I’ve got so many little things to tell you all about but, as is the case every month around this time, I don’t want to write anything while Emily’s monthly birthday blog entry is still pending. I’m supposed to write that super-long entry on the 6th of every month, but there’s so much to organize, upload, and write that I inevitably get overwhelmed and just keep putting it off. I shouldn’t even be telling you how I shouldn’t be telling you this. If I ever found out that I was writing something trivial before posting Emily’s entry I’d be pissed. So don’t tell me. I’d get cross.

• I started my HP-subsidized swim class today. My osteopath has been nagging me for months to start swimming and begin recuperating the muscle that had slowly disappeared while I couldn’t walk from December to March. The instructor watched me fly through the pool like grease lightning doing the breaststroke and informed me that I was doing it all wrong. Then he watched me struggle and flounce and pant and almost faint after attempting the crawl and he said I only had to fine-tune a couple of things. Same time next Thursday.
• Only one month until the plays that I’m directing open and I haven’t written a single word about them on this blog. That will change very soon – probably next week when the posters, flyers, tickets, and web site are complete!
• I got the part of the title character in a cartoon series called “240” about… well, disgusting and obscenely vile things. But it’s mostly about the profane insanity inherent in a world where people can purchase a super-intelligent clone-baby called 240 (that’s me!) that comes in an easy-to-open vacuum sealed drink container. I based the character on an autistic mix between Woody Allen and Liberace. I also get to play the part of a demented scientist who eats his own excrement. I found inspiration for this one by imagining an evil reptilian Peter Lorre with dry mouth.
• I was invited by a local casting agent to audition for the new Filmax film, Paintball. It’s an action/thriller that they’ll be shooting here in Barcelona next month. I was invited to audition for the part of a computer programmer who likes to take out his aggression on the paintball course – not too much of a stretch there! I was very happy with my audition but I didn’t hear back from them. Two weeks later, they call me again to audition for a different part, that of Player #1 (that’s right, this character doesn’t even get a real name). Anyway, after my audition I get another call from them, this time to offer me the part of Player #2. That’s right, I didn’t even get Player #1. Don’t get me wrong, I’m totally excited about the job! I just thought my fast slide down the character food chain to be whimsical. I don’t know if I have any lines or not, but they did tell me that I get to die in a pretty fantastic way, so that’s cool. I haven’t even read the script yet. I’ve got my costume and makeup tests tomorrow so I’ll know a bit more about the project after that. Stay tuned…