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Catching up and down, and movin all around

Jun 13 2009 Published by Moos under TV, Theatre, Thinking out loud, YouTube, blog, daily stuff, family

This has been the busiest month of my life! and it’s gonna get more busy and busy soon!

what have I been up to? hmmm, what haven’t I been up to!

Was part of 2 plays by BAIA, Annie: The Musical and Oliver: The musical… they were only 1 week apart… a lot of rehearsals and hard work, on stage and backstage also…  Also was writing a lot, some stuff for a future tv project… haven’t you people had enough of the stupid comedy shows they put on tv here? I shouldn’t have said comedies really… I mean sillies… that’s what I’d like to call them, sillies!! but yeah, hopefully it’ll turn out fine and it gets picked up by some tv channel, an be funny enough… or silly enough… who cares? woohhoo!!

And I’m currently working as a production manager for 2 big tv commercials, we’re doing a lot of pre-production stuff… I’m working with an american producer, and really learning a lot from him… he calls me “hippie” ; – )

I’m also working as an assistant director for a tv show for Ramadan, a 3D animation show *wink wink* a friend of mine likes to think that I’m an AssDirector *another wink wink* … it’s a really nice experience to work with voice acting and editing it then move to animate it rather than what I’m used to in shooting on video… and it does pay well *a big wink wink* and who said I’m only doing it for the money since I’m unemployed? *a really big exaggerated wink wink*

No no, I really enjoy working on such stuff… what else?

I’ve been listening a lot to stand-up comedy by Rodney Dangerfield… “What a crowd! what a crowd!”

I’m going to Dubai on the 25th with 2 of my sisters, this “ma7ram” thing  is getting really cool… an all paid trip to Dubai with pocket money… and they think unemployement doesn’t pay!

I haven’t been reading any blogs and have to catch up with you people, that’s if you were writing yourself! but yeah…

My hair is the longest it’s ever been, didn’t even trim it in 4 months… from behind it looks like a very dissapointing afro!

I’ll be writing more soon… the wheel is back in motion…

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This song makes wanna have a daughter to sing it to! When I have a daughter I have to find a karaoke version of this song… unless I learn to play guitar at some point in my life…

This is Paul Simon’s “Father and Daughter” … just listen, don’t watch the video, it’ll ruin it for you…

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LINES!!! and Extras…

Oct 03 2008 Published by Moos under TV, Thinking out loud, YouTube, daily stuff, music

So I’ve been sitting here for 2 hours trying to learn my lines for Othello, I learned most of them yet it’s different to say lines to yourself and then integrate them with the movement, and the cues!! OMG the cues!

Not to mention that I’m playing 3 charcters (The Duke, Montano, Clown) … always have to be the CLOWN!!! but never mind, I love it! every bitsy titsy jitsy piece of it!

Have ever watched “Extras” the  tv show? written and directed AND acted by Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant… I tell you those 2 are comic geniuses!! The writing is killing me! what a show! The british have done it again… did I mention that the show guest starts big actors like Patrick Stewart, Orlando Bloom, Ben Stiller, Kate Winslet, Samuel L. Jackson, Sir Ian McKellen, David Bowie and Chris Martin from Coldplay… believe me you will laugh your ass off, enjoy it, hate characters, feel sorry for some, and might even cry…

The show is basically about Andy Millman (Gervais) an extra working in films and theater and his agent Darren (Merchant) and Andy’s friend Maggie (Ashley Jensen) who is also an extra…

If you wanna see a good quality comedy, watch this… a brilliant show! If you watch it till season 2, remember this “Are you avin’ a laugh?? huh? you avin’ a laugh??”

Here is the closing track of Extras… “Tea for the Tillerman” by Cat Stevens and below it is Chris Martin’s version from season 2

It simply says

Bring tea for the tillerman
Steak for the sun
Wine for the women who made the rain come
Seagulls sing your hearts away
cause while the sinners sin, the children play

Oh lord how they play and play
For that happy day, for that happy day

never mind the video for this one, just listen…

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