I interrupt the regularly scheduled blogging for this very special update.I've just been booked to play an FBI agent on the USA Network series White Collar. I'm pretty stoked about this as I have heard its a very fun show to work on. Those of you with even the more basic of cable subscriptions should be able to see this show with no problem. USA is a pretty heavily distributed channel, and that's a good thing!
There was one minor obstacle however. I needed more than one suit. I only have one because I'm just not the suit and tie kind of guy. I have been told that I can look a bit menacing in one while others have said I seem pleasant enough. Whatever the opinion, they wear me, I don't wear them.
So the hunt for a suit began with a slight hitch; I'm broke. Would a thrift store suffice? I tried several and found suits that were stained, mangled or from the year 1986. I was dejected and found a slightly rumpled jacket for around three bucks but could not find matching pants. I went home, dejected, broken and dismayed that my first day on the set would be a bad one as I had no wardrobe options. I hate the fact that I just wrote "wardrobe options" but that's the crux of it. And in this business, the best way to make a good impression is to have......wardrobe options. I wrote it again and it hurt.
So there I am walking back to my apartment when a voice in my head said to check the mail. Why? I don't know but the voice kept telling me to look in the mail NOW. So I did and what do I find? Two envelopes from the CT department of labor. One tells me that I may be eligible for another 33 weeks of unemployment insurance (I really don't believe this as it's too good to be true) and the other was a check for 200 bucks with a note saying they audited my account and determined that they owed me this money.
Goodbye thrift store, hello new suit!
I went to a Kohl's department store where the sales lady said that I could try opening a charge card for their store and get 30% off the suit. I told her no way. I have horrible credit and I hate charge cards. She told me it didn't matter if they accepted me or not, I will still get 30% off. Let the rejection begin. I got a new suit and several dress shirts for 120 bucks. A BARGAIN IF THEIR EVER WAS. Not only that, the next time the casting office calls and asks if I have wardrobe options, I can say YES I DO!!! And that helps me to get even more roles on more shows since suits are needed for just about every production around these parts. This day could not have worked out any better.
I like my new suit, it's a real dandy and I feel a bit like a fop but it's a necessary thing. But most importantly, it does indeed make me look a bit like an FBI agent. If any of you guys have anything to say t me, it's "sir." You will address me as "sir."
As for you ladies (raising an eyebrow)..........it's Special Agent Ricardo. And you will be cuffed and subordinated if you get out of line with me. And you'll like it......
YOU KNOWWWWW IIIIITTTTTT!!!!!
(clasps hands behind head, thrusts hips in a lewd, vulgar and suggestive manner and runs away)
