I find wardrobe fittings to be a necessary evil. Necessary because it’s important to figure out what a character will look like in their clothes, and how they relate to other character’s clothes… etc. The awkwardness is that for me, the actor, I feel like am a human hanger during a fitting. I wonder if …
I found two cats today at the bus shelter while waiting for my bus. They were mewing like mad and shivering as they obviously aren’t outdoor cats. So I put them in my pockets and carried them home. Thing is that I can’t keep ’em due to allergies. Does anyone know someone that would like …
For February’s “Books I’ve Read On Set” I picked Ten Poems To Change Your Life. I came across this book while meandering through the shelves of the library. The title lives up to it’s name. (I hate over hyped-titles) It’s from this book that I came across my all time favorite lines from a poem …
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Painting is cathartic for me. I get out some dark emotions. I am always surprised to step back and see beauty from emotions that aren’t pretty and are sometimes painful. There is beauty from ashes. “…to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a …
A friend in New Zealand (where it is currently Summer) was talking to me today about it being so hot that everyone’s in their Stubbies, Singlets, and Bungee smugglers. Which had me scratching my head as here in the States we don’t have anything called “stubbies” and singlets are the skin tight uniforms that wrestlers …
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Looking in the full length mirror, I see my reflection staring back at me. I can’t help but chuckle as I am in a sherbert orange unitard. Taking a deep breath, I walk out onto set where I’ll be playing the role of an interpretive dancer. (For those that don’t know what a unitard is, …
As a hobby, I’ve been making Castille soap (Olive Oil based soap) for the past few years. I still recall the very first batch I made, and the awful stench that permeated everything because I used lard as the base for the soap. It smelled like burning pig flesh, and the resulting soap smelled like …
The Saponification Process Sometimes I make home-made soaps. The process of saponification is really fascinating to me. That of the Lye in the soap changing the molecular structure of the fats into glycerine.
Do You Relate? Ever found yourself standing at the market looking at cool sounding produce like Leeks, Lemon Grass, or Ugly Fruit but have no idea really what to use them for? I Like How Lemon Grass Tastes & Smells Today I bought some lemon grass because it smelled so great. Brought it home, …
Answer 8 movie quiz questions about independent film actor Paul Cram’s movies, getting at least 3 answers correct & you’ll win a Fight Club* style bar of handmade pink soap made by the actor himself. Deadline to enter is Monday. The process of making the lye soap is a home made hot process. It utilizes …