April 5, 2007
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Pizza, Pirates & Paparazzi-ing
The apple didn’t fall too far from the tree in terms of Avery’s taste in food.Every time I ask her what she wants to eat for lunch – she replies, “Peezza” or “Dada Peezza”. So I warm up a slice and use a pizza cutter to slice it up into bite-sized small squares for: 1) Easier handling 2) So it cools off faster.
A few weeks ago I noticed how nice it was not having to “saw” back and forth through the food like a conventional knife. The food was sliced up in one motion and in one direction. No wasted movement. Expedient. Efficient.If this catches on maybe table settings will someday look like what’s pictured on the right.
Anyway, last week I saw a trailer for the new feature “Pathfinder” starring Karl Urban (Eomer from “Lord of the Rings“, Russian Baddie from “Bourne Supremacy“) who I worked with on a pilot called “The Privateers“ 8 years ago. And I thought to myself the same thing as I did back then: ”How can this guy be only 1 year older than me?” He’s such a manly Man – I would never look that cool emerging out of the water, even if I were wielding two swords! Check out this clip of us when we were flying through the cosmos together… um, privateering? 
There was little to no budget on this pilot episode but the set was built with the blood, sweat and tears of the crew and apparently vacuum cleaners attached to soda cans – as I’m clearly 
demonstrating holding as a rifle (pictured to right). I recall the grip and me having to practice syncing our actions several times until it was perfect — me knocking my fist on the wall and him popping the safe door open with a boomstick from inside the wall safe (see clip at the :45 second mark).
And finally my character, Dan Silk, pops up again this Easter Sunday, 10pm – April 8 on ABC’s “BROTHERS & SISTERS” to further instigate problems in Kevin and Chad’s lives like the bottom-feeder that he is.
Happy Easter!
Comments (10)
the pizza story was too cute.. makes me miss my dad (=
watching that trailer was interesting because it reminded me of like that show firefly. maybe firefly light would be a good way to describe it. similar situation etc. the writing though didnt seem as good as firefly etc, but it certaintly might have potential.
by any chance was privateer based off of that PC game of the same name?
im sorry, but aside from the budget, that trailer was reallllly cheesy…yes, like pre-firefly (which i love). i feel sorry that even in the distant future, the asian guy is the electronics whiz helper man to the white leader. but i guess that was 8 years ago…and things must be so different now.
i remember this guy actually from an episode of hercules as cupid (in the cupid and psyche myth), that was the first time I ever saw him in anything
Whoa! That was Walter Koenig!
yes! i was wondering when you were going to be on again, thanks for the update i will be watching this Sunday, Happy Easter!
happy easter! did you dress avery up for easter?? haha, post more pics of her…she’s a cutie pie!
That’s the funniest trailer ever.
You look all hardcore with your makeshift gun…and oh my god, that hair!
yeah, happy post easter or belated easter or w/ejwd. Is it okay to say that you look a bit italian in one of your headshots? Some say that I looked Mexican but, hey, it is those Spaniards that integrated to those Asians, if you know what I mean. I didn’t mean to rant or rave here but if you want to know about me, here is your invitation.
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cool blog btw