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Yearly Archives: 2011

The Curse of the Birds

I’m in big trouble. There’s a rickety edifice barely standing before me, all plywood boards and stone. Some of it has already come crashing down. Shards of glass and wood are scattered on the ground. I’m hoping the whole thing will just topple over, but by some aberration of physics, the structure holds. Those dirty […]

March 8th, 2011Still Life Las Vegas

See? I Can Be Nice, Too

It’s almost impossible not to laugh at this. The father was tearing up rejection slips. I know the feeling… Sigh… maybe I better watch this again.

March 1st, 2011Still Life Las Vegas

Three Addicted Dicks

And only ONE of them is acting!

March 1st, 2011Still Life Las Vegas

It felt like 127 Hours

Imagine a friend of yours has invited you to a show of theirs. It’s closing weekend and you have to go. He hasn’t been on stage for about 20 years, and has made his return debut in a community theatre production, which is about 45 minutes away. The lead actor is the director who also […]

February 28th, 2011Still Life Las Vegas

Kafka on the Shore

I had an interesting experience while reading the trippy Kafka on the Shore,  by Haruki Murakami.  I was about three-quarters of the way through it, and the main character is taking a literal and metaphorical plunge into a deep, unexplored woods. I’m reading along, and suddenly it hits me: this is my book! Now, in […]

February 27th, 2011Still Life Las Vegas

Double Dip for Denis

Kudos to my friend Denis O’Hare, who I’ve written about previously here and here. It was Good Friday for Denis last week, who not only had a movie opening, but (and this is the exciting part)—was in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle! Ah, swoon. The movie was “The Eagle,” starring Channing Tatum (or is it […]

February 15th, 2011Still Life Las Vegas

The Magic of ADR

Remember that television show I shot in Chicago last summer? The one where I got last minute lines in Cantonese, and ended up emoting REALLY HARD trying to remember the lines, and ultimately sounding like William Shatner speaking Tagalog? It’s baaaaack! I got a call to do an ADR session for my show. ADR, for […]

February 2nd, 2011Still Life Las Vegas

She’s 395 Pages, She’s Beautiful, and She’s Mine

We’ve both been trying to trim down. She’s been a lot more successful than I have, but I don’t begrudge her the weight she’s lost. In fact, I can say that I was instrumental in making her trimmer. With some helpful prodding by (ex-) Agent J, she’s got a whole new look: new title, new […]

January 28th, 2011Still Life Las Vegas

A Final Swat of the Tiger

All this week, I kept thinking, “What shall I write about? What will be my first blog of the new year? I need for something to happen!” Be careful what you wish for. My new-found literary agent, Agent J, phoned me a few days ago with some unexpected news: he’s no longer going to be […]

January 17th, 2011Still Life Las Vegas