Starting A New Week In January

Okay, so my new website at www.ricklasquete.com is up and running and I have been adding to it like mad this past week. It's almost addictive once I get in there to work on it. Have to tear myself away from it. But it's all good. This past week was mostly good. A bit of work at the hall, for Go Games and also for CCSF administering physical tests to police candidates. Lots of fun. Also, got to be a part of a big feature film produced out of Canada "Birth of the Dragon" about Bruce Lee's life leading up to his fame in the US. It's a period piece so we all got to dress up in 60's garb. But because of this shoot, I also missed two of three auditions I had this week. :-( Never like missing opportunities like these ones. Always a bummer to miss out on being considered for new projects. Enjoyed the film work and am grateful for it. Just wished I could have done it all. Such is the life of an actor. Looking forward to this week. Lot's of work starting mid-week. Hoping for new opportunities for gigs to hit as well. :-) (With Rachel Cheng in these photos)

Starting Off The Year Right

Hi All! It's been quite a bit of time since I last blogged here. But I'm feeling rather productive today so I am going to blog away. Spent most of today working on my new website which was in bad need of an overhaul. I have been paying for my web service for years now and without the benefit of an up-to-date site. So barring any problems with redirecting my domain name to this new improved website, I should be good shortly. I used to work for the company that hosts my site so would think I would have no problem creating a half way decent website. But alas, when I first approached updating...I was trying to update my existing website. Big mistake. Unless you are the one that put this website together in the first place, it is pretty near impossible to work with it. I tried and got very discouraged (last year..uh huh). There was just too much unknown involved in my friend's process in working with my original website (which is in my account) but with lots of customization. I found myself today thinking...hmmm...what if I just created a new website and see if this website builder that I sold successfully for almost a year really is easy enough to build a half way decent website that I could be proud to put out there. Since it is an "actor" website, I don't need alot of bells and whistles in the first place. Guess what...I'm pretty stoked that I now have a site I can go into and update as I need to and know what to do to get the site there. Finally, I'm getting my money's worth after paying for several years now and living with a website that is nice but impossible for me to update. So, in turn, I have been very reluctant to give out my website domain to anyone. Yeah! I feel like I have accomplished a big thing now and, believe me, I have lots more to do both around the house (understatement) and creating goals for 2016 and taking a good look at 2015 to help me figure out those new goals. (Celebrate the last year's goals accomplished and take a serious look at those I didn't and figure out what I need to do in 2016 to get there.) I have been seriously thinking that I need to move to LA now. I still need to go through my process but I need to make my energy shift in that direction. That means some serious saving of money (a nest egg) to do so. (Do I hear a National in my future? lol, but seriously...just kidding...no I'm serious!) Lot's of ambivalence for a number of reasons (I will explain them later) but if I am to be serious about my career it feels inevitable that I be in the place where important decisions are made and do what I can to put myself in that path. "if not now, when? Right?" A friend over the holiday season said it very well..."Sometimes you just have to step out into the unknown and trust that you will be caught, supported and able to thrive." I agree...That's what I tell others...time for me to start believing it as well. With that, I need to think about eating today. Haven't done so yet. I know, bad Rick. But give me a high-five! I created my new website. Woohoo! :-) Have a great weekend everyone and let this be the start of a wonder-full, prosperous new year for us all! Rick