Good Night. And Good Luck.

Friends. Family. Random people who searched for me on the Internet.

I'll get right to it: this will be the last post of this blog.

There are a variety of reasons for this, including:
1) my friends don't call me anymore since they get what updates they need through this blog; I want these people (read: you) to call me back. Please. Please?
2) I'm just not ask clever as I used to be, and it hurts when I try. (Oww).
3) I've only made $0.02 off of the AdSense ads. (Seriously people...couldn't you have clicked for me? Just once?). (If anyone's wondering, the $0.02 is from me clicking my own ad). (Sad, really).

Mostly, though, the reason is that I don't look forward to writing these posts as much as I used to. Now they're something I feel I need to do, not want to do, and that's no reason to do anything (well, except pay taxes...and maybe get married).

Before I sign off though, I really want to THANK ALL OF YOU who've been reading this blog. Seriously. It's meant a LOT to me over the last...(hang on...lemme check...WOW) 11 months (11 months!? Funny thing, this is my 50th post...). It was great to have an outlet for my thoughts and frustrations during the early days of this crazy thing called "acting", and it's truly been an honor to know that friends, family, and even strangers read what I wrote; there's something incredibly satisfying about that, and I suspect it's a feeling that I'll want to experience again some day.

Anyways, THANK YOU.

And until next time....

What. A. Week.

First off, many thanks for your comments and emails of support. Before going any further, I should probably first tell you that my "callback" ended up not being a callback...it was a "hey, let's bring this guy in and not check if we've brought him in already" mistake. The moment the Associate CD called my name she looked at me with a "sh*t...I'm sorry" kinda look.

Well, I'm glad the mistake was made, cause I went ahead and auditioned again, and rocked it. The first time (last week), I was shaky on the second scene, and if I hadn't heard back ever again I wouldn't have forgiven myself because I didn't show them what I was capable of. Now if I don't get a callback, at least I'll know that I did my best--and that's all I can do. Well that, and send them a postcard next week thanking them for seeing me, have my Agent thank them for seeing me, and send them flowers everyday for the next two weeks.

Funny thing...yes, I'm joking about the flowers, but I went to another audition on Friday, and check this: one girl walked in for her first-call audition with SCENTED CANDLES as a "thanks for letting me read for you" gift before her read. The guy that went in after her brought this story back out to the waiting room...he said the CD was laughing about it cause it totally made the read uncomfortable. The things people do....

So, the title of this post is appropriate because not only did I have a huge audition for a lead role in a feature this week, but I had an audition--and a callback (with producers in the room!)--for a television show for ABC Family. Sweet, huh? I was stoked--and then the week got better when I got a call from my Agent on Thursday for a next-day audition. The show? Entourage. ENTOURAGE PEOPLE! Yes it was only like 3 lines and no I don't expect to get it, but damn...sure is nice to get called in for a show like that.

On a side note, I still want to write about Casting Director Workshops...will do that soon. Also, I'm thinking about compiling some of my notes into a mini-book about Acting in LA for professionals (doctors/lawyers/engineers/bankers/management consultants)--basically, people who want to take the plunge but don't want to wait tables. I'm by no means a success story, but I sure feel I've got a lot of tips for those types of peeps.

Okay, this post needs to finish up. Thanks for reading!

The biggest audition of my acting career (to-date)

As most of you know by now--because I've been telling everyone--this past Tuesday I had the biggest audition of my acting career (to-date). Not because of exposure (my NBC Pilot auditions get that credit), and not because of pay (weelll....let's just say there are some auditions I'd rather not discuss)(I'm kidding)--but because of a combination of my personal connection to the role, and the opportunity of the role at this stage in my career.

The audition was for a lead role in a budgeted feature film. In the words of the writer of the script, "it's a medical drama about a Canadian who compromises all his ideals (both as a Sikh and as a doctor) when he takes over a transplant center in Detroit".

When I got the script, I read it twice in one sitting. In the character's father I saw some of my own father, in his mother some of my own mother...in his story, I saw some of my own story.

When I showed up for the audition, though, even before I walked in the office building my confidence was sapped away. Walking just down the street, headshot folder in hand, was the lead character of the film. I mean, he looked the part, anyways. On my way over, I felt the part was mine to lose. Walking into the audition, I remembered that I'm not the only Sikh-American actor in Hollywood.

Anyways, by now you probably want to know how the audition itself went, huh?

Well, it went okay.

I mean, okay enough to get a callback :)

Wish me luck....