steve in hollywood

Whenever I drive down Santa Monica I can’t help but think of that song. I also look for car washes across from bars to figure out which bar she means.

“We are drinking beer at noon on Tuesday
In a bar that faces a giant car wash
The good people of the world are washing their cars
On their lunch break, hosing and scrubbing
As best they can in skirts in suits”

There were a few car washes I saw that maybe could be it, I couldn’t tell since I was driving and had to keep moving.

Regardless, here are a bunch o’ pictures I took when driving to Beverly Hills for a meeting, I decided to go the long way, down Santa Monica all the way through West Hollywood to get there.

Santa Monica Drive

Click the picture, genius.

I will be on TV soon

Yeah, they are finally going to show the episode on TLC I was in, but I’m not going to tell you yet because it’s in three weeks and you’ll forget. I’ll tell you with about a week to go.

I haven’t been alive that long *clears throat* but I swear I’ve never seen so much hate directed toward a single candidate - even a presidential one, let alone a VP!  Normally I don’t talk about politics here but even Hollywood is in on the hate-fest.

I seriously have seen the most nasty comments from celebrities, and the most vicious LIES spread by email and even even on Myspace (that bastion of intellectual fortitude.) It’s as if people think that hating this lady is just fine and who needs to research your arguments to see if they are factual or use logic? There’s SO MUCH I can barely touch on it all but I’m going to try to.

First of all, a Democratic Congressman said this: Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings on Wednesday warned two minority groups to beware of Sarah Palin because “anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks.”

So, somehow if you shoot a gun and hunt, you are racist towards Jews and blacks. Yeah. That’s logical.

Then there’s this email circulating around, again, totally race baiting,  saying she gets a free pass in life because she is WHITE. I’m not making this up:

“White privilege is when you can call yourself a “fuckin’ redneck,” like
Bristol Palin’s boyfriend does, and talk about how if anyone messes with
you, you’ll “kick their fuckin’ ass,” and talk about how you like to “shoot
shit” for fun, and still be viewed as a responsible, all-American boy (and a
great son-in-law to be) rather than a thug.”

So, this lady’s teenage daughter had sex with a not-so-bright kid, and it has somehow, something to do with race? Not only that, what does a 17 year old’s emotional, hormonal, decision making have to do with her mother? This is somehow an argument not to vote for her? A VP candidate? Really? That’s the best you got? Oh wait, it’s just pure hate.

“* If your name is Barack you’re a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
* Name your kids Willow , Trig and Track, you’re a maverick.”

First of all, no one in the media or the prominent conservative movement is saying Obama is a Muslim. It’s a strawman. Plus, you really have to bring up what people name their kids? This is somehow politically relevant? Really?

Hollywood hates her too. Sandra Bernhardt: The Republican V.P. nom would be “gang-raped by my big black brothers” if she enters Manhattan. There’s plenty more nasty stuff from Hollywood about Palin if you look. Pamela Anderson, “I cant stand her. She can suck it,” she told E! News from Canada.

It’s just a hatefest. I’ve seen so many crazy lies posted about Ms. Palin I can hardly believe it. When I ask why people don’t like her they mostly say emotional stuff, repeat some of these lies, or just say things like she is “an idiot.” Look, if you don’t like her politically, fine. But really, gang raped? Attacking her family? Disagree, sure, but playing the race card and speaking out in anger and lies really doesn’t accomplish anything. Maybe it’s too late to ask people to be civil, but at least check your facts first.

Top 7 Lies about Sarah Palin

This is the secret: don’t eat anything. I went on this plan called Isagenix: you do this nine day “cleanse” and lose weight while “cleansing” yourself. They said typical results are losing 7-8 pounds.

I lost one and a half. This was done by not eating anything for four of the nine days. The other five you have one meal a day and two “Tree Bark with just a hint of Cinnamon” shakes. That was lots of fun.

Other things I’m thinking:

• I have the Einstein rat in my apartment. It has avoided the bait traps, the electrical traps, and knows to go around the glue traps. I can’t get rid of it and it’s digging holes in my carpet and waking me up in the middle of the night. I guess I’ll have to poison it only to have it die horribly, rot, and smell bad in some place where it will be very hard to reach. Thanks, f–ing rat.
• I am very close to having one of my screenplays produced with me as a star of the movie.
• I find it ironic that I’m meeting with people talking about million dollar movie budgets when I’m scrambling to pay my rent and figuring out how much ramen to buy.
• Sometimes I wonder how long my car has until it breaks again. The transmission is being funny — of course it usually has been.
• It’s possible, due to events out here, that I may one day live in a castle of my own design.
• I know you’re out there somewhere, and somehow I’ll return again to you.

Picture for you

In Costa Mesa I went to a Japanese grill and they had Milk Green Tea. It was quite tasty, and had a cute character on top.

So I went to Costa Mesa yesterday to meet a client for a script I am writing. We met for six hours and he described to me every scene he had planned out from notes written in pen covering two pieces of paper. After about an hour of this, a big black man in a purple shirt wandered into the Hilton lobby by himself. He was covered in tattoos, had a nose ring, and was smoking a cigar.

The hotel staff immediately asked him to put it out. He was very grandiose in his gestures while a staffer got him a paper cup with some water in it for the stogie. Then he just started talking and being really loud. Eventually a few people walked over to him. I realized he was some basketball player I’d seen (I don’t really watch basketball.) My client told me it was Dennis Rodman. He sat about 10 feet away from us and was so loud and obnoxious we could hardly hear.

His voice and mannerisms were all completely over the top, like he was some ostentatious regent or something. Here’s some highlights:

Dennis threw a slinky away from the table which landed with a thunk on the floor and said, “Don’t need that.” (Where did he get a slinky?)

He also threw a guy’s cell phone on the floor, then later said to the guy, “You’re gay. You’re gay. You’re gay!” Then the guy said loud to his buddy, “Hey! Dennis Rodman says I’m gay!”

Later more random people were crowding over to where he was sitting, and a cute pair of women in business suits came over. He pointed to one, and then to a stool, and kept saying, “Sit down. Sit down. Sit down!” like she was some kind of animal or something. (She eventually sat down.)

He left before my meeting was over and I didn’t want to interrupt my client since he is working on producing a 20 million dollar movie (that I’m going to write) so I didn’t get a picture or an autograph. Hell, I was kind of afraid to get near the guy anyway. Oh, and if you’re wondering, I’m not getting paid that much for the script, apparently the market has experienced writers begging for work so I’m lucky I’m even getting to do this one. Well, according to the client. But hey, I gotta eat. Hollywood is rough.

Sometimes, an actor really wants a role. But he needs a medium to communicate this to the world. That’s where YouTube comes in. I have joined the legions of crazies online to promote myself to be in the Robotech live action film. Here is the insanity:

Steve is Max Sterling

 Tobey Maguire has the rights to the live action film of Robotech, one of my favorite animations ever. I’m hoping to get his or someone’s attention at Harmony Gold, the owners/creators of the American Robotech show. Here’s some data from my crazy page above:

Why should Steve play Max?

• Steve knows Max and has loved the character for over 20 years
• How great would it be for a real fan of the show to be in it?
• Steve is an experienced actor with the physical build to play Max
• He loves Robotech so much he spent years making an entire game modification for it.
• Fan support for the movie would be increased by having a fan in it
• This story would help publicity for the movie
• Steve will happily promote the film at conventions across the country

I even have an online petition where you can vote your support for me to be in it!

I’m a pretty nice guy; at least, I like to think so. (Just don’t ask those other people who were in that video contest we had here a few weeks back.) Regardless, I try not to do horrible things to people, and I try to be responsible and courteous. If I say I’m going to call someone, I call them, with a few exceptions of course, like if I end up in the hospital with broken fingers and can’t dial my cell phone. (If my nose was smaller I bet I could dial with it but it just mashes the buttons.)

In the course of my life, I run into people who are just inexplicably rude, unprofessional, or worse yet — pretend to my face that they like me. This brings me to my main point today. I have a list. This list is people who missed out on the coolness of being friends with me because they were one of these types of people. When I think of this list, here are some of the people who specifically come to mind:

• Girls who say they will call/email me and never, ever do

I tried to think of who else would be on this list but got stuck. Seriously, this is most of them. Tell me if this has happened to you:

You meet a pretty girl (or guy if you prefer), she shares common interests in you, she isn’t married, she doesn’t have the Hep, and she talks to you like she really likes you. She even gives you her phone number or email (or business card, as it happens here in L.A.) Then you call, and get voicemail — no call back. I’ve even had some girls on Myspace who read my messages to them but just don’t reply. They don’t even tell you why. Even if you ask, “Hey, so why did you friend me but don’t ever talk to me?” or “Why did you give me your card, anyway?” (Yes, I’ve asked.) Sure, they add you as one of their 34,962 friends, but answer your mail? What a chore.

A lot of these girls I just want to be friends with (who will believe that?) or keep them as business associates as an actress I can call for later projects. Regardless, I’ve been blown off by more women than I can possibly count. And they will be sorry, very sorry, when I have buckets of money to swim in and I’m on the cover of every major magazine in the news stand. I bet they will say, “Gee, maybe I could have given that Steve guy a chance?” So they will dig up my card out of their enormous pile, or they will actually search Myspace for me, and they will give me a call, or an email.

And then… I won’t answer.

You probably saw on Friday that they didn’t put my video up on time for this contest, Rockstar III, and now I am thousands of votes behind. I’m not sure how they are going to make this up to me to make it fair, but I need to catch up to be in the finals! I can’t believe they messed up like this, but now I’m a dark horse, an underdog, coming from behind…

Hey, everyone loves an underdog right?

Click here to vote for me please!

1. Click any “VOTE” button

2. Find “Steve Weese” in the bulleted list

3. Enter your email, click then…

4. CHECK your email for the validation! (It doesn’t count unless you do this.)

You can vote ONCE for each registered email! Look, I moved out here to make it big — if I get to the finals I will get some HUGE exposure. I’ve up till now been the “Actor who can rock” so this fits me great.

If you want, you can watch my Stalker video right here in higher resolution:

I’m a Stalker - Steve Weese

Yes, it’s a video where I am a Stalker. One of my favorite Carolina Rollergirls is in it, Violet Femme. So, it’s up to you all, my friends, my fans… random people who read this blog… help this poor, starving creative guy in Hollywood beat the odds!

Well folks, I waited until they published all the videos, but somehow mine did not get listed on the 98.7 video page for their Rockstar III competition. I made sure my video met all the rules, I submitted the form correctly, but my video isn’t up there.

http://www.987fm.com/pages/rockstar3/videos.html

Here is where it is supposed to be, but mine isn’t there. I guess I’m just a loser.

Well, I guess at least this saves me time trying to promote myself for a crazy contest. It would have been fun to go to the finals and play. But, them’s the breaks I guess. I was hoping for at least a fair shot. I emailed them about it (programming@star987.com) but who knows if/when they will get to it since it is now Friday evening.

Just another disappointment in Hollywood? You betcha. Of course if 98.7 realizes their mistake and puts mine up I’ll tell you… but for now, I ain’t there.

‘Cause we all just wanna be big rock stars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We’ll all stay skinny as we just won’t eat
And we’ll
Hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger’s gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny with her bleach blond hair and well,
Hey hey I wanna be a rock star
Hey hey I wanna be a rock star

I have a crazy friend out here who gets a lot of acting gigs on craigslist. Sometimes she sees things that she thinks I will be good for and forwards them on. This is an example:

Needs Someone who speaks “Klingon”

I would just like to say, for the record, that I do not speak Klingon. But let’s do a web search and see what Klingons I get.First, we have the Klingon Language Institute . No, I’m not kidding.

Then we have this guy, who comes up first in an image search for “Klingon.” Must be nice to have your own slice of internet fame, eh? (No, I’m not going to tell you what crazy searches bring me up first.)

Also, I’m going to be a Rock Star

I am going to need your help! Starting tomorrow I will need votes for a contest for a Los Angeles radio station to be the next rock star! If you win you get cash and a contract! Did you know I rock? Well I do. You can see my video in my bio. I will post the details tomorrow for the voting, so please, true believers, help me win! (You can vote once per email address.)