I haven't had an audition in around 3-4 weeks. This has made me focus on earning money in real estate and on physical fitness. We're all set to go to Savannah in 8 days or so. That has intensified my work ethic over the last few days. I want to close 2 real estate deals by the time we leave. I've closed deals at that rate before. What PhillyRay has done, PhillyRay can do.
Yesterday I went to the aforementioned "meathead gym" in Astoria. They have a revamped schedule, which includes (thank you Lord) a Thursday boxing class! That is the perfect day of the week to have a boxing class with my schedule. The instructor is a grizzled Haitian man named Pierre. He also has a class on Tuesdays from 730-830 called "Pierre's Torture Camp". I find that class aptly named. I'm banged up, dude.
Today's gripe: Why is it so hard to get a coffee without sugar? I supposed I'll have to start reinforcing my order in Spanish....
"Coffee with milk and no sugar, please. Cafe con leche SIN azucar, por favor....sin azucar."
"Como? Sin Azucar?"
"Si. Soy dulce bastantes."
Ah. The pains of ordering coffee. Esso si que es....
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Onion Callback with the director
Well, that was fun! Just came back from the offices for The Onion. This was call backs for the moviegoer role that I blogged about a few entries ago. I also received a new pair of sides to work on. The new ones were particularly hilarious. The idea is that google, in a tremendous display of power has messed with gmail rendering is useless and toying with google calendar etc. Just the thought of google shutting down paralyzes me with fear. I am not joking. The role of office worker was a "man on the street" blurb. It was quite funny.
Sidenote: do you even know anyone who doesn't have a gmail account? The only person I know who still uses an AOL account is my Dad, but in his defense it's tied to a business and he has had it since 1997 or so. He also has the same username on gmail that he uses often so I suppose it doesn't really count.
Just last week, a real estate client of mine gave me her email account for getting in touch during the day. It was a hotmail account. Gross. Perhaps mindspring has some novelty to it....but hotmail? That just seems cheap to me.
The call back went very well, I did each line twice and they gave me adjustments between each take, and I feel as if I took them well and nailed the takes. You can never tell, of course...but they do seem to bring me back often. So it's just a question of me matching what they need in a performance.
Hotmail? Ew.
Sidenote: do you even know anyone who doesn't have a gmail account? The only person I know who still uses an AOL account is my Dad, but in his defense it's tied to a business and he has had it since 1997 or so. He also has the same username on gmail that he uses often so I suppose it doesn't really count.
Just last week, a real estate client of mine gave me her email account for getting in touch during the day. It was a hotmail account. Gross. Perhaps mindspring has some novelty to it....but hotmail? That just seems cheap to me.
The call back went very well, I did each line twice and they gave me adjustments between each take, and I feel as if I took them well and nailed the takes. You can never tell, of course...but they do seem to bring me back often. So it's just a question of me matching what they need in a performance.
Hotmail? Ew.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
I am slowly becoming a ginormous meathead
Who has two gym memberships? Seriously? I think besides me, maybe a tan juice head gorilla or two. The kind of guy with a yin yang tattoo on his right shoulder an donning his back left shoulder...a panther tearing out of his flesh. (It's like a sick 3D tat, bro!)
Just four blocks away from our apartment is a gym that offers a bunch of MMA classes. You can take however many of them you want for $39.95/month with no commitment. The two boxing sessions a week did me well, but in order for me to cut more weight and live a long and happy life with my wife, I need to drop perhaps another 25-30 pounds. I'm going to take classes at this other place 3 other days a week.
/puts on sleeveless Affliction t-shirt
My goal is to be 225 by April 1st and 210 by June 1st. I last weighed myself about 6 weeks ago and was 250 pounds. I think I've dropped a bit since then.
/plucks eyebrows
Anyway, this other gym is pretty sick. Tonight from 7-730 is a grappling class specifically geared towards MMA fighting styles. Of course, I will NEVER ever spar in an MMA style. Those dudes wear 4oz gloves! What the heck could that do? It essentially stops you from being cut on the first punch and that's about it.
/flexes tricep in the mirror
Wednesday is my acting class, so I can't workout that day. Then on Thursday there is a MMA self defense class from 7-8 and then a bag work class from 8-845. Friday I box and Saturday from 1030-1115 is MMA self defense followed up from 1115 to 12 is MMA style "XTREME CONDITIONING".
/shaves armpits
Bro, I'mma be mad savage in like 3 months. You don't even know, kid. Shit is legit real quick.
/browses amazon.com for mexican steroids
Just four blocks away from our apartment is a gym that offers a bunch of MMA classes. You can take however many of them you want for $39.95/month with no commitment. The two boxing sessions a week did me well, but in order for me to cut more weight and live a long and happy life with my wife, I need to drop perhaps another 25-30 pounds. I'm going to take classes at this other place 3 other days a week.
/puts on sleeveless Affliction t-shirt
My goal is to be 225 by April 1st and 210 by June 1st. I last weighed myself about 6 weeks ago and was 250 pounds. I think I've dropped a bit since then.
/plucks eyebrows
Anyway, this other gym is pretty sick. Tonight from 7-730 is a grappling class specifically geared towards MMA fighting styles. Of course, I will NEVER ever spar in an MMA style. Those dudes wear 4oz gloves! What the heck could that do? It essentially stops you from being cut on the first punch and that's about it.
/flexes tricep in the mirror
Wednesday is my acting class, so I can't workout that day. Then on Thursday there is a MMA self defense class from 7-8 and then a bag work class from 8-845. Friday I box and Saturday from 1030-1115 is MMA self defense followed up from 1115 to 12 is MMA style "XTREME CONDITIONING".
/shaves armpits
Bro, I'mma be mad savage in like 3 months. You don't even know, kid. Shit is legit real quick.
/browses amazon.com for mexican steroids
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Real Estate is funny.
Funny weird, not funny ha ha.
There are many doorman buildings in the Murray Hill section and Midtown East section of Manhattan. To make their properties seem more exclusive, landlords give the buildings a name. Seriously. I know it sounds stupid, I know it is basically, how does the saying go? Ah yes, "putting lipstick on a pig". Or was is "Polishing the turd"? Anyway, it must work because when I tell people that they are going to see an apartment in "Dorchester Towers" I hear a little "Ooh" as opposed to we are going to 236 E 36th Street.
Here is an example of names of buildings, and I will provide those names with a weird contrast.....
On E 46th Street, there is a building called "The Ambassador". This building is located 25 yards away from the UN, but the management does not allow diplomats. Huh?
On Lexington Avenue in the 30's there is a 20 story building called "Lexington Towers". 20 stories is kind of tall, I guess.....but across the street are twin buildings that are 35+ stories tall. Suddenly "Lexington Towers" seems to be compensating for something. I suppose that something is a diminutive Indonesian doorman who can not speak English.
On E 52nd street there is a building called "Rivercourt". There are no clear river views and the building is 2 avenues and a quasi-highway away from the East River.
On E 47th street there is a building called "Embassy House". The problem? You guessed it. No diplomats allowed. Well, unless they pay the year up front and sign away their immunity status. Ha, like that'll ever happen.
Yesterday I saw a building called "The Mango". Ha. I'm serious about that one. I decided to preview it and take pictures because I found the name to be in the very least humorous and in the very most refreshing and almost self deprecating.
There are many doorman buildings in the Murray Hill section and Midtown East section of Manhattan. To make their properties seem more exclusive, landlords give the buildings a name. Seriously. I know it sounds stupid, I know it is basically, how does the saying go? Ah yes, "putting lipstick on a pig". Or was is "Polishing the turd"? Anyway, it must work because when I tell people that they are going to see an apartment in "Dorchester Towers" I hear a little "Ooh" as opposed to we are going to 236 E 36th Street.
Here is an example of names of buildings, and I will provide those names with a weird contrast.....
On E 46th Street, there is a building called "The Ambassador". This building is located 25 yards away from the UN, but the management does not allow diplomats. Huh?
On Lexington Avenue in the 30's there is a 20 story building called "Lexington Towers". 20 stories is kind of tall, I guess.....but across the street are twin buildings that are 35+ stories tall. Suddenly "Lexington Towers" seems to be compensating for something. I suppose that something is a diminutive Indonesian doorman who can not speak English.
On E 52nd street there is a building called "Rivercourt". There are no clear river views and the building is 2 avenues and a quasi-highway away from the East River.
On E 47th street there is a building called "Embassy House". The problem? You guessed it. No diplomats allowed. Well, unless they pay the year up front and sign away their immunity status. Ha, like that'll ever happen.
Yesterday I saw a building called "The Mango". Ha. I'm serious about that one. I decided to preview it and take pictures because I found the name to be in the very least humorous and in the very most refreshing and almost self deprecating.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Haiku
When the going gets tough (and trust me, it has been getting tough) the tough write funny Haiku potery to get themselves through the day. It's cheaper than plastic bottle vodka and it's good to flex the mind muscle.
Rafiqi's Halal
Lamb Jalfrezi and a coke
OMG the pain!
***
Magic Johnson: AIDS
Landed a nighttime talk show!
(The key to success)
***
Work as a broker
Flexibility is great
Don't strangle clients
***
Cowboy schadenfreude
Giants? Ok, but Jaguars?
That is pathetic
***
Astoria life:
Greeks, Balkans and Muslims can...
All agree on lamb
***
"Whiskey bar" is like...
Disneyland for drunks, truly.
Depressing at lunch
***
Old Women, cougars
There is a difference, babe
Cougars: 1%
***
Hey you on the bus
You talk way too loud, for real
No one cares you twit!
***
Auto Mechanics
Either call you "chief", "big man"
Or "pal" then bill you
***
This isn't for school
Buy some M&M peanuts
Keep me off the streets
***
Rafiqi's Halal
Lamb Jalfrezi and a coke
OMG the pain!
***
Magic Johnson: AIDS
Landed a nighttime talk show!
(The key to success)
***
Work as a broker
Flexibility is great
Don't strangle clients
***
Cowboy schadenfreude
Giants? Ok, but Jaguars?
That is pathetic
***
Astoria life:
Greeks, Balkans and Muslims can...
All agree on lamb
***
"Whiskey bar" is like...
Disneyland for drunks, truly.
Depressing at lunch
***
Old Women, cougars
There is a difference, babe
Cougars: 1%
***
Hey you on the bus
You talk way too loud, for real
No one cares you twit!
***
Auto Mechanics
Either call you "chief", "big man"
Or "pal" then bill you
***
This isn't for school
Buy some M&M peanuts
Keep me off the streets
***
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Maine! (CHAPTAHH TWO!)
We arrived in Portland around 11am and the Holiday Inn was courteous enough to prepare a room for early check in, normally check in is around 3pm. Cheers to you, Holiday Inn. I had been salivating the whole ride up because I had my first taste of Shipyard microbrew the day before. We put our bags in the room and went to the concierge to ask about local breweries. Sweet J informed us that there was a kick-ass brewery that gives tours, but we forgot the name. The concierge told us about Shipyard brewery and it all clicked - "That's the one!" I thought. She circled it on a map and was like "You should go there." So we did, and we arrived around 1145am.
Note: I felt a little degenerate-ish going to a brewery with blind faith that our arrival would coincide with a tour time. Wouldn't you?
Well it turns out that Bacchus was smiling down on us that day, because the next tour started at high noon. There was a brief powerpoint illustrating how awesome and cool they were and we were given a lecture about how the assembly line works. Big ups to my steel trap memory, because I remembered that the assembly line can fill up 159 bottles in a minute. That gave me a full free glass when the tour was over. All the other people, nay all the philistines had to be sated with 1 oz portions, but I had a stately 3 oz portion of each beer! Hooray!
We ate like Vikings that day. 2 lunches, 2 dinners and ice cream on the walk home, and about 4 lobster rolls during the day - they are soooo cheap, how could you not? I recommend: J's Oyster Bar (cheap oysters, steamers and salty locals). I'm talking 13 oysters for 12 bucks. That's bonkers cheap, that's batshit cheap. I also recommend a wood fire restaurant called The Grill Room and Bar, specifically - everything on the menu. But we were drawn there when we walked past the place and saw a chalkboard appetizer special. Grilled chicken livers with an egg and sweet onion sauce. Yes please. Our ice cream place was called "Mt. Dessert". I had a carmelized plantain ice cream and Dawn had blueberry basil sorbet. How cool?
The next day we had brunch at The Front Room (owned by the same dood as the grill room). Awesome manly brunch. And good Lord, is Portland beautiful. Here is a video of some parks there. Enjoy!
Coming next: East Coast Tour continues as I go to Philly for an audition and more Gut Punch news.....stay tuned!
Note: I felt a little degenerate-ish going to a brewery with blind faith that our arrival would coincide with a tour time. Wouldn't you?
Well it turns out that Bacchus was smiling down on us that day, because the next tour started at high noon. There was a brief powerpoint illustrating how awesome and cool they were and we were given a lecture about how the assembly line works. Big ups to my steel trap memory, because I remembered that the assembly line can fill up 159 bottles in a minute. That gave me a full free glass when the tour was over. All the other people, nay all the philistines had to be sated with 1 oz portions, but I had a stately 3 oz portion of each beer! Hooray!
We ate like Vikings that day. 2 lunches, 2 dinners and ice cream on the walk home, and about 4 lobster rolls during the day - they are soooo cheap, how could you not? I recommend: J's Oyster Bar (cheap oysters, steamers and salty locals). I'm talking 13 oysters for 12 bucks. That's bonkers cheap, that's batshit cheap. I also recommend a wood fire restaurant called The Grill Room and Bar, specifically - everything on the menu. But we were drawn there when we walked past the place and saw a chalkboard appetizer special. Grilled chicken livers with an egg and sweet onion sauce. Yes please. Our ice cream place was called "Mt. Dessert". I had a carmelized plantain ice cream and Dawn had blueberry basil sorbet. How cool?
The next day we had brunch at The Front Room (owned by the same dood as the grill room). Awesome manly brunch. And good Lord, is Portland beautiful. Here is a video of some parks there. Enjoy!
Coming next: East Coast Tour continues as I go to Philly for an audition and more Gut Punch news.....stay tuned!
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