Protect Marriage, Ban Divorce - Eat your words!

Well I'm apologizing up front for not posting in A WHILE. What can I say - Nothing significant going on in my life. Oh yeah, there was that thing about the first Black President, and oh yeah that other story about Prop 8 getting passed. I guess I COULD have blogged about those.

Well not to diminish the astounding significance of Obama winning the election (I'm still shedding tears of joy over that - I'm so loving it - it's so right!!!

But then I came across this video about 'protecting marriage'. If you know me, and even if you don't - I strongly opposed Prop 8. It's insane that it was even on the ballot since the Supreme Court had already once declared it unconstitutional - but I digress. So now that it's regrettably passed, we must move on to the next phase and to begin I think every Prop 8 supporter (and us opposers too) should watch this video. It pretty much sums it up.

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

Smelly and Hungry - a Pictorial

Here are pictures I took during the Premiere of The Smelly Janitor and Hungry last night at Trent's Gala Premiere.

Special note of thanks to Trent's Korean 'brother' _________ (I've drawn a blank on his name) for taking the pictures where you see ME. All the other photos are by me.

-- by Rex Hoss

Living on the Edge of Cell Phone Technology

First, anyone who regularly reads my blog (I think there are two of you) will note that this is my second post of the day, after a long period of inactivity on my blog. Well I have a really good reason. I finally splurged (kind of late Christmas present to self) and upgraded my cell phone. I'd been living pretty happily with my Sony/Ericsson T616 for many years. Once it was hailed as the current great phone. Even featured in several movies. But alas, techo-time marches on and it was king of time to upgrade. A Friend got the cool and funky Sony/Ericsson w580i recently and has been taunting me with it. I guess I finally caved in (OK so my old phone was starting to act up and some of the buttons are finicky), so I decided to get a Christmas present and upgraded.

Well the new phone came today and hence my blog. Actually, this post serves two purposes. First to happily convey my new upgrade, and second, because in order to activate the new phone, I was told to leave it OFF for twenty minutes, after which time it will work. Sooooooooo. I'm typing this blog while I wait those 20 long minutes before turning on my new toy, er, I mean, gadget, er, I mean tool, yeah, that's it my new TOOL. At any rate, this phone as some nifty features, like also being a walk-man (iPod-like music player) a 2, (yeah you heard right 2 mega pixel camera (OK so my Nikon D80 has 10 Megapixels, but then it's a REAL camera), and I think it has some other features thrown in for good measure. Not sure what they are, or if I'll use them, but hey, they're there! Maybe exploring the new features will give me something to do next time I'm sitting around on a set waiting for the director to call ACTION!

At any rate, I'll keep you posted on how I like the new TOOL, once I've had a chance to work with it.

--Rex

Is Your Future Looking Sketchy? Mine Is.

And if you hang out with me on a few select nights in December and January, your future will be sketchy too. But, I'm getting ahead of myself. Hot on the heals of my amazing performance in "The Smelly Janitor", I've been asked to be part of a new Sketch Comedy Show. It's being put on by Chris Berubian, of The Berubians theatre Company. The schedule and location is also a little sketchy (pun definitely intended) but I believe we'll start the 2nd week in December for about 6 weeks. The first show will probably be in Anaheim at the 2nd Stage Theatre. The remaining shows will be in LA at The Next Stage Theatre. Shows will be on Friday Nights ONLY. Yep, one show a week. Again, the exact dates aren't clear to me - look for a future blog post for that info.

I hope all of you can make it to see my sketchy debut, and thus make your future a little sketchy as well.

-- Rex Hoss

Debut of "The Smelly Janitor"

Click on the video below to watch "The Smelly Janitor". A film by my friend and fellow actor Trent. I met Trent several years ago at a school we were both teaching at. Since Trent was an actor and at the time, I was just beginning my journey into acting, and because we're both a little nuts (and computer geeks too), we became fast friends. I always knew Trent had a lot of talent, and working with him on his Second Film School project, I got to witness his talent first hand. I think the film is both funny and well done (for a sophomore film-school effort, heck for any effort) and clearly shows his talent for writing, directing acting, and basically story telling.

I am thrilled to have been a part of it. I was both an actor in it, and also served to document the film by being the 'still photographer' and behind-the-scenes photographer. The cast was all great! A special kudos goes out to my friend Josie Nicholas who was cast (at my suggestion) as the 'lady with the walker'.

You can also check out more about the film, and Trent's other, and upcoming projects at his website.

-- By Rex Hoss

Clearing the Confusion

Well after being gently nudged by one of my loyal readers to give you the answer to the statement I made in an earlier post How Acting Confused Got Me Ahead... Here it is! A little background is that a friend and fellow actor Trent is currently in Film School at LACC. He's a very funny comedic actor, friend and fellow computer geek. Well a week or so ago he asked me to post some information about actors and actresses he needs for one of his projects. As it turns out, one of the male roles sounded interesting to me. So being the witty, and somewhat perverse guy that I am, I asked him who I had to sleep with to get a party in his film? A simple enough question and thankfully for both of us, he got the hint that I was interested in a part in his film (The Smelly Janitor), and he, again thankfully DIDN'T insist or require me to sleep with the Director, Producer or anybody involved with the film. Thus a win-win situation for both of us. He got an actor for his film, and I get a ROLE in said film.

If you clever people people have checked back to the post about what roles are available, you'll logically deduce from the Confused state of my postings on this subject that the role I've been selected for is that of "The Confused Man". Mind you I'm not generally confused as a rule, but I can certainly play confused!

So there you have it! I'm back to being involved in acting again after a much needed rest after two very successful plays which I'm so grateful and honored to have been a part in.

I look forward to working with Trent on his project and also to the next exciting adventures in acting which are in store for me.

As always, I'll keep you all informed about what's up.

-- Love Hugs, and prosperity! Rex Hoss

Truly Scary Halloween Comic

Saw this floating around the Internet and couldn't resist posting it for my beloved readers! I could comment more about it, but if you THINK about it, you'll understand how deep it really is.

 

Much Different To Do About...

Feeling in a reflective mood tonight before our 2nd weekend of shows, I thought I'd put a new spin on some of the pictures I have from the show - so without Much Further Ado... here's my fractured story.

This is also known as putting a completely different storyline to a set of pictures. (The following story is purely made up and not a reflection on the real actors, story or performance.)

 

I was thinkng it's about time for another performance of "Much Ado About Nothing". That's such great news I should tell somebody!

 

Hey, did you hear - It's the weekend. Time for another performance of Much Ado About Nothing at the CCPT Summer Theater!

 

WOW! That's AWSOME!!!

 

You've made me so happy I could kiss you!!!

 

I thought you loved ME! How dare you get all friendly with that guy!... What, it's because it's time for another performance of MUCH ADO!

 

Kiss Me you fool! That's most excellent news!


(Photos by Larry Matsui - Used by Permission)

Harry'ed Potter

Just to jump on the Harry Potter bandwagon. I figured I'd do a post on the latest, and last(?) Harry Potter book, the Deathly Hallows. It's in stores at midnight and available online now (though it won't ship until tomorrow). At any rate, just for the record, I haven't seen the latest H.P. Movie yet (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix). I'm probably one of about 20 people in the world who hasn't seen it yet. I actually have never READ any of the books, preferring to see the movies instead. Stop screaming at me all you Harry loyalists, who claim the books are better!!! They probably are, but I just never read any and figure why buck tradition now! Perhaps after they've made all 7 books into movies, I'll go back and actually read the books, but don't hold me to it.

Hello...Anybody awake out there?

Well, I'm a little in disbelief. I had a really stellar week of people checking out my blog - Thanks to all of you! But now I can't believe that some of you MUST have checked out my previous post "Omazing Graze" and survived, and yet, to date, I haven't received even a single comment on that post! What's up? Anybody awake out there? Or are you just too stunned and/or mad at me for posting it and subjecting you to it that you didn't want to leave a comment?

Either way, I love getting feedback from you guys about my posts good, bad, or otherwise. So, feel free to post comments to my various posts. It's great to hear from you and it let's me know what you think about my blog.


OK, I'll step off the soap-box now. Have a great week! I know I am. I bowled 5 strikes in a row tonight! Yay for Me! For those of you who don't know that I'm also a bowler, now you do! Not a good one - but I'm getting better and 5 strikes in a row is pretty awsome! Yep, tooting my own horn, but then hey, what's a blog for anyway!

Omazing Grace

First I have to apologize for this post, but I just couldn't help myself - OK, you may say I'm sick, depraved or several other colorful terms, but, this one was so incredibly moving (and by moving I mean "AWAY FROM THE SPEAKERS"!!! Anyway, if you have a strong stomach, an even stronger EAR, give this video a viewing - and remember to have your speakers on! BUT BE WARNED! It'll make you realize that even in your worst attempts to sing, there's always someone worse than you! Praise the Lord! - A special thanks to Tif for sending this my way!

Friday Funny

OK, so I"m a few hours early. Saw this cartoon while perusing my gigantic photo collection and thought it was worth sharing.

Exercise Humor

Another bit of exercise humor!