We're getting some serious snowfall here that will leave many of us snowbound for the day. I'm not crazy about it, but what can you do?
I decided it was as good a time as any to get some errands done the day before and I noticed that within my small town, those who know about my acting pursuits are kind of treating me with rock star status which feels rather strange. To be blunt, you'll barely see me in any of the shows I've done thus far.
However most don't seem to care. The bank tellers at the branch I go to know me by name and have my account pulled up before I can finish filling out the forms. They all want to know when I'll be on TV and think it's cool when they see the check with the name of the TV show on it. At the 99 Pub where I usually go for the $5.99 burger special, one of the servers calls the other employees over as I tell them of my time on "Law and Order" last week. At my local synagogue, the same story. A simple email to the rabbi telling him what I did launches him into gabber mode and pretty much every Jew in a 25 mile radius knows about it in 3 hours. He was annoyed with me once because I wrote "Law and Order:SUV" in the email instead of "SVU" which caused him to say the title wrong and people laughed. He claims I tricked him so I will make an announcement to all that I set him up for that mistake though it was unintentional. Honestly it was.
And then there's the topper, something that I love and will keep me doing this until I'm living in a homeless shelter..........the chicks dig it.
A reality check is in order. Eventually the move to New York City will have to be done (can't keep commuting) and gone will be my local mojo and most women will yawn at any job I land that isn't a lead role with a major motion picture or TV series which is fine. New York is a very competitive place and when you can shake the pillars of heaven there, you've really shook the pillars of heaven. This is all the more exciting anyway so I'm not adverse to it. So why feel strange? I am in the high/low zone, if you will. There's no middle ground with anything anymore and it kind of throws you for a loop. Eventually I will master it, I'll have to. The monstrous, crushing machine known as the Big Apple awaits and I'll have to give it all I've got.
