Blogs are for douchebags.

     Why am I doing this? That's the question I've been asking myself since Sunday afternoon when during the middle of my shift I caught myself ranting inside my own head like a maniac and I thought, "I should write a blog." That thought was quickly followed by, "I can't write a fuckin blog." So often now I'm out in the world doing my thing and then all of sudden I'll overhear someone say, "Did you read my blog?' or "He's a blogger." Then I inevitably, without even thinking about it, mumble under my breath, "Fuckin douche." Once my mumble is finished I judge that person and move on about my day. I do have friends with blogs though. Good friends with great blogs. Sometimes I get around to reading them and I almost always enjoy them when I do. So if they can do it...well you know.
     If you're reading this you probably know me and if you don't thanks for stopping by. I've been an actor for over a decade now, and sadly a server off and on for nearly as long. Sometime in the last couple years I added another title to my quiver of occupations...writer. My writing stemmed solely from the desire to create my own work. (Kevin James and Jerry Ferrara  took all the good roles for my type over the last seven years. Kidding, sorta.)  I refused for a long time to let the label of "writer" be placed upon me. It was actually my fellow artist friends, some of whom are green money paid writers, who made me get over myself and embrace the craft.  I do actually sit down to final draft on the reg and bang out a script, and as far as I can tell, I'm not totally terrible at it. I write quite often these days. It's mostly for television where I hope to be firmly planted some glorious day when all my hard work finally pays off and I never again have to ask the question, "Would you prefer bottled water or tap water?" However, until the dark gray clouds of the service industry break and the warm blanket like light of Hollywood comes pouring through my window, here I am.
    What I'm saying I guess is that I'm looking for another outlet for my writing and here it is. The Fat Kid Chronicles, like nearly every blog out there, is simply an opportunity to share a little something with ya'all. This blog will be forged the thoughts, ideas, questions, and stories, of a 30 year old fat kid form Pennsylvania grinding it out here in my adopted home. New York City.
   I promise I'll do all I can to make this not completely suck. I also promise you'll find typos and grammatical errors quite often. In spite of those my dear reader friend, I hope you enjoy yourself.