David Chiu

For the last 2 days I’ve been sick with the flu. I was running a 102° fever for a few hours and my whole body ached. I was dissappointed ’cause it’s been a long, long time since I’ve been sick. My beautiful wife nursed me back to health within 24 hours by making me drink lots of fluids and taking vitamins and matcha green tea. I’m not back to 100% as of yet, but I’m thinking about hitting the gym tomorrow. I’m still trying to hit my goal of 180lbs/12% bodyfat.

A few days ago I realized that I haven’t paid my union dues for AFTRA or SAG. I also realized that it was going to cost me around $700 to pay both unions. Part of this is because I never paid the complete initiation fees for AFTRA. My General Hospital check didn’t quite cover all the AFTRA fees. It also doesn’t help that the unions charge late fees. What sucks is that I’m not even working enough as an actor to even keep up with the union dues. It’s sad I know, but it’s the reality of a lot of actors out here. I really don’t think the union should charge late fees to actors who don’t make over $20k a year in acting. I just don’t think it’s fair.

Last weekend I auditioned for a short film titled EXPENDABLE. The script was decent and it could have been a lot of fun. But I could tell that the director wasn’t really feeling my performance. Oh well.

I gotta be honest though. It’s tough not to “player hate” when you receive emails from other actors who announce all the upcoming shows they are going to be on. Personally I’m thinking “Damn. I didn’t even freakin audition for any of those damn shows! Was I even submitted???”. It’s frustrating.

But I am still in the process of shooting a short film with a good friend of mine. We filmed a short office scene in his office last weekend which was fun. I was a little dissappointed in my performance though when we watched the dailies because my performace was kinda flat. It’s a good wake-up call though.

So I’m trying to get back on track with my goals and also trying to get more organized. I downloaded a trial copy of My Life Organized and I really like it so far. It helps me organize all the myriad of tasks and projects I always have going on.