Trying New Stuff...

I haven't told my spouse, but he's the subject of my blog, poor guy! Of course, after 39 years with me, he's got to expect the unexpected, right? In fact, it was exactly 39 years ago on October 2 that I ran into him at a party. We'd met a few weeks earlier when he was a customer in the store where I worked--he flirted, I flirted and he left. I told my coworker I was going to marry him. I'd always had a soft spot for cowboys, and though he didn't know it at the time, this cowboy's number was up. He took me home from that party and essentially never left. We were married a few months later, but that's not what this is about.
This blog is about trying new stuff. My spouse is one of those types who's good at just about everything he does--there's nothing that breaks he can't fix, and he's not afraid to try new things. When he retired, he took over the house work, he's teaching himself to play the guitar, he's been making really cool videos using a camera mounted on his radio control airplanes (or his motorcycle) and he's so darned busy I don't know how he ever managed to hold down a job, but of all the things I knew he wanted to do when he retired, being an actor was NOT one of them.
I mean...ya think you know a guy, but then you find out you really don't! He started out as an extra in the movie Bottle Shock and spent a week on the set, working in a number of scenes. I'm not sure how they managed, but just about every one of his scenes ended up on the cutting room floor. If you look REAL close, you can find him in the outtakes on the DVD--he's in the bar scene. I think he raises his eyebrows. (Method acting?)
He signed with a local casting agent and a couple of weeks ago got called for the filming of a Discovery Channel show called "I ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH IT." He played a card dealer in Las Vegas, and hopefully his scene will make it to the actual program instead of getting cut! Then, a week later, his big break came. The same program, different episode (this one about a man and his wife taken hostage by right-wing militants in Texas) They put out a call for a number of roles, and sent photos to show what they were looking for. The actual hostage is in the red shirt, the headshot is of my husband. Type casting maybe?
They took two days to film the scenes he's in--it's his first speaking role and his very first time getting shot for TV--he said they made the fake blood out of Karo syrup and coloring, and he spent all of one day covered in the stuff. He also managed to get it all over everyone else. I can't wait to see the show. It's going to be so weird, watching my husband--AND his TV wife--on television! We're not sure when it's going to air--probably some time after the first of the year--but I'll be sure and let you know. We've watched a couple of the shows since and they're really kind of addictive--they interview the actual criminal and then the actors portray what happened--the crime and the person's method for not getting caught. Of course, they're always caught...the show IS called I ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH IT, after all!
Anyway, he's had a great time with this, though I do feel a bit sorry for our kids. As our daughter said one day, "Mom, why can't you and Dad be NORMAL parents?" Now that would be boring, don't you think?
So, is there something you'd like to do that no one knows about? Is there something you think you might want to try some day? For me, it was writing and being published, so I'm following my dream. What's yours?