Pre Labor Day Redux
One of my favorite pictures of Whit from our time in
Tokyo
Well, I was having quite
the slow week, one of those weeks that are basically
forgettable, which is sort of distressing. I mean,
live every day like it's your last, right? Well, not
when you are living past 40, I guess. On the acting
front, I have had a few voiceover auditions, which
are great, but I just am especially good at not
thinking about them anymore. Do your best and forget
about it, Kelly the manager says, which is seemingly
the most Zen way to go about this whole process. Do
your best and forget. (Insert 2 paragraphs thinking
about how weird it is to live through time that you
are pretty sure you are going to forget about a month
later.)
Well, it's Friday and I was all happy to sleep in a
bit and shave and have a nice relaxing day, I'm
wearing shorts, I'm in before it gets too hot, and I
am pretty much ready to do some work as the rest of
the office and Los Angeles gets in their car and
vacates the area. Then I get to work and I find that
I totally missed a meeting and then I get a call and
now I have an audition in North Hollywood in the
middle of the day, which is doubly bad news because I
am in shorts and now I gotta go home and change and
then go to North %$(%*@ Hollywood and do my thing
then rush back to work. Plus I just found out I have
a meeting about an actual movie role next
week with the Weinstein Company. Holy crap! It's just
a meeting, no script, so it's all new and I am very
excited. I am going to go early to clas--ARGH! no
class next week. Dammit. Well, I will figure it out.
Exciting, and suddenly the week is a little more
memorable.
On the anguished tech nerd side of things, I read
this very good article on
Blu-Ray/HD-DVD and now I am in a quandary.
Long story short, despite some very tempting
titles exclusive to HD-DVD, it looks like Blu-Ray
is the way to go. Sure, the HD-DVD players are
cheaper but there are really
only two options--the Microsoft HD-DVD player for
the Xbox 360 or the Toshiba boxes. I think,
honestly, that the prices are going down because
they know the format is going down. So, I
am thinking that if I really want to do it (and I
am still not even convinced of that), the best way
to go is to get the HD-DVD player for my Xbox and
just hang out for the Blu-Ray prices to come down.
Such a pain. Oh, and I know, everyone's talking
about streaming and downloading and all that, but
for some reason, I guess I like having a library
of books and movies. I like taking a bunch of
movies with me on the road.
Looks like I am on my own this weekend; Whit's going
to Jackson to hang out with Kristi and her boy Rivers
so I am probably gonna go to yoga, get my comics,
maybe organize the comics, play records, maybe even
go out dancing, go to Gary's bbq, and find a few
pools to soak in.
Hope you have a good weekend!