My next trip. I'm going to Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. I've been to the southern parts of Europe, but I never made it north until this trip. People ask me what I am going to do there.
Honestly, I don't know.
When I did the trip last year to New Zealand and Australia I knew where I was going. The things I would be doing, and whatnot. Adventurous stuff. Scuba diving, glaciers, bungy jumping, things like that. I have no idea what I am doing in Scandinavia. I am going to see fjords. There are a lot of them there. Can't really go to Norway without seeing a fjord. They're everywhere. But what do you do in Oslo? Drink. Apparently that's what they do there. I was talking to someone at work last night. And it's light for like 20 hours a day. So drink and wear sunglasses.
I'm sure there's other stuff to do, but I'll have to figure it out.
I'll blog about it when I can find a internet cafe...
Monday, May 18, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Acupuncture and My Ass
Acupuncture is kinda funny. I've been getting it done for my foot and ankle. I get a massage of my foot and then needles get poked into me and they get hooked up to a machine that sends current into the needles. The massage hurts a lot. Imagine a really painful bruise. Now imagine massaging it for 20 minutes. I know where the pain is as I try not to yelp.
The process has helped I think. The swelling has gone down, and I can walk without the "pimp walk" happening.
But why do they keep asking about my bowel movements? The foot bone is connected to the leg bone, but why this obsession with my ass? It should have no bearing on the swelling in my ankle, the soreness of the tendons and ligaments.
I find it funny. And the foot is doing better in a way traditional, prescribe a pill for the problem, medicine probably wouldn't have helped.
The process has helped I think. The swelling has gone down, and I can walk without the "pimp walk" happening.
But why do they keep asking about my bowel movements? The foot bone is connected to the leg bone, but why this obsession with my ass? It should have no bearing on the swelling in my ankle, the soreness of the tendons and ligaments.
I find it funny. And the foot is doing better in a way traditional, prescribe a pill for the problem, medicine probably wouldn't have helped.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Pimp Walk
Because of my injured foot I have developed what some of the people I work with are calling a "Pimp Walk." I have a limp and it is kind of what you see people taking on as an affectation to look cool. Let me tell you, I do it because I am in pain and it hurts to walk normally. I can't imagine doing it on purpose if I had two healthy legs. It would be a lot of work. Do people with a pimp walk walk normally at home? Is it just for the outside world to see and think they look badass? When I have seen it, I think they look stupid. Kind of like having your pants hanging down around your mid-thigh. They don't walk normally, constantly have to hold their pants up. Whenever I see that "style" I want to pants them and run. They wouldn't be able to catch me. Silly Penguins.
A magician friend told me of this 1890's magician. I don't remember the name, but he was a white guy from America pretending to be Chinese. He had a trick where he made a fish bowl appear out of nowhere. The fishbowl was held between his knees, so he had to walk with a small stepped shuffle so the fish bowl didn't fall. But because this was his signature trick, the magician had to ALWAYS wallk with that small stepped shuffle. If he ever walked witha normal stride, people would figure out how the trick was done. The sacrifices this guy made were amazing. That was his pimp walk.
A magician friend told me of this 1890's magician. I don't remember the name, but he was a white guy from America pretending to be Chinese. He had a trick where he made a fish bowl appear out of nowhere. The fishbowl was held between his knees, so he had to walk with a small stepped shuffle so the fish bowl didn't fall. But because this was his signature trick, the magician had to ALWAYS wallk with that small stepped shuffle. If he ever walked witha normal stride, people would figure out how the trick was done. The sacrifices this guy made were amazing. That was his pimp walk.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
99.5%
In general, I am 99.5% Spider-man. The I do things in high places would scare the shit out of normal people. I use ladders in a non-prescribed way, so much so that I have had someone walk in and ask me if I was insane. I shrugged and answered, "Depends."
But my Spider-man quality failed me and I now have a sprained foot. Not ankle, foot. I stepped off a box and landed on a pipe. I might trip on occassion, but this was a major fuck up. My foot not only rolled, but felt like it split in half. I thought it was broken, but X-rays show no break.
When I get better in 3-4 weeks, I'm sure I will be out there on the edge, gracefully walking on I beams and standing on ladders, percariously perched over seats of a theatre. But until then... Spider-man is recovering.
But my Spider-man quality failed me and I now have a sprained foot. Not ankle, foot. I stepped off a box and landed on a pipe. I might trip on occassion, but this was a major fuck up. My foot not only rolled, but felt like it split in half. I thought it was broken, but X-rays show no break.
When I get better in 3-4 weeks, I'm sure I will be out there on the edge, gracefully walking on I beams and standing on ladders, percariously perched over seats of a theatre. But until then... Spider-man is recovering.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Envy
I'm working with some guys putting in a hardwood floor at my friend's house. Not easy work to be sure. We were listening to a radio commercial about flights to Austraila for $598 round trip. I said I wanted to go. Just walk out and disappear for a couple weeks. They commented that I had no ties. No wife, kids, pets, and they envied that I could go with a moments notice.
I kind of envy them. They have wives, kids, and pets. A real life. Funny that they want what I have, and I would like what they have.
Sometime I will figure this whole thing out.
I kind of envy them. They have wives, kids, and pets. A real life. Funny that they want what I have, and I would like what they have.
Sometime I will figure this whole thing out.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Small Observations
Why does everyone in the movies or tv sleep with the windows uncovered so the sun is streaming in when they wake? I sleep in a dark room. Really dark. I don't want to wake at 6 am when the freaking sun rises. Also my neighbors would be able to look in my window as I slept. That would be creepy.
The hands free law went into effect last summer. So instead of having the phone to their ears as they drive, they hold the phone away from their mouths and have it on speaker phone. Not really that hands free.
People in LA are freaked out by guns. Usually democrats, of which I am one. I kind of understand it, but not completely. I'm more afraid of the wrong people possessing a gun than the gun itself. Without a hand and mind, a gun is an inert lump of metal and plastic. Idiots and unbalanced people with no idea are far more scary than a gun.
People that are really stupid and bigoted think they are not either of those things. Rednecks think they are rocket scientists. I know a rocket scientist. He is nothing like my upstairs neighbor...
Some backstabbing assholes can look you in the eye and say hello even though they have spent 9 months disparaging you to anyone who might listen. Turning someone who trusted you for over a decade against you. I am amazed and know not what to say...
More later. After I learn to write these down as I think of them...
The hands free law went into effect last summer. So instead of having the phone to their ears as they drive, they hold the phone away from their mouths and have it on speaker phone. Not really that hands free.
People in LA are freaked out by guns. Usually democrats, of which I am one. I kind of understand it, but not completely. I'm more afraid of the wrong people possessing a gun than the gun itself. Without a hand and mind, a gun is an inert lump of metal and plastic. Idiots and unbalanced people with no idea are far more scary than a gun.
People that are really stupid and bigoted think they are not either of those things. Rednecks think they are rocket scientists. I know a rocket scientist. He is nothing like my upstairs neighbor...
Some backstabbing assholes can look you in the eye and say hello even though they have spent 9 months disparaging you to anyone who might listen. Turning someone who trusted you for over a decade against you. I am amazed and know not what to say...
More later. After I learn to write these down as I think of them...
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Longshot part 2
Well, the longshot of going to the Great Barrier Reef for six months didn't pan out. I'm okay with that. I threw together the tape in one day and sent it off. No editing, just one take and done. Okay, 4 takes, but you get the idea. It would have been really cool to go and do that job, but I might never have come back.
I thought of looking at some of the 50 semi finalists, but I was kinda bummed out so I just clicked away from the site. I didn't want to know anything about the people who did get selected as one of the 50. Who were they? What did they do to get selected out of probably 20,000 or more videos? I could learn and then maybe do something like they did with the 60 second video. Would that get me selected next time? Are they going to do a similar contest next time? The contest garnered a huge response. It was great publicity.
Sometimes I just want to get away. Is that so bad? Get away from the hassle of living in LA, the traffic on the 405, the sagging work environment in all the areas that I work. And with the last play I did, get away from the rehearsal and the hassles of the set we had to deal with. Oy!
A 6 month dream job on a beach would have been Bliss... And that's what we are all told to look for. Our Bliss.
I thought of looking at some of the 50 semi finalists, but I was kinda bummed out so I just clicked away from the site. I didn't want to know anything about the people who did get selected as one of the 50. Who were they? What did they do to get selected out of probably 20,000 or more videos? I could learn and then maybe do something like they did with the 60 second video. Would that get me selected next time? Are they going to do a similar contest next time? The contest garnered a huge response. It was great publicity.
Sometimes I just want to get away. Is that so bad? Get away from the hassle of living in LA, the traffic on the 405, the sagging work environment in all the areas that I work. And with the last play I did, get away from the rehearsal and the hassles of the set we had to deal with. Oy!
A 6 month dream job on a beach would have been Bliss... And that's what we are all told to look for. Our Bliss.
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