My trip to Boston
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:16 am
If I've ever done anything more outrageous than painting my face blue in Central Park, I'll never admit it (and you haven't got pictures)
I made it to NYC for the Halloween audition on Tuesday. Pea was kind enough to come to town to help me with my makeup, so lunching in the city with Pea made it double plus good.
Note to self: Halloween is usually in October and believe me my makeup was better suited to cooler weather than a 90+ day in Manhattan.
When it was time to get ready for the audition, we found a bench in Central Park near the studio to put on the make up. I didn't get many stares from the jaded NYers, as I painted my face and hands blue. A four year old did ask me what I was doing so I explained it to him. I'm sure his mother would have freaked out, except that with Pea there I was not so threatening. I then finished putting on the costume in the heat of the sidewalk on 66th Street. A soon as I finished one of the APs wanted to video me and she got a lot of video of me and some of the other contestants in line. The was a woman in a fabulous peacock costume, so you can guess who was jealous of that. There was also a decent Groucho costume and a Star Trek in line too. By the time I got inside for the test I was drenched in sweat and dripping blue make up. The test ended up being one of the easier ones. There was one question from the Evil Charlotte Ball Buster Test, but this time I knew it. I was most worried about smearing makeup on the scantron sheet, but I kept it clean. There were about 40 test taker at my session and about 7 passed including me (that's a lot of pressure on me given the commitment to get to NY with the costume and everything). The girl in the Peacock costume did not pass so I had the most memorable costume in my group.
Because I had my form filled out, I got the first interview. That went well. The AP even liked the Halloween fonts on the app. They called me back for a video interview, and I think that went really well. I got most of my talking points in and they even videoed my Halloween socks. The wanted to film me shuffling out of the room so I forgot my reading glasses and had to go back for them (paranoid thought: AP thinking to herself: Is he EVER going to SHUT UP, I know I'll tell him we want to film him doing the Flying Monkey walk out of the room). I really think I sold the vision of the FM on WWTBAM. So the PC watch begins. I'm having a hard time remembering the other costumes, but I bet the AP's remember me.
Everything went well, (my hotel was not a dump) until I got to JFK for my return flight to Charlotte. Jet Blue had canceled (weather they said). When Jet Blue cancels your flight, you are screwed. They won't put you on another airline or put you up if you have to stay over. I got on standby for the 9:45 flight and bought a Mega Millions ticket. I had better odds on the MM ticket. I finally got out the next day at 7:20 am to Boston to catch the 11 am flight from Boston to Charlotte. So the trip took an extra night in a hotel and another day from work. But I got to see Boston (ok so it was just the airport) and had a blast doing this crazy thing.
I made it to NYC for the Halloween audition on Tuesday. Pea was kind enough to come to town to help me with my makeup, so lunching in the city with Pea made it double plus good.
Note to self: Halloween is usually in October and believe me my makeup was better suited to cooler weather than a 90+ day in Manhattan.
When it was time to get ready for the audition, we found a bench in Central Park near the studio to put on the make up. I didn't get many stares from the jaded NYers, as I painted my face and hands blue. A four year old did ask me what I was doing so I explained it to him. I'm sure his mother would have freaked out, except that with Pea there I was not so threatening. I then finished putting on the costume in the heat of the sidewalk on 66th Street. A soon as I finished one of the APs wanted to video me and she got a lot of video of me and some of the other contestants in line. The was a woman in a fabulous peacock costume, so you can guess who was jealous of that. There was also a decent Groucho costume and a Star Trek in line too. By the time I got inside for the test I was drenched in sweat and dripping blue make up. The test ended up being one of the easier ones. There was one question from the Evil Charlotte Ball Buster Test, but this time I knew it. I was most worried about smearing makeup on the scantron sheet, but I kept it clean. There were about 40 test taker at my session and about 7 passed including me (that's a lot of pressure on me given the commitment to get to NY with the costume and everything). The girl in the Peacock costume did not pass so I had the most memorable costume in my group.
Because I had my form filled out, I got the first interview. That went well. The AP even liked the Halloween fonts on the app. They called me back for a video interview, and I think that went really well. I got most of my talking points in and they even videoed my Halloween socks. The wanted to film me shuffling out of the room so I forgot my reading glasses and had to go back for them (paranoid thought: AP thinking to herself: Is he EVER going to SHUT UP, I know I'll tell him we want to film him doing the Flying Monkey walk out of the room). I really think I sold the vision of the FM on WWTBAM. So the PC watch begins. I'm having a hard time remembering the other costumes, but I bet the AP's remember me.
Everything went well, (my hotel was not a dump) until I got to JFK for my return flight to Charlotte. Jet Blue had canceled (weather they said). When Jet Blue cancels your flight, you are screwed. They won't put you on another airline or put you up if you have to stay over. I got on standby for the 9:45 flight and bought a Mega Millions ticket. I had better odds on the MM ticket. I finally got out the next day at 7:20 am to Boston to catch the 11 am flight from Boston to Charlotte. So the trip took an extra night in a hotel and another day from work. But I got to see Boston (ok so it was just the airport) and had a blast doing this crazy thing.
