Happy Easter! (Nothing trivial spot, mascot work, new house news)

TV work.

In the film world I got another background role in a NZ TV show, this time as a barman in a Mexican restaurant for Nothing Trivial, probably little chances of me being seen clearly but I guess we will find out once Season 2 eventually airs. The restaurant is actually really nice, I heard a lot of talk and hype about it from local radio stations and I can see why. They even had Tequila in a glass shotgun barrel, awesome!

Also, my little brother said he saw me as the pirate guy in Go Girls a couple weeks ago so I'm going to try track down a picture otherwise we will have to wait for the DVD to catch a still shot like the Almighty Johnson's season 2 background role. :)

Life.

Move out this Sunday, we looked at the place last Sunday and loved it and had been busy all week liaising with the real estate agent and landlord and tomorrow we get the keys and the place is ours!!! Anyway, needless to say we are very excited for the new place as it has a gym so I can train to be the action star I aim to be and the wife can keep fit, also as there is a nice swimming pool on the grounds too. Behind us the view is of Mount Wellington which is nice and a welcome change from the very stale Arena Hotel we're forced to look at currently. Nothing like a bit of green grass, blue sky and bright sunshine to start your day :) Will take photos once we move in, Money was a bit of issue since we don't have a bond for 2 weeks till we move out from here as Unilodge is based in Australia but thankfully the Landlord likes me and we get along well so am very happy things worked out. But in Life, my life especially, things always work out at the last minute because that's always what I see happening. Your are what you think you are. And I seem to be a happy go lucky last minute guy lol.

Martial Arts.

Did some nunchaku training with Sifu on Tuesday night at his place which was cool, learned some new moves and some kill moves to use in movies with the nunchaku (not in street of course), Also did sparring Last night which was great as I haven't really had a go at somebody since November. My fitness was more disappointing than I anticipated and I couldn't link combos like I wanted and I resorted to my tested favorite of kicking and 1,2's which is great to survive but shit if you want to win. I wanted to go all out with minimum 5 hit combo's. But didn't. Got him down a couple times with some solid hits but not as much power as I would have envisioned. Training in the air is nothing like training against a heavy bag (which I can when I move in to the new place, I'm ready to level up!!) Next spar, I'm going to be more fearless/creative, but with anything it takes practice. Next match ;)

And Lastly, Job Hunt.

Trying to find a job at the moment has been put on hold while my internet has been disconnected. I have a had 3 days work part time as a mascot for a local parking company promoting that the existing building is now under new management and wishing people a Happy Easter giving out Easter eggs. (I know that's the rabbits job but nobody minded, I'm cute and cuddly and giving out chocolate, how can you say no? haha) I honestly feel for Darth Vader, it's like a sauna in those suits. But the smiles and giggles from the customers and their kids was worth it. A good all around experience and another odd job to add to my list of what I did before I made my living as an actor/director/producer :)

So, that's the low-down for this week, see you next week with pictures of the new house and news on the Chase project I'm working on. Have a great Easter everyone and don't over do it on the chocolate!

Smile!

Life after SAE and Emperor.

I'm surviving. Its been great so far with finishing my course (grades mailed tomorrow :) yay) and Some film work (student films, Emperor, Shortland st and a Japanese TV commercial) But it's back to real life. Rolling in the mud, trying to grow the bacon :P

I have spent the last week looking for jobs and houses, and time is ticking. (at least the house is tidy :) haha) I have a week to find a house before our lease runs out. Calm and collected, but maybe the panic hasn't set in yet? I saw a house in Onehunga on Tuesday which was nice and reminded me of our old place in Avonhead back in the day, I applied there but I think getting the bond money to them a couple days late might have been a sticking point. (We can't get it till we move out of here as the bond moneys is tied up with unilodge) Back to the drawing board...

I did a job interview yesterday for a CSO in a parking building but I got a call today saying It wasn't to be. I had that feeling yesterday when I saw another 20 CV's before mine upside down on his desk. As well as the 3 belonging to the 3 who were already working there before the takeover reapplying for their jobs...Also a wooden elevator, creaking on its slow rise to the 3rd floor? *chills* I had bad signs from the get go but the interview went well in my opinion and he did ask me if he could keep my file for some casual work in the coming weeks. But my hearts still set on something officey that I can get time off for in the evenings for my training/film endeavors. Because,

"The ultimate cost of something is the amount of life you will exchange for it".

Just finished watching Chuck season 4. Love that show, looking forward to the last and final season coming out on DVD this year sometime I pray.... And I am also using this 'inbetween' time to work on my Chase script. I did a 5 page outline that i shared with Nazim, we're still deciding on duties and even if we will pick this film to do first. I know I can sell the shit out of it but maybe we want something more generic first up? I'm racking my brain for ideas right now.

Trained on Sunday. Just nunchaku. Looking forward to sparring again though, hungry. No more Mr Nice Guy ;)

Then later on Sunday Night I went to the wrap party for Emperor, one of only 5 extras who got to go!! special thanks to those higher up who fought for our invitation, I appreciate it and was great to work with you :) The free Heineken's and food was great and catching up with the other extras and crew while I was there was pitch perfect :) Will be one of my cherished memories as I haven't been shouting over club bass in a long time and so many jokes and reminiscences were shared, cheers to the future, I'm counting on a bright one :)

Blog next week from hopefully a new place. My Internet's cancelled in 2 days. Byebye facebook ;) which is a good thing, spent far too long on it this week, and looking up funny pictures :) Even if I'm a little down on the dollar right now, "The worst bankruptcy is the person who has lost all enthusiasm". Don't be slippin now ;)