Salon

My wife Sam and I are going to start a group whereby some of the artists we know get together to perform short "things". We know various writers, actors, filmmakers and musicians and we think it is time to create for ourselves. Waiting for the phone to ring for acting jobs here in Seattle is a lonely task indeed. I will keep you posted as we go into to this....

Otherwise the short film I was part of last month has a website: http://www.creativerune.com/Seconds/

Check it out and let me know what you think.

My agent James Jones was in town from LA last week and we met to discuss my career. He is a good agent and quite savvy to what we need to do to get me going faster and wider. The biggest thing of course is moving down to LA. With the writers strike in full bloom though the time to move can wait....


The Latest Word
(12/28/07)
"Big media walked away from the table and refuses to negotiate. The media conglomerates know that the core issue in these negotiations is new media. Their current proposals would cause writers even more economic harm in the future than they claim this strike has caused. To sidestep this fact, they erroneously claim we are focused on other issues. The conglomerates are responsible for creating the economic havoc. They should put their energies into making a fair deal with writers rather than issuing misleading statements.” - The WGAW Web site

Issues in the strike
Every three years, the Writers Guilds negotiate a new basic contract with the AMPTP by which its members are employed. This contract is called the Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA), which is the entertainment industry's equivalent to a sports league's Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).[6] In the 2007 negotiations over the MBA an impasse was reached, and the WGA membership voted to give its board authorization to call a strike, which it did on Friday, November 2, with the strike beginning the subsequent Monday, November 5, 2007.
Among the many proposals from both sides regarding the new contract, there are several key issues of contention including DVD residuals; union jurisdiction over animation and reality program writers; and, perhaps most importantly, compensation for "new media"-- content written for (and/or distributed through) emerging digital technology such as the Internet. There is also discussion of the desire for higher pay. - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Happy Holidays

Audition

Have an audition tomorrow having to do with me playing a chainsaw carver. I am with full beard and will look the part which is 72% of getting the part. Will keep you posted.

Art

Late on the day after the day of thanks. Art keeps me sane and drives me to live free and passionately. Did some short films the last few week and there will be more on those.

Allowing yourself confusion is true faith.

I can post from my home PC again...but will I??

Post it

For the love of god post something...

It is raining and 65 in Seattle today.

Play

Went well. I am taking the summer away from theatre after 2 plays in succession and 4 months of time rehearsing, etc.

Hope to score some film work in Seattle over the summer, play golf, ride motorcycle and hang with family and friends.

Hope to be a better blogger as well....

Alive

Play opens tonight and LA is 6-12 months away.

Movie and Play

This is the website of the film I was part of last summer. http://www.naturalpossession.com/
So give it a little click and let anyone but me know what you think.

This is the play I am part of http://www.outsiders-inn.com/season_prettytheft.shtml

Otherwise what is there to speak of???

Welcome Back

Hello again I think.

Tomorrow

Looks like I will be able to ride my motorcycle tomorrow.

Sunday morning's fog will lift and give way to more sunshine. Afternoon highs will be in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Temperatures should even be a few degrees warmer in the Cascade foothills with the easterly wind mixing the air. - KOMO4 News.

Not bad for January. This isn't possible back in Minnesota where I grew up:

Current Conditions
4°
Mostly Cloudy
Wind: NNW 17 mph Humidity: 55% Dew Point: -9 Visibility: 10.0 mile Barometer: 30.19 Windchill -16

WCCO4 News

So now that we have talked about the weather let's do lunch.

I am a Thespian

I have started rehearsals for a play at the Driftwood Theatre in Edmonds, WA. It is a one act play with 2 characters. Info below. It is good to be back in a play. In March we take the play on the road to Walla Walla, WA for a short play festival.
http://www.ltww.org/kaleidoscope.htm


February 18 - 26, 2007
Sundays at 7 p.m. and Mondays at 8 p.m. Traffic Stop
By Jeff Stilwell

How many ways to beat a speeding ticket? Attractive and bored, if slightly spoiled, Claire tries them all - plus a few you've never heard of! Join us for the premier of a local playwright's comedy that offers up laughter, romance, and an appreciation of the divine when a small town officer pulls over this big city girl on a country road.

Alternative Stages productions are special, limited engagements with dessert theatre performances. Tickets are $10 for the show and dessert buffet following each performance.



So there....