Well it's 5:30 in the morning and I just ripped my jeans.
Ironically, they were the jeans I bought with the holes already ripped into the front of the legs in order to make them look hip and worn-in. (It's also the reason they cost more than a whole pair of pants)
And I ripped them right in the back of the leg, right under the butt cheek. Not a tragedy, but changes the entire tone of the pants. What were once just a casual pair of jeans to throw on to go to the store now require a spicy pair of heels and a lot of confidence.
Yes America, this is my upper thigh.
Enjoy.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Make Me a SuperStar
The time has come in the night where one must choose between bed and coffee. I have chosen coffee.
First thought of the night: It amuses me that in the scene in Atonement in which Kiera Knightly's little sister comes to visit her first thing in the morning, Kiera Knightly answers the door in a bathrobe, but with her hair and make-up done.
Secondly, after nearly a month since I first received the email, I've gotten my act together and recorded my video audition tape for "Make Me a Super Star."
The scene is chosen from ones that they provide on the website. It sounds like it's straight out of 90210, and since I am currently obsessed with 90210 (huzzah Netflix) I'm a happy bunny.
Although it's not the scene I would have chosen for my audition, but there wasn't a comedic choice for women among the scene choices, sad face. Anyway, the video is posted on Facebook, and I'll probably put it up on the YouTube page as well. It's kind of Soap Opera-y, which has never been my greatest strength as an actor. You have to be just right to read those kinds of lines and not sound like a jackass.
I remember I took a Soap Opera Acting workshop in college, and one of my lines was, "You are the worst human being I've ever met in my life," and for some reason I just couldn't deliver it without getting a laugh.
But alas, I think the more interesting part of the video is the beginning in which I talk about myself, and my natural personality is all up in that biznitch.
My motivation in this is about equal parts wanting to be a superstar, and wanting to be on a reality tv show. Oxygen was showing its daily America's Next Top Model marathon and I got sucked in, yet again. God I wish I was thin enough to be on that show. I would rock the shit out of that show. I would send that show home crying to it's mama.
I mean, don't get me wrong, the goal of my life is going to be a long-running quest toward becoming the greatest actor on the planet, but the way I see it, I could become the greatest actor on the planet, and THEN become famous, or I could become famous, and THEN become the greatest actor on the planet. Meh.
When I was younger I wanted to be famous. I wanted photos of me buying toothpaste to appear in US Weekly. And then I got to college and I learned that in order to have a fulfilling life as an actor, your priority should be the quality of your work, and not the degree of your fame. I realized there was something noble about spending those character-building years paying your Student Loans late and eating dry Rice-a-Roni out of the box with a plastic spoon. As long as you maintained your integrity.
Two years post-graduation: Fuck integrity, I'd like a personal shopper.
First thought of the night: It amuses me that in the scene in Atonement in which Kiera Knightly's little sister comes to visit her first thing in the morning, Kiera Knightly answers the door in a bathrobe, but with her hair and make-up done.
Secondly, after nearly a month since I first received the email, I've gotten my act together and recorded my video audition tape for "Make Me a Super Star."
The scene is chosen from ones that they provide on the website. It sounds like it's straight out of 90210, and since I am currently obsessed with 90210 (huzzah Netflix) I'm a happy bunny.
Although it's not the scene I would have chosen for my audition, but there wasn't a comedic choice for women among the scene choices, sad face. Anyway, the video is posted on Facebook, and I'll probably put it up on the YouTube page as well. It's kind of Soap Opera-y, which has never been my greatest strength as an actor. You have to be just right to read those kinds of lines and not sound like a jackass.
I remember I took a Soap Opera Acting workshop in college, and one of my lines was, "You are the worst human being I've ever met in my life," and for some reason I just couldn't deliver it without getting a laugh.
But alas, I think the more interesting part of the video is the beginning in which I talk about myself, and my natural personality is all up in that biznitch.
My motivation in this is about equal parts wanting to be a superstar, and wanting to be on a reality tv show. Oxygen was showing its daily America's Next Top Model marathon and I got sucked in, yet again. God I wish I was thin enough to be on that show. I would rock the shit out of that show. I would send that show home crying to it's mama.
I mean, don't get me wrong, the goal of my life is going to be a long-running quest toward becoming the greatest actor on the planet, but the way I see it, I could become the greatest actor on the planet, and THEN become famous, or I could become famous, and THEN become the greatest actor on the planet. Meh.
When I was younger I wanted to be famous. I wanted photos of me buying toothpaste to appear in US Weekly. And then I got to college and I learned that in order to have a fulfilling life as an actor, your priority should be the quality of your work, and not the degree of your fame. I realized there was something noble about spending those character-building years paying your Student Loans late and eating dry Rice-a-Roni out of the box with a plastic spoon. As long as you maintained your integrity.
Two years post-graduation: Fuck integrity, I'd like a personal shopper.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Happy Birthday to Me
I turned twenty-four on Saturday.
So I obviously had the obligatory "Oh my God, I'm twenty-four and I haven't accomplished anything in my life" Freak Out.
But I've figured out a way to deal with it.
Obviously, I haven't accomplished as much as I would like. In fact, this past year has kind of just been a giant ball of Nothing wrapped in a crispy crust of You're a Lazy Bitch.
I have decided that this year I have to step up my game. And in order to make sure that this happens, I am giving myself a deadline. I have decided to set a specific, attainable goal for myself. And if that goal is not reached by the time I turn twenty-five, I have decided that I am moving to LA.
Because once I'm in LA, I won't have my family or my neighborhood to fall back on. I won't feel safe and comfortable and therefore it will not be as acceptable to me to go back to sleep instead of getting up to make it to that audition at 6:30 in the morning. I'll be 3,000 miles away from everything I've ever known, and most likely scared shitless.
So there you go.
As for what my goal for the year will be, I'm still not sure. I was thinking maybe soap opera, or maybe giving myself like, a certain amount of money, and if I'm not making that much money per month on pure acting gigs, then I'm off to LA.
Further review is needed.
I'll tell you one thing I'm sure of though: Alexander Skarsgard looks damn hot in the tank top that he was wearing in the last two episodes of "True Blood"
So I obviously had the obligatory "Oh my God, I'm twenty-four and I haven't accomplished anything in my life" Freak Out.
But I've figured out a way to deal with it.
Obviously, I haven't accomplished as much as I would like. In fact, this past year has kind of just been a giant ball of Nothing wrapped in a crispy crust of You're a Lazy Bitch.
I have decided that this year I have to step up my game. And in order to make sure that this happens, I am giving myself a deadline. I have decided to set a specific, attainable goal for myself. And if that goal is not reached by the time I turn twenty-five, I have decided that I am moving to LA.
Because once I'm in LA, I won't have my family or my neighborhood to fall back on. I won't feel safe and comfortable and therefore it will not be as acceptable to me to go back to sleep instead of getting up to make it to that audition at 6:30 in the morning. I'll be 3,000 miles away from everything I've ever known, and most likely scared shitless.
So there you go.
As for what my goal for the year will be, I'm still not sure. I was thinking maybe soap opera, or maybe giving myself like, a certain amount of money, and if I'm not making that much money per month on pure acting gigs, then I'm off to LA.
Further review is needed.
I'll tell you one thing I'm sure of though: Alexander Skarsgard looks damn hot in the tank top that he was wearing in the last two episodes of "True Blood"
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Up all night...
Things i Currently Hate:
Coming soon:
This is going to be the Jack Bauer of all years.
- Long train rides
- Cheap headphones that break after a week and a half
- People
- Teenagers especially
- My job
- Expired milk
- Not being a famous movie star
- Not knowing how to drive
- My passport photo
- Not using my passport for anything other than buying beer
- Tyra Banks
- Chase bank
- Sarah Palin
- My computer
- Vanessa Hudgens
- Coffee
- Peanut Butter M&Ms
- "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus
Coming soon:
- Hair audition on Thursday
- Awesome b-day party
- Clockwork theatre weekly scene workshops
- Improv 301 at UCB
This is going to be the Jack Bauer of all years.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Fail...
Why do I feel like everything I do is mediocre?
Headshots have been shipped. They are on their way. Hopefully they will arrive before the 13th so that I can rock the socks off of the Hair audition.
Saturday is my 24th birthday.
I have been out of school for two years.
And I have Jack to show for it.
As my birthday present, my parents are allowing me to charge a class at the Upright Citizen's Brigade on their credit card, since I can no longer afford it. I am immensely happy about this, since it's been over six months since I took my 201 class, and if I don't hurry up and take 301, I'm going to forget everything I learned.
This past year has been shit. I got into two shows and quit them both.
And let's see... what else has happened.
Hmm... nothing...
Way to go, McNally.
Headshots have been shipped. They are on their way. Hopefully they will arrive before the 13th so that I can rock the socks off of the Hair audition.
Saturday is my 24th birthday.
I have been out of school for two years.
And I have Jack to show for it.
As my birthday present, my parents are allowing me to charge a class at the Upright Citizen's Brigade on their credit card, since I can no longer afford it. I am immensely happy about this, since it's been over six months since I took my 201 class, and if I don't hurry up and take 301, I'm going to forget everything I learned.
This past year has been shit. I got into two shows and quit them both.
And let's see... what else has happened.
Hmm... nothing...
Way to go, McNally.
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