turning a corner here

Well, things have been going super here for Bree and I in the last 10 days since I wrote. We had our meeting with U.S. Concepts and that seemed to go really good. And we worked on "Las Vegas" for a wonderful 16.5 hour day! It was SO LONG! But the great thing about it was Bree getting to talk to James Cann. Yeah, that's right - Bree not only talk'd w/ James Cann, but Cann winked at, flirted with and directed Bree in the little scene that we got to work on! It was super cool! And She got to talk to Dean Cain too! (Yeah, Superman was on-set! And that ruled too!) But I don't know if we are going to want to work on "Las Vegas" again, mainly because of the large crowds - they had over 150 people and tons of them were pains in the ass - beating each other up over food and a place to sit - when, if they would wait for five minutes, there was more than enough room... it was so strange... I don't really understand what goes thru these peoples heads sometimes... ok, most of the time. But Bree and I had a good time even though it was a really long day - made some nice friends - Like this guy Adam, who is also from the midwest and new to LA (well, fairly new) - I hope that we get to hang out again with him soon.

Then, as the week went on we have done a bunch of cool stuff! Bree and I went and auditioned for a student film called "All for Her" (which I am writing this from the set - we are on the second day of filming), the audition went great and they wanted both of us. The film is about a wife (Bree) that kills her abusive husband (Me) and then while the Cops are sniffing around trying to figure out what is going on, she feeds him in a meat pie to a homeless guy! Super fun huh!?

So we are working on that today - also, I had an audition for a short film of Macbeth - which is going to be for a director's reel and I am going to get a copy for my own acting reel... and I got cast as... Macbeth! Which is super cool - it is a modern version done with the shakespearian text and is only a few scenes - from the Letter to Lady Macbeth scene thru the Bloody Dagger/Kill'd Duncan Scene - with a few tiny things here or there missing, but over all super cool! So that is going to be filming at the end of May...

And I got cast as a Zombie in a short horror film, which is going to be filmed on a sound stage in Hollywood, the whole nine yards on this one, production-wise. The woman that is directing it has won a ton of awards for her short film work and this going to be the last short film that she works on... it is going to be so cool! And I get to eat someone's arm AND get shot thru the head! Now THAT is acting! =)

And Bree has been working on Beyond Therapy at USC and she has been having a blast!

On sunday, Bree has an audition for another theatre show... "Doubting Thomason" which is going to a have a six-week run and is playing in Hollywood!

And on Monday - Bree and I have an audition for an Insurance Commercial which is going to play locally, and that might lead to some more work...

...did I mention that Bree had a meeting with an Agent (Zanack, Passon, and Pace... I think I spelled those names wrong) and we got to meet with a management company for possible rep, and on our way out with made friends with someone who worked on Army of Darkness! This town is SO COOL!

...and then there was my birthday - Bree took me to Six Flags: Magic Mountain and THAT was the coolest thing ever! The rides were super great and there was sushi at the park. There was SUSHI at SIX FREAKIN' FLAGS! This is a wonderful world! =) We went on all the rides a few times - The X was my favorite! ...and the Superman ride... not so good - I haven't gotten to ride a REALLY good Superman ride yet... Superman: The Ride at Six Flags: Great America was cool... but even that was WAY to short! It was a great birthday @ Six Flags and then we had In-and-Out Burger... =D Thanks to everyone that called or sent me emails and txt's for my birthday - it was so nice of you guys. We miss you all so much and it brought a smile to our faces.

...so today I got to talk to my parents about their trip and everything that we have been up to over the past week or so, the casting and whatnot... and got to talk to Kim about the movies, work and everything... and I got to talk to Steve about his up-coming audition, his trip to LA and us going to see Batman and Star Wars and such - oh yeah... and E3!

...I think that is all, and if not, I will be back in a day or so to clear up any missing reports! Otherwise, email often or call - we always love to hear from you and Please come out to LA to see us soon! You will just love it here - i know it!

-J and Bree!