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Remember the audition I had last week at Nickelodeon?

I had a crush on this project as soon as I read the breakdown. After I
met the director and grokked what sort of story she wants to tell, I
was hopelessly in love with the project. I really, really hope I get
this job.

I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about jobs after an audition. In fact, I have a ritual where I take my sides, and dump them into the first trash can or recycling bin I find, so I can let go of the whole thing, and put it into the hands of The Universe — or a higher power, like the producers. But this one was different. I felt such a connection with the character, and had so much fun looking at his character model and creating the voice and character it inspired, I thought about the show every day, and called my manager about it several times.

I probably shouldn’t disclose too many details about the story that
I auditioned for, but it is a wonderful, funny, charming animated short
about a geek and a goth who are starcrossed lovers.

I’m sure you’re all surprised to hear that I read for the geek. I used my sense memories to recall the Kyra crush
and did my best to be the kind of guy who "you want to take his glasses
off, and mess up his hair, because he’s so cute and he doesn’t know
it," according to the director, who I really, really liked.

Just now, as I was about to make my daily call to see if we’d heard anything, the phone rang (true story). It was my manager.

"Remember [name of project]?" He said.

"You mean the one I call you about every single day?" I said.

"Yes, that one." He laughed. "You got it."

I lept out of my chair and hollered. "What?! Are you serious?!" Which is a stupid thing to holler, because he wouldn’t call me if he wasn’t. "Really? I really got the job?" Which is also a stupid thing to say, but I’m passing this one off on the surge of adrenaline and seratonin my brains released upon receiving the news.

"Yep. I called to see if they had made a decision yet, and [casting executive] told me that she was just about to call me with the news!" He went on to tell me that the director could have picked anyone in the whole world to do this part, and she chose me.

I’m going to say that again: she could have picked anyone she wanted, and she chose me. Man, that feels so good. I mean, it feels tasp good.

I hung up the phone and ran around the house like a hummingbird being chased by a dog that shoots bees from its mouth.

After all the times I’ve written about the audition that went great, but didn’t work out, or the audition that was a lot of fun, but it turns out I’m not edgy enough, it’s so insanely awesome to write about one where I not only had a great time, but actually get to do more than just the audition sides. When this show is animated and released, for the rest of time, I will be the actor who helped bring that guy to life — and I really love this character. I am so excited! Squee!

Anyway, I had a blast reading for this project, and I was so excited
when I left, I totally forgot to steal a camphone snap of the hawesome
four foot tall SpongeBob made out of LEGO in the lobby. If I get the
job, or the next time I’m at Nick, I’ll grab a picture of it on my way
in, because I’m usually skipping with nerdy excitment whenever I’m on
my way out.

I’ll be sure to snag a picture of the giant LEGO SpongeBob on my way in when I record my dialogue next Wednesday or Thursday, and I’m taking a gift to Don, the most awesome security guy ever, who works at Nick and is always so awesome to me when I go there for an audition.

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26 April, 2006 Wil

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119 thoughts on “finally back to me”

  1. Kim the fangirl says:
    26 April, 2006 at 6:50 pm

    WOOHOO!! Congratulations 🙂

  2. Joker Cross says:
    26 April, 2006 at 6:54 pm

    Ask not for whom the w00t tolls. It tolls for thee.

  3. Princess Anna says:
    26 April, 2006 at 6:57 pm

    w00t!!!!!!11!1
    GO WIL!!!

  4. kat says:
    26 April, 2006 at 6:58 pm

    YAY!!!!

  5. Dave says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:00 pm

    Good stuff, Wil. The Universe must have known you were The Geek.
    Represent.

  6. napoleondynamitefan says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:02 pm

    Oh, Wil! Congratulations! I am so happy for you! Whenever I read that you got the part, I literally yelled “Yes!” and threw my hands in the air. I yelled so loud that my family asked me what happened. lol

  7. Dakushna says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:03 pm

    What makes this great is not just that you got the job, but that you’ve been passed over for other jobs before and you’ve kept at it. I know how easy it is to lose faith in yourself when you get turned down for a chance at doing something you love again and again and finding that determination to keep plugging away isn’t easy. Seeing you get this job is just proof that you can’t let it get you down.
    Maybe it’s the situation itself, maybe it’s the way you write about it, or maybe it’s a bit of both, but reading stuff like this gives me a bit of hope or perhaps validation and that’s one of the reasons I keep coming back here.
    Congrats Wil, you’ve earned it.

  8. Jennifer says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:04 pm

    Thus spake the universe…
    You got it goin awwwnnnnn
    (heh….you said tasp)

  9. Triston says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:06 pm

    Congrats Wil. I’ve been pulling for you to get a part since you started posting your daily jibes about the process. I hope you keep us updated with the show (as much as you are allowed too).
    Its really kool mahn. Gud jawb!
    Triston

  10. Keith L. Dick says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:11 pm

    Congrats Wil!!….
    I hope you get alot more work down the road… 🙂

  11. Liz says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:13 pm

    Nifty! Congrats to you! When can you tell us what it’s called so we can be on the lookout?

  12. lomara says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:16 pm

    I hung up the phone and ran around the house like a hummingbird being chased by a dog that shoots bees from its mouth.
    Dude. I have to remember that one. Congrats on the job! 😀

  13. YankeeAmanda says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:22 pm

    Man, that rocks! Congrats – can’t wait to hear it is and what it’s about!

  14. watcher652 says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:23 pm

    Congratulations, Wil! I’m so happy for you. They recognized your inner geekness (well, maybe not so inner, eh?) and what you could bring to the role.
    Heh. You wrote Squee!

  15. Karl Erikson says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:29 pm

    Very cool, Wil. Congratulations. I’ve been wondering about this project off and on ever since you mentioned it. Glad you got the part. How soon can we get a look at the project? Is there a site for it yet?

  16. TimGundrum says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:33 pm

    Congrats!!

  17. rmd says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:35 pm

    clearly, the universe is unfolding in the way it should.
    woot!

  18. Michael Beaty says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:35 pm

    I think that was the first time a blog has ever made me gasp out loud.
    Congrats, Wil. This post has brought me from full-time lurker to comment-poster.

  19. tamara says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:36 pm

    You will nail this! I can’t wait to hear you. 🙂
    Sounds like a very cool story.

  20. Chris the Tiki Guy says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:37 pm

    Many many congrats, Wil!
    Guess your karma and the mojo we sent finally merged and made, erm…whatever the lovechild of karma and mojo make when they merge…
    Yeah.
    \m/

  21. R says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:44 pm

    Congratulations, Wil!! I am delighted for you. Ah, a happy ending to this story.

  22. Morgan says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:45 pm

    Congrats, Wil! I was really crossing my fingers for you. =)

  23. Whistlebinky says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:45 pm

    Congratulations! 😀

  24. Jordan says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:56 pm

    Heyyyyyy! Congratulations!

  25. Heath Allyn says:
    26 April, 2006 at 7:58 pm

    That is so awesome that scientists are using it to calibrate their awesomeometers,

  26. SpaceCadette says:
    26 April, 2006 at 8:16 pm

    Congratulations Wil! You’re the 2nd person I know who booked their dream role this week. Have a hawesome time 😀

  27. timmyweb says:
    26 April, 2006 at 8:16 pm

    Rock on, Wil. My favorite part of the post, other than the fact that you got the job, is the part where you wrote “Squee!” Never heard that before, but I love it.

  28. blackunicorn says:
    26 April, 2006 at 8:19 pm

    If it makes you feel any less silly for being all “ZOMG are you serious!?” to your manager, when I read the part about you getting it, I clapped my hands together up near my chest and squealed. And that’s sillier, because it’s a blog and I don’t know you.
    Congratulations!

  29. Annika says:
    26 April, 2006 at 8:20 pm

    Superb!

  30. Aja says:
    26 April, 2006 at 8:41 pm

    I knew you’d get it! 😉

  31. Thrasher says:
    26 April, 2006 at 8:54 pm

    Take a wild guess what my new favorite television show is going to be (Other then TNG of course)
    –Hey just think– now I have a legitimate reason to watch Nick *mwahaha life is wonderful*
    Congrats Wil, Squee is really the best word to describe it!

  32. Carolyn says:
    26 April, 2006 at 9:00 pm

    I’m really happy for you Wil. Let us know what to look for. I have to say though, that I still very much enjoy watching Wesley everyday. Those shows still amaze me and I love them dearly. Congratulations.

  33. towers16 says:
    26 April, 2006 at 9:03 pm

    First thing that came to mind when I say this entry was WOOT Wil!
    Second was from ‘Just a Geek’, when you asked Sean Astin, “Why do we do this?”. Well I think you just got your answer today.
    Good job Wil!

  34. jbay says:
    26 April, 2006 at 9:06 pm

    \m/ \m/
    yes. that’s a double.

  35. Cthulhu Geek says:
    26 April, 2006 at 9:09 pm

    Congrats that rocks! Man keep us posted of every little detail that you are allowed to when you get into it! Winning an auditon … Oh what a feeling!
    Don

  36. Morgan says:
    26 April, 2006 at 9:10 pm

    That reminds me…
    Until today, I though that I’d made up the terms “ZOMG!” and “Squee!”…Either I have really bad long-term memory, or I have an evil twin on the West Coast. Either way, I’m trippin’ out.

  37. MamaSlyth says:
    26 April, 2006 at 9:11 pm

    Way to go, Wil!!!

  38. SandieK says:
    26 April, 2006 at 9:17 pm

    YEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
    Thats awesomely awesome. Know when its gonna come on?
    SUpercongrats. You deserve it 🙂

  39. Nadia says:
    26 April, 2006 at 9:17 pm

    C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ! !

  40. sarahalyse says:
    26 April, 2006 at 9:18 pm

    I normally don’t comment here because my reply will get lost in the deluge of other posts, and so with this…but I can’t help it, I just had to say congratulations! This project sounds really fun, I can’t wait to see it.
    Nice work, Wil. You deserve it.

  41. DCB says:
    26 April, 2006 at 9:26 pm

    Way-cool surreal-type experience of my evening: As I’m reading this post, Queen’s Princes of the Universe randomly shuffles onto Winamp… which happens to be a pretty HAWESOME celebration/triumph-type soundtrack, that shant be denied.
    Here you belong, Unlce Willy!

  42. June says:
    26 April, 2006 at 9:38 pm

    There’s something weird about feeling excited for someone whom you don’t really know except through their blog… but I did a really excited jig for you! Congratulations!! I know what TV network I’ll be watching often when I finally get cable!

  43. Rene says:
    26 April, 2006 at 9:48 pm

    Very cool. Congrats. I’m really happy for you (and me cuz now I get to read about it all here!)

  44. dragonfey says:
    26 April, 2006 at 9:59 pm

    Congrats! And squee??!!?? I had to laugh as it is a very common term in the rat world. It is used when we see too much cute. Squee!!
    Should we put up a map of where we are? http://www.frappr.com/
    My rattie list had done this and it is kind of cool.

  45. kblue says:
    26 April, 2006 at 10:13 pm

    That’s so awesome. Congrats! Looks like all the hard work and patience is paying off.

  46. Ericka says:
    26 April, 2006 at 10:21 pm

    Oh, that’s so great! And crazy, because I’m totally excited for you and yet do not know you at all. Hawesome!

  47. rednikki says:
    26 April, 2006 at 10:22 pm

    That is so cool! You’re going to have to tell everyone the title and when it will air so we can all set our TiVos.
    And my other half is all asquee about your LoSH gig.
    It’s SO cool that you heard good news about two great projects in one day!

  48. magdala says:
    26 April, 2006 at 10:29 pm

    Good on you, Wil. This is fabulous news, and you totally deserve it. “The wheel has turned.” 🙂

  49. Pete says:
    26 April, 2006 at 10:44 pm

    That’s good news. Could we be witnessing the genesis of the next Billy West?

  50. rowdykatie says:
    26 April, 2006 at 10:46 pm

    Yea, Wil!

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