Coast to Coast

Happy Feb. Everybody. I'm currently sitting in O'hare, awaiting a plane to Reno (via Las Vegas, and en route to Carson City . . . lucky 3's in Nevada!) All totaled, 8 hours delayed. Damn. I guess you all have gotten used to the heavy dumps of snow, but for us in the midwest, it's been more about the frigid cold. . . This pic is from a broomball game last Tuesday Night that with the windchill reached around -40!! I still don't have feeling in a couple of my fingers.


Two weeks ago, I was beach combin' on Key West! Pretty cool. I was only 90 miles from Cuba . . . and I'm pretty sure that I could smell the cigars. I rented a scooter for a couple of days to tour around the key. The Gulf on one side, and the Atlantic on the other. It was my first time in the "almost tropics", and it definitely took my breath away. I got just a taste of kayaking, and plenty of beach-walking. Oh yeah, the shows kicked ass as well.
From the Keys, it was off to St. Charles IL . . . on step closer to my dream of performing in every city on the Monopoly Board! The change in temp was expected, but still a shock. One day, I was wearing shorts and a "brooklyn T" staring at a prehistoric lizard, and the next day I was wearing 8 layers, and still freezing as I dug for a letterbox in the frozen Tundra!


Oh yeah, the show's rocked in St. Charles as well.

Whoops-gate change, might be leaving soon? Back to you, blog, later!

White on White

Hello Dudes- The biggest snow dump of the year happened over the last two day- probably a foot and a half of snow in town. The snow was interspersed with rain and sleet, so all of the white stuff on the ground was saturated roughly to the consistency and weight of half dry cement. The power was out for twelve hours. Mom and I were so bored without electronic stimuli (or coffee) that we attacked the driveway and sidewalks with our shovels and did battle with the odious and stiffening slush. The effort was confounded by the waist high wall of rock hard sludge skillfully erected around the full perimeter of where the road meets the driveway. Two hours later, bowed but victorious, all access to the public roads had been artfully restored. Re-remembering for the fourteenth time that the power was off, we drove downtown and had breakfast at Carvers. After breakfast we could hardly arise from our chairs, our backs and shoulders were so sore. And so we're home, the power is back on, and I'm about to hit the couch to watch the second playoff game (mom has taken a tub and is asleep) and in the name of all that is unfair, the channel on which the game is is out of commission due to the weather! Every other channel comes in perfectly. I guess god is telling me to read for a while- probably after a serious stretching session- my best hope for not being crippled for the next few days. Mom is getting a little bit frustrated about not video-chatting with any of you. We'll be home this (Sunday) evening, so if any of you reads this by then and is not otherwise inclined, give her a video buzz. Oops- just looked outside and its snowing again. Love you all- dad

TGI2008

Hi everybody. Oh yeah....I'm ibookin'! It's Thursday 01/03/08. Soon I must head to work
but first a hello. I am totally tentative doing anything computer. Spoiled having had
an entire tech crew here for a few days. I'm looking forward to a good, productive year. Filled with glowing good health, abundant wealth and riotous happiness.

Hope this finds everybody in great spirits. Carpe Diem! and all that jazz. Now let's see if i can send this thing out to y'all. Love and Miss You guys

short post

Hey guys! I don't have much to report except I've been really good about flossing and etc so far. Haven't missed one day. I think when I was in Italy I probably skipped 5 days of flossing &etc TOTAL over the course of my entire trip. I knkow it's not hard, it's even fast once you get in the practice of doing it.

Also, Branden and I cleaned our bedroom yesterday. It was ridiculously dirty, and I mean ridiculously, and now it looks really good! I'm very happy. We went out to a movie to celebrate. We saw Alien Versus Predator 2. If any of you saw AVP1, I have to tell you, this one was SO MUCH BETTER than the first. I mean, it's like the creators woke up from a prolonged drug binge, looked at the movie they'd made, and smacked themselves in the foreheads and immediately began working to rectify the situation. Anyway, it's very good for a good, old-fashioned, aliens killing people and each other sort of movie. :)

On Monday, ListenUp closed at 4 and were closed yesterday. Tomorrow is the first day of my weekend, but for now I'm a workin' stiff. :) I miss you guys! Love you all!

Starting the new year early

Hello Fam! I miss you so much already, it's ridiculous. I don't know why I leave. *sigh* Oh well, what can you do? Not a whole heck of a lot. I'm looking forward to much iChatting with all of you, now that we are all capable. :) Except for Dad. Dad doesn't get to iChat. So there.

Back to being a workin' stiff. It's kinda strange to be back, and yet very normal too. We're closed new year's day, so that's something to look forward to--though B and I are planning on cleaning our room which may actually take all day. Whee.

Speaking of new year's, I've implemented (most of) my resolutions early. Last night, we ate some soup for dinner, I brushed, flossed, Listerine'd and ACT'ed. This morning I had cereal; for lunch I'm having a salad. In other words, I'm getting back on the diet horse. B's gonna get me a membership to the CU gym on spouse rates, and as soon as that's set up I'm gonna go work out every day I can. That'll really feel good, I think. It'll probably help suppress my MS symptoms.

Anyway, I don't really have a lot to say, just that I love everyone and miss you all. Happy new years! Take it easy out there, and be diligent in your resolutions--remember, even if you let them lapse, that's no reason to not resume them! <3 Love you guys!

Zero to 60

That's what happens this time of year!

So I just finished with a wardrobe call for "Nothing Sacred"-start shooting on Monday. Need to run downtown to drop off some headshots and a demo . . . 3 voiceover auditions in the past 3 days. There are several parties this weekend-holiday, birthday, pre-tonsil-removal (any excuse to party?). After the weekend, we're neck-deep in shooting, right up until I head for home. Awesome. But trumping everything is tomorrow's Broomball Practice!
First one of the season. Had to pull "Wonderboy the Goalie Baffler" down from it's position of glory, next step is to root around for the shoes . . . they're around here somewhere . . . Of course, with my luck, I'll probably break my face on the ice tomorrow. All I want for christmas is a new face!

Speaking of Christmas, I was noticing today that I could use a few "dress shirts". I've got plenty of patterned shirts, but I could use a couple simple button-ups. Just plain colors, something one could wear a tie with. Doesn't have to be Stuarts, sort of "knockaround" shirts.

wow

If ten-year-old cody knew that thirtysomething cody asked for shirts and socks for xmas . . . sad sad sad . . .

Added another one-nighter, corporate caveman show in January-Texas on the 22nd. Sweet. Hopefully, I'll be able to book a couple of these voiceovers, mix them in over the next couple weeks, and then make a break for the mountains!

Still can't wait to see you guys! Love you all, and talk to you soon!

Guess It's Time!

Hey Kids!

It's 18 degrees today, which is balmy compared to the past couple of weeks. Now everybody talks about the cold of the Midwest, but so far, this is the coldest winter in quite some time. It's a bully sort of cold . . . you walk outside and the cold starts smacking you around, and then it takes your milk money. Trick's on you wintercold . . . that money wasn't destined for milk at all! I've decided (passive aggressively) to fight the bitter coldness by putting on a layer of blubber. Like the polar bears of the north, I've hollowed my hair, and I've aligned my chi to push all my body fat into a special layer just under the epidermis.

Which segues to the digression: I've been too lazy for the past few weeks. I've been living up to half of my last post-reading like a fiend, but I've been pretty lax about the body. Today, today.

In the meantime, it's been relatively boring up here in the north. Next week, I start shooting on the next indy film. We've had a few rehearsals, and I'm looking forward to this challenge. Last week was consumed with a shoot for H&R Block. It still amazes me how much money goes into the most ridiculous things. It was a smooth shoot . . . the only challenge was working with 4yr old Issac. He was a cute kid, and pretty well-behaved, but during one of the shots, he was talking about a photo shoot for Borders, and I found myself consumed with professional jealousy . . . aimed squarely at a 4 year old. Oh well. I took comfort in the fact that I am WAY taller than he is.

So, the spring is filling up with Caveman Shows:
New Years Eve, Jan 18-20, and 25-27 in St. Charles, IL
Jan 14 & 15 in Key West FL
Feb 8 & 9 in Grand Rapids, MN
Feb 15 & 16th in Redwing, MN
Feb 22 & 23 in Colorado Springs!!!!
March 7 & 8 in Pittsburg, PA

And More to come. It's still not enough for comfort, but it's finally moving in the right direction! We've got another conference call tomorrow, and it sounds like there's big news to discuss.

I also sent an email to the Saints regarding next summer, but I haven't heard back from them. Hmm. . . I'm trying to not be nervous about that, but I hope to hear something soon.

Hope everyone is doing well. I can't wait to see everybody! Just a couple of weeks now. Love, and Talk to you soon!