Boobies and Miss 1890

Boo Bees!!!!! Hehehe!

Miss 1890

Heading scandalously to work - Victorian style!!!! Look at those ankles! She's so naked!

Happy Halloween!!!

And It's Here!!!

That is the new board, the bindings, and the boots! Woo-hoo! Over $700 worth of gear purchased for $400! The snowboarding convention is a wonderful place! I'm so excited you have no idea!

Now if only it would snow in the mountains ...

AFTRA

I joined AFTRA today. I'm a little scared about it, but it was advice that I got from my manager. My manager said that by joining it might be easier for me to get seen by soap operas than it would be if I were completely non-union. So I took a leap of faith and joined. AFTRA is also increasing it's initiation fee by $300 on November 1st, so that was also an incentive to join. So much damn money ... eesh.

So where have I been for the past couple of months? Buried in work. There hasn't been much acting work out here. I think it's because of the economy. So for the most part, I've been working at Bubba Gump's and doing extra work for cash. The extra work is mind numbing and just painful because people who are regular extras don't understand why I don't like doing background work. They don't seem to understand that I have bigger goals and I also don't see background work as "real" acting work. Walking from Point A in a room to Point B - totally need a degree from NYU for that bullshit!

On the plus side, snowboarding season is coming!!! I've been working my butt off this month because I want to buy a snowboard. I'm excited about this new hobby, especially since this is something I couldn't do in New York. I didn't have a car out there to drive out of Manhattan to get to the slopes, and I didn't have $50 to consistently buy bus tickets to get me out there. I will hopefully have a new board by the end of this week. So keep your eyes peeled! I will probably have a picture of my new baby up here. ;0)

Anyhoo, that's all for now. I will do my best to update more often.

Quote of the Day

Reality TV Celebrity: "I feel like you broke my heart just to see what's inside."
My co-worker watching the footage: "What are you?!? A fucking Cadbury egg?!?"

I think my co-worker has had enough stupidity for the day.

Work Overload

Warning: Long post with potentially disgusting content, hilarity, and not many pictures

I had a traumatizing day. Remember in a previous post that I had said that I got a new job as a logger? The job consists of me watching footage of unedited reality tv and writing down anything "interesting" at two minute increments. I can only divulge a certain amount of information because I am bound by a confidentiality contract, hence the following cryptic descriptions.

The show that I am currently working on is a dating show. The star of the show is a celebrity who's had a show like this before and he's a real jerk. I guess if you're a millionaire who's got a famous sister, a mom who is a real narc when it comes to negotiating, and a major record deal, you don't have to work hard to get women to flock to you. That being the case, it's probably safe to assume that as a horny, young man in the hip-hop community, you're probably going to take advantage of these girls if they're willing to put out. The network will never be able to air footage of any sexual encounters, aside from kissing, so most pornographic content is automatically removed. Me, being the lucky devil that I am, unwittingly began logging a file that somehow slipped through 51 Minds' "sexual content" radar. Something happened in the bathtub in the master bathroom ... use your imagination. I think the following conversation with my co-worker will basically explain the whole scenario.

Me: Hey Lawren ... why would the camera be zooming in on the soap suds?

*Pause*

Me: Is that ... ???

Lawren: Yep. Goo in the tub.

Me: Ewwwww!!!!!!!!

And of course, the rest of the office laughed at my expense.

I hate my co-workers.

Actually, I love my co-workers. Logging this reality tv show is one of the most fun jobs I've ever had. Unfortunately, I might get laid off because of this unfortunate incident. This guy starred on two shows that were produced by 51 Minds and since those shows have now been officially cancelled, the company has lost a lot of money. So we'll see what happens.

In the acting world, I got a gig! I booked a role on a show titled, Operation Repo which is aired on TruTV. The show basically shows scenarios of people getting their cars repossessed. It was first aired on Telemundo and became a huge hit. So TruTV picked up the English version of the show. The scenarios are portrayed with people who actually do these repossessions as a living. The actors are called in because it would be kinda dangerous if they had the actual people who had their cars taken from them. So hence, Simmone (or "Simmin") was cast. My skit was with 3 other Asian girls who, after a night of clubbing and drinking, discover their car being repossessed. "Drunken" chaos then ensues - all improvised, I might add.

I think the funniest part of this whole experience was when the director sat down with the 4 of us girls, all of whom are small and petite, and says:

"The woman who is repossessing the car actually does this for a living. She will not touch you unless you touch her first. If you push her, she will push you back and will do it with the same amount of force you use. She is a big woman. I don't recommend that you touch her."

The director didn't want us to meet the lady before we did the scene because he wanted to keep the circumstances as "real" as possible. So the first time any of us saw this lady was when we started filming. The minute we saw this woman, NONE of us wanted to touch her. This lady was BIG. She's the blonde lady on the right side below:

Note: In my skit, she has a tattoo on her face!!!! Yeah, she was scary. She could've easily punched any of us out with a flick of her wrist! If you want to see how bad-ass she is, check out this video. She's intimidating, right?!? (I will admit, the lack of make-up kinda makes her look a little more frightening ...) Yeah, I wanna be on her good side in a dark alley.

My skit is supposed to be episode 4 of Season 6. Season 5 is currently being aired. So when I have any information, I will let you know!

In the meantime, gotta put my nose back to the grind and hopefully working my two jobs won't kill me - I'm tired all the time. Gah!