... Huh? Wha?... What time is it?..... Just five more minutes.....

"Ugh! What has Chris been doing?!?" "Holy crap, Chris hasn't posted anything new since September of last year!!" "I'm going on a hunger strike until Chris posts a new blog." "Do you smell something in the apartment next door? Ew."

These are some of the things I've been hearing for a little while now. Despite the ubiquitous use of quotation marks in the preceding paragraph, these may not be verbatim. Nonetheless, here I am. I can only think that at this point, any post that I... well... post, will fail to meet your exceedingly high expectations. That said (written?), I give you a new post regarding my plans to better myself and my career.

Howard Clayton, the father of one of my best friends, Ishaq Clayton, once said something along the lines of, "It doesn't matter if they're small steps, as long as they're steps forward." I believe in this wholly and I try to apply it to various matters both in my career and my personal life as well. If you've read my blog (or the lack thereof) you may have noticed my headshot on the right-hand side. Well, it's changed. That's right, I had new headshots taken. Chris Macke of Mackephotography.com took these fabulous headshots for me and I've recently had them reproduced. Small steps. Next up is an attempt to do one of two things, hopefully both; find an agent and get some work. The latter may beget the former, but I would like both, regardless of the order in which they come to me.

This isn't to say that I've been completely devoid of anything creative. Not too long ago I performed a staged reading of Going After Cacciato by Romulus Linney. It was a wonderful experience and I got to work with acclaimed director Charles Ney from Texas State University whom I had heard so much of up to that point. He was a delight to work with and I hope to be a part of the full production when Working Man's Clothes puts it up around the fall of next year.

I'm currently writing this from the Austin Motel in, believe it, Austin, Texas where Beth and I are enjoying a much-needed-and-deserved vacation. I've already read one play, Things We Want, by Jonathan Marc Sherman, over coffee and beers. I bought four plays before we left and I'm looking forward to reading the others. Not only searching for monologues, I've found a desire to insert myself back into live theatre. The easiest way to start is to read, read, read. Hopefully, in between episodes of True Blood, I'll get more of that done. Things We Want was a good start. Onward.

Here's hoping for work I can be proud of, with an agent I can trust, through due diligence. Thanks for checking in on me.

Still Here

I know, I know. I haven't posted much of late. I'm still here, though. I've been going through the processes needed to begin my career here in New York and I have to tell you, I forgot how time consuming (and money consuming) it is. It seems as though the moment I figure out what I need to do, I realize that there is something else that needs to be done before that gets done. But wait, there's something ELSE that needs to be done before THAT! It's been a little overwhelming, although, honestly, I've known that there will be alot to be done. Throw in my day job and all I want to do on my days off is sit around and do nothing. Which leads me to my arduous process of self-motivation. I'm making a conscious effort to get off my ass and do what needs to be done. I didn't come to New York to work at Outback Steakhouse.

So, I'm still here. Physically if not completely mentally. I feel like I've got a decent bead on where I need to go and what I need to do to get there. Now it's a matter of actually doing it.

I See the Light!

It's funny how I can watch things since moving to New York and they have new meaning. Take, for instance, Law and Order today (the original, because it's the best... although SVU is good too). Like many of the episodes, I had seen this one before. Detective Briscoe was banging on a suspect's door claiming he was there to check for a gas leak. When the guy opened the door he said, "You're not ConEd!" ConEdison is our local utilities company. Earlier in the episode, one of the characters was telling the police that the man of whom he was speaking was located in Williamsburg. They also spoke of going to Astoria to get some coffee. Now I know where all of these places are, and they're not far from us! It's fun to see the little things like that that tell me that we live here. I love these moments.

Welcome to NY!!!

So, I'm a little late in posting this as we've been here for a week now. However, in this week we've climbed mountains. We arrived in the city on the second of June. We were making phone calls and setting up appointments to look at apartments three hours before we even arrived into the city. An hour after we arrived into Brooklyn, we were off to look for a place to live. The first place we found was in Greenpoint. It's a small one-bedroom (believe that, it's small! In New York!) with tons of character. After that we looked at places that we would NEVER live in, to be read, "Complete shit holes." Long story short, the following day we signed a two-year lease for the place in Greenpoint and haven't looked back. We love our new 'hood! Since then I've secured a job for myself and since already started. And today we ventured into Chelsea to buy an A/C unit to combat this ridiculous heat we've been feeling. So, when we do move into our place this Sunday we can do so in some semblance of comfort. Beth is still looking for a job, but I have all the faith in her and her talent that she'll find something relatively soon. All this said, it has been an amazing adventure and we are so ready to get settled into our new place. I love this city!!!

Chris *heart*s Cloverfield

If you've been around me during the past few months you know how much I love this movie. I saw it twice in the theater, and with great excitement I bought it yesterday. After watching it last night I decided that it is precisely the movie that I want to be in. Oh, and I want to die in it. Or maybe in the second one. I mean, really, how awesome would it be to die in a well-produced monster movie? FREAKING awesome, that's how awesome it would be. I want to make that happen.

A Duck Walks Into a Bar...

... and says, "Chris is moving to New York!" Yeah, if you haven't heard already, we're moving to New York at the end of May. The best part is that auditions have been few and far between, up until now that is. Since I told my agent a week ago that I am moving I've had three auditions, all of which I haven't been able to go to because I can't afford to take the time off of work. It kinda sucks how the acting industry works sometimes. And here I go wading into the deep end. This is gonna be sweet!!! I can't wait to shake things up!

Welcome to my blog!

I plan on blogging about my acting career... check back for my many acting antics and zany adventures. What trouble will I get into next? Stay tuned!!

Love, Chris