Greetings, to my vast, mostly-imaginary crowd of fans! Hey, have I used this opening pic before? I'm so uncertain in my old age! I think I viciously and ruthlessly swiped it from All That Is Interesting a few months back... they have such terrific photos there, as you know, since I'm sure you check that site a few times per week like I, yes?
Well, last post, I joked about how eventful the previous week had been, but it had been Dullsville, as per usual. Well, it ain't no joke this time... check out the latest...
First, I got a new car.
Yep, a spanking new charcoal grey Sentra SV with all the upgrade packages... I traded in my '05 Elantra -- basically, the Elantra paid for all the upgrades. The push-button ignition/Intelligent Key(less) system is cool but more of a novelty... as is the GPS nav system and the camera that lets me see behind me when I'm backing up. But, man, I am IN LOVE with the moon roof and the Bose audio system... my radio in my Elantra was weak, to say the least... my new stereo absolutely BATHES me in music, as in, amazingly. Frank Sinatra never sounded so good. The car is a dream, in short, and for ~$200/month, heck, how can that be topped? Shoulda looked into leases years ago...
So, yeah, as petty and shallow as that may sound, I am seriously stoked about my new wheels. Only drawback, really, is that I wanted a stick-shift, but they don't make them anymore! Driving an automatic isn't really driving... it's cheating! But, hey, I'll take it.
Next, I finally did it... I'm getting braces on my snaggleteeth. Went to the dentist today to get a cleaning and check-up... man, it's been too long since I've been... I forgot how ruthless they are with the scraping and drilling and polishing... man, it felt like they were sawing my face in half... anyway, yeah, next Thursday, I'm getting the braces put on. If all goes well, in 18 months, I'll have a normal smile. As it is, I never show teeth when I smile...
Gads, listen to how shallow I sound? I guess it's just that time of my life when I'm dealing with long-term issues... the nice new car, the braces... I guess I should get a tattoo finally as well...
Of course, the biggest recent development involves my daughter and my soon-to-be-former son-in-law... but I won't elaborate here... it's a bummer of monumental proportions, but I wanted to bury it in the middle of this post, since I don't want to get all upset in this forum. I'd rather stick to coming across shallow...
Moving right along...
Who? Me, that's who, suckuh!
Next? I'm flying up to Oregon at the end of the month to help my dad move back down to San Diego. Going to spend a couple days driving back down here with him. Eldest Daughter has her birthday right before I leave, and then Wifey has her birthday the day I return... should be a busy weekend, indeed...
My acting class was amazing tonight. I think I learned more about acting in tonight's 3 hour class than I did the past decade together. Really, it was eye-opening in a way that absolutely will not convey into text here... I will summarize it for you, and you will say, "OK, so?" But really, I learned this: if I'm doing my job correctly as an actor, I make it easy for my co-actor(s) to do their job. So? Well, it's the (vast) difference between acting defensively and acting offensively. I never saw the distinction before tonight. I guess I was always a "reactor", having my lines memorized, and offering them, with my mind on what I was doing only, hoping I was doing a good enough job... defensive acting, in other words...
Now I see that I can be in the moment, and give the other actor something alive to react to... and then the moment builds on a series of "right nows"... I'm butchering the explanation, I'm sorry... my scope was broadened tonight, to include the other actor(s) in a way that I never pondered before. If I am genuine in what I am saying/doing, it gives the other players a chance to react genuinely to me, and then its easier for me to build upon it... bah, sorry... you really had to be there. It's the difference between two people fencing defensively, parrying, playing hesitantly... and two fencers attacking one another...
Wish I could explain it. Anyway, at the moment, my decision to take these classes was proven to me to be a supremely wise one. I look forward with no small eagerness to next week's class...
Another funny thing that happened this week was I got a comment on a long-dead two-year-old blog post from a person claiming to be the photographer who had snapped a photo I ruthlessly swiped and used in my blog post "without permission"... lol, we had a very amusing (to me, anyway) exchange of comments before I relented and took the pic down (after making several funny modifications to it first, lol)... as stupid as it is to me to think that someone could really feel offended by my using a photo of his/hers in this forum, bottom line, it's no big deal to remove the pic... it's not like anyone will ever go back and re-read the post anyway... so I had my fun, then gave him what he wanted. Let him feel like he accomplished something by squawking...
Good grief, 99% of the photos and videos I've posted in these 700+ posts I've made since '09 have been re-purposed (shall we say) from other sources, for simple transient amusement only... it's not like any of you think I took that "ship crashing into the wave" pic just above this text, for example. It's a cool photo, floating around online... I picked it up, put it down, and it had 2 seconds of airtime, then moved away... it's the nature of the internet! I don't make any money on this blog! Man, some people!
Here, watch this high res, full screen, and be amazed...
NO, I did not film any of it, or edit it... I just saw it, enjoyed it, and pasted the embed code into the blog post so you can enjoy it too! Is that copyright violation on my part? Really? Did I need to get permission from the people that filmed each individual clip used in that montage? Or the musician that created the music? Or the guy who edited it? Or the person that posted the clip to YouTube? Honestly?
Whatever.
My taxes are ready... If I read properly into the voice of my tax guy when he called, it appears I won't owe anywhere near what I feared I would this year... I'll find out for sure when I pick them up on Friday. Wish me luck.
So, yeah, a bunch of shallow nonsense in this post, sorry. Well, and one buried bombshell.
Adios for now. I hope your weekend is a great one.
Dave the Goof
4 comments:
Man, Dave. How is it that I don't even really know you or your family and yet I feel pain for you all? Sorry to hear about whatever the cause is for the bombshelled news. Just know that I'll be praying for you and your family .
So sorry to hear about your daughter. Praying for all of you. :(
Your acting class lesson sounds like a good lesson to learn about life in general. :)
As for the teeth - I need to go to the dentist too. After the last very dramatic visit, I'm kinda scared though. Looking forward to your toothy smile though :D
PS When are you going to send me something to read, hmm?
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Acting class sounds fantastic, great outlet.
Buried sympathy: So sad about your daughter. The death of a marriage is incredibly painful.
I always wondered about using pictures from the web. There is a way to "lock" them (I know, because when I've tried to nab one for my FB, it won't work).
I don't remember you being a snaggletooth, but I've heard great things about Invisalign.
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Logan: Appreciate it, Logan, bro. Yeah, it's a dicey situation. We're looking for the silver linings, and rolling forward.
Havah: The acting classes were such a great idea, I'm loving it. As for something to read, I have news on that front, which I will put in my next blog post....
Beth: There are ways even to circumnavigate "locked" pictures, too... ah, I know all the tricks... I'm such a pirate! OK, fine, I'm not a pirate... still, I can't help but wonder why people make such a big deal out of their photos getting exposure... I mean, why put them online to begin with if you don't want folks to see them!
And, yes, I've always been a snaggletooth... but not anymore! It's surreal. I've contemplated it for sooo long, now it's happening. I'll likely find out that it was never a big deal... straight teeth... whoopie... probably another case of the idea of something versus the reality of it. But, hey, I'll get to find that out first hand!
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