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It’s 5AM and Michael can’t sleep. These are some of the thoughts kickin’ around in Michael’s mind.
Crash and burn, rise and soar: November was kinda shitty, but things are getting better.
…from the moment the interview started, it was destined to fail.
FORMER SMOKER I loved smoking! For the longest time I believed that in order to be “an actor,” I had to smoke. So before shows, after shows, intermissions, rehearsals, writer’s meetings — wherever and whenever — I’d be smoking, despite what I knew smoking was doing to my “instrument.” More than just pulling poison into [...]
PRIVACY HAPPENS Located within this blog are hundreds of posts. Hundreds. The majority of these posts, for better or worse, are visible to the public. Some are personal in nature, others are more career-oriented…. At any rate, I just wanted to tell you that from here on out React / Impact: Michael Venske’s Blog will [...]
Dear werdnerd2917, The knowing smirk in your profile picture wants me to tell you that I own a $.10 candy machine. (I’m actually rather proud of it!) Jelly Belly’s and Reese’s Pieces. Got the candy machine on the way to work one day. My neighbor had it on the curb and asked if I wanted [...]
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THIS attempt at an entry will be my fourth. Yep, four tries to say nothing… It’s been so long since I last wrote to you, whomever you are, that I’m feeling rusty. Well, now I’m back. Sorry it’s been so long. walkonred
Dear Life, Thanks for today. All afternoon I’ve been trying to remember a time that compares to how great I felt after my audition. Jumping out of a plane, driving a scooter across America, and meeting Chuck “The Mang” Mangione are all proverbially “up there,” but the joy of knowing you “nailed it” is electrifying. [...]
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There were three people in the dream last night: Katherine, Mr. S., and I. Throughout the dream I was conscious of the relationship between Mr. S. and Katherine. It, the relationship, didn’t bother me. It was accepted. Katherine and I carried on as two old friends with a million years and two lifetimes between our [...]
On September 13, I wrote about focusing my energy on building my career as an actor. Tonight I realized that despite the fact that I sell my plasma to buy gas and groceries: A) I could be doing worse and B) I’m not doing that badly. Since I became unemployed at the end of October, [...]
I must have seriously pissed off the Sandman, because he hasn’t stopped by my house in two days. Last night at 11PM I took a sleeping pill. As I laid in bed I stared at the clock as it clicked past 2:30, 3, 4:09, and 4:30. My bed felt like a three by five foot [...]
“The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.” – Gore Vidal Ever spend a month and a half working on something only to discover it might be a giant waste of time? Tonight The Two Gentleman of [...]
It’s intermission right now for “TGoV” and I’m in my dressing room listening to Elvis Perkins. I’m having one of those bittersweet moments that is being enhanced by “While You Were Sleeping.” I’m thinking about the future. I’m thinking about right now. I suppose I’m content for the moment. Not much I can really do [...]
Yesterday was a bitch. Things just felt off. Not just for me, for the entire cast! An actor’s uncle died. An actor’s car was broken in to. An actor’s neck is in pain. An actor’s ankle is twisted. My stage-girlfriend went home sick, thus our dance sequences have been cut from the opening and closing [...]
(Full Disclosure*: This is a snapshot of my day…in words. Don’t read it if you’re not interested in learning about the little things that made Sunday great for me.) Hey world, what a day! Shortly after showering this morning at 10:40 I was cooking pasta in a towel. Medium shells and 100% sunshine yellow cotton [...]
On October 15, 2008, I wrote about my plans for unemployment: “I’m going to be poor. I’m going to be in the unemployment line. I’m going to sell my plasma. I’m going to sell my sperm?” Here’s an update: 1) I am poor. 2) The unemployment line exists in cyber-space and once a week I’m [...]
If you’re looking for the Complaint Department… Currently I’m at the theatre in my dressing room. Today marks the beginning of tech-week and already I’m looking forward to the close of the show. Not a good sign… If life is about learning, consider this show a lesson learned. While I’m pleased to include this show [...]
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