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Crash and burn, rise and soar: November was kinda shitty, but things are getting better.
At the beginning of December I auditioned for a play, a dark comedy, to be produced this spring. While I wasn’t cast or called-back, the audition was still exposure to a respected director and a valuable learning experience. Here’s an abridged entry from the audition journal: Dialogue felt good. First read felt completely in the [...]
On Monday evening I was standing perplexed in front of the jukebox at Lyle’s debating which classic Styx number to close the night with when Matt, a friend of my girlfriend’s, approached. Matt and I were catching-up when two women approached. These women were friends with Matt. They helped me choose the right Styx power-ballad. [...]
Riddle: What do you get when you combine thin (see-through) vintage tan slacks and dark-colored boxer-briefs? Answer: 66 performances of me unknowingly sharing my unmentionables with an audience. I wish someone had pointed this out to me…in January. mv
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 [...]
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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, [...]
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“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 [...]
Batman inspired the following thoughts with his recent blog post. Batman states: “You hear people all the time saying that they don’t regret a single thing they have done. Bullshit. What a huge lie!” For the longest time, I was the person that didn’t “regret a single thing.” Admitting to myself that I made a [...]
In April I wrote about my grandparents and wanting to spend time with them individually before one of us dies. On Tuesday last week, I went bowling with Grandma. So far, we’ve met up twice at the bowling alley. Our first date consisted of drinking bowling-alley coffee (its as good as you imagine), chatting, and [...]
I’ve been writing a number of sketches for a sketch comedy show I plan on writing, directing, and acting in this spring. Something struck me a few minutes ago about all the sketches I’ve written so far: they’re all about sex. What does this mean? Am I sexually-repressed? Not necessarily, according to Aphrodite Astrology: “…the [...]
This morning I had a costume fitting at the Guthrie. When I arrived, there were hundreds of school children rushing to enter the theatre to see A Christmas Carol. While I waited to be shown to the Wardrobe Department, I remembered when I attended the same holiday show with my former school. Sitting in my [...]
In the previous post I mentioned Pauly Shore. I did some snooping around his website and found that he’ll be performing the day after Christmas in Tulsa. In Tulsa…with Pauly Shore. What a shitty way to spend the holidays. But different strokes for different folks, right? So, if you want to go here’s the details: [...]
Every moment is a perpetual clean slate. Isn’t that neat? It’s a new mantra of mine. There is no past, there is no future. There is only now, the present, this moment: perpetual clean slate. Golly, that’s neat! I struggle with that concept when I visit my past. Specifically, when I visit my hometown and [...]
I immediately thought of a comment from my ex’s mother in regard to our former relationship when I saw the following: It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others. Indeed it is. Look out world. walkonred
I got to chat for a moment with Carolyn Pool, an actress I’ve seen all over the place. For years I’ve watched this woman’s career and said, “One day I’ll be there…” And today I was there…as she was serving me breakfast. The moment when I realized who was serving us, I became incredibly excited. [...]
We’ve been blessed with fantastic awesome individuals to share in foolish ways. Thank you for my friend and the knowledge of what friendship entails. It means the world to us. Humbly, Michael J
The man that rear-ended me on Friday gave me a check yesterday. Immediately after receiving the check, I went to TCF to cash the check. Unfortunately, the man that rear-ended me didn’t have the required funds to cover the $571 check. Today, I went back to TCF. The teller tried to remain pleasant as she [...]
As promised, I ventured out on a 30-mile scooter ride through Minneapolis. To end my evening, I stopped by Liquor Lyle’s for a few drinks. This evening, I learned a very important lesson: just because you can doesn’t mean you do go home with the girl. That’s a good lesson folks. Ironically, the reason I [...]
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