Dominical, Costa Rica. Finally, I am back where I belong. Back in a place where I feel normal. Back doing the one thing I do best in the world, simply living and breathing in tropical Latin America. Although California is a beautiful state, I have been sequestered there for over a year now and am going nuts. My life line, my aura, who I am inside, this is all connected to tropics and has nothing to do with where I reside now. To counteract the stress and worry I have experienced in recent months, I decided that today I was required to do nothing more than sit in a hammock and eat fruit. Despite this requirement, the boys and I managed adventure at our favorite rainforest swimming hole, paddle out for two killer sessions of really nice, double overhead waves and chase around local wildlife such as coati, toucans, ctenosaurs and, of course, beautiful ticas. We also did also manage to sit around in hammocks and eat fruit, a whole fruit est of pineapple, avocado, mamones chinos, sapotes and chirimoyas. Only the coatis seemed happier and the waves out front of Playa Dominical served up a mean soup of late afternoon wet erotica before we headed off for a guacamole and Cervaza Imperial laden dinner.
One great highlight of the day was donning a mask for the first time at the waterfall, our local swimming hole in the nearby rainforest. The water was reasonably clear and I was able to distinguish at least four species of fish, each unique and totally cool in its own way. This is exhilarating and resparked a long time interest in neotropical freshwater fishes. Maybe I should go back and get a Ph.D on the topic? Or an underwater documentary film may be more my style? Let´s wait and see...
28 September, 2008
09 September, 2008
Chasing Vouchers
Los Angeles, California. This has been another busy week in Hollywood with the highlight being this past Friday, when I had an exceptional time working as a Navy Seal on the show 24. Here I am pictured below along with buddy, Rick Schimmelpfenneg, who worked the show as a special ops guy. 
Rick and I have been a bit frustrated lately with the futility of aquiring our last remaining Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) vouchers. Unless you are able to land a speaking role on a SAG production, these vouchers are needed in order to join the union. Unfortunately, the system for acquiring them is less than equitable. No credit is given for putting in long hours, working hard on set or any other factor that might assess your responsibility, skill or professionalism as an actor. Instead, the process is geared towards special favors and personal favorites. It is commonplace for beautiful women to acquire their vouchers quickly, while it might take a year or longer for an average looking Joe like me. Rumors even hint at some unscrupulous PA's and AD's selling vouchers or using them for sexual favors. Regardless, this is the system in place and one has to just hold tight and wait for your break or get out of the game. Frustrated with all this, Rick and I produced the short video embedded below. The video has little to do with the actual voucher gaining process, but we put it in there as the theme for all this futile running around - enjoy!
Aside from this fooling around, I have also put in brief appearances this past week on Medium, Dexter, Bones, The Starter Wife, and The United States of Tara. Great shows.
Rick and I have been a bit frustrated lately with the futility of aquiring our last remaining Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) vouchers. Unless you are able to land a speaking role on a SAG production, these vouchers are needed in order to join the union. Unfortunately, the system for acquiring them is less than equitable. No credit is given for putting in long hours, working hard on set or any other factor that might assess your responsibility, skill or professionalism as an actor. Instead, the process is geared towards special favors and personal favorites. It is commonplace for beautiful women to acquire their vouchers quickly, while it might take a year or longer for an average looking Joe like me. Rumors even hint at some unscrupulous PA's and AD's selling vouchers or using them for sexual favors. Regardless, this is the system in place and one has to just hold tight and wait for your break or get out of the game. Frustrated with all this, Rick and I produced the short video embedded below. The video has little to do with the actual voucher gaining process, but we put it in there as the theme for all this futile running around - enjoy!Aside from this fooling around, I have also put in brief appearances this past week on Medium, Dexter, Bones, The Starter Wife, and The United States of Tara. Great shows.
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