'Fornia Thoughts

"Different" Music Video by Ximena Sariñana

I think you'll like this.  It was one of my first featured spots in an acting project.  We had such a blast working together, and making this video.    

I play kind of a douchebag lifeguard who thinks he's the shit. Notice the big can opener big splash I do at the end. My favorite part :o)

The artist, Ximena, (who is adorable) was selected as VH1's "You Oughta Know" artist on the rise for the month of August! The video will be playing on VH1 in heavy rotation. Video premiers on VH1.com on August 1st, and on television on August 8th.

Here is the official youtube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNB2Cw5y66o&hd=1

 

 

Strength?

Honestly I haven't done any research on what the great minds would say about this topic, but my hunch is that true strength always comes from a solid foundation.

• The physically strongest people I know have powerful legs and butts -- the foundations of our bodies.  That's an easy one.  LOL legs and butts LOL.  I like writing about those.
• The mentally strongest people I know are hard to describe -- but I suspect that the foundation of their strength is linked to confidence.
• The emotionally strongest people I know seem to have a strong foundation of courage.  They are not afraid to love with passion or afraid to get hurt or afraid of what people will think about them.  They are not slaves to their egos.  They truly connect.  They smell flowers and dance and show affection and offer forgiveness.
• The spiritually strongest people I know seem to be at peace -- which I suppose is linked to a strong foundation of faith and an ability to let go of control and to truly believe that "the universe is unfolding as it should" -- thank you to Max Ehrman for those words.  These spiritually strong people seem to be swimming with the current and sailing with the wind.

So then I guess if you want to have "strength," you should focus on the following four foundational pillars: 

1. legs and butts (LOL, snicker, giggle)
2. confidence
3. courage
4. faith

It seems so easy doesn't it?  

p.s. LOL legs and butts again.  It's fun to type too.

 

Acting Class

So I'm an actor now I guess?  I act and they pay me for it.  I'm an actor, right?  There I said it.

I started taking acting classes a few weeks ago.  My acting teacher  (Jeffrey Marcus) is a lot more than an acting teacher.  He's a guide, and I love where he takes us.  We breathe through feelings, obstacles, blockages.  We feel.  We search.  We discover.  We let go.  We forgive -- especially ourselves.

That's kinda why I'm writing this.  I forgive me and I forgive you too.  Starting now.  Go!

Until the next time my ego is bruised and battered and then I'm pissed at you again -- well ok -- i'll try not to feel that way, but it sure is a lot easier to not get pissed when the ego is feeling groovy.

Here's to groovy feeling egos.  Cheers!!

 

 

Wonder Workout Wmusic

Here's the latest playlist of workout music for my "Deformed Super Soldier" workout -- in no particular order.  Had a great workout today :o)

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No Sleep - Wiz Khalifa

More - Usher

Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not - Thompson Square

Best Love Song (Mastered) - T-Pain (feat. Chris Brown)

Little Miss - Sugarland

Maybe - Sick Puppies

The Ballad of Mona Lisa - Panic! At the Disco

Sing - My Chemical Romance

Bow Chicka Wow Wow (Remix ft Lil Wayne) - Mike Posner

Someone Else Calling You Baby - Luke Bryan

Without You - Keith Urban

Price Tag - Jessie J (featuring B o B)

Rocketeer - Far East Movement

This - Darius Rucker

Let Me Down Easy - Billy Currington

Someone Like You - Adele

Set Fire To The Rain - Adele

Rolling In the Deep - Adele

Chasing Pavements - Adele

Till The World Ends - Britney Spears

Get Away - Kill The Complex

Bow Down (to no man) - Hogni

Tribulations - LCD Soundsystem

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Tony Mills is Brilliant!!

My friend Tony Mills came up with an ingenious way to "dislike" something on facebook.  He created a profile for "Ohn Lee Adick" (pronounced "only a dick").  Now if someone posts a status that he doesn't like, he can click "I like" on the status, and it will say "Ohn Lee Adick likes this."  HILARIOUS!! Brilliant!!!

 

Phiction

 They say we are all stars in our own movies about our own lives, but who really writes that script?  How is it edited?  And is it real, or are these movies works of phiction? 

phony + fiction = phiction

Although I don't think phony or fiction are exactly the right words to describe what I mean, they are close enough to illustrate the point.  The basic premise is that we believe we are who we are based on what we've decided to believe about ourselves -- which is what drives the decisions and choices that we make.  This is all based in reality but most likely is not reality.  Reality more likely exists somewhere between your story, their story (what friends, family and society have told you about you)  and the truth.  

I decided to write about this today because I had to reorganize my apartment to make room for my new roommate.  It was finally time to sort through boxes that went unopened when I moved from New York to Fort Lauderdale and then again from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles.  When I was going through the boxes I had to decide what to keep, what to donate, and what to throw away.  Was I editing my character when I did this?  What pictures did I like best?  Which pictures got thrown away?  Why are certain pictures more appropriate than others for my character?  And MOST importantly <insert sarcastic pause> which ones will I share on my phacebook profile?

I actually found myself kissing some of the pictures.  I guess that was my way of sending out psychic love into the universe and hoping they receive it -- past girlfriends, boyfriends, family, pets -- some still living, some dead, some whereabouts unknown.  Yes, I'm a weird guy who kisses pictures.  Oh well that's my character.  That's what he does.

Anyway, so if choices are driven by our perception of reality, wouldn't it be a good idea for my character to believe that he is the next Mark Zuckerberg, and to write a script for him where he chooses to invent some phantastic idea that will make him phat with money?  Hmmmm?

I don't know if I can pull that off or not, but I definitely want to write a script that will make my character a happy one -- a phukkin' perphectly happy one :o)

 

 

Paixão

So there they were finally ready and able to be together in a place where they could let the world fade to black around them.  It wasn't easy for either of them to let the world go like that.  They had struggled for so long to make other people happy that they had almost forgotten how to make themselves happy.  But tonight they were immune to those walls of encumberment.  Tonight they were letting themselves feel the power of passion.

It began with a complete loss of awareness.  They may have been on a deserted tropical island or in the middle of a crowded dance floor in London.  Time, space, and even state of matter became irrelevant.  They were drifting and floating fluidly into a place that only the two of them could go together.  They felt themselves smiling deep in their souls as a rhythmical surge of energy radiated through them, and they began to glow...

...and they glowed brighter and brighter as they kissed with no boundaries, and their spirits slowly started to merge together.  Their mutual energy flowed like an electrical current that caused every vessel and every capillary to become engorged with the essence of the other.  They felt strong and virile and empowered with the ability to give and receive great pleasure at the same time. 

Their heartbeats, their breathing, and their moans synchronized.  Each was completely unaware of the sounds of contentment and pleasure that was coming from the other.  Suddenly they knew that they were surging toward an inevitable, imminent and mutual explosion.  They battled to hold back because neither of them wanted this to end...

And then Fabio remembered that tomorrow was trash day, and he wondered to himself as he put down the script if he had remembered to separate the recycling.  Hmmm?

 

September Workout Music

✓ Like a G6 (feat. Cataracs & Dev) - Far East Movement

✓ Just a Dream - Nelly

✓ Club Can't Handle Me (feat. David Guetta) - Flo Rida     

✓    Any Which Way - Scissor Sisters    

✓    Whole New Way - Scissor Sisters    

✓    Fire With Fire (Digital Dog Radio Edit Remix) - Scissor Sisters    

✓    Somebody to Love (Remix) - Justin Bieber    

✓    Rude Boy - Rihanna        

✓    Keep On Bringing Me Down - Forever the Sickest Kids    

✓    One More Time - Daft Punk    

✓    Down (feat. Lil Wayne) - Jay Sean    

✓    The Catalyst - Linkin Park        

✓    Waiting for the End - Linkin Park

✓    Put You In a Song - Keith Urban    

✓    All About Tonight - Blake Shelton    

✓    I'm In     - Keith Urban    

✓    Keep On Lovin' You - Steel Magnolia    

✓    California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) - Katy Perry    
 

✓    Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland    

✓    Gettin' Over You (feat. Fergie & LMFAO) - David Guetta & Chris Willis    

✓    All the Lovers - Kylie Minogue    

✓    Ridin' Solo - Jason Derülo

✓    Baby - Justin Bieber & Ludacris    

 

The JACK Test

I didn't invent this test, but I think it's pretty funny.  The purpose of the test is to determine if a person is worthy of dating or not.  It is a good guide to follow, but it's not something I really use.  They say that love is blind, and I know that I am as blind as a bat when it comes to love, and probably always will be.  

However, I am happy to say that I am celebrating now because I am able to personally pass the JACK test again.  Yahoo!

The test goes like this...

J = Job

The person should have a job, so they can pay bills and have a purpose in life.  I am a firm believer in the old adage that "the devil makes work for idle hands."  You also want the person to have a job that is similar to yours in terms of when you are working and when you have free time.  If you work weekdays and that person works weekends and nights, when do you have time to spend together?  Also, it's nice to find someone who works hard, but "all work and no play makes JACK a dull boy," so it's good to find someone who understands the meaning of work vs life balance.   Ideally you want the person to have a job that actually has benefits and paid vacation time too -- but that is icing on the cake.  

A = Apartment

Your date should have their own place to live -- preferably an apartment or a house.  This is fairly self explanatory, but let's just say you don't want to meet the person's parents on the first date, or have them asking to move in with you after only a few dates.  

C = Car

This one is not always necessary in cities like New York or London, but it's always nice to have.  There are times when you will both need a car, and it is not fun to let your significant other take your car to work while you sit at home watching "Friends" reruns.

K = Kisser

This one is subjective, in terms of whether or not you have that kissing chemistry with a person, but it is a definite must have.  I think its funny when someone claims they are a good kisser.  This is not something that you can tell someone else.  This has to be experienced.  If it isn't there though, you are not a match.

 

p.s. This isn't part of the test, but I would say that a JACK-P is a good person to find.  The P = Pet. I think it's good to meet a person with a pet or maybe kids, so you know that they have the ability to love, nurture and care for a living being other than themselves.

Shaffography

I feel lucky that I have lived -- not just visited -- many different places over the years.  I had some great experiences and met some interesting, fun, talented, and smart people. 

Maryland:  (1966 - 89)

I was born and raised in Laurel, Maryland -- the first 12 years on the Prince Georges county side -- the next 10 or so on the Howard county side in Scaggsville, Maryland.  I loved growing up in Maryland in a suburban environment that was only 20 minutes to the nations capital to the South and 20 minutes to Baltimore to the North.  In school we took field trips to DC and Baltimore, and learned a lot about American history and the government.  I learned to love crabs and silver queen corn and tomato sandwiches.  I spent as much time as possible in, on or around the water -- either at the creek, the pool, the lake, the reservoir, the river, Chesapeake bay, or the ocean.

   
 
 
Kentucky:  (1990 - 91)

Kentucky is probably one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.  If you ever have the chance to drive down from West Virginia through the Appalachian mountains into the bluegrass country, you will understand why they call it bluegrass, and see what the fuss is all about.  For me it was the land of cheerleading, and there is no better place to be if you want to be good at cheerleading.  I had the chance to meet and cheer with some incredibly motivated and talented people.  We traveled with the football and basketball teams to games and tournaments, and stayed in really nice hotels -- all compliments of the U. of Kentucky.  We were spoiled.

   
 
Georgia:  (1991 - 93)

Georgia for me was all about football, cheerleading and music.  We were spoiled there too -- traveling to games and tournaments all over the country -- mostly in the Southeast.  Athens, Georgia was a classic college town, and the home to a really cool music scene -- including bands like REM, the B-52s, Indigo Girls.  The other great thing about Georgia for me was learning about Japanese culture.  Doesn't everyone go to Georgia to learn about Japan?  One of the girls on my cheerleading squad, Tachi, had a very generous father, who would take us to Japanese steak dinners and sushi.  I loved Japanese food, and still love it today.

  
   

North Carolina: (1994 - 95)

I lived in Greenville, NC, which was on the Eastern side of the state.  I enjoyed being a coach and working for the athletic department at East Carolina University.  Highlights of my North Carolina experience were eating Carolina BBQ, coaching some talented people, my sister Sharon living close by, and weekend trips to the Outer Banks.

   
 
New York:  (1995 - 2004, 2006 - 07)

I moved to the New York city area for love, and eventually found a career in Interactive Marketing.  I learned a lot about paying too much money for a small space, public transportation, business, working out, bars, nightclubs, music, broadway shows, Italian culture, food from around the globe, parking tickets and terrorists.  It was a great place to experience the ultimate in urban life.

   
 
Florida:  (2004 - 2006, 2007 - 08)

Florida was the place that allowed me the chance to go on an extended spring break and escape from New York.   I never went on spring break in high school or college because I didn't have the money or because I had to work or because we were practicing for the national cheerleading championships.  So when I had the opportunity to move to Fort Lauderdale, I took it, and spent as much time riding waves in the ocean and getting pruny fingers as possible.  FL also allowed me the opportunity to experience a few hurricanes -- including Katrina and Wilma -- which wasn't fun at all, but was at least a chance to bond more deeply with some good friends and a chance to see mother nature in all her glory.

   
 
 
 

California:  (2008 - present)

Well this is to be determined, but I am looking forward to experiencing all this beautiful state has to offer.  It's going to be an amazing ride...

   

Honorable Mentions:

Tennessee:  I worked for Universal Cheerleaders Association for 6 years, which meant that I had to spend a lot of time in Memphis -- which was pretty cool.

Pennsylvania:  I have family in Three Springs, Collegeville, and Pittsburgh and I spent a lot of time at Slippery Rock University with some pretty awesome people.

England:  I dated someone from London.  I love that country and enjoy spending as much time as possible there.  There's a great mix of sophistication, humor and unsophistication.