Happy New Year

Ok, so it's finally 2009. I feel like I've been waiting my whole life for this year. I have been very busy out here in Hollywood, but I want to get back into updating this thing.

The other day, I was shot in the back by a Terminator for the upcoming, straight to Blockbuster DVD "The Terminators." It was pretty cool. There was a guy with an air cannon squatting down next to me ready to shoot out a load of red syrup so it would look like my guts are going everywhere.

I have also done a couple of training videos for Ralph's grocery store, playing a cashier named Will.

Also I finally started uploading videos I've been making with my cell phone.

www.youtube.com/jayplemons



Well, that is 2008 in a nut shell.

Angela Kinsey

Ok, so tonight while I was on my way to the gym, I ran into Angela Kinsey who plays Angela on "The Office." She was putting money into a parking meter when I started talking to her. I told her how much I love "The Office" and she told me that she was heading to this Thai restaurant and said to walk with her. She was pretty cool. She said that there are 4 more new episodes left this season, but they are going to be webisodes online to hold people over until the next season. She also told me that the season finale is going to be pretty big. She was probably one of the nicest celebrities that I have run into out here.

Red Carpet

Ok, so just around my house is the Kodak Theater where the Academy Awards are going to be on March 5. Well, tonight, I was riding my bike home from the gym, and I had to take a detour because Hollywood Blvd is shut down so they can set up for everything. Well, I got lost and wound up riding my bike on the red carpet where everyone will be walking Sunday...I thought it was pretty cool.

Drew Carey

Ok, so tonight I got an email about Drew Carey being at the LA Improv. It was only $7 to get in and a 2 item (food/drink) minimum. Drew was pretty funny. There were some other acts, some were good, one was hilarious, and the others were alright. I saw Drew before the show, and said hi, but he was just pacing around stretching getting ready to go on. He shook my hand and said hi, but I could tell that he was just thinking about his set. After the show, I saw him again by the valet and he took a picture with me. It was dark, but it turned out ok. It looks even better on my phone. He gave the valet guy a $100 bill, then drove off in his Mercedes. So even though he's not on TV as much, he seems to be doing pretty well for himself.

Bloods and Crips

Ok, so today, I was in the mall looking at DVDs when a bunch of people started running by the mall. I heard a bunch of yelling, so naturally I went out to see what was going on. There was a bunch of bloods and crips on the first floor going at it.

I was on the second floor, so I had a pretty good view of the action.
At first it was just a bunch of running around, screaming, and throwing gang signs, but then a bunch of them started fighting. They knocked down a display at Starbucks, breaking all the mugs. All the stores in the area closed their gates. I felt like I was in a Western where all the shops close down during the showdown.

The security guards kept trying to break it up, but they would just runaround to a different place. One guy picked up a chair and busted it aross another dudes head. I had a good view of that, and even got it on my video phone.

A couple minutes later, the police showed up with their guns drawn. It was pretty crazy, I never seen anything like it in my life. The mall is 3 stories with the shops around the outside, and the middle opened up. People were lined up all around the railings whatching it like it was some kind of sporting event. But, I guess people just have to celebrate Martin Luther King day in their own way.

Bloodrayne

Ok, so last week, my and some friends were walking down Hollywood Blvd. when this guy comes up to us with some posters for the movie "Bloodrayne." He asked us to say some stuff on camera about "Bloodrayne", so we were holding up the poster and saying what a great movie it is. I had never seen anything about the movie, and it's not coming out until January 6. Well, a producer was there, and gave us tickets to the premiere tonight and to the after party.

"Bloodrayne" is based on a video game, and is about Rayne, this half-vampire/human (Kristanna Loken) who is trying to avenge her mother's death.



Michael Madsen ("Reservoir Dogs") plays some kind of vampire hunter. I told him that whenever I hear "Stuck in the Middle With You" I think of him cutting that guys ear off. He said, "Yeah, I know. I hear that song all the time. It's crazy."



Billy Zane ("Titanic") is also in the film.




After the movie, I got to go to the after party at the Roosevelt Hotel. It was pretty cool. Free food and free drinks! But over all, it was just another night in Hollywood.

Scrubs

Ok, so tonight was the 2 episode premiere of the fifth season of "Scrubs", the all-time best show ever to come on TV. It was a hilarious night of comedy. I'm not going to tell you what happened, but you should definitely check out next weeks episode. The first two season are also on DVD.

New Years

Well, not having any real plans for New Years, I decided to take the subway to Universal Studios. I heard that something was going on so I thought I would check it out. I got there at 11:30, but all that was going on was that there were a bunch of stores open. I tried to buy some Starbucks coffee, but it was just a small stand so they didn't have what I wanted. There was a countdown and at midnight they shot up some confetti. It was pretty cool I guess. It was the first time that I was in a crowd counting down to New Years. Well, we will never see 2005 again.

Goodwill

Ok, so every once in a while, I like to go to Goodwill and see if there are any good clothes. When I was in Indianapolis, I would usually find one or two things, but here in LA, there are lots of good clothes. I just got back from there and got 2 GAP jeans and a polo, a Structure shirt, and 2 Banana Republic shirts, and a Hootie and the Blowfish CD "Cracked Rear View" all for $25. At the mall, this would have cost me at least $200.

Turk Turkleton

Ok, so tonight I was at 24 Hour Fitness where my buddy Harland Williams works out when I met Donald Faison (Turk from "Scrubs"). I introduced myself and told him that I loved "Scrubs." He shook my hand and told me thanks. Then he went into the basketball gym where he started to shoot around. So naturally, I went in there too and shot around a bit. One of the guys at the gym told me that he comes in there all the time. So, now my goal is to get into a game with him.

6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon

Ok, so the theory is that every actor who has been in a movie is connected to Kevin Bacon...

"In the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, players are challenged to link any actor to Kevin Bacon through roles in movies common to both. The number of such links that must be followed between an actor and Kevin Bacon is known as that actor's Bacon number. The name is derived from, and the game conceptually inspired by, a movie called Six Degrees of Separation."

Tonight I scored my first acting gig in an independent short titled "A Cruisemas Carole" and got within the 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

So...I was in "A Cruisemas Carole"...


with Alanna Ubach, who was in "Meet the Fockers" with both...


Robert Dinero and...


Dustin Hoffman, who both were in "Sleepers"...


with Kevin Bacon.


So, my Kevin Bacon number is 3.

Walk The Line

Ok, so tonight I finally got to see the movie I have been waiting all summer to see. Here in Hollywood, there are posters up for movies months before they come out just there to tease you.

A while back there was a very influential commercial for Applebees or Chilis with the song "Ring of Fire." But instead of eating their ribs, I started listening to Johnny Cash.

At first it was just his biggest songs, "Ring of Fire," "Walk the Line," and "Folsom Prison Blues," but the more I listened to those, I started to listen to others. The more songs I listened to, the more I started to find out about it him. The more I found out about him, the more I became a fan.

With the build up for a movie like this, all the old concert footage and promotion that comes along with a biopic, the more of a chance there is to be disappointed. I was relieved when I found out that John had approved the script and picked Joaquin. There was no disappointment with this movie. It was excellent.

It is an excellent story about John, his relationship with June, and his struggles with drug addiction.

Excellent acting with Joaquin and Reese.

Easily one of my favorite movies.

Mood

Ok, so tonight I was walking down Hollywood Blvd. when I passed Mood, L.A.'s hottest club right now. I saw Shia Labeouf star of Disney's "Holes" and "The Greatest Game Ever Played" trying to get into Mood, but the bouncer wouldn't let him in, because he isn't old enough. You could tell that Shia was already drunk or high. It was kind of sad to see him like that. I went up to talk to him, and he was definitely on something. Well, I guess that is what Hollywood does to a person.

Back to school

Back to school,
Back to school,
To prove to my dad
That I'm not a fool.

Ok, so I started my acting class today at Playhouse West. Former students include Ashley Judd, Sean Astin, Jim Carrey, James Franco and more. Also, Jeff Goldblume is one of the teachers.

It was pretty fun. I'm looking forward to it. So, it is just one more step towards changing the world through film and television.

November 1, 2005

Ok, so last night as I was fighting my way through the crazy packed Halloween crowd last night on Hollywood Blvd. on my way to the gym, I felt pain in my left big toe. When I went to bed, I couldn't go to sleep because the pain was so much.

So at about 5 I got up to use the restroom, and as I was washing my hands, I felt a little dizzy. Walking back to my room, I remember putting my hands on the door post, then I woke up with pain on the back of my head. I I turned my head and realized that I was laying next a 35 pound dumbbell.

I remember when I was a kid complaining about a pain somewhere, my dad would offer to hurt another part of my body so that my original pain would go away. That method actually works. As I was laying there, I felt no pain at all. It was my first relief all night. I thought maybe I was dead or something.

After a few minutes, I got back in bed and fell asleep. I went to the doctor later, and found out it was an ingrown toe nail. The doctor said that he could remove.

He stuck my toe with a huge needle to numb it, but when he started to remove the side half of my toe nail, I found out that my toe wasn't all the way numb.

Well, he cut half my toe nail off, and that was the end of the pain. Plus my killer insurance from Gap, inc. took care of all but $10 of the bill. Not too shabby.

Daylight Savings Time

Ok, so this morning the earth stood still for the space of an hour. Well, actually Daylight Savings Time just ended and the clocks moved back an hour. Being from Indiana, this is the first time that I participated in this time honored tradition. I expected more to happen, but I just got an extra hour of sleep is all. Kind of like a movie that your friends build up so much that even though it is good, you still end up disappointed.

Rap Music

I luv rap music
I always have, and I always will
There ain’t no other kinda music in all the world
That makes me feel quite as chill
I luv rap music
Ya know, it’s sittin’ on the top of my list
So if ya wanna hang with me, ya better believe
We’ll be jammin’ to a hip hop mix

-dC Talk

BSU Degree At Work

Ok, so there is a short film/SNL type sketch called "Halloween at the Pitts" being passed around to different agents and producers in Hollywoodright now starring Skyler Stone and Alanna Ubach and produced by Zach Johnson.

Well,if they watch the ending credits, under boom operator they would see BSU alum Jay Plemons. I know Zach, so I just showed up to hang out and watch it, and they asked if I wanted to help.

It was really kind of weird at first, cause a few weeks ago, I had seen "Waiting..." which Alanna and Skyler were both in, and now I was mic-ing them as they did their own stuff.

The Office

Ok, since "Scrubs" (absolute best show ever) hasn't returned yet, "The Office" is currently the best and funniest show on TV. I'm talking about the American version. I tried to watch the English version, but couldn't get into because of the accents. Which is weird, cause I like the HBO so "Extras" with the creator of the English version.

Addendum

OK, so I just rode my bike to the gym listening to A Collision. It is even better through headphones. Also, it is an album that can, and is best, listened to all the way through.

A Collision or 3+4=7

Ok, so I first saw the David Crowder Band last summer at King's Island while they were on Michael W. Smith's "Healing Rain" tour. Mercy Me was also there. It was one of the best concerts I' ve seen. The best still belongs to the time I saw The Waiting/Third Day/Newsboys.

I bought their CDs, and they were excellent.

Well, I just got their new CD, "A Collision" or "3+4=11" It is a great CD, and quite possibly the best CD I have ever heard*. There are 21 tracks, and a couple of the tracks are like intermissions and stuff. Hard to describe. There is such a variety of music as well. Loretta Lynn's "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven" and Hank William Sr's "I Saw The Light", old recordings from concerts and radio programs are also mixed in the middle of it all. Just the way it is put together is incredible.

Also, nothing to do with the CD, but I just found out that David Crowder wrote the theme song/jingle for the Christian radio program "Walk in the Word" with Dr. James MacDonald.






*Rich Mullins is by far the best recording artist ever. Every song of his is excellent. There is no way that anyone can be compared to him. So I'm not including Rich when I say "A Collision" is probably the best CD I have heard.

DVR

Ok, so I got DVR today. It's like Tivo, but the guy says it's better. My life is totally changed. I can record TV shows, set it to record the whole season, and rewind and pause live TV. Say, I miss a joke, or want to see something again, I can rewind it as much as I want. Then when I get to the commercial, I can fast forward through the commercials until I catch up with the program.

Golf

Ok, so being inspired by "The Greatest Game Ever Played", I went golfing today. I did alright. It was the first time I have gone in over a year. It is a par 3 course (meaning it should only take 3 strokes to get the ball in the hole). I did it on an average of 5. But there is really only no place to go but up from there.

To be honest, I really love frisbee golf. But I don't know where any courses are around here though.

The Greatest Game Ever Played

Ok, so when I was a substitute teacher, I once had an English class that had a work sheet to do the whole period. Since I had nothing to do but 'babysit' the whole time, I started "Holes" by Louis Sachar (Sacker) that was on the teacher's desk. I started reading it because when I was in Jr. High, I had read his "Sideways Stories From Wayside School" series. When I got done reading it (5 hours later) I thought that I would want to turn "Holes" into a movie. Disney beat me to it with Shia Labeouf playing Stanley Yelnats.

I saw Shia on "Last Call with Carson Daly" while he was promoting his movie, Disney's "The Greatest Game Ever Played."

Shia plays Francis Ouimet (Wemet) a Scottish immigrant that grows up as a caddy on a golf course, and becomes one of the greatest golfers of all time. It is a really good movie. Even though I thought it has a little too much CGI, it is still a great story.

Last Call with Carson Daly

Ok, so I went to "Last Call with Carson Daly" tonight. It was alright. Jason Lee was on for "My Name is Earl", and Shia Lebouef was there for "The Greatest Game Ever Played". The show was alright, I don't know if I would go see it again unless there is someone that I really wanted to see. They taped the show tonight, but it won't air until Friday Sept. 30th. During the Jason Lee interview, Carson talks as if it was a week in the future, but Jason keeps talking in the present.

160,000 Miles

Well, I was driving home from work tonight, and my 96 Ford Taurus hit 160,000 miles.

Rain

Well, it rained today. Not big news to most people, I know, but this was the first time it rained since I've moved to LA in June. People here go crazy when it rains. I guess it's comparable to getting 8" of snow in Indiana. They don't know how to drive, and don't go out unless it's absolutely necessary.

The Big Easy

Ok, so I was walking home from church this morning, and I pass Grauman's Egyptian Theater. Now, I've never been in there so I decided to check it out. When I got in there, I found out that a screening of "The Big Easy" was about to start and the proceeds were going to the Red Cross. But the other thing is that Dennis Quaid was there.

So I go into the theater, and see some seats open in front of Dennis, so naturally I sit there. There was a guy that was sitting a few seats down that turned out to be the director of the movie.

It was pretty cool sitting there, cause they would talk during the movie about the different scenes. From now on when I go to the movies, I am going to make sure the star and director are going to be in the audience. It's the only way to watch movies.

Green Room

Ok, so I went to the Jimmy Kimmel Live show tonight. Tracy Morgan (SNL, The Longest Yard), Ralph Macchio (Outsiders, Karate Kid) and Hanson (MmmBop) were on. It was pretty funny. I think the show is funnier live then on TV. The concert was outside, so that was pretty cool. Hanson played "MmmBop" of course, "This Time Around", "Crazy Beautiful", and some song where they shouted 'Hey!' a lot.

After the show, there was a party in the green room for the first 50 people that showed up to the show. So that was pretty cool. There was free food and drinks and I got to play Pool and PS2. How many people have played PS2 in Jimmy Kimmel's green room? Tracy and Hanson were in the room, so that was kind of cool too.

After the show, they gave us "The Longest Yard" which has Tracy Morgan in it, which comes out next Tuesday.

No Surprise from Switchfoot

Well,I just listened to the new Switchfoot album, "Nothing Is Sound" and true to form, they had 1 good song on there. And it wasn't even that great. It's "Daisy", the last song on the album. That would have been the one they probably would have put on a sampler CD tricking people to get their album. Now, I am not saying the band is not any good, good is relative. And they do have a few songs that I like. But I wouldn't spend any more money on them, or take time to see a concert.

California Blackout

Well, the power went out today. It came back on my apartment after a few minutes, but I heard on CNN that people were stuck in elevators for an good hour or so. This is the third blackout since I've been here, that I know about. It's really becoming annoying.