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Parking was at the Eagle Rock Plaza and the bowling lanes were right on Eagle Rock boulevard. Today I played a Japanese bowler and I was nervous arriving on set because I didn't feel exactly all that comfortable playing someone Japanese. I mean, I'm a fan of the show and I've seen some scenes that are supposed to be in Japan. If this was going to be one of those scenes, how the hell am I supposed to pass for someone of Japanese decent?
However, when I got to the holding area (which was inside the bar that was inside the lanes), I noticed a lot of the extras weren't Japanese at all. I knew some of them were Filipino, Chinese and even Vietnamese. Some were also mixed, so I got a lot more comfortable since most people tend to think I'm either Hispanic or mixed.
I was grouped with one of the mixed chicks. I think her name was Tasia because I remember asking, you mean like Fantasia without the fan? She didn't respond of course. But she was cute and I guessed right that she was just 22. What we had difficulty with figuring out was her mix. She was Japanese and Austrian/Italian. I asked her if she was asked what she was pretty much all her life and she said yes. I know because I pretty much got those same questions when I got to college. Interestingly, she said I was typical of guys in Hawaii, or island boys, since I looked like I was of mixed decent.
She reminded me of this girl Erica from college that I had the biggest crush on. She was Hispanic, but she looked like she was some kind of mixed Asian. Unfortunately, she wasn't feeling me and I was too young at the time to know that she was giving me "the hint".
Gwen was there, one of my old pals that I seem to run into whenever there is some kind of Asian call. I always tease her and Jeff about them going to Vegas and getting their groove on. I flaked on them since I felt it was more important to go to my nephew's middle school graduation, but I know I missed out because the hotel they told me about was really nice. Best of all, it was free and you know how I feel about free stuff. As I always say, if it's free, it's me.
I got to work a lot as a bowler, but I was mostly off camera or way in the back which was ok with me. The other bowlers on my lane and I started to goof off and have some fun acting like we bowled strikes, but in fact, we had to fake bowling because the sound of the bowling balls and pins flying around were just too loud.
It was cool seeing Masi Oka and James Kyson Lee work together. They were both down to earth and were cool talking to the extras about all the takes they had to do. What shocked me was that I later found out that Lee is actually Korean-American. I suppose his Japanese must be pretty bad among those who really know Japanese.
Parking was at the Eagle Rock Plaza and the bowling lanes were right on Eagle Rock boulevard. Today I played a Japanese bowler and I was nervous arriving on set because I didn't feel exactly all that comfortable playing someone Japanese. I mean, I'm a fan of the show and I've seen some scenes that are supposed to be in Japan. If this was going to be one of those scenes, how the hell am I supposed to pass for someone of Japanese decent?
However, when I got to the holding area (which was inside the bar that was inside the lanes), I noticed a lot of the extras weren't Japanese at all. I knew some of them were Filipino, Chinese and even Vietnamese. Some were also mixed, so I got a lot more comfortable since most people tend to think I'm either Hispanic or mixed.
I was grouped with one of the mixed chicks. I think her name was Tasia because I remember asking, you mean like Fantasia without the fan? She didn't respond of course. But she was cute and I guessed right that she was just 22. What we had difficulty with figuring out was her mix. She was Japanese and Austrian/Italian. I asked her if she was asked what she was pretty much all her life and she said yes. I know because I pretty much got those same questions when I got to college. Interestingly, she said I was typical of guys in Hawaii, or island boys, since I looked like I was of mixed decent.
She reminded me of this girl Erica from college that I had the biggest crush on. She was Hispanic, but she looked like she was some kind of mixed Asian. Unfortunately, she wasn't feeling me and I was too young at the time to know that she was giving me "the hint".
Gwen was there, one of my old pals that I seem to run into whenever there is some kind of Asian call. I always tease her and Jeff about them going to Vegas and getting their groove on. I flaked on them since I felt it was more important to go to my nephew's middle school graduation, but I know I missed out because the hotel they told me about was really nice. Best of all, it was free and you know how I feel about free stuff. As I always say, if it's free, it's me.
I got to work a lot as a bowler, but I was mostly off camera or way in the back which was ok with me. The other bowlers on my lane and I started to goof off and have some fun acting like we bowled strikes, but in fact, we had to fake bowling because the sound of the bowling balls and pins flying around were just too loud.
It was cool seeing Masi Oka and James Kyson Lee work together. They were both down to earth and were cool talking to the extras about all the takes they had to do. What shocked me was that I later found out that Lee is actually Korean-American. I suppose his Japanese must be pretty bad among those who really know Japanese.
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