Wow, sorry everyone. That hiatus got away from me a little bit. I was getting tired of writing about how nothing new was happening and then when things were happening I forgot to update you. Or maybe I was just too busy. Yea, I'll go with that one.
So where to start? I guess I'll start with what has taken up a majority of my time over the last month. No, not work. Well kind of. Between the dates of March 10th and April 7th I had a grand total of 4 days where I did not have a visitor from Minnesota. And that is generous, technically Cory was still in the state for 3 of those days, just not with me. And I wrapped it up on the 8th with a trip to Anaheim (with the remaining Lindhs I hadn't seen yet) to watch the Twins hammer the Angels 10-1.
It was a great month, though work was difficult to come by or pursue with all the visitors. My mom and my sister were here from the 10th through the 16th. It was incredible to have family in town. Friends are great but it's just hard to compete with family. Also, my mom bought me lots of stuff and that is always fun for a jobless guy. :)
My old roommate Tim came to visit for two weeks and that was a grand old time as well. Tim is hoping to move here soon himself and it was fun to sample a little bit of what life could be like with him out here. I was sad to see him go.
But what else? Hmmm. Well I've been getting more work in background stuff, which is good. I have worked on Cougar Town, Bones and a new NBC show called the Cape that will premier in the fall. So that's two season finales and a pilot for those keeping track at home. If anyone wants to know how Bones ends this year by the way, let me know. I was there for the final scene of the finale.
But most recently I've been working on another pilot. This one is on ABC Family and is called "Huge". It is about high school students at a fat camp. And yes, I get to be one of the campers. Because it is a camp, I am going to be a regular on the show (they need to keep the same campers and staff or it doesn't seem like a summer camp).
What this means is that I may be getting 2-5 days a week of work (I think, this week is my first full week so I will know more next weekend) on this show every week through the end of July when it wraps the first season. Now this is significant because Hollywood has recently entered what is commonly known as "hiatus". This is the time when all the network shows have finished filming for the season and none of the movies filming over the summer have started yet. It is a roughly 2 month period covering April and May, even a little into June. And extra work dries up like a desert.
It's a little humbling to be cast as a high schooler at fat camp, I'm not going to lie. But then, if I had followed my instinct and started working out two months ago, I wouldn't be getting work on this show (it also helps that I am probably still in the best shape of anyone else there). And therefore would be growing increasingly desperate, instead of increasingly confident. That hiatus, this show and my bank accounts dwindling numbers are coming together at this time in my life is not lost on me. Even if I don't get more than 1 or 2 days a week from this show, it is most definitely an answer to prayer.
So there you have it. Finally something worth mentioning besides the usual "nothing new to report". I will now have motivation to update this blog more regularly. Check back next weekend for an update on the "Huge" situation.
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