{"id":14057,"date":"2011-02-03T03:57:33","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T08:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/14057\/walk-chubby-egyptian-special-place-hell\/"},"modified":"2011-02-03T03:57:33","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T08:57:33","slug":"walk-chubby-egyptian-special-place-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/14057\/walk-chubby-egyptian-special-place-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk Like a Chubby Egyptian to a Special Place in Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m auditioning this weekend for a role in a short, student film, a comedy by the name of Bed, Track and Beyond.<\/strong><\/em> I read the following description in the call announcement:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Josh – Early 40s. Starts out slightly chubby and soft\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I thought, I\u2019m 40!\u00a0 I\u2019m slightly chubby and soft!\u00a0 I could do this!\u00a0 The character description continued as follows:<\/p>\n

. . . but gets fit and muscular by the end of the film. Must be able to run and work out while looking asleep.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Hmmm\u2026 the film said it would require five days of shooting.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a paid role, just something I\u2019d do for fun and a credit, but I can\u2019t help but wonder:\u00a0 how could someone get \u201cfit and muscular\u201d in just 5 days?\u00a0 I dunno.\u00a0 Lots of famous actors have changed their body shapes for particular roles; it would certainly be good motivation to get in better shape!\u00a0 Wish me broken limbs for the audition on Saturday!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\" Lord knows I\u2019m getting my exercise.\u00a0 I\u2019ve mentioned previously that I\u2019ve cut my commute to school from 90 minutes to 30 minutes.\u00a0 That has been so awesome.\u00a0 The thing is though, the first 10 minutes of that is a twelve block bicycle ride to the bus stop, and it is all uphill<\/strong>.\u00a0 May not sound like much, but riding a bicycle up this long, steady hill is one the more vigorous exercises I\u2019ve ever done regularly\u2026 and I get it every day I leave my home.\u00a0 Starting that ride, I think, \u201cOhmygod, here we go\u2026uggh.\u201d<\/em> When I get to the top of the hill, thighs and glutes burning, I am so tired, but I get a tremendous sense of accomplishment.\u00a0 Who knew a simple hill could mean so much?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, when I\u2018m done with school, I get to coast down that same half mile or so without even having to peddle, the perfect way to relax at the end of the day.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I got a letter from my college the other day which read:\u00a0 \u201cCongratulations, Joko, we are pleased to inform you that you have made the Dean\u2019s Honor Roll for the Fall Quarter . . .\u201d\u00a0 That was pretty cool.\u00a0 This is the first \u201chonor roll\u201d I\u2019ve made since I was 22. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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\nI\u2019m watching the events in Cairo in awe.\u00a0 When these demonstrations started, one thing that kind of bugged me was how much attention was paid in our media about how the Obama administration was reacting to this.\u00a0 Sure, the USA is a world leader, but IMHO, it is not our place to opine on how another country struggles for freedom, stability, what have you.\u00a0 Why should American opinions even matter<\/em>?\u00a0 This is an Egyptian matter.\u00a0 Entirely.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In light of the street battles I am watching live right now, the news I heard yesterday about moving the protests to just outside of Cairo, to Giza, seems a little insensitive, but I\u2019ve been telling this story all day, so one more time can’t hurt\u2026\u00a0 Yes, they were trying to move the demonstrations to an alternate site, a place even more famous than Tahrir Square.\u00a0 The idea was rejected.\u00a0 It was far too much of a blatant Pyramid Scheme<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Just finished watching Anderson Cooper getting sucker punched right in the head. He almost spun in a 360. Hard corps stuff.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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We\u2019ll finish with a fun little ukulele video that I made tonight, here on Feb2nd, WORLD UKULELE DAY! <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a cover of a Doctor Sparkles song, \u201cThere\u2019s a Special Place\u201d<\/em>.\u00a0 Ironically it\u2019s NOT coming to you from Hell, the little 2nd room in my apartment that I am turning into a music studio.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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My friend Dr Sparkles has a new recording out.\u00a0 It\u2019s called \u201cSCARY COUNTRY\u201d<\/strong>.\u00a0 This new release is really a lot of fun, as I\u2019ve come to expect from this guy.\u00a0 It’s a very eclectic collection with great recording quality.\u00a0 Some of the best I\u2019ve heard from Dr Sparkles.\u00a0 He also goes a lot more political in SCARY COUNTRY, practicing suspicious behavior in his unique and light-hearted way.\u00a0 I myself may not agree with a lot of the viewpoints expressed in songs like The Beast of the New World Order<\/a> or Without Freedom<\/a> (download the songs just by clicking the links, I’d be very interested in what y’all think), but I really admire anyone who can express pretty far out there political thoughts without taking themselves so seriously.\u00a0 Ron Paul supporters will love this album!\u00a0 Click the funky animated gif below to go to Doctor Sparkles website where you can hear selected tracks off SCARY COUNTRY and even buy the album!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m auditioning this weekend for a role in a short, student film, a comedy by the name of Bed, Track and Beyond. I read the following description in the call announcement: Josh – Early 40s. Starts out slightly chubby and soft\u2026 I thought, I\u2019m 40!\u00a0 I\u2019m slightly chubby and soft!\u00a0 I could do this!\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,8,26,1428],"tags":[763,1624,81,234,1696,106],"class_list":["post-14057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-music","category-news","category-politics-2","tag-doctor-sparkles","tag-egypt","tag-joko","tag-politics","tag-ron-paul","tag-ukulele"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}