Morning or Night?

The question that determines when a person wakes up on their day off. Are you a morning or night person? For me, I guess the answer is night since I gravitate more towards staying up late and getting up early, but for the most part my habits and hobbies are what keep me up and used to the late night schedule. The times that I have been relegated to being a morning person are fine. I function as a human being should and easily take to the early rise. Even on my days off, I seem to follow this pattern.
However, down deep I know I am a night person. Evening jobs have always suited me better than your typical 9 to 5. I don't have the worry that many do when they start work later in the day. It doesn't hang over my head, and I don't feel like I have less time. Actually, I feel like I have more time to get the things that I need done.
I wonder what makes a person one way or the other? Is it how they were raised? Are they born with it? Or is it something that they decide to arbitrarily?

Weather and dust

As a middle East Coaster I am subject to four seasons (granted not a whole lot of snow during the winter), and needing to have a whole array of clothing to deal with the changing temperatures, I am enjoying the beautiful stable temperatures of Los Angeles. Granted, for a week or two it was pretty hot, above 100 degrees, but overall it has been pretty tolerable since it is a dry heat and not the weighted humid heat you get in Virginia. I have loved being able to wear shorts and a t-shirt everyday even though we are in the middle of October, and it's not going to get much colder during the "winter". I love the shorts and t-shirt combo so much that I am finding this a great bonus of living in Southern California.

However, there is one downside that comes with this wonderful weather. Dust. Since Los Angeles is built on top of a desert, there is tons of sand, dirt and dust everywhere! Unfortunately, being unused to the arid, desert climate, my body doesn't know how to filter out all the crap that is entering my system, so I am dealing with a lot of crap in my throat. I am not sick in any fashion, but my body cannot contend with so much dust that it is just coalescing in my throat and making life difficult. Also, with the lack of trees and living in the San Fernando valley, the air is definitely a lower quality then what I am used to as well.

The question now is, can my body learn to deal with the crap? And if it can't, will the constantly sunny, warm weather be worth it in the overall?

Playing Ball

There is something about coming back from a game of basketball that is hard to eclipse by anything else. I, not being the most athletically gifted, still enjoy a good game of pickup. Tonight, the guys and I went to the equestrian district and got into a 5 on 5 full court game, and it was glorious. I haven't run like that in at least a year, and besides once or twice in Virginia Beach haven't played ball since high school. I don't understand what it is, but it is the camaraderie that you get on the court that I feel connected with other human beings that is on a subconscious level. Your mind is going through all the plays, motions, and decisions on what you should be doing that it can't focus on relating to the other people around you. Yet, no matter what, even if it is a group of strangers, there is a common bond that brings them together and connects them.

Maybe I am just crazy, and need to drink some more water, but I can't wait to play ball again next week.

The Kingdom

Phenomenal is all I can say for this movie. Easily movie of the year and five stars. This is a movie done right and is well executed. Bottom line: go see it. End of story.

Really, I am just speechless about the movie.

New beginnings

Well, how to begin your blogging life? It works out that I have moved to a new city to pursue a career that may never pay off. Yes, that's right, I am an actor and trying my hand in the city of angels. So far it has been a slight culture shock from the East Coast. I haven't made up my mind yet, but I do know that this is where the jobs are at, so that is why I am here. I have been pounding the pavements pretty hard this month and still nothing, but that's what I expected. This is definitely going to take a long time.
I did get to go to a Dodgers game last night which was a lot of fun. Dodgers fans are crazy! They boo at just about anything. If the Umpire calls a pitch a ball that was clearly a ball even from the outfield, the fans still boo. I have been to many ball games and have never seen a crowd like that.