James Richard Lane blog

Watch this video!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LTaFcwzG2pI Today I woke up and saw in an HBO advertisement of an exclusive look into this season of Veep , and 5 seconds in I see myself as an extra dressed as a marine. I'm pretty happy about that because it encourages me to continue this dream that I follow. I want to be an actor, entertainer, and study multiply forms of improv for the rest of my entire life and as a career. For now I just got hired at Geppi's Entertainment Museum as an  tour guide/informer. I feel it'll be good for my resume and keep me occupied for the time being till my promised big move to California later summer. Now onto everything else I went to Philly for the third weekend in a row with friends Alex and Kristine, walked around the city explored tried to go to the Philly Museum of Art but by the time we got there it was closed. We went to Kung Fu Necktie for a show it was cool, just mainly hung out around th...

I had one of the craziest experienced I've had in awhile, I saw that one of my recent favorite bands Work Drugs were playing in Philly, and since it was March 9th a history making day for me last year. I needed to get out. So Mike and I kept holding it off and finally last minute we decided to get on Relay Rides and rent out a Honda Fit 2010 for $30 for 23hrs (1hr less because of day light savings time). We get to the JHU girls house pick up the car at 6pm and dart to Philly from there, having some Chromeo, Cut Copy music playing. we arrive to the venue (Kung Fu Necktie) we check out the first few bands they had a great set, then we met some ladies who we're talking to us for awhile then one of them went off and made out with a few different guys in the bar, so we left them. Watched Work Drugs play such a killer set. Then tried to figure out where we were going to stay from there so we sat at the bar for awhile and talked to different people including the members of the band...

I played a show at Copy Cat opening for Dead Peasants it was rad hanging out with everyone! We got a large crowd of our fan base come in that night it was super sick and cool to hangout with all of them. We also just put our new album The "Clear" Album out the night before (Valentine's day) so we played almost all new ones and got a great response to. I also recently got kicked out of a screening at Parexel three times in one day. I mainly was asked to leave because the first time this woman pulled me aside during mid screening and tells me I can participate because I have parkinson's and that was the first time I was ever offended because I don't have parkinson's and to say I can't do something because my tremor is absurd and it had nothing to do with the trial or screening so I left got food came back and got into a loud argument with the woman told her I was going to sue and that accusations were ridiculous. We bickered for awhile then as I was asked to...

What could I live off of, if everyone I know is having such a hard time finding jobs why not just do what you actually want to do in life instead of settling for decent jobs that have nothing to do with what you actually majored in or dream about? It seems awful to think lots people I know go to school spending hundreds of thousands and will never actually use their BA in what they actually majored in and will take what they can get. It was making me think if i'm so broke when did I stop letting that get in my way? When it got cold? When I got hungry? That's happened when I had money too. In reality the things I have always wanted to do are the more "unrealistic" idea's and not an actual career, but I think if makes me happy that's what matters the most. I want to pursue traveling for the rest of my life, continue acting and entertaining, while meeting well known people or at least someone that has accomplished their dreams and connecting a friendship with the...

I've been broke recently, until the other day where Pat Moran Co, called me in for another acting job for Veep it was a two day shoot that lasted from 10am-1am both days. It was incredible!!! I work with the most awesome indie actors, extra's, casters. I got to work with well known actors like Julia Louie Dreyfus, Tony Hale, Sara Sutherland, Matt Walsh, Reid Scott , and a couple more! I filmed a few scenes in a German church but had a set up of ritzy art gallery party scene, with disco balls, paintings, white tables, gifts, champagne, etc. Everyone was given suits/dresses. It was an interesting set up. Spending all that time there too was great because I met a lot of new friends, and ladies while I was there, I ate the shittiest and will be receiving a great paycheck soon! Lots of weird, crazy moments going on, and much dancing from the dj setup in one of the scenes. I also played a very important gig yesterday at Long Shots, it was called Hammer Fest it was a benefit set up...

During recent activity I've been up to a lot again. My cousin Andrew came to town this weekend after purchasing him and I tickets to see Bloc Party at Rams Head but before all that, I went to a skateboarding art gallery party with James, Adam, Hannah, and a few other friends it was sick. There was a half pipe, music, and beer everywhere. Afterwards we left and walked to Club Charles for more drinks which I got way to wasted due to all the drinks bought for us. I would later stumble down Charles street and not arrive back to my house till 4am. It was slightly terrible but still a really fun night. The next morning Andrew arrived as I was getting ready to prepare for my show at Charm City Art Space that night by me learning Thom (my drummer) his parts and having young Michael (Pablo) to play all my guitar parts. It took all day! The time had come so we all arrive to open for Arab Spring, Sea Patterns, Glow Kids, & A Troop Of Echo's. I set up my drums Mike got ready with his g...

I went to New York to watch the ball in the city, it was awesome and very well belongs in my blog. Although it was so jam packed and I didn't get to actually watch the ball drop in fact I went back to where I was staying in LI to toast and drink champagne for the rest of the night. That being said I hung out in Long Island for the rest of the week and explored the beaches and the town's wits and played Madden all week. Then I came back to go to the metropolitan museum! It was huge and amazing for the little I saw. I arrived back in Baltimore to go to a BNote appreciation dinner in which and would turn out to be a vegan feast where I ate many vegan options including vegan meatloaf, it was delightful. I would later go to continue to drink large doses of wine to go back home and pass out. The next day I would get a lot exercise from a 13 mile walk from my house to the inner harbor and back but before then I would get a free water taxi ride, etc. Yesterday I would wake up at 6 am t...