I’ve often been asked what I think about myspace, well honestly it’s a cool tool for social networking because it reunites people and it allows you to meet a lot of different people from different walks of life.  I personally don’t have a myspace page any longer because I figured it’d be easier to just have one site for all my info and that’s this site
By the way, I’m going to try and keep this site true to its form and just post acting related stuff with an occasional random thought on a particular topic to let you know I’m human…

Lastly, if you are looking for a Myspace alternative and are in the entertainment industry then check out ActorsConnect.com

Accomplishments are what you make of them…Some may say I’m a fortunate man because I’ve accomplished a lot in life but the way I see it, I still have yet to put my mark on this world, let alone my life!

In my years of life, have I really accomplished what God had destined for me?  This is a question that I think many of us must ask ourselves.

I think we can accomplish many things with our lives.  I’ll break it down the following way:

- Personal accomplishments - these are things we strive to make ourselves happy in life.  Whether that’s getting an “A” in our English class or an “A+” on our Philosophy class.  This can even be making it big in the entertainment industry.

- Professional - getting promoted at work, making a boat load of money, getting to travel around the world, etc.

- life - falling in love, loving life, freckles, cars, etc…

ok, I’m done rambling…leave your comments below if you like…

I sometimes find I’m drifting
Through this life without effect;
I often wonder if I’m truly
Worth what I’ve been blessed.

I search through days that have been hard,
To try to understand,
The many trials that I have known,
The life that I have had.

You see me in my daily grind,
So confident and strong;
Yet when I am alone, I question
Just where I belong.

I often try too hard I find,
To analyze and guess,
To scrutinize, investigate
My life I will confess.

For somewhere deeper, there must be
Some meaning to this life,
Some way to make a difference,
Give a reason for this strife.

Is there some hidden meaning?
Some agenda to be found?
A greater purpose waiting
If I care to hang around?

It teases and it taunts me,
Always slightly out of sight;
A hazy vision out of reach,
Where darkness hides the light.

I struggle to bring clarity
To what awaits me there,
And yet this weak illusion
Always fades before my stare.

It seems the harder that I try,
To focus through the haze,
Just serves to add more questions,
Through my endless, tired gaze.

Perhaps I’m trying just too hard,
To understand it all,
For can we ever truly know
Just what we have in store?

Each incident, each moment passed,
Just adds upon the next,
But in the end, will I find truth …
Or will I be perplexed?

Perhaps I make it harder
Than it has to be sometimes,
But will my searching bring to me
My meaning over time?

Or will it leave me broken,
And confused as I feel now,
While questions bring no solitude,
To this, my wrinkled brow.

So we performed “Lessons Learned” in the Newark public library.  This was interesting because the audience was closer to us during our performance and we had a mixture of students from all different age groups.  All in all, we performed really well and the audience enjoyed and I believed learned some pretty good lessons.

I also had my first taste of “stardom” with some of the kids from the audience wanting to take my picture after the show and wanting to take a picture with me.  Was a great feeling and at the end of the day I hope they were able to learn some valuable lessons through our characters.  Pictures of the show can be found in the gallery and stay tuned for a brain dump from our next show which should take place in mid-Nov

So I’m sure you want to know how the shows have been going for me, well I’m happy to report a lot of good things.   I have the opportunity to play two characters in this show.  I play Jose and Celia Cruz’s father Simon.  Jose is a HS student who has just completed his HS journey and is about to embark on the new challenges of college.  Jose’s teacher, Mr. C., recognizes that Jose has no real plan in life and he is trying to help him out and put him on the right track to succeed in his future endeavours.  Mr. C. uses examples of 3 famous Latinos in history to help Jose see that he can be whatever he wants to be and that no one can keep him from his dreams.  The story starts off in the classroom where Jose is basically saying goodbye to his former HS and classroom and is a bit taken back as he is about to leave what is known and comfortable for him and embark on journey that will change his life.

Mr. C. guides Jose by teaching him about a Nationally recognized talk show host Geraldo Rivera, who learned about his roots and identity through his struggles to make it as a journalist.  He then speaks about Celia Cruz, one of the most recognized music legends who came out of Cuba and concludes with discussing Antonia Novello, the first Puerto Rican Female Surgeon General of the United States.

On Oct. 13th we performed the first show of the season for a group of middle school kids in a school in south Jersey.  We had 2 shows to perform and as expected we were all a bit nervous.  Just before the show started there was a bit of drama, one of the main characters and my co-star didn’t show up for the show.  So the understudy John had to prepare for the show in a hurry as we were about to start our first of two performances in under an hour. 

As they say in showbiz the show must go on and so it did.  John being the professional that he is got up to speed and we ended up having a great first performance and the crowd loved us.  Great teamwork on our parts also led towards a great show.  There were a few moments in the show that John didn’t remember his lines and we worked through it and the audience had no idea what was missing, let alone that we were missing the main actor that had worked with me on the scene.

This marked for me, only my second live performance in my acting career and I was greeted at the end by the audience with loud cheers and applauds.  That gave me a good boost of confidence and a boost of energy leading into our our second show which ended up being superb.

Stay tuned for our next show and pics of the performance…

I have been picked up to be part of a, what I’ll call an “actor troupe”.  The company is called Winceyco and they are contracted to perform in schools all around the NY/NJ Metro area. 

This is a great opportunity for me to do what I love and give back to my community by performing shows that will hopefully help educate our youth.  Therefore, keep an eye out for me and pics of some of the performances that I’ll be acting in.  Above all, wish me luck as this will be only the second time that I’ve ventured into the realm of stage acting