Simple Complexities"Great improvisors are like priests. They are thinking only of their god."
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Simple Complexities "Great improvisors are like priests. They are thinking only of their god." |
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Friday, February 27, 2004 Muted Apostle Looks like Debbie and the boys are getting sick now. That seems to be the pattern. I get sick and get nearly well and then give it to them...then they can give it back to me in a few weeks. We are a very sharing family...that's good at least. I'm afraid to see The Passion. My housemates saw it tonight. Some of my castmates are going to see it Sunday night after the show and they invited Debbie and myself. I will see it, but not this weekend. I'm glad that it was made and that so many people are being exposed to the story. I guess my deal is that it is my story. If someone made a movie about my father or wife or friend or son....and the movie was about the real way that that person was tortured and died...I wouldn't see it on opening weekend. I'd want the world to know about their pain, but I wouldn't want to live it again. I hear so many people talking about Jesus these days and I feel like they are talking about some famous person that I happen to know. Most of the time I just stay out of the conversation. It's a strange time to follow Jesus. So many of his followers are opting to be so loud right now. I've been loud enough in years past. I will be silent and look for the Resurrected One in the poor, the mundane and the casual. posted by Joe | 11:02 PM Thursday, February 26, 2004 Still Sick I have been very sick. I was diagnosed with bronchitis for the second time this winter. Today is the first day since Sunday that I have been able to function at 50%. Work last night was torturous, but tonight was OK. I'm on lots of drugs and I hope to be better soon. I have lots of thoughts to share regarding gay marriage, The Passion, and other things, but I'll wait until I can think clearly. posted by Joe | 11:05 PM Monday, February 23, 2004 Feel Sorry for Me I slept 21 hours today. I have a fever and a pretty bad cough. On a positive note, Debbie and the boys are back... posted by Joe | 2:34 AM Saturday, February 21, 2004 Going to Bed Now Tonight I completed my sixth night of TNT in a row and now I have three days off. I just got back from seeing Etta James in concert. She was great, but I fell asleep. Her music makes me sleepy. Tomorrow I'm going to LA with Tommy for a 5:00 audition. Thanks Greg C for adding "comments" to my blog... posted by Joe | 1:23 AM Friday, February 20, 2004 Friends I have been able to spend a lot of time with people that I usually don't get to hang out with much...mainly because they are the kind of people who hang out until 2am. The last few nights were spent with my castmates after the show. I finally feel completely included in the community there. There are lots of new people coming in so I'm no longer introduced as the new guy. Tonight I am going to see Etta James with my friend Vel and her dad. Tomorrow I will be going to LA with Tommy unless I get a call that I have work here. (I auditioned for a commercial that shoots tomorrow and they liked me but wanted me to cut my hair...so they may have passed on me.) Either way...I'm just saying that I am blessed to have so many new and old friends. (Today I slept through breakfast with my oldest friends for the second week in a row...which sucks. 7am is getting earlier and earlier for me these days.) I miss my three best friends though...they will be back Sunday. posted by Joe | 10:39 AM Tuesday, February 17, 2004 Back in Town I'm back, but Debbie and the boys are staying in Indiana for the rest of the week. I'm working pretty much every night this week and I have an audition in LA Saturday for a TV pilot...so I'm keeping busy. Whenever the family leaves I tend to keep myself really busy. I don't know if that I means I am really a workaholic or if I just miss them and try not to think about them not being here...probably a little of both. Now I'm off to have lunch at the new Paymon's Med. Cafe in Summerlin with Greg and Jeremy. It will be my second time there...I like the old one better so far, but this one is a little closer. (See "My Happy Place" on my links for more info on my favorite restaurant.) Peace to you... posted by Joe | 12:23 PM Tuesday, February 10, 2004 How many blogs does it take to... A few days ago I started another blog to chronicle my journey into acting. I've been trying to figure out why I felt urged to do such a thing. I think that I wanted a "pure" record of that journey so that I could look back on it someday. It also feels odd to blog so much about my career in this particular journal. We'll see what comes of it all. All of that to say I will still update a few major events here. I signed with an agent today...Cody at McCarty Talent. I'm excited about the partneship. It feels right to me. posted by Joe | 11:04 PM Monday, February 09, 2004 Leavin on a Jet Plane We are preparing to go back to Indiana this week. It will be good to be with Deb's family. It will also be very cold. Take the good with the cold. Debbie and I have a strange gig at her homechurch. I'm playing an Italian entertainer named Vinnie at a Valentine's banquet. Should be interesting. Pray for me. posted by Joe | 11:09 PM Friday, February 06, 2004 Because I have nothing better to do... I have started a second blog to exclusively record my journey as an actor. The only thing more disturbing than me doing two blogs, is the fact that some of you will read them both. Either way: www.actingbiz.blogspot.com posted by Joe | 11:56 AM Thursday, February 05, 2004 Random Thoughts Nothing is really worth blogging about, so... 1. American Idol is a great format. It is basically three different reality shows in three phases. I like it, even though it's not very manly to admit it. 2. I'd like to have a beer with John Edwards. He has a Clinton-ish way about him...he projects a caring attitude. I'd love to see if it is real. Doesn't matter. It's gonna be Kerry v Bush and I only like politics for the theatrical value anyway. (Presidential elections have just become another, less interesting, reality show option.) 3. Got a little gig shooting a video thing for Pulte Homes this Satuday. Pays 50 bones. 4. Mom and Dad are in town and coming to TnT tomorrow. 5. TnT is featured in this week's "What's On", a Vegas magazine. Lots of pic's from the show. (I was off the night the photograher came, so you won't see me.) 6. Cheryl is still stubbornly pregnant, but Jack will be joining the household this week...we think. 7. Basketball used to be my favorite TV sport, but I can't watch it anymore. 8. Golf was my least favorite TV sport as a kid, now I like it almost as much as football. 9. Dave Letterman is looking old. 10. For the third year in a row we will be getting a tax return without paying any taxes....maybe I should care more about politics... posted by Joe | 4:57 PM  
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