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Los Angeles Tag: Perspectives

  • Chapter 5: LA part 12 – Starsky & Hutch

    Chapter 5: LA part 12 – Starsky & Hutch

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    Paal Joachim

    Wednesday 11 June 2003 For two days I was a part of a bigger Bat Mitzvah scene in the movie Starsky & Hutch. Wardrobe I really messed up figuring out where Burbank Motion Picture Costume Company on Vallhalla Street was located, so I end up getting there at 10.20am, 20 minutes late. I checked in…

  • Chapter 5: LA part 6 – Santa Monica

    Chapter 5: LA part 6 – Santa Monica

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    My New Home! Monday the 26th of May 2003. This is the day I move into my first apartment! I will be living in Santa Monica in a real nice airy room with a breeze from the Pacific Ocean. Sharing with Len, Christine and her boyfriend Tristen. I have finally settled into a room in…

  • Chapter 5: LA part 5 – Photo Session and the Audition

    Chapter 5: LA part 5 – Photo Session and the Audition

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    The in between moments Wednesday the 21st of May 2003. Yesterday I began to meditate again. Bascially sitting in a chair with my back straight letting myself think of nothing. When I notice my mind wander I gently bring it back to thinking of nothing. I sat like this a couple of times yesterday and…

  • Chapter 4: LA part 5 – About Me

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    Friday the 2nd of May 2003. Kinkos I helped Melvin create a resume on the computer so that he could send out letters to casting agencies and TV stations with his resume and headshots. The long dark haired girl While at Kinkos a long dark haired girl about my age sat down at the computer…

  • Chapter 3: LA part 3 – Protesting Life

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    Protesting Life! (The following part was originally written in Norwegian as I do believe I needed to connect in with my Norwegian roots inside of me. I am translating the following into English 9 years later on the 1st of April 2012) Wednesday 2nd of April 2003 It was about 3am before I arrived back…

  • Chapter 3: LA part 1 – End of the month

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    The end of the month cycle Monday the 31st of March 2003 I do now know when I first began to notice mood changes happen to me at the end of each month. But I do know that I have been aware of changes happening as if it is one month’s energy wave comes to…

  • Chapter 2: LA part 15 – Acting Class

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    Monday 17 March 2003 Continued from the last post… I found a monologue piece the day after at Samuel French, a store for actors. I looked at various monologue books but nothing “clicked” until I picked up the book I had noticed for a while. I had chosen not to pick it up at first since…

  • Chapter 2: LA part 13 – Writer Symposium Continues

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    Saturday 8 March 2003 I had so very much enjoyed the previous day at the writer symposium that I decided to take another day. It was being held this day at the Beverly Hills Hilton. I arrived right before 9am. The hotel was filled with various writers, and at lunch I began a conversation with…

  • Chapter 2: LA part 9 – Connecting with Spirit

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    Connecting with Spirit The evening of Monday 3 March 2003. There are many homeless as well as people who lack a sense of spirit in this city. The homeless are the most obvious as they are good at asking for help. When the world around someone does not function, many find a strength in their…

  • Chapter 2: LA part 5 – The Frustration

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    28th of February I read some more this morning at the hotel in The Urantia Book a book about universal wisdom. It is kinda funny as I write this now siting here in the car a couple of hours later in the hills above Universal Studios. To my left stretches the Universal Studios building with…