Hazy shade of sunset thanks to the fires

Well, we’re still careening along...2008, which was both great and terrible year, is rapidly drawing to a close. LA is ridiculously hot and continues to burn, and the general mood is just kind of grim. Everyone I know is working too much and just worried, you know?

Finally got back to acting class last night and was relieved that it went well. I have been going out commercially quite a bit, which is good, and the callbacks are happening, but nothing booking. It’s driving me beyond crazy, even though I keep explaining how I am really good at nothing thinking about this stuff. Whatever.

Heading to San Francisco for a quick Thanksgiving next week, which should be fun, but I doubt I will be able to catch up with everyone while I am there. Still not sure what I am going to do for Christmas--we wanted to check out Ohio, where Whit’s mom and sister live, but at $700 a ticket, it just seems kind of too much. Ugh, I dunno.

Life is good, though. The columns on iFanboy.com keep coming out in time, and I am steadily finding my voice. This week I did a kind of Herb Caen treatment and the response was generally positive. Of course, that means I have less time to write in this journal, but I guess that’s just the way it’s gonna be.

I am going to be doing two short films over the next two months, which is a nice surprise. It’s nice to be asked to be in someone’s project, you know?

Very busy at work. Trying to launch a product next month...it’s sort of the culmination of three years of work, really. I know it’s going to be the best product on the market, but I guess we’ll have to see what the users and reviewers thing. At least it will be out, though.

Not much else to add. I just wanted to say hey, anyway.

There’s not a lot more that I can add to the chorus of voices discussing Barack Obama’s victory last night, but, I mean, I have to say something. I am actually recovering from what was a pretty hectic 36 hour period--on the morning of 11/5, around 2am, my body completely melted down and purged itself of any and all matter that it had consumed over the past day. I apparently got some kind of 24 hour flu or something--I was basically delirious most of the night and almost comatose most of election day (thankfully, I voted early). I slept most of the day so I was able to watch the results come in that night, as I nibbled on applesauce.

I’m feeling much better--I think everyone’s feeling pretty good today, hence the title of this entry. I remember hearing how, back in 2004, New York was just bummed...that you could just feel how sad everyone was, in the subway, on the streets...just sad. I can only imagine that today’s commute could not have been more different.

As impressive as yesterday’s victory was, it’s bittersweet here in California, with the victory of Proposition 8, taking away the right for gay couples to get married. I am stunned, really..disappointed--not usually a word I associate with my home state. I can only imagine how it would feel if suddenly, I was told, “Hey, you know that wedding? With the marriage and all that? Didn’t really happen...NEXT!” So weak...to actually take away someone’s rights? What the hell, man.

I guess there’s always going to be more work to do. I guess.

In other news:

- got rear ended last week and my car is still in the shop. It wasn’t a big hit but still, I was already going to work, right? Why you gotta make my day even more messed up? Lame lame lame.

- more auditions this past week, but no callbacks, which I will just say is worrisome. The auditions themselves went quite fine (it was nice to have the casting people welcoming me back--it’s been a long year for everyone)--so I am not worried that it was a talent thing..but still...

Ok--that’s enough-I have a lot to catch up on all of a sudden...

happy day, everyone!