Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Star Trek is Back and so am I!


Well, holy shit! People are reading my blog everyday and I haven’t even posted a new entry in over a month. Hell, probably a few months. If your wondering what the hell I’ve been up too the short answer is: looking for work. Blogging is fun. I would like to make it a career (well, writing in general) but it don’t pay the bills. But luckily karma has been on my side and I can now say I have begun my second week at a video production company in Stockton! Now I can buy all the new Star Trek merch!

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Monday, March 30, 2009

The Edge of the World - Kevin Anderson

Friday, March 27, 2009

Dad Blogs

I read an article today on dad blogs. These are blogs written by dad for dads. I guess they are getting more and more popular these days. Up till recently it has been all about the Mom Blogs.

I had the idea to start a web site dedicated to dads and parenting from the single dad's perspective ever since my daughter came to live with me. I never got it going but now it looks like the time. The only problem I see with starting one is that I'm already working on two blogs and as you all know I'm not very good at it. But I am a good dad, for the most part, and I think I would have a hell of a lot to say about that. When I'm not blogging or on line or acting I'm being a dad. I'm a dad first and I add on all this other stuff.

So I'm pretty sure I'm going to do a Dad Blog. Now do I just start blogging about dad stuff here, or do I start a new blog dedicated to all things dad? If I do start another blog I have a few ideas for names:

Beer Gut Daddy

Point Blank Dad

Dad On Toilet

I'm partial to Point Blank Dad, because the blog would be from my perspective and I would talk about all the things that dudes talk about when there with other dudes, like how much it sucks to get shit stuck in your nails when your changing a diaper, and how it sucks that you don't get to jerk off as much because the kid keeps knocking on the bathroom door!

So tell me what you think. Leave a comment down below.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

QuasiGeek: Talk About It!


I just wanted to let my readers know about an important new site by the actor who plays everyone's favorite mind-reading-cop from Heroes, actor Greg Grunberg. Talk About it! is a site that just went up today and encourages people to make the promise to simply talk about epilepsy. The goal is to get people break down the barriers, to smash the stigmas and to enlighten people as to what epilepsy really is. The site aims to do this by growing a community of people who can express their thoughts and knowledge of epilepsy through stories, videos, songs, even poetry.

In a audio blog on the site (which I became a member of today) Greg stated that he firmly believes that a cure will be found, that his own son, Jake (who suffers from epilepsy) will not have to spend a majority of his life with epilepsy. And he’s right.

Epilepsy has touched many peoples lives, my self included. My nephews and nice, who are like my own children, lost their “other favorite uncle”, Jason, to epilepsy a few years ago. He was a great guy, someone I looked up to. He was one of the great geeks in the world. I strive to fulfill the geekdom gap that he left in my nephew’s and niece’s lives. He had a seizure in his sleep and died. I miss him and am upset that he is missing out on so many cool things, like the new Star Trek. I’m sure we would have been at the midnight showing together when it comes out. He would have loved Heroes, too.

Please check out the site, send a link to your friends, and join the conversation. Please, talk about it!

There are several links through out this article but if you cant find them then click here: www.talkaboutit.org

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Production Diary: Maken' Movies Can Hurt Like a Bitch!


So Monday we had another day of filming on Sweet Jane Blues #12 & 35. It was a fairly short day. We started at about 9 in the morning, the equipment needed to be back by 10 and we finished at about 11. Oops.

We were shooting a scene where my character is having a nice day at the park with his new girlfriend when his best friend, Heath, shows up in a rage. Heath just found out that we're dating the same girl. He's there to kick my ass.

Now, I've never shot a fight scene before and was a little worried about getting hit. Not because I was afraid to get hurt, but because I was afraid I might loose my temper and beat the shit out of my co-star. I'm a short guy but when I get mad I can get a little out of hand.

Lukily there wasn't much to worry about. The "punches" were faked and the only real physical stuff was when Heath picks me up and throws me against a tree. Ed, the guy who plays Heath asked me if I was comfortable with him really throwing me. I, wanting to make sure the fight scene looked as real as possible told him: "Hell yeah man! Toss me against that fucker!" Oops.

Now, when your shooting something like this you need to remember one very important rule:

REMEMBER YOUR FUCKING LINES!

In my defence I had my lines earlier that day. But as soon as I started to get tossed against that tree (and that fucker was throwing me HARD), my natural instinct to fight back kicked in. I wanted to fuck this guy up! Lines? What fucking lines? I didn't care about my lines all I could do was try not to kick Ed's ass. We must have done twenty takes. Finaly I just winged the lines and we called it quits. But I learned my lesson that day, make sure you can say your lines instinctively because sometimes when your in the middle of a scene and the shit hits the fan all you can do is rely on your instincts or learn to fight against them with all you've got.

Friday, March 20, 2009

I pissed on my friends girlfriend

Ok, so I've been neglecting my blogs. Bad business. But I have had good reason. I'm a natural born jack ass. To prove the point let me tell you a little story.

Now understand I am telling you this story at great risk to my personal reputation and my dignity. Ok, I don't really have any dignity, but I would hope that this story would be looked at as a lesson in not over drinking.

I have been absent from my blogs for the most part since the Saturday before St. Patty's Day. That night I got together with some friends and was planing to attend a St. Patty's Day party at the local pub. The night started out pretty good. We had a few beers at my buds apartment before heading out to the pub. We get there and there's no one there. The party wasn't going to start until 9:00 that night. It was 6pm.

So we decide to go get a few more beers from the store (much cheaper that way) and go back to the apartment and watch Still Waiting. We get our beers and back to the apartment and that's about where my memory fails me. Only brief flashes remain.

Apparently at some point one of my friends (the one that made the mistake of buying the bottle of Brandy, there's a reason I only drink beer now days) and I decide to go outside to have a smoke (I know another bad habit, I'm full of 'em). I guess I insisted that we go to the bar and see if things were popn'. I guess it was. I know I only had enough money for a few beers, but I later found out that we stayed at the bar until sometime after 1 in the morning. I remember brief flashes of being at the bar. My buddy tried to get me to sing When Doves Cry on karaoke. I remember telling the DJ that there was no way in hell I was going to sing that and asked to sing something else but I don't remember what.

Other then brief flashes that's about the most of what I remember. Apparently we stumbled back to the apartment and banged on the door until they let us in. I guess early the next morning when my buddy, the one who lived in the apartment, got up for work he heard me get up. Then he heard the sound of liquid trickling on his bed. I was pissing on his bed! I think it was on the side that his girlfriend was sleeping on! He jumped up and pushed me and I just began to talk unintelligibly. I went into his bath room a pissed all over that too. They made my drunk ass clean all that shit up and kicked me out of their apartment.

I woke up the next morning in my own bed knowing I had seriously fucked up. When my mom (yes, I'm living with my folks again, that's another long story) asked me who's blankets were in the washer I remembered a just enough to know I had pissed all over my buddies apartment.

So now that you know one of my deep dark secrets you should be able to live with out a post from me from time to time. After that night I have decided to cut down on my drinking. I'll have a few beers when I'm watching Battlestar Galactica or my other shows but no more binge drinking. I don't do it often anymore any ways but I don't like the shame and guilt from getting drunk. Because when I get drunk, I get drunk! Just remember if you drink, drink responsibly... and don't piss on your friends girlfriend.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

QusiGeek: Ron D. Moore THR Interview

Posted a little bit about an interview I found at THR on the QusiGeek.