Tracy Lords Standing in Front of Me

No, I didn't do porn. Thought about it but that was as far as it went. Remember, married 20 years, 3.3 kids. I'm not going there. I played a paramedic in a made for TV movie starring Crystal Bernard and Tracy Lords called "As Good As Dead". The thing I remember most was these really high heels she wore and the fact that when the VHS was released it went on sale for $79.99. Needless to say I didn't go right out and get me a copy. That's three months of macaroni and cheese. When I asked why it was so expensive, they said it wasn't the store that slapped that price on it but the studio that released it. You can get it on Amazon for less than three bucks now. I would like to add that Crystal Bernard was super on the set. She talked to us always smiling and showed how down to earth she was. Not to mention a very pretty lady. I think I will enjoy watching reruns of "Wings" a lot more now. As far as Tracy Lords goes, I'm glad she turned her life around and is working on films that I can take my kids to. It takes courage, and a strong will to do what she did and I can imagine there are a lot of young ladies who never make it out. I hope she can offer some inspiration and hope to anyone who is thinking there is none and this is all they can do with their lives. Thumbs up to two fine ladies.

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"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak."

Pirates of the Caribbean Theme

Amanda just turned 12 and she wants to throw a Pirates of the Caribbean Theme birthday party. So we have the hats and eye patches. A journal for the kids to log in their pirate names when they arrive and a Pirates pinata. I think she is obsessed with pirates. I'm sure it's just another phase kids go through. My wife and I found this Pirates of the Caribbean dvd player at Kmart which Amanda went nuts over. The remote is Jacks compass. Pretty cool. It's on Ebay for $99.99 but if you use this link you can get it from Kmart for $69.99.

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"The things that come to those who wait will be the scraggly junk left by those who got there first."

It's a wrap! Bye to Little Lionel and His Brothers Keeper

Just finished filming my part as the property manager on Little Lionel Little and it's a wrap for Amanda at His Brother's Keeper. Time to update resumes and start mailing out to agents again.
As I write this it's raining in San Diego and I'm hoping the double wides roof wont' leak. Did I forget to mention we're remodeling. It was going smoothly before we found out about the baby coming. Now it's me and Matt, my guitar playing seventeen year old . He is actually a pretty amazing guitar player. We won't discuss his grades though.

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"The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room."

The Green Screen

Shot in front of a green screen today. I'm working on a short film and I was supposed to emit negative energy or bad vibes. It all comes out in the background. They have a great website. Check out the trailer at littlelionellittle.com My daughter appears in this one too. It's been nine years since we worked on a film together. She was three at the time. That was the super hero flick I starred in. Check out my site for movie downloads. That little film led me to my first paying gig for an industrial. To check out the training video I shot go to Skinwearusa.com and click on training video. I always recommend anyone starting out in acting to work on student films and independent shorts. Yes, I know you're working for free but look what happened when the owner of a company just happened to see a clip from one of my little films. I didn't even have to audition. Got a call. Showed up to shoot. It was all teleprompter work. Got paid $100 an hour. It can happen to you. Why spend thousands of dollars on a class taught by some out of work actor when your local paper has tons of auditions for these kind of films. Now with everyone into online video, more and more casting directors are expecting to see you do your stuff on the small screen before they hire you for the big one.

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"When you go into court, you are putting yourself into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty."

The Day The Rabbit Died

I woke up this morning in the usual way. I counted my blessings and looked back on all my positive accomplishments. My oldest son is starting his second year at Humboldt University. Wow! a kid in college. No way. Number two is now a senior at Santana High and my daughter will be 12 this month. Where does the time go. Even though it was a quiet morning and I felt calm there was something different about this day. My feelings were warranted when my wife came out of the bathroom with this look on her face that I know I've seen before. Maybe a dozen or so years ago. She leaned over to my ear and said,"I love you". And then she presented "the thing". You know the thing with the lines on it. Oh yeah. We were having an addition to the cast. Another mouth to feed. A bundle of joy. Wait a minute, we're in our 40's!. Holy cow! our families are going to like this one. Needless to say we are both ecstatic and excited. Time to look up names.