All good news here…

It’s been a busy, rainy day here in Hollywood. Let me start off by saying for anyone who’s in the metro Detroit area…Go see my Aunt Jennifer. She’s acting in a play The News-Herald gave a nice plug to. Aunt Jen plays a fascinating “other woman” (Jennifer Gentry). Read more about it here

Onto another good news…Lisa the super cute and hip gal who showed me the GREAT apartment yesterday called to let me know that everything is a “GO”…And so tomorrow I’m meeting her at 2pm to pick up the keys to the place [fast huh?]. Lisa’s so VERY nice…So much so that I get a few weeks free rent. I can even start moving tomorrow and not be charged for these days leading up to the 1st of the month. Cha-ching! Moving is never fun, but I don’t have too much to move and now I have time and won’t be rushed. I feel relieved!–not to mention I LOVE THE NEW PLACE!

Tonight’s Indie Music show taping might be rained out. If the rain doesn’t slow down, it’ll be a bust[wet cameras = no good]…We’ll see. On the same show…The next interview I’m told will be with the fellow who’s the lead singer on the touring company of Billy Joel’s “Movin’ Out”….it’s a good thing I saw the show back while I was in NY trying out for “Rent”… It’s nice to be familiar with the production.

Speaking of going to NY and trying out for “Rent”…I’ll have to devote a whole journal entry to just that trip. The quick short story…I went…I auditioned…I ended up being there all 4 auditioning days as everyone was weeded out…What started as 150 guys…Went down to about 4 or 5 all for the same part… I didn’t get it. What I did get was a free 1st class trip to NY and a great time. Do I wish I would have been offered the part? Sure! Do I think I would have done a great job? Yup! Is it something I stay up night after night thinking about? Not in the least Do I think it’s their loss? No Comment.

We nailed down rehearsal schedules for the show on the Nov 9th. THAT makes me feel good. I talked to the booking agent for the club just today and I pick up the tickets for the on Friday afternoon. This is my 1st time using this agent and so we’ll see how it goes. So far, it’s smooth but…As Debi pointed out in an email to me:

HI BOB,

I WENT TO THE LINK FOR “THE KEY CLUB” IN HOLLYWOOD…CHECKING ON NOV.9TH FOR YOUR SHOW,AND THERE WASN’T ANYTHING THERE!

CAN YOU GIVE ME AN UPDATE…A COUPLE FRIENDS AND MYSELF WERE/ARE PLANNING ON GOING.WAS GOING TO PURCHASE TICKETS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

HOW IS EVERYTHING ELSE GOING? LET ME KNOW,TAKE CARE!

HUGS,

DEBI

The bright side… I’m making this a FREE SHOW. I’m not sure if I have to leave a list of names at the door or just pass out tickets [they're giving me 150 free tickets]…I’ll know more on Friday

I just got off the phone with the agent..the show may not be listed on their website(yet) but I go on Nov 9th at 9pm (sharp). It’s in stone…or at least in a contract I signed

Diane in Las Vegas writes:

“Dear Bob,

Found your Blog on the net…By the way, does “blog” mean “biographic log”?

I’ve always wondered…. Also, I buy tons of stuff from eBay, and still don’t

know if what the “Bay” means…”e” is for electronic, but what the heck does “Bay”

stand for? If you know, please enlighten.”

Hmm…”Biographic Log” makes sense but I’m not sure… Dictionary.com says:

blog

n : a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies

I think Diane’s “Bio-Log” makes more sense. I guess I need to get more personal in the personal experiences ay? As for “Bay”…i see 21 entries found for “bay”…i read through all of them… Not one says anything about “Auction”….perhaps the e-bay folks just thought the name was catchy

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