It's been years since I posted here. Might start posting again soon. Huh, looks like I just did. :D

Working on set design!

Just a quick post before heading off to the job.

I've finally had the opportunity to design a set and dress it! It looks fantastic but the unfortunate thing for the moment is that I cannot post images of it online until the production is complete. I will absolutely post photos as soon as I can though :D

It's got a crazy scientist look to it. Good stuff!!

Great time at the Hobby Stop!

Well, I had a great time on set on the 26th. The day after my 30th birthday too! I ended up getting a lot of sun and didn't think to put sunblock on before heading to the set. Big mistake.

I ended up getting sunburn on my knees. Yep, not my legs, just my general knee area. How does that work? I guess the sun was just at the right angle above me to pound down onto them.

I also ended up with some sunburn on my arms, but my knees were the worst. Tommy Allen Taylor who plays Greg Loews in the film, was cool enough to head out to the store and buy some great Aloe gel for me to take the bite off the burn. Tommy was awesome and also snatched up a fan for me to cool off in front of too.

I'm really grateful for the help. Tommy rocks.

Everyone I met on set was really friendly and I had a good time, even with the sunburn.

Here's a photo from the set that show me getting my sunburn. Toasty!!!


From Left to Right: Me, Russ Bryan, and John W. Rutland III.
Photo taken by the talented photographer, Donald T Faris!

I look forward to the next time I need to step onto the set, but this time I'll be wearing sunscreen. Haha!

I've got the travel bug and it's driving me crazy.

I remember the first time I flew on a plane. I think I was 23 years old at the time and the flight was a cross country trip from Hartford, CT to Portland, OR. I was heading out west to Astoria, OR. I'm a big fan of the kids film "The Goonies" and enjoyed it since I was a kid. Actually, for the longest time I forgot about it but then I found the website www.thegoonies.org. These guys live in California and they decided to head up to Astoria and visit the film locations. Not only that but they made a great video of their trip called "Goonies Vacation" that combined a bit of footage from the Chevy Chase film and the Goonies film into their trip. Really great creative stuff. Well done.

Well, after seeing that video I had memories of the movie come back to me. I went out and bought it on dvd. Okay back to the travel part of this. Eventually I planned a trip of my own out to Astoria, OR and that's what lead to me taking my first plane trip all the way from one side of the country to the other. Not bad for a first flight huh?

I'll post more about my trip to Astoria in another entry, complete with plenty of photos. Actually it'll take more than just one blog entry for that.

But anyway, as the title says I have the travel bug. What's the travel bug? It's simple. It means I really have the urge to travel somewhere far off.

The biggest trips I've been on have been to Astoria, OR and two trips to Vienna, Austria.

My first trip to Vienna was to marry a beautiful Viennese woman who had fallen in love with me. We've been married for 3 years now since that amazing trip and amazing day. She's a wonderful woman and amazing wife!

The second time I went to Vienna was to visit her while we were waiting for the immigration process to go through. Vienna is such a beautiful city. Now I've never been to Paris, but everyone seems to make a big deal over it. Vienna doesn't seem to get mentioned a lot on travel shows. It almost seems like it's a bit of a hidden gem. I loved being in Vienna. I love the food, the public transportation, the old style buildings and the museums. And the Cathedrals are amazing! I wish Vienna were closer. I'd go there every weekend or more. If I could I'd go there every couple months now honestly, but that would be a bit expensive. The long flight it worth the wait and the experience.

Right now I want so much to visit there again. It would be nice for my wife and I to visit her family there and to have some real time to spend together getting to know each other even more.

Another place I'd love to take my wife to is Hawaii. I've never been there before but I think we'd enjoy it a lot. From what we've seen on television and heard from friends it's pretty beautiful out there and I don't doubt that for a minute.

Hm. Where else would I want to go? The U.K. I'd love to visit there. I'm not at all crazy about the extreme amount of surveillance that they have going on over there with the cameras all over the city streets and all, but I'd still love to visit. Maybe it's the typical thing to want to do, but I'd love to see Buckingham Palace, visit Stonehenge, check out the Tower of London, go on the London eye, visit museums and more. My wife and I would probably visit some Doctor Who locations too because we're nerdy like that. LOL

Right now I wish my wife and I were on a flight to some far off place. Austria, Hawaii, the U.K. wherever. There are too many places to list here that I'd love to visit. I really enjoy watching the travels of Samantha Brown, and Anthony Bourdain, on the Travel Channel. Watching their programs is fun but lately it's a little annoying too. It's nothing to do with them personally. It's nothing to do with the quality of the shows either. I enjoy watching them but I get this "Let's go!!!" urge running through me that frustrates and excites me all at the same time. I'm happy to have been on the trips I've gone on. Though they were just to a few places it's opened me up to a bigger world that I want to continue to explore. I'll post blogs on the trips I've been on so far later.

There's so much to see on this little ball of blue and brown we call Earth. I know I could never see it all but I'd sure like to try.

Back on the 29th of May..

Back on the 29th of May I auditioned for a part on a film that's in the works called "Hobby Stop". I read the lines over, studied them, went over them outloud, and practiced them. When the day came for the audition I dressed comfortably and kept myself relaxed. I didn't need to be nervous. That would only mess me up. I figured I'd done what I could do to prepare and that's all I could do. Although my goal was to get the part, I kept it in my mind that if I didn't it wasn't a bad thing. It would still be a learning experience. No one gets a part at every audition they go to anyway.

This was actually my second actual audition really. The first one I had ever done was for a play. Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite". I was pretty nervous when I went up got that.

Well, back on subject I arrived at the building the auditions were taking place in. I headed to the front desk of the building and asked if I was in the right place. The woman at the desk informed me that I was. I then signed in and was escorted back to where the auditions were taking place. It was a rather large building and as we walked down a wide hall with high ceilings I began to feel just a bit nervous. Wonderful. I entered the waiting area and had a seat. I could hear the guy before me auditioning. I couldn't exactly hear every word he said though. When he finished the next guy went in. He was reading for the same part I was going up for. I could actually hear him reading some of the lines. He seemed pretty good. Oh boy, a little more nervousness came over me but I reminded myself that if I got the part it would be great and if I didn't it would at least be a learning experience and it will help me get used the auditioning. Win win and all that good stuff.

When I finally entered the room there were 5 people in there if I remember right. I was a bit nervous but not as nervous as I thought I would have been. The people were friendly and we all laughed a bit when they had to adjust the camera and microphone to my height.

Well, I went ahead and introduced myself and told them the role I was auditioning for and then started my lines. A woman who's name I can't remember (no disrespect, I'm just a bit bad with names sometimes), was reading the other lines and I read mine.

While doing this I felt pretty nervous all of a sudden. Not completely a wreck, and a lot less nervous that I thought I'd be, but still I was nervous. I asked asked to change the way I was saying things a bit and to read again. I did and then i was told that that was what they were looking for and that I could go. I didn't think I got the part to be honest.

I thanked them and left the room and headed back down that long hallway, past the main desk and into the room with the sign in sheet to sign out. The man that lead me to the audition area asked me how I did. I said that I didn't know really, but the guy that was reading for the same part before me sounded pretty good from what I could hear of him. I thanked the man and left the building. I didn't think I had gotten the part.

Well, days went by and no calls, no emails. I didn't expect any and eventually put the audition in the back of my mind somewhere. Then I got a phone call yesterday. I didn't recognize the number but I answered it anyway. I was pleasantly surprised to find that although they didn't want me for the part I went up for, they were interested in using me for another role. I accepted!

I have the script now (no I'm not going to go into the details of the story or characters, etc. Can't. Won't. ) and it looks pretty good. I haven't read the entire thing yet to be honest but I'm about halfway through it.

I'm really looking forward to being involved in this project and I'm happy to be a part of it.

First entry of Random Organized Chaos.

This is my blog. There are many like this but this one is mine.

On this blog however I'll post about things that have to do with me and my interest.

Okay I've wasted enough time. I'll introduce myself. I'm Steven. I'm 29 years old, I turn 30 in July and I have no fear of it. Maybe some will say that's the denial already starting to talk. Nope. I know someday I'll be a old guy with Grey hair.
It happens. The only thing I wish is that young people would have more respect for older people. It seems like more and more that is being tossed to the wind. That's a topic for another time and blog entry. Now onto something else.... hm. Let's see...


I'm a actor. Yeah, I'm a actor. I was cast as "Dynamite Dan" in a independent film called Neato Mosquito I won't go into the story or my character too much, but it was a lot of fun. You can check out the trailer at www.neatomosquiomovie.com







I've also been in Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite". I played the Bellhop in the first act and the groom, Borden, in the third.
Don't I look wonderful? Argh. LOL Wasn't a big fan of this look myself to be honest. The outfit just doesn't suit me.




Thankfully in the third act I have a lot more style going for me.
Here's a photo of me as Borden, the groom.




I've also been a extra in 3 films and a stand-in in another.

I was a extra in :

Walker Payne (2006)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
A New Wave (2007)
and I was a stand-in in
A Tale About Bootlegging (2005)

I enjoyed my time being a extra on those films, even with all the crazy stuff that comes along with being a extra. A lot of it is "Hurry up and wait." Everyone wants you to be where you need to be, in costume, ready and willing to go. You need to pay attention to what they want, where they want you and what they want you to do. Most of the time they just want you to sit and wait while they set up shots and decide what to do. For me, that's fine. I don't mind waiting. I enjoy seeing the process of film making, even if I'm just sitting there watching some guy go buy carrying drinks or candy for some actor who's needing a snack. I just like being there. I think extras don't really get enough credit for what they do. Sure you sit around a lot, but it can honestly get old waiting around forever to find out what's going to happen. But movies wouldn't look right without the extras. I sometimes enjoy just paying attention to the extras in the background when watching shows or films on DVD. Those people are actors too in my opinion. Maybe they aren't winning awards, but they are there, they are acting as if they are in the situation they have been placed into and they're working hard too.

Extras should be given some credit and so I've given it.

That's all for now. I'll probably post some more tomorrow.

See you then!