New potential..

Today starts off like any other day really. An alarm clock in the form of an iPhone slowly fades into Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" and I sit up and rub my eyes. I tend to like the sound of Tom's voice over the classic Arrr Arrr Arrr when it comes to alarm clocks. Today is a little different though. I have to get up, clean my kitchen/Bathroom/Living room by 10am. A new potenial roommate is coming to see the apt and god knows my roommates won't lift a finger to clean up. I get all the cleaning done, meet the guy..and his mom, Shake hands, make the deal, and send them off until his return and move in a week from now.

 Wow, that was easy.

 Quick shower and then off to my 1st errand of the day, interview w/ a new potential commercial agent. This agent came highly recommended by a friend who works in a casting office. Although I only got the meeting because a friend who works at the agency put in a good word.

Ahh...friends helping friends. Gotta love it.

The meeting itself went great. The commercial agent and I got along really well, he has great connections, and we both agree on where I fit in commercial wise. (Athletic-style Commercials) He offered to sign me under one condition, get rid of my current commercial agent. This is always the hard/awkward part of the biz. Going to you're agent and saying "Sianara". Luckily I have a manager who does it for me. ;)

That being said it's still weird and the transition to a new agent is like any kind of new relationship, you're not sure if it's going to work out. But that's the business and if I want to be successful than I have to make the proper changes. Currently I go out for commercial that I somewhat fit. Broad age ranges and crazy accents. What I need is an agent who can get me into casting offices that cast projects more suited for my type. My type? Well, I'm still trying to narrow that down but I do know I'm very athletic (parkour/Inline skating(the cool kind, haha)and just plain athletics. Think, Nike/Reebok/Under Armor. My current agent thinks I'm great for beer commercials yet when I see the commercial air and the guy is a fat slob with a mop-top I realize something...I'm not a quirky fat slob who can sell you a bud-light. 
I made a quick stop by my friends house where my buddy Curtis Hembroff, an MMA fighter from AK, hooked me up with a grip of buffalo meat products called "TankaBars" http://www.tankabar.com/. Curtis is sponsored by them and not to give out free plugs but DAMN, they're delicious as hell and being that LA is an expensive town to live in free food is always appreciated.

All in all this acting business is a great time and when you have friends willing to hook you up with their hook-ups well, it's even "Mo' Betta" . Sure some days are "betta" than others but for the most part it's challenging and fun and getting called in, meeting new casting directors, and ending your day with good friends ain't so bad.

So here's to new agents, new castings, and new potentials of all kinds. Lets all get out there, go for what we want, possibly burn a few bridges, and have a great time doing it. "One Life to Live" right!? ...or is that a soap opera? Whatever, Onward and Upward people!