| Rescue Beauty Lounge Nailpolish Sale - $16 each shipped or $30 for both |
[18 Jul 2009|01:29pm] |
I have the following for sale:
- Square Pants, used for one manicure
- Pink Shimmer, used for one manicure
Paypal only. I am also open to trading for Sephora gift cards. I ship within the U.S. via First Class mail with Delivery Confirmation. Feedback references available upon request.
Thanks for looking!
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| goatie goats |
[18 Jul 2009|01:13pm] |
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i really need to make myself a goat icon. lol
we are taking the little ones to get disbudded :(
and mason is going to get banded.
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| Heroin In A Pan |
[16 Jul 2009|10:08pm] |
I was done auditioning. I was sick and tired of being told no by every 16 year old casting assistant in Hollywood with an Armani suit and a blue Mercedes. I had a theatrical career in Chicago that I loved and that paid the bills and I was fine with that.
Fine I tell you, FINE!
Sorry.
And then one day, out of the blue, I got a call from Claire Simon (from Simon Casting in Chicago) who told me there was role in a TV movie that she wanted to me on tape for. I said no. Claire asked again. I said no again. Claire called, I said no.
“Listen Alex. I’m telling you you’re going to get this one. It’s a Transgender role and it’s funny and it’s perfect for you. Now stop acting like an ass, and get over here.” She said for the last time.
I went.
The last audition I had was for a tiny film in which there was a Transgender character in the lead, and I went down, put myself on tape, and eventually lost the role to some broad named Felicity Huffman. That little Indie went on to win her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. It was called “Transamerica” and it haunted me for an entire year. All year I walked around Chicago with billboards, busses, cabs, and small children pummeled with signs stapled to their foreheads proclaiming Huffman’s bravura performance.
About a month before, my agent at the time had another film gig in which he asked me:
“This is a really important audition, Alex. By the way….do happen to have a witches’ costume?”
“Yes…..yes I do. It’s hanging in the closet right next to my furry gnome costume.”
He later fired me. Some people are so touchy.
So…I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. But I went. I went to the audition, put myself on tape, and about a month later (because of Claire’s insistence) I actually did get the role.
I was flown to LA and headed for the very first thing I’d ever done in front of the camera in my life. To be honest, I never even had an on-camera class. I knew nothing. I didn’t know what a key light was, what an AD was, or what a Mark was. Or for that matter, WHO Mark was. I was walking into a world where everything was completely new to me, and truly terrifying.
The film was for Disney and called “Romy and Michelle- In The Beginning”. The film starred a bunch of unknowns, and was the story of the characters created by the original writer Robin Schiff (who also directed), and who was the writer on the first Romy and Michelle that starred Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino. This was the story of the two girls before they went to their High School reunion, and how they came to meet a wacky and free spirited Transgender lady in a blonde wig with a penchant for show tunes.
Actually, it wasn’t about me at all, but that’s what I told myself as I sat in first class headed to Hollywood. It impressed the stewardess.
The first day on set was a nightmare. Because I had no training whatsoever, and the only things I knew were Stage Left, Stage Right, Upstage and Downstage, I had no idea what the hell anyone was ever talking about. At one point, Robin came up to me and said:
“Alex. We’re going to use a 45 lens on you for Katie’s POV.”
At which point I said:
“Well of course you are. Why wouldn’t you?”
I didn’t know what else to say. I had no idea what the hell a POV was. I hoped it hadn’t anything to do with an STD.
Katie, a blonde, gorgeous, unbelievably funny and self assured actress, played Romy and as I stood in the middle of the set 3 or 4 feet away from some red piece of tape at my feet, she walked up to me, put her hands on my shoulders, and whispered very quietly to me:
“Alex? That’s called a Mark, and your toes go on it They’re using a close-up lens on you so try and make sure your eye line is on the left side of the camera. And a POV means a Point of View. It means the camera’s going to be turned around and on you. K?”
I was stunned.
We didn’t really know each other very well. She was about 20 years younger than I was, and she certainly didn’t have to take the time to tell me anything, much less whisper it to me so as not to make me look like a total idiot. Katie Heigl (who later got cast on some little show called “Grey’s Anatomy”) began to use her full name: Katherine Heigl, and that was our first little gig together. Strangely, although I ended up doing a small guest spot on her hit show, we didn’t get a chance to work together, but it didn’t stop us from hanging out in her trailer and giggling and eating her Mom’s famous brownies.
You haven’t lived until you’ve eaten these things. We dubbed them: “Heroin In A Pan”.
But that first day, that first day on my first big gig, Katie was my mentor. She wasn’t dragged into it, no one cajoled her, no one asked her, she volunteered. She had been working in show business by then since she was 6 years old. She knew every inch of that set and every inch of what every camera was capable of. She knew how to read the call sheet the next day, which quite frankly, if you’ve never seen, you’d know why this is a feat. It’s not just a schedule; this thing was written by serial killers. It’s unlike anything I’d ever seen in my life. So…I went to Katie.
I was in Los Angeles and without my wife knowing no one, so when I got confused, I called her. When I got lonely, I called her. She invited me to her house, her Mom cooked for me, and I gave her advice on some boys she was a bit on the fence about.
Men I had. Men, I knew. Men…I had practice with.
We helped each other. We became friends and have stayed friends since that day in 2004. I asked her one day at lunch why she did what she did that day for me. She didn’t have to, and she certainly didn’t owe anyone anything….let alone me.
She looked at me very plainly and said:
“Because you looked lost.”
...and then she called me a Freak and we ate.
I’ve never forgotten how I felt being taken care of by someone who actually cared and who only wanted to give something because I looked lost. No matter what happens, no matter how awful or big, or amazing, or sickening, or hopeful, or maddening my Art really is, that’s a constant for me.
And now I have a craving for a big bunch of Heroin In A Pan.
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| Video Friday (Petula Clark) |
[16 Jul 2009|10:02pm] |
One of my favorites of Clark's.
For me, Petula had one of those unique pop voices. Later in her career she began to branch out into Broadway standards and eventually played Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard" to great reviews.
I love her voice. Always so warm and sweet, but with a great power to it. This is a terriffic rendition.
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[17 Jul 2009|12:01am] |
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jeani is off for over a week after tonight.
i am hoping that we can camp in the yard and get some things done around the house.
we are going to try and go up to moreau beach on monday with my bro and sister.
:)
we were suppose to go up there camping for the week, but with the bottle feeding goats, and crappy weather, it will have to wait until next year
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[16 Jul 2009|11:59pm] |
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after we got home and settled, jaxen curled up next to me, not asking for a boobie.
he just curled into me and watched an episode and 1/2 of wubbzy and was OUT.
he had a busy day/night.
but no boobie for night time sleep
i am sure i will wake up at 5 with him latched on, but until then. lol
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[16 Jul 2009|11:58pm] |
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jaxen said to me today "HOLY CRAP! i LOVE you mommy!" and gave me a kiss
LOL
this kid
i said holy crap a few days ago when we found a bunch of black berries.
LOL
i love him.
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[16 Jul 2009|11:57pm] |
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apparently, i missed the harvesting of some of the broccoli, it flowered yellow flowers.
lol
i
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| power |
[16 Jul 2009|11:51pm] |
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around 5pm it started to sprinkle out after numerous warnings on the tv about huge storms
so i gathered everyone in and put everyone to bed. let the dogs in. got water ready for jeanis bath, started dinner
we had some thunder.
then the rain stopped
in the middle of making the pancakes, the power goes out.
at least i was cooking them in the iron pan, so the heat stayed and it finished.
so we ate, and the power still was not on.
i packed jaxen up and we headed down to my dads/sisters.
the power was out most of the way down, i am assuming where national grid was. once we hit nyseg area, they had power.
we logged on to the natl grid site and it said that over 32000 customers in saratoga county were without power.
so we had some pizza, and took a hot shower (HEAVEN) and got home a bit after 9.
to power
and apparently baby guniea pigs.
wow
from the local news station Nat'l Grid says major power outage caused by lightening strikes on 2 transmission lines in Moreau - may have everyone back on line by 3am
what a day
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[16 Jul 2009|11:50pm] |
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so i woke up to 2 dead love birds
i have no idea why, they other birds around them are fine.
it was so weird
so i am going to bed with 2 new guniea pigs in the house
weird
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[16 Jul 2009|11:24pm] |
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Holy crap. We have baby guniea pigs. Rose is the mom. One was still born.
apparently when i went down to stillwater during the poweroutage, rose decided to give birth. we had NO idea she was pregnant. holy crap.
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