Okay, as the countdown says, today is the day. We are all set and ready to go (mostly). We are excited anyway. We'll be seeing many of you soon, can't wait. Ja, mata ne! (see you soon)
AZ
Friday, June 29, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Cucumber?
At the store today I noticed Pepsi is selling a new flavor: Ice Cucumber. I'd like to offer to bring some back for you to sample but I don't think I can. The moving companies wouldn't ship soda. Would it explode? My take is that it is just another subversive plot to get me to consume more vegetables. I'll show them, I'm just not going to drink any.
(I have to admit that the melon soda over here isn't too bad. Do I dare try the cucumber?)
(I have to admit that the melon soda over here isn't too bad. Do I dare try the cucumber?)
The Fifth Season
Japan's fifth season is here, tsuyu, rainy season. Last Friday it rained. Sunday rain. Monday rain. Forecast rain. At least Saturday was nice and we got to spend the whole day at the pool which was surprisingly warm for this time of year.
Rain, rain go away, come again some other day...
Rain, rain go away, come again some other day...
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Woe is me...
Once again the world is being denied my exquisite talents. I received a call last night from the casting company and I wasn't picked in the final photo selection for the movie. Was something wrong with my pictures? Did they listen to my voice recordings? Perhaps another movie, another day...
Sunday, June 10, 2007
The Family
Enough about me and the movies, let me tell you about what is going on with everybody else. Kaori finished school last week and is starting summer school this week. She is so excited to start, I'm not sure why. Usually she has been a little tentative in a new class with new friends and new teachers. Not this time. She's also excited to go every day versus MWF that she had been going. She's growing up.
Cole finishes school this week and will start summer school next Monday. It will pretty much be the same schedule for him except school will be more relaxed I think. He missed a couple days last week because he was sick and so he was excited to go back today.
Robyn is in China where she'll experience a week of 90+ temperatures. It has been pleasant here as we enter the rainy season. And rainy season it is as we got wet yesterday and today. Hopefully it will clear up tomorrow.
One other issue, below each entry I make is an underlined "0 comments". If you click on that it will take you to a page where you can add your own comments. You can enter your name so I know who has left a message or you can just do it anonymously. Hope that helps.
AZ
Cole finishes school this week and will start summer school next Monday. It will pretty much be the same schedule for him except school will be more relaxed I think. He missed a couple days last week because he was sick and so he was excited to go back today.
Robyn is in China where she'll experience a week of 90+ temperatures. It has been pleasant here as we enter the rainy season. And rainy season it is as we got wet yesterday and today. Hopefully it will clear up tomorrow.
One other issue, below each entry I make is an underlined "0 comments". If you click on that it will take you to a page where you can add your own comments. You can enter your name so I know who has left a message or you can just do it anonymously. Hope that helps.
AZ
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Movie Update: Meeting with the Casting Company
Yesterday I received an email and phone call from the casting company. They wanted me to come in today and meet with them. Basically they just want to fill out my file. With what I wondered. I already filled out my personal info and sent pictures. Turns out they want more pictures and some voice recordings. Great, right when I have a humongous zit on my nose, just got my hair cut and can't do a thing with it and these few extra pounds I'm carrying make me look bloated. Perfect timing.
When I got there I was greeted by two nice Japanese women who spoke very good English. They looked at my file and pictures and said a bunch of stuff to each other in Japanese and then complimented me on the pictures but still they wanted their own. That was fine with me and I fully expected to be instructed to turn my head slightly so as to hide the zit on the side of my nose but she was either too polite to mention it or thought there was no use in even trying to hide it so we might as well live with it. Then I was requested to make three voice recordings. One casual one about myself, one talking seriously like a newscaster and one lively like a radio DJ. "But I'm not an actor and not looking for a speaking part" I protested. "I just want to run in the background of this movie." Evidently this only came out in my head because we went ahead the recordings anyway. They were polite about it and said I had a good voice. But was that a stifled snicker I saw? Recently there has been a trend to have a foreigner speak one or two Japanese words in commercials; these sound distinctive. So maybe I have that to look forward to.
As far as the movie itself, I haven't been officially chosen yet. Final photo selection will be in a week or so. However I have been told that I no longer need to keep June 13th & 14th open, just the 26th and 27th. I'm not even in the movie yet and I'm getting written out. D'OH! The movie is based on a detective series that has been on TV for 7 years. It started out playing late at night but was recently moved to prime time, 9 PM. Now it is having a major motion picture made about it; to be released in theaters, not just made for television.
Finally, the casting company really wanted me to send them pictures of Cole and Kaori. There are plenty of opportunities for children to appear in magazines and advertisements. That might be fun too.
AZ
When I got there I was greeted by two nice Japanese women who spoke very good English. They looked at my file and pictures and said a bunch of stuff to each other in Japanese and then complimented me on the pictures but still they wanted their own. That was fine with me and I fully expected to be instructed to turn my head slightly so as to hide the zit on the side of my nose but she was either too polite to mention it or thought there was no use in even trying to hide it so we might as well live with it. Then I was requested to make three voice recordings. One casual one about myself, one talking seriously like a newscaster and one lively like a radio DJ. "But I'm not an actor and not looking for a speaking part" I protested. "I just want to run in the background of this movie." Evidently this only came out in my head because we went ahead the recordings anyway. They were polite about it and said I had a good voice. But was that a stifled snicker I saw? Recently there has been a trend to have a foreigner speak one or two Japanese words in commercials; these sound distinctive. So maybe I have that to look forward to.
As far as the movie itself, I haven't been officially chosen yet. Final photo selection will be in a week or so. However I have been told that I no longer need to keep June 13th & 14th open, just the 26th and 27th. I'm not even in the movie yet and I'm getting written out. D'OH! The movie is based on a detective series that has been on TV for 7 years. It started out playing late at night but was recently moved to prime time, 9 PM. Now it is having a major motion picture made about it; to be released in theaters, not just made for television.
Finally, the casting company really wanted me to send them pictures of Cole and Kaori. There are plenty of opportunities for children to appear in magazines and advertisements. That might be fun too.
AZ
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