Wow, I
felt it again. Yeah it took goddamn near a
year - but I felt that buzz again. I am
now represented by the commercial agency
Arlene Thornton & Associates. In fact
they've already sent out my headshot for a
job. I'll be signing a contract with them
this week. I'm going today to get my
headshot stamped with their logo. Oh and
Michele informed me they do theatrical
representation as well, so this isn't just
limited to commercials. Boooooo-Yaaaa.
Believe it or not,
I actually had an inkling about this on Friday
when I met with Michele. She had talked with them and
they made it a point to thank her for getting us
together. Seemed a foregone conclusion at that point
that they would represent me but after
Charlotte...nothing is a foregone conclusion. It took
every ounce of restraint for me NOT to write an entry
on Friday when Michele told me that. And actually, I'm
sorry for that. That's pretty much exactly what I've
strived NOT TO DO for this entire "Journey".
What's the point in keeping this if I only wait until
things come through to tell you? That's slimy to me. I
don't want to be the guy so worried about how he'll
look that he "crafts" and "molds" what is seen by the
public. I want it ALL out there. I wanted to have
an entry Friday night saying I thought I was in, even
though it wasn't official. That puts me way out on the
line, and makes this "Journey" all the more
intriguing...
...but nonetheless
- WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO! This does so much for me
mentally and physically I can barely put it into
words. Thr plde fothr a sdery clompn hpypa. See?
Completely illegible. ;-)
On the job front
however, I'm still pretty lost. I have until the end
of this month to have something secured, or everything
gets bumped back a few months. I absolutely don't want
that to happen. Wow, acting must be the only gig in
the world where when you get an agent to represent you
and get you work...that still doesn't mean you
actually GET WORK. LOL. It's the "normal job"
equivalent of a friend getting you an interview. So
you still need to actually have a JOB.
Heh.
My other push
right now is to get The Trinitrons re-submitted to the
right people for Aspen. Charlotte was pretty good at
completely keeping me in the dark about how that
happened. I know who she talked to, but as far as
the process is concerned - I'm clueless. I'm also
clueless right now as to what my chances really are.
If I take what Charlotte said last year to heart, I am
ABSOLUTELY in the running this year. They loved it
last year, but it simply didn't vibe with their
"theme". This year however, they know of me, there
won't be a "Free speech" theme (it'll probably be
women in comedy or something) and again - they liked
the show. So I pretty much just need to get it to
them. I would certainly like to have someone
representing me throughout it but I'm just not sure
I can pull that off in time too.
But I must say,
with pilot season coming up in January - I'm pretty
goddamn stoked that I have agents. As well the project
I'm working on with the other Adam in the apartment
complex is going very well, "The Trinitrons &
Adam" is shaping up too, and the live show of
"The Journey" just might be shaping up now. As I said
before - it was almost impossible to work on with how
shitty things were. It's hard to leave the audience
with: "...and I fell into a deep depression for 10
months. The End." It's comin' though.
More than anything
though, there is still hope for 2002. It is still
feasible to make the end of this year shine. Man,
November is ALWAYS a good month for me. I mean ALWAYS.
Going back so far.
HOLY SHIT. Do
you know what today is? Do you know what I did at work
EXACTLY 4 years ago today? I was making calls, in
between making commercials of course, to people about
the feasiblity of this show I had just thought of the
night before. This show where I would be on stage with
4 televisions with me in each one singing a song. The
night before at the Brian Setzer Orchestra concert I
had thought of the idea. Amazing. Alright, enough
daydreaming. I gotta get these headshots to my
agents.
Heh, I don't even
have to say it do I. You're all smiling at how cool
that last line was aren't you.
