THUG Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry

So 2007 was a pretty big year; I got off probation, graduated college and moved to LA. So far so good, and it can't be taken away from me, but the kiss of death would be talking about what's going to happen in 08. Right now I'm sitting on my party porch, drinking Mexican beer, and listening to Frank Sinatra. Today I got to work on a commercial for Nickelodean with Jack Black. Jack Black is the coolest actor I've worked with so far. Dude is amazing on camera and he was the nicest guy. So far he's the only actor I've seen that requested multiple times to do more takes without the director asking. He never complained, he was nice to everyone and he is so much funnier in person than on screen. The whole stage was cracking up when he was doing his shit. Like Ice Cube once said, I gotta say today was a good day. Ohhh waaa.

New thing I've found out about LA: The indy/artsy look for dudes is taking over this city. The directory today had on a scarf with a jean jacket, tight jeans, slip on shoes, black rimmed glasses and hair that shagged over them. Dude had on a fucking scarf. I've seen this before, a lot, but it clicked today when the 2 hottest girls on set (graphic designers or some shit) were all over him. Now, I know what you're thinking, he's the director, of course he gets the poon. BUT, this realization ceased when some random asian dude dressed the exact same way was balling around with the other 2 hottest girls on set (there's usually a lot of hot girls on set). If the Apple version of Bruce Lee was directing he'd be rolling in the vag like P Diddy in the I love it when you call me big poppa video. Speaking of Apple, this neo tech art look has 5 basic requirements: 1) You have to LOVE Mac, that's numero uno period. You at least have to have a powerbook and an iphone to fall in this category 2)You have to wear black rimmed eye glasses 3)You have to smoke 4)You have to feel comfortable shopping for clothes like a woman and 5)You don't have blood, you have Starbucks. Now, don't get me wrong, both of these dudes were super nice and cool guys, it's just the male way of living out here is alien.

I've done some cool shit besides the Jack Black thing since my last post...

I landed a gig on a commercial with John C. Reily aka Dewey Cox/the Magicman. It was a cross promo for Walk Hard and Monday Night Football on ESPN so needless to say it was a high quality production. John C. Reily was cool and really funny, and I'd have to say it was the most pro job I've worked since getting out here.

My last job of 07 was doing sound for an indy comedy called "See Dick Run" with Kel Mitchell and Page Kennedy. Kel got famous doing the Keenan and Kel stuff for Nickelodean, and Page Kennedy is U Turn from Weeds. Kel is a cool guy, but I got excited when I saw U Turn show up on set. I started quoting U Turn and he loved it so we chatted about Weeds and got a little buddy buddy over the weekend. At one point he was rehearsing his lines with me and he actually said I was doing decent with my lines. Now, holding a boom mic for 12 hours a day with a mixer strapped to my chest on a harness was the opposite of fun. The production was cheap, and poorly run. It was one of those situations where everyone complained about how shitty production was but never did anything to make it better. Surprisingly the script was funny, but other than that and hanging out with U Turn it was my worst job yet. The last time I do sound, fo sho.

So now I'm looking for my next job, just kind roaming around LA and Hollywood and hanging out with the roommate and the neighbors. We had a party on New Years that didn't get too out of control but had its moments. We came up to this very porch I'm on right now and watched fireworks fire off Hollywood Hills. Not a bad way to ring in the New Year. Happy 08 bitches and niggas. Wish me luck