done by 3pm and headed back home.
I want to wish my Godmother, Suzan Jones, a Happy Birthday! (March 4th)
and I very Happy Birthday to my twin cousins Amber Gibson (March 4th) and Adam Gibson (March 5th)
Also to my friend, and blog reader Chelsea Parham in Indiana (March 5th) and my buddy Matt Armstrong in, I think Georgia (March 5th) a very Happy Birthday to them!
Any questions, please ask!
Until next time...
If you're birthday is on a day or near a day I post, I'll try wishing it to you on here!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Club Kress
First and foremost: HAPPY NEW MONTH! Hard to believe it's March already.
So I went to my first Hollywood club last night. The club was called Club Kress. Our friend Eric's best friend Michelle knew one or two people that were going to put us on a VIP list so we could get in. When we got there, it was pretty busy outside and they were only letting in certain groups at a time. The more girls you had, the better your chances. We were 3 guys and 2 girls. Luckily Michelle, while waiting in line, saw a friend of hers named Ryan. Ryan said "well why don't you guys just come in with us!" Within a couple minutes of him saying that, they let Ryan and his group and us in the gate and we headed downstairs. The place was dark, but with different color lights everywhere and packed tight. There was a huge dance floor in the center of the club. When we headed to the bar, Eric bought our first round of shots. I decided to get a drink after that, so I got a Screwdriver...it cost me $12. I couldn't believe I was actually paying $12 plus tip for a drink. But I did. Lesson learned. After we danced and hung out at the club, we all headed to Michelle's house and hung out and ate Carls Jr. Such healthy food. And shortly thereafter, James brought me back home.
I didn't get home till after 4am...so needless to say, I slept in till almost 1pm. That's pretty much the update for now. I'm looking forward to getting my tax forms tomorrow so I can get my refund. I hope I get a lot of money. I could use it. It'll probably go to my credit card payment, or maybe just saved for rent. I'm also tomorrow going to call this place called "Standing Room Only". They pay people $8/hr to sit in an audience of different shows, like Dr. Phil and game shows and such. So I'm going to check that out and hopefully get some of those booked. Tonight is karaoke night at Ireland's so I'm planning on going to it and hopefully doing well.
Until next time...
So I went to my first Hollywood club last night. The club was called Club Kress. Our friend Eric's best friend Michelle knew one or two people that were going to put us on a VIP list so we could get in. When we got there, it was pretty busy outside and they were only letting in certain groups at a time. The more girls you had, the better your chances. We were 3 guys and 2 girls. Luckily Michelle, while waiting in line, saw a friend of hers named Ryan. Ryan said "well why don't you guys just come in with us!" Within a couple minutes of him saying that, they let Ryan and his group and us in the gate and we headed downstairs. The place was dark, but with different color lights everywhere and packed tight. There was a huge dance floor in the center of the club. When we headed to the bar, Eric bought our first round of shots. I decided to get a drink after that, so I got a Screwdriver...it cost me $12. I couldn't believe I was actually paying $12 plus tip for a drink. But I did. Lesson learned. After we danced and hung out at the club, we all headed to Michelle's house and hung out and ate Carls Jr. Such healthy food. And shortly thereafter, James brought me back home.
I didn't get home till after 4am...so needless to say, I slept in till almost 1pm. That's pretty much the update for now. I'm looking forward to getting my tax forms tomorrow so I can get my refund. I hope I get a lot of money. I could use it. It'll probably go to my credit card payment, or maybe just saved for rent. I'm also tomorrow going to call this place called "Standing Room Only". They pay people $8/hr to sit in an audience of different shows, like Dr. Phil and game shows and such. So I'm going to check that out and hopefully get some of those booked. Tonight is karaoke night at Ireland's so I'm planning on going to it and hopefully doing well.
Until next time...
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