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January 06, 2007

5 things you probably don't know about me

Well here it is. Five things you probably don't know about me...unless of course you are close family and/or friends. I'll make the assumption that all you know about me is that I've worked on various MMORPGs and I used to be pretty active in the online space.



  1. I was a child actor. In middle school, my mom's friend was taking her kid to a commercial try-out and invited mom along. She brought me. I did very well and was quickly signed by an agency, Holden and Holden I believe. I graduated from the Weiss-Barron School of acting. In the first year I did three nationally syndicated TV commercials for Showbiz Pizza Place, a couple of advertisment shoots, and some other smaller tidbits. I then began to try out for movies and I almost landed the very first one I tried out for, a little kids sci-fi movie called "The Explorers." I was called back three times! I so thought I had that part. In the end, the studio decided they wanted a less ethnic kid (I'll try to dig up some of my headshots from those days, but I was DEFINITELY the little brown kid with the fro.) They went with River Phoenix instead. I was crushed. At the same time, my agent was diagnosed with cancer. I turned away from the whole business, and my parents being good people, didn't pressure me at all. Looking back on it, I'm pretty happy. I mean I could've ended up like River. Of course, we're very different people, and based on #2, I doubt I would've been into the drug scene.


  2. I was sober until 2006. That's right folks. Although I've had a drink here and there, I'd never been truly intoxicated until this summer. Leave it to a bunch of mates from the UK, a business trip to South Korea and the wonderful libation known as Soju to end three decades of natural highs :). I'm still not much of a drinker, I suppose I'm a bit of a control freak in that regard. That said, when I visit Seoul, I favor the mixture referred to "100 years wine" over straight Soju. I suppose I always thought I'd be an angry drunk, and as Mr. Banner is fond of saying, "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."


  3. I won 3 straight MC Hammer dance contests at West Texas State Band Camp. The "type writer" was my specialty, but man I could bust a move. Band camp you say? See the next item.


  4. I was President of the Band at Vines High School in Plano Texas. I played trombone and bass trombone from middle school on.


  5. I briefly had a radio show at the University of Texas radio station. I'd always wanted to have my own show (I did some voice-over work as well as the acting above). I was a freshman and the station producer blew me off when I showed up at the station asking for my own show. I kept pestering him and he finally said that if I could come up with the funds to underwrite my show, I could have a midnight slot. Much to his surprise I showed up a week later with my proposal for an R&B show called "Making Love... with Anthony" underwritten by a local business. I also won an award for best station ID.

Hmm...whom to ping?

I'll start with these two and move on from there...


Posted by SunSword at January 6, 2007 12:41 PM

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Posted by: moofie [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 8, 2007 05:57 AM

Ha! And I thought I was the only one who knew you were a child actor. And I could have sworn we shared a cocktail or two in Shanghai...

-Mike Perry

Posted by: MikeyP [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 8, 2007 11:33 PM

Hey Mike! Perhaps, but I'm pretty sure I was walkin' a straight line. I didn't say I NEVER drank, but there's a difference between a few drinks and gettin' hammered (or "pissed" as they say here abouts).

Unless we had a much better time than I remembered, in which case, I stand corrected! Must be something about Asia...hah!

And just for that, I'm adding you to the list!

Posted by: SunSword [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 8, 2007 11:49 PM

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