Vaud and the Villains at Cirque Berzerk last Friday

Topsy turvy week. I was all set to accomplish certain things--like I had a plan--and I just spent most of the week reacting to stuff and trying to balance out plates of jumping kittens...at least, that’s what it felt like.

But things are good. I was disappointed that I didn’t book a commercial that I knew I nailed - when you get high fives from the casting folks and great feedback from the director, you kind of get your hopes up -- but nothing came out of it...well, other than a happy casting director and encouraged director, which are very good things. But it would be fun to actually book the job as opposed to feeling good about callbacks. Still, makes sense, the commercial had tons of little vignettes, many of them involving kids, so it was getting more and more expensive. Whatever.

I was heartened by an audition I had for the comedy Better Off Ted, which I checked out a bit on the web and appears to be a pretty good show. I had my audition for them yesterday at 11:30 and got a call less than two hours later that they wanted me to come back in. This is very good, because while commercially I am pretty used to getting called back, this hasn’t really been the case for television and film auditions. There was a bit of stress that the callback might happen on Monday, when I will be up in Cupertino doing some interviews with Symantec executives, but thankfully, it’s gonna happen on Wednesday. Regardless of what happens, what is important that the casting director knows me and likes what I am doing, so the odds of the office bringing me in are that much higher. Quite a relief.

I am doing a workshop with a casting office that does lots of movies, which should go quite well. I am just trying to shake things up a bit, getting myself out to different people, because what I have been doing so far has not been working...of course, nothing has been working for anyone this year, but still, it’s good to shake things up a bit.

I am on a bit of a health kick. What they say about the camera adding 10 pounds is kind of true--one does look a bit...wider? on camera. So, I am watching what I am eating and am finally back on my regular workout schedule, which got shot to pieces during my European trip (I balanced it out with a lot of walking, but that only goes so far).

What else? Not much, sad to say. I am working on a review of Battlestar Galatica: The Complete Series for murmur.com but I have no idea when that will be done. This weekend is taken up mostly with class, then traveling to Cupertino for a day of filming on Monday.

See ya next week!