because donuts don't wear alligator shoes

Oh boy, the last two weeks nearly killed me.  Just when I thought it was safe to write a post about dealing with a lull, I was slapped upside the face with a two ton dookie worth of bologna.  Keeping up with the Lakers and the World Cup would have been eventful enough but that would've been too easy.  Add work, auditions, showcases, rehearsals for showcases, graduations, play openings , rehearsals for play openings, weddings, basketball league games and a knick knack patty whack shoot for Verizon up in the mix and you have the perfect concoction for a reason to have cheese with that whine.  I'm spent.  But I'm also terribly addicted with being spent so does that make me self-destructive?  Or an addict?

Now that I've had a moment to catch my breath I just want to take this time to reflect on how awesome I think my community of friends are.  Without a solid support group I wouldn't be able to keep on keeping on the way I've been.  From the guys I chill with on a daily basis, to my family and my extended family at CCH.  To my friends at work and my peers on the grind.  To my moms and my dog Cookie.  I love each and every one of you.  Thank you for keeping it real.  And glory to God for his many blessings and for keeping me grounded in the truth.  Ya'll keep me on fire.

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And while I'm at it...

CHECK OUT MY PLAY

We've got just one more performance left.  It's no secret I love what I do so please come watch and support me at my happiest state of being.  I would love nothing else but to see your pretty faces there.

Some info...


GREENSCAPE @ 7:00PM
Moveable Piece in association with The Hollywood Fringe Festival

Hollywood Recreation Center
1122 Cole Ave.
Los Angeles 90038
(corner of Santa Monica & Cahuenga)
-street parking

Admission: FREE

The play takes place at the park.  Not a theatre.



MUCH LOVE



current read:  The Talent Code - Daniel Coyle
current tunes:  Flying Lotus

coffee makes my butt pee

I've been making good use of my time during this lull.  I've been studying stuff.  Stuff that may or may not be helping me but I'm pretty sure it's helping.  I'm watching something like two films a day and doing about two chapters of reading.  Not to mention listening to audio books when driving.  I was sent an audio book on "The Art of Seduction" by accident.  I'll give fair warning before I begin listening to it so you have time to lock up your wives and daughters.  Oh yes, studying.  If I had studied this hard in college things would've turned out differently.  I might've been Dr. Lee, Neurosurgeon super M.D. and this would've been my blog about brains. 

My topic of study for this past month was:
What makes YOU so SPECIAL?

WHY?  Brando?  Nicholson?  De Niro?  Pacino?  Jimmy Dean?  Steve McQueen?  Chaplin?  Clark Gable?  Dustin Hoffman?  Paul Newman?  huh?  WHY?

hey baby

What makes people want to do what you did?  

I'm learning, I know.  It is and always will be a work-in-progress.  Someone awesome once said something like "you don't know where you're going until you know where you've been."  I agree man.  So I'm learning where we've been so I know where to go.  That and for the moment right before I nod in approval when the topic surfaces at cocktail parties.

When you want for big things to happen so bad it's hard to throw your hands up and say "YES!" at the little victories, but you must to keep yourself sane.  Or at least to give the impression that everything is still wired correctly.  (sarcasm highly implied)

:)

And THIS!

YES!