Evening Alone

I have been so busy lately that I forgot how relaxing a night at home can be. Tonight was on of those rare nights that I got to do that and I am loving every minute of it.

I have begun working in the catering office full time now. They did not hire me as a full time employee, with benefits and everything, but at least I have a set schedule and can have a night or two like tonight every now and then.

Improv continues to go very well with both Improv Olympic and LA Connection Comedy theater.

But the newest thing is that I am writing a sketch comedy show with two friends of mine that recently moved out from Chicago. Both of them are friends of mine from Improv Olympic in Chicago. We had begun emailing each other in January about them moving out here and that we should work together on something that could be very creative and also something that we could sell ourselves in. As soon as they moved out here we began writing and working on our show idea.

We call ourselves, The 25th Century Heroes. Together our designations are 001, 002 and 003. It doesn't make much sense unless I go into detail about why we call ourselves that, but 002 and 003 and I are extremely happy with the way things are going. We have submitted to Sketchfest 2006 in Chicago this January and hopefully will have a complete show in the spring. Needless to say they have given me a much needed shot of creative energy.

Other than that most of my time is spent in the office, class, rehearsal, performing or some other task related to one of those things. That is why I have been so busy.

But I have some ideas for blog entries, so I will keep up to date with that.

Office Moron

I work in the catering company's office a lot now, because it is the busy season and I have experience staffing from my time in Chicago.

We have snacks available in our kitchen to keep us going. Things like, nuts, goldfish crackers, granola bars, soda, etc. We also have dixie cups to scoop them into and also to drink water from should you choose too.

I grabbed two cups, one for water and one for nuts and set them on opposite sides of the computer. Peanuts on the left, water on the right.

Fast forward about an hour. I had been making phone calls and staffing people and while I was on the phone waiting to leave messages, I would toss a few peanuts in my mouth and then when I was done chewing I would drink some water. Well, I was on the phone and was leaving a message when I wanted some peanuts. I grabbed the cup on the right side and tossed the rest of the WATER onto my face and then it dripped down onto my shirt.

Everyone in the office thought it was one of the funniest things they have ever seen.

2 Cents, or 3?

The other day, Rockstar and I were walking down the street and we passed a homeless man. Right as we passed him, he held out his hand and said,

"DILDO!?"

In his hand he was holding some sort of plastic shaft that looked like it indeed was a dildo, but it was the grossest dildo ever. Weirdly curved and kind of melted a little at the tip.

Rockstar and I both said no to the kind offer, but he wouldn't let us get away without one strong, last pitch.

"Come on, 3 cent?"

Which I found to be completely reasonable for a street dildo, but we passed on that exceptional deal.

Then we began to argue whether the man said "2 cent" or "3 cent". I thought he said 3, while Rockstar was convinced he said 2. Either way we agree that we live in a shitty neighborhood and need to get out as soon as we can make some better money.

Emmy's Galore

There are two actual Emmy award shows. The first one is for technical achievements. Set design, wardrobe, makeup, that sort of thing. The second one is for the actors, shows, writers, and the stuff that people pay attention to. I was lucky enough to work both events at the Shrine auditorium.

The first event was pretty cool. There were hundreds of servers working, along with cooks, and event staff so it was kind of a crazy, cluster fuck, but I didn't mind. I was assigned to work a table and when all of my guests had sat down, I noticed that every couple had an Emmy. I had 10 people and 5 HUGE Emmy's sitting at my table, which equates to a 100% Emmy winner table. They were all very nice, and VERY happy of course and I was working for a different company than I usually do so I was making more money, which made the event a success in my book.

The following weekend, I worked the award show that everyone watches. I was doing the same thing, working a table in a particular section, but it was pretty cool seeing all of the celebrities. My table faced the exit of the theater into the dining area, so you name the celebrity and chances are I saw them. Highlights for me included, Ben waffle's, whoop Goldberg, quantum trending, Christian Slater, Blythe Danner, Oliver Platt, Conan O'Brien, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Ellen DeGeneres and Jennifer Love Hewett, who I don't really like as an actress but is just so cute in person.

The event was really crowded and we had to hustle to get people their food quickly but the people at the event could have cared less if they were in our way. Lots of lollygagging around, even though they could clearly see that there was a line of 20 waiters trying to get by to go to the kitchen. But people were having fun and that was the most important thing. At one point I was walking to the kitchen and this dude was ahead of me blocking my path. He was waking extremely slowly and because of the crowd I had no choice but to walk behind him and hope the he either sped up or let me by or turned. I decided to have some fun and invented a game called "kick the back of shoes". The rules of this game are pretty simple. You kick the back of the person's shoes ahead of you until they let you by. I kicked this guy four times before he turned around and glared at me. I said "I am REALLY, REALLY SORRY SIR" and he saw that I was all flustered and carrying trays so he let me pass by him. I laughed and laughed at my new game, but no one else that I played it with seemed to enjoy it as much as I did.

I did get pretty depressed at one point during the night. I was clearing away some dirty dishes and it just hit me that I am at the center of where I want to be, surrounded by working actors, and I was taking dirty dishes to be washed. Not that I wanted to be at the Emmy award shows, but just to be a working actor would be nice.

Next Year!