Acting in a Digital World
Happy Halloween!
Hope you have a safe, fun and chocolate filled Halloween!
And if you ever find yourself near Pennsylvania, be sure to head over to Chocolate World! It’s a place that I will always love forever, hold close to my heart and never forget.
“Knowing what it’s like on the stage, you would never trade that to be in the audience.”
I got back from San Francisco last Thursday and upon returning, I realized the truth behind a song performed by a hair band in the 80’s. There was a song called “Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone” by Cinderella. that was on MTV and radio while I was growing up. I understood what it meant but at my young age I hadn’t been through enough in life to fully understand.
I can’t seem to get to sleep. I’m thinking it’s because I worked out and ate late tonight. My brain can’t and won’t shut off. So I decided to get up and put it here in hopes of getting sleepy.
I’ve been working out recently. If you can’t love LA for anything, you can at least love LA to motivate yourself into getting in better shape. Everywhere I turn someone has a bigger or better body. Yes it can be taken to an extreme such as you see on TV and in the news but use it careful and it’s a great motivator to have some of the best looking people in the world around you.
I came across a movie trailer for a documentary called Jesus Camp. Needless to say I was quite scared and worried upon seeing the trailer. What upsets me even more is there seems to be no problems or concerns with “religious” organizations teaching children to live or more importantly die for the religion. Am I the only one that is seeing this kind of thinking is moving away from our core American values and instead even moving closer to extremism, the very thing we are suppose to be fighting?
I watched Hotel Rwanda recently. It was a very moving film. It made me angry, laugh, cry and motivate me to get involved and not stand by. However, after some time passed and I was watching the special features of the DVD, I got very upset. Who I was upset with was surprising. I was upset with myself. I was upset with my Country, the UN and the “civilized” world.
Here was one man fighting to save 1,200+ people from being killed. Yet we as a nation and a world, did nothing. We turned our backs, turned off our TVs and went on with our lives. Ten years later, we create a movie detailing this story and the story of roughly one million people in Rwanda being killed. We nominate the film for an award, pat each other on the backs for “bringing the truth” out in the open. But what about stopping this behavior? Why aren’t we ashamed of our complete lack of a response back then?
The worst part? This is happening yet again in a place called Darfur. History repeats yet again. When will we learn? Or do we just not care because they are in another country and of a different color?
If he wasn’t out of the closet, I’m sure he is now. This video made me laugh, something that I haven’t done in about a week.
Damn you for telling me you wanted to be mine
For telling me I was your everything
For telling me I should open my heart
Damn you for showing me the world
For showing me who you are
For showing me who we could be in the future
Damn you for restoring my faith in women
For restoring my faith in myself
For restoring my faith in love
Damn you for allowing us to fall into the same trap
For allowing other things to come between us
For allowing yourself to become numb
Damn you for not being there for me
For not letting me be there for you
For not fighting harder for us
Damn you for taking away our future
For taking away my happiness
For taking away us
Damn you for this pain in my heart
For this pain ripping my soul apart
For this pain that is killing me
Damn you for…this love I can’t get out of my heart
-Kevin Linder
This photo was taken on today.
Yesterday was my last day of my first year acting class. As soon as I got home I trimmed by beard and while that felt better, I needed to cut my hair. Today I was able to find time to go get that done. What do you think? I decided to keep my sideburns and goatee since I had taken the time to grow them out. Might as well as wear it around for a little bit. Who knows how long I’ll have it for…when I get tired of it, I’ll just shave it off. Until then, I’m still scruffy but I think in less of a Vietnam veteran way.
This picture was taken on Aug 28, 2006.
I finally got off my ass and took a picture of my scruffy look that I commented on earlier on here. I am currently letting my beard and hair grow out for a scene in my acting class (from a play named “Home Front”). Refer to the previous post about this.
It is getting difficult to manage my hair and not let it just go crazy. Gel is my friend (except when on stage - Vietnam Vets don’t use gel damnit!) I haven’t ever had a beard this long and realizing why. Although it’s annoying me, it is helping me with my scene as I really do feel close to being a bum. Hell, when I walk into Starbucks I’m getting more stares from people and I’m thinking it’s not because they think I’m good looking. I’m looking forward to finishing my scene so I can trim my hair and shave the beard. I’ll see if I can post a photo of me when wearing my Vietnam vet outfit that I wear on stage.