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Tuesday the 16th \u2013 WE NOW REJOIN LIFE \u2013 ALREADY IN PROGRESS! \u2013<\/span> What a great weekend in Huntsville, Alabama it was! But now it\u2019s time to get back to life and get a few things done this week. I started out by doing some work on the computer, and then I met my pal Sara for lunch at Paty\u2019s. After lunch I drove the Gray Ghost over to my auxiliary parking and put it to bed, and got the Gran Torino out to drive around for a few days. I stopped by the grocery store to pick up some badly-needed supplies and I happened to run into my old pal Rob Richards at the same market! I\u2019ve known Rob since I was about 14 when we were both living in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He\u2019s now the head theatre organist at Disney\u2019s El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, and he also provides music at the famed Magic Castle. A couple of local boys made good! I got home and put the groceries away. It was good to have the Torino out, but it\u2019s filthy and needs a wash badly! I did some work on the computer, did my nightly auditions, took my nightly WOG (walk\/jog) and finished it off by relaxing in my anti-grav chair outside enjoying the deep quiet and solace of the middle-of-the-night. Then I went inside to attack the task of writing not one, but TWO weeks\u2019 worth of Wally\u2019s Weeks!<\/p>\nWednesday the 17th \u2013 DISCO TRANQUILITY! \u2013<\/span> Since I didn\u2019t get to bed until about 11am, I didn\u2019t wake up until 3. By the time I got the Gran Torino to the car wash they were just closing. Rats! My neighbor Juan suggested a guy he uses that comes to your house and professionally details it. I think that\u2019s the way I\u2019m going to go! My old girl is 50 and worth it! I drove over to CVS and stocked up on supplies, and since it was such a gorgeous day, I decided to have lunch at Panera outside on their patio. I got back home and had to dive into a ton of accounting\/bookkeeping work; reconciling receipts, going through my bank statements, etc. That\u2019s all part of running a corporation I guess. Later, I took the medium-sized mirror ball that I had bought a week earlier at the 99 cent store (it was cheap since they\u2019re going out of business) and went around the house to try and decide where to mount it. Unlike the mirror balls we had when I was a teen, this one doesn\u2019t rotate. Which kind of defeats the purpose of it. The idea is to have the mirror ball spin and then hit it with a pin spotlight so the fragments of light whirl around the room. Oh well, this is the low budget version. Of all the locations I tested it in, the best place was near my door in the Tranquility Zone. It looked pretty sweet up there, so I installed a sturdy hook and hung it. Nice! Later I took my nightly WOG and spent some time in the anti-grav chair relaxing outside, listening to the quiet of the night. I had missed my WOGS being in Huntsville for four nights. Since it was cloudy and overcast, the atmosphere was blissfully peaceful and quiet. I went inside to do some work, and then made a salad and watched an episode of \u201cCollector\u2019s Call\u201d and \u201cThe High Chaparral.\u201d<\/p>\nThursday the 18th \u2013 COMEDY OF ERRORS! \u2013<\/span> Upon awakening I discovered that my internet was out again all day. This is twice in two weeks and I\u2019m really wondering what the heck is up with Spectrum, and whether or not I should continue with them or not. Once it was restored I did an audition and sent it over to my agents. After I did a little work around the house my neighbor Bob came over so we could get some target practice in at the local range. First though, I stopped to pick up an Amazon shipment at my box. My photo file case had gotten damaged by the airline on the way back home, so I ordered another one exactly like it. I was lucky they still make them! Then I stopped by Foam Mart to pick up a huge sheet of foam core so I could mount a new black light poster that came in last week. This poster features all of the delightful characteristics of a Taurus and looks very 70\u2019s. I can\u2019t wait to get it hung in the Tranquility Zone! The sheet of foam core was 4 foot by 8 foot and I wasn\u2019t sure I would be able to get it all in the Gran Torino. So I had them cut it into thirds. I stacked them in the back seat and despite a small amount of vision obstruction out the back window, we\u2019d be fine. But once we got to the range we found that parking was tight. Especially for a giant, vintage car. I found a perfect spot, but in order to back in I had to take out the sheets of foam core that were blocking my vision. I stashed the foam core sheets in my trunk and we went inside. When we signed in we asked for separate lanes, next to each other. But instead of giving us our ammo in separate plastic bins, he put all three bags into one. (I got two bags of 50 9mm rounds, and Bob got one bag of 50 .40 caliber rounds) We were excited to hit the range and we got all set up. As I loaded my magazines I was wondering why I couldn\u2019t get 10 rounds in my mags. I could only get 9. Odd. As I began shooting I had a lot of jams. Last time I was shooting with my gal Angi we had a fair amount of jams with my new Glock 19, but the range master said it was because it was new and I hadn\u2019t oiled it yet. When I got it home I oiled it up very nicely. So this couldn\u2019t be it. Come to find out, our ammo had gotten mixed! I was trying to fit .40 rounds in my 9mm mag, and Bob was putting 9mm (which is smaller) into his mag. Once we got everything sorted out, and we started shooting the correct ammo, it went fairly smoothly. But I was still having jams. The range master opened it up and found out that some oil had gotten on the striker! He cleaned everything off and it was good to go! The rest of the session went very well and we both agreed that we need to do this more often to practice, as we were both pretty rusty. Afterwards we hit Lancer\u2019s for dinner. Then I got home and did some work around the house, which included spray mounting the new black light poster onto the foam core. Then I made my little hanger attachments and hung it onto one of the galaxy drapes in the Tranquility Zone. This poster really pops under the black light! I took my nightly WOG and relaxed after with an iced tea in the anti-grav chair. It was warm and cloudy out. I did some more work around the house, and then went over the script for a session for an animated film that I\u2019d be doing on Friday. I made a Tombstone pizza and hit the hay.<\/p>\nFriday the 19th \u2013 A GREAT END TO A GREAT WEEK! \u2013<\/span> My pal Edi met me for lunch on the patio at Paty\u2019s, and then I had to speed off to Smart Sound Post in Burbank to do some ADR on an animated film that I\u2019ve been working on for many years. ADR means \u2018additional dialogue recording,\u2019 and that means I get to put my character voice to the finished animated sequence. Initially when we record animation, we do it without seeing any sort of animated reference. Then the animators take our voice tracks and animate to it. But there are a lot of opportunities that are created during the animation process that we didn\u2019t anticipate when we recorded the original audio. This gives us a chance to go back in once the animation is finished and put in some effort sounds, and record several line options that the producers will listen to. Once the producers make their pick of the winning line, it gets put into the film. As the comedic relief in the film, most of my lines were \u201cpunchlines,\u201d of sorts. So we had several options to choose from. I even gave them a few of my own improvisations just for good measure. It was a blast! After the session I headed to CVS to get some supplies. In the parking lot I met a great couple named Mel and Patty. Mel said he had a Gran Torino painted like the Starsky car back in the late 70\u2019s. He bought it for $1000 and sold it for $800 in 1980. I asked him if it was one of the original Ford-issued Starsky Torinos and he didn\u2019t know. It sure is fun talking about this car when I have it out. I dropped by the vet\u2019s office to pick up some tranquilizer for Spooky, as he has his annual physical on Saturday. Since he\u2019s a grouchy, old man \u2013 the vet\u2019s office asked that he be given this to mellow him out before his visit. I dread this every year. But, it\u2019s gotta be done. I got home and met with Scott & Vickie Sebring so we could go over a few things and catch up. I hadn\u2019t seen either of them in quite a while. Since it was my buddy Chris Malmin\u2019s birthday, we met Chris and my friend Emily at Barone\u2019s for Chris\u2019 birthday. We got back to Planet Wallywood and watched a few episodes of \u201cCollector\u2019s Call\u201d that they hadn\u2019t seen yet. Later I took my nightly WOG, enjoyed some time outside cooling off in the anti-grav chair, and I came back inside to finish up some things on the computer.<\/p>\nSaturday the 20th \u2013 SHINY! RED! GORGEOUS! \u2013<\/span> My neighbor Juan\u2019s car detailer came over and worked on the Gran Torino for about two hours. By the time it was done it looked show quality! Amazing! Then it was time to pack up Spooky and get him over to the vet for his annual check-up. I don\u2019t look very forward to this time of year, because he doesn\u2019t enjoy any aspect of this whole process. And he\u2019s not shy about letting me know it. The vet\u2019s office prescribed some tranquilizer for him to take pre-visit. But they didn\u2019t give me enough. The instructions said to give him 1ml the night before the visit, and another 1ml dose 1-2 hours before he comes in. But the bottle they gave me only had 1ml in it! So I had nothing to give him pre-visit. YIKES! I took him to the vet and he was only slightly angry this time. I guess since he\u2019s getting old (18 going on 19) a lot of his fight and fire have gone. But still it was no easy task. I was glad to have that over for another year. The doctor said he didn\u2019t see anything that was alarming, so it looks like Spook has a lot of good years left in him! But to be honest, this will be the last cat I\u2019ll ever have. I\u2019m more of a dog person, to be honest. But after Spook\u2019s gone I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll ever have any more animals. When Spook got home he was HUNGRY! I gave him three helpings of his food. I worked around the house for the remainder of the day, and I got started on the custom-made cap I\u2019m making for Kentaro Ito, the original Japanese of Renji Abarai. I do the English dub voice for Renji, and Ito San and I got to meet in Dallas three weeks ago. He liked the custom Renji cap I was wearing. I love wearing it to shows because it\u2019s one-of-a-kind (soon to be two-of-a-kind)! Renji has tribal tattoos on his forehead, so I put the tattoos on a cap that I can wear. Since Ito San liked it so much, I told him I\u2019d make him one as well. I penciled on the design, and then started painting it on with acrylic paint. I got one side done, and I\u2019ll complete the other side sometime this week. And then, I\u2019ll get it sent off to Ito San in Japan. I made a salad and watched a few more episodes of \u201cHoney West.\u201d I just can\u2019t figure out why I don\u2019t like this show more, but I think the more I watch it, the more I realized that I just don\u2019t like the male lead. He and Anne Francis, who plays Honey, don\u2019t have very much chemistry together. And his character is always yelling. It\u2019s one thing to be upset with her, but honestly, they seem like an old married couple and it\u2019s NOT cool to me. I much prefer the \u201cDave and Maddie\u201d approach, where the disagreements are more subdued, and funny. Oh well. I guess now I\u2019m realizing why this show only went one season. I\u2019m not sure if this was a director\u2019s choice, or a writer\u2019s choice, or the choice of the actor, but regardless\u2026it\u2019s not making me like this show very much. They\u2019re partners in a detective agency, but they just don\u2019t seem to like each other very much.<\/p>\nSunday the 21st \u2013 BIG BOB BAKER BOY! \u2013<\/span> Most of the day I enjoyed my traditional \u201cCrash Day,\u201d but later I got up to join my pal Sam Freiberger for a late dinner at Bob\u2019s Big Boy. When we got seated at the back of the restaurant I heard, \u201cHi Wally!\u201d I turned to find a huge group of people that said they work at the Bob Baker Marionette Theatre! Earlier in the day they had Bob Baker\u2019s 100th birthday celebration, and my pal Sid Krofft was the Grand Marshal! I found out that Dick Van Dyke was also present! I asked them how it went and they said it was fantastic! It was good to see all of them, and they\u2019re a good bunch of kids. I love that young people are interested and enthusiastic about continuing the tradition of Bob Baker\u2019s magic, and are perpetuating the art of puppetry. I got home and did some work around the house, recorded an audition, and went on my nightly WOG. After some time meditating in the anti-grav chair under a bright, overcast sky, I came back inside to set about getting my flight, car and hotel reservations for this July\u2019s Voices Against Cancer event in Sioux Falls, South Dakota! VERY excited to be there again for the third annual event!<\/p>\nAnd how was YOUR week??!!<\/p>\n
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