Just Another Day At The Office

Posted At : April 25, 2008 2:38 PM | Posted By : Tom
Related Categories: Acting: The Weirdness

You know you're not working a regular 9-5 job when you're getting ready to leave the house and have to think, Hmmmm... where did I put my Speedo and those tear-away track pants?

-Tom, who -- yes -- owns a Speedo and tear-away track pants.

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I knew it. Your "acting career" is simply a secret identity allowing you to live the life of a low-budget superhero.

What's your power?

Besides the speedo, that is.
# Posted By Krunk's Next Victim | 4/25/08 3:27 PM
My power is a ridiculously large wardrobe.

I would have said "secret power" but really, it's no secret.
# Posted By Tom | 4/26/08 10:07 AM
Oh, THAT session runner is lovin' HIS job this week. 150 nerds in speedos. Hot!
# Posted By Danica Sheridan | 4/26/08 11:31 AM
I think his job went just fine, given the 300 hot 24 year-old chicks in bikinis who were also lined up for the audition.

We got in the room and as we're changing into our "costumes" one of my scene partners glanced down at my Speedo and goes "Oh THAT'S perfect!"

Now if I'd eyed her bikini and said the same thing, it would have been creepy.
# Posted By Tom | 4/26/08 12:49 PM
Do we here in Tom-fan-land even dare ask why you needed a speedo?
# Posted By elee | 4/26/08 6:16 PM
Because when the people potentially paying you thousands of dollars to be on TV say "WARDROBE: SPEEDO OR THONG", you choose the lesser of the two evils.
# Posted By Tom | 4/26/08 11:25 PM
Did the underbelly of a dead fish, basement gamer, Midwestern whiteness thing work for you or against you?
# Posted By Glog | 4/28/08 9:25 AM
" a Speedo and tear-away track pants"

Here I thought you were auditioning for Hot Cops.
# Posted By Clay | 4/28/08 10:12 AM
I try to be supportive and all, but if you get the part and it ends up on TV I'm not sure I'll make an effort to watch this one. After last summer's (IT consulting) company picnic at a beach I'm just not sure I can handle seeing any more pasty nerds in very little clothing. It's bad enough that I see myself in the mirror every morning.

- Scott, who wonders if Tom's scene partner was commenting on the packaging, or...the package
# Posted By Scott | 4/28/08 1:34 PM
Given the reticence with which she answered my innocuous question about where she worked, I don't think it was the latter.
# Posted By Tom | 4/28/08 1:45 PM
Well, really she was probably quite fearful - that's my theory. She sees you on stage with the speedo and you've got, you know, an armadillo in there, I mean it's really quite frightening...
# Posted By glog | 4/28/08 2:08 PM
maybe you should go evil-er and get a thong. then all your pants would become tear-away.
# Posted By chrisw | 4/28/08 2:10 PM
Y'know, if you have second thoughts about the hawaiian outfit for GenCon, the speedo would suit the theme just fine.
# Posted By Dave M. | 4/29/08 10:45 AM
How much are you paying?
# Posted By Tom | 4/29/08 11:35 AM
OK, we save the speedo for the Award Ceremony. During the first two rounds we have two cans out for donations:

Can 1 - Tom wears a speedo for the award ceremony
Can 2 - Tom does NOT wear a speedo for the award ceremony

We can donate the proceeds to the Aspiring Young Mid-Western Actor fund.
# Posted By Dave M. | 4/29/08 1:43 PM
{Did the underbelly of a dead fish, basement gamer, Midwestern whiteness thing work for you or against you?}

It really remains to be seen, but I just found out I got a callback.

So I'm going to put one in the "FOR" column.

Now where did I put my Speedo and those tear-away track pants...?
# Posted By Tom | 4/29/08 3:49 PM
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