I don’t know why, but every year, right around this time, I start to feel… down. This is totally uncalled for, as things are actually pretty great for me right now. I just finished a second under five for As the World Turns in the last two weeks, I’m on hold for an Oxygen Network promo, and I’ve been spending more time with friends than ever before#–plus, my "day-job" stuff is on a good track too. When I try to think it through, I have nothing to complain about, and yet I feel blah. Weird stuff.

They say money can’t buy happiness, and I guess neither can success#–it’s all a state of mind, as City Wendy just recently pointed out in more eloquent language than I can muster. Maybe more Starbucks would help… I haven’t been in a week or two… maybe that’s it.

Check out As the World Turns on 11/28 and 12/6 to see me as a bumbling bellman. Check your local listings for the time…

Yes, that is a headshot of mine in the left-hand portion of this scan. A friend called me the other day to ask why it was on the cover of Show Business Weekly (a publication for actors). I’m not sure! I guess because the paper doesn’t want to pay licensing rights, so they just stole the image off of Flickr (the only place it exists, as I don’t use this as my headshot).

Do a quick Flickr search for "headshot" and you will find every shot in the image.

It’s like "Where’s Waldo," except exploiting an actor’s image without his permission!

Thanks go to Vinnie for calling me about it… 

The other day, I had an audition for Heineken beer at Telsey + Company… and I learned something NEW!

After you sign in (write your name, union status, etc) you look over your copy#–the text you will be speaking in the audition#–and when your name is called, you enter the spooky room of audition doom (or the audition party, however you’re feeling on that particular day). Now, sometimes, the auditioners have included a handy dandy cue card so that you can work without sides, and sometimes they have not. You never know which is taking place, so I’ve always erred on the side of preparation (I bring my sheets of paper into the room with me).