Still Kicking

February 20, 2008 by Dave.

Looking at my counter calendar on this blog, It’s been close to a month that I’ve written anything on here. Not good. So this is a double blog entry. I’ve been so preoccupied to do anything like a blog. Read and find out why.

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2/6/08

I have been arranging two almost back-to-back auditions for my web series. The first one went pretty well, but not like I would have hoped. I still don’t have a lead—as well as three other roles. I held a second one today and I had less people as the last time. I think we have two roles cast– one white woman and the Nicaraguan mother. The other three male Latino roles are MIAs. I had one guy show up today to read for the lead but he was the ONLY ONE to show up, and I can’t make a decision on only one guy. I said this earlier: what do I have to sacrifice to what Orisha to get Latino actors to come to an audition???!??!? I’m gonna hold a third but with some slight variations since my time will be limited.

My time is limited because of a few things going on with Sophia. She needs to have surgery to put tubes in her ear again. Her left ear has fluid in it and her hearing is decreased because of it. That surgery is scheduled on the 27th. First however she needs to see a cardiologist. As the ear doctor was examining her, he detected a slight heart murmur. Her doctor confirmed it today, but it could be just an innocent murmur (e.g. when a growing child’s heart shifts around in the chest as they grow up). Either way they want to check it out before going under general anesthesia. That’s scheduled for the 19th– at 9am, which is coming off of my 1am shift. Yuk!

I did manage to get away for a bit though. Drove out to Buffalo to visit a friend. Buffalo I know is not anyone’s idea of a winter getaway (especially running straight into it), but anytime you can swim in an indoor pool while it’s flurrying outside is a good thing. A much needed rest to a busy couple of weeks. I’ll be heading out to California at the beginning of March for a film conference. I’ll be a volunteer, which is the only way I can afford to go, and I’m also hoping to have some raw footage from the series to show some people– another reason to get this thing up and running! But after the weekend conference, I’ll be driving to Vegas to see my best friend for a few days before heading home. Like I said, busy!

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2/20/08

All in all I’d much rather be writing entries that are a little more focused, but these days focused is not one of my strong suits. At least not concerning blogs.

First of all, for those keeping track, Sophia is fine. The heart murmur they found was an innocent murmur and in fact the cardiologist didn’t hear any murmur when she checked her today. So she’s all set to get a tube put in her ear on the 27^th. That should solve all the ear infections and the back-up fluid.

The web series update. The auditions were okay. I have to confirm this with my co-creator, but I think we’ve got our actresses (if he ever gets around to watching the auditions). Now we still need our leads. I’m talking to a couple of actors who I think fit the role. We’ll just have to see how all this goes. I’m tired of auditioning people. Actually, no. I’m tired of scheduling auditions and trying to get people to show up and no one does. Granted I’m trying to get Latino actors in Boston to come out when the pool is not that deep. Still you’d figure they’d want to come out. It’s been a frustrating time.

Even more frustrating is that I am going to have to push back the shoot of the pilot episode. I was hoping to have it done before I went to the NALIP conference on March 6. With the leads still not cast, rehearsals not scheduled and a set not designed, that’s not going to be possible. So I’m pushing the shoot back to the end of the month, and we should premiere the show online in April. I’d rather do this right, than right now, especially since I want to make sure it’s well rehearsed. That takes time.

Other than that, not a whole hell of a lot going on.

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