If Auditioning Is Considered “Working”…
Then I definitely had today off. Good news? Not when you consider that it was because I didn’t get the commercial I auditioned for on Monday. Oh well, when someone gives you lemons, look at them and ask “now what the #$%@ am I gonna do with these”.
What I did do was send out some emails to a few more casting companies in both NYC and the west coast to plant some seeds and get some information. Total crap shoot.
I also continued my fitness project by going to gym and confirming that yesterdays’ workout made barely a dent in the 3 month bender I was on. By my rough calculation (I’m bad at math), I think I was able to successfully work off one of the 47 (pure speculation) pieces of pie I ate between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Today was all about legs which was good since I could still not use my arms from Monday. Tomorrow will most surely be about walking on my hands or maybe practicing for role of “dead guy in body bag”.
Progress, nonetheless!!!
03.2.10
Barbabra McNamara (and Sean) Throw Me a Line
I have actually received a response to my request to be on Rescue Me. After emailing a bunch of people and companies, Sean, a representative from Barbara McNamara Casting in NYC emailed to say they could put me on as an extra in the near future.
A quick call back and conversation today and the groundwork has been laid for a trip to the city in the next couple of weeks.
Stay tuned for more details.
03.2.10
Treadmill Confirms T.U.G. Not In His Best Shape
Day two of my fitness program and it is confirmed by the words on the treadmill, “Below Average”. That’s great. My health has now caught up with my SATs, GPA, credit score and probably so many other things I have been evaluated on in my life.
I did meet with the trainer to do some body fat testing. 195 pounds with 12.37 percent…about 25 pounds of fat for those of you who are, for some wildly creepy and totally unnecessary reason, keeping score. Not the worst numbers out there and acceptable to many. But with a family heart history that could kill a village and the fact that about 24.5 of those pounds show up on my face, that is not so good for the acting or for the staying alive.
Some people would say don’t get caught up in your weight, go based on how you feel. Well, I feel like crap. The battle continues with high intensity legs circuit tomorrow. Not even one of those words sounds fun, except the “tomorrow” part of course.
03.1.10
Four Weeks To Something
Beginning today I am going on a bender. Not one of my typical benders of fast food, late night trips to the fridge and not exercising nearly enough bender. Actually, it is a four week challenge to see just what I can do with both high intensity exercise and solid nutrition. There is a chance I might enter a Men’s Health Magazine challenge but, yeah, probably not. At the very least I am gonna enter my own “No More Man Boob” Challenge. It will be about what I can accomplish in the “Month of March” and after that, all about getting in the best possible shape of my life by May 23rd, 2010 (the one year anniversary of my dads passing).
Stay tuned for a possible blog documenting it all…at the very least, updates along the way.
02.16.10
Comedy Set Building
I have started working on my stand-up comedy set for my seven minute open mic in the middle of March at The Comedy Studio. I will most likely try to pick up a handful of other dates in the area to work out the jokes themselves, the timing and all in all, not sucking.
02.16.10
Rescue Who?
A snowy day in Boston was the perfect reason to stay inside ask Dennis Leary for a shot at getting on his show, Rescue Me.
It doesn’t really matter much what role it is…speaking part, dead guy in body bag, wheel chock, etc. Combining my experience on a fire department, my aspiring work as a comedian and current work as a non-crappy actor in Boston might be enough similarities to make a good case.
I am also going to contact the casting directors for the show and send a blind email to the Leary Firefighers Foundation (http://www.learyfirefighters.org/).
Crazy-ass far-fetched bullshit idea? Sure it is. But what the hell, I have barely enough work right now to keep me even the slightest bit stimulated, the economy is in the crapper and I would love a shot to bang out a good job with it. Even if he tells me to “go F myself”, that would still be sweet.
We’ll see what happens
02.1.10
scottpalmeracting.com
In order to help get my profile, headshot and resume out there, I have created a site for my acting work. I am actively working on getting the clips to put together a demo reel so it won’t just be that Mayonnaise commercial. I’m also working on not being a crappy actor so that should help too!
