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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

First, in medical news, I’ve been getting allergy shots twice a week for a few months so I can build up a tolerance for allergens and finally breathe like those cocky guys on the Ricola commercials. Worked my way up all the way to bottle 7 of allergens, a very concentrated dose – the shot put me into anaphylactic shock when I got home from my appointment. I drove myself back to the clinic (while in shock) and was given epinephrine. And it WASN’T a giant needle to the chest like Nic Cage in The Rock, unfortunately. Recovered just fine, and got to miss a day of work. Hooray. Three days later, I went in for a routine dental checkup and ended up getting all four wisdom teeth removed! My mouth was a bloody mess for two days, but I never experienced any serious pain (Wolverine is my second uncle on my cousin’s side), recovered very quickly and all is well. Now I finally have a place to keep four peas with me at all times.

In the world of the Sad Ninja

Derek, Geoff and I did a two-day shoot for our three new comedy pieces – two spec commercials and a short. Moving Fast was a short starring Geoff and directed by myself, Five Second Rule was a Doritos Superbowl commercial starring me and directed by Geoff, and Theme Song Breakup stars me (and the lovely Jennifer Jalene) and was directed by Derek. Tons of photos from all three shoots are available on Geoff’s flickr. Some even taken by the talented and dashing Peet Guercio! Wait that’s me. But still! We’re in post-production right now, nearing the finish line. I’ll post them all on here as soon as they’re ready.

Funny business is booming thanks to my new standup video. Finally. I’m not allowed to film the vast majority of shows that I do (and thank god for that), but Jonny snuck his new Canon T2i into the Jon Lovitz Club and caught me onstage. Lots of new material, HD footage, and great sound. I put it on Digg and it got to the frontpage. Hit the top of the front page. Got into the top ten. Got to the number one spot on the whole site for a day and a half. 56,000 views on the first day, and thousands more the next day. Wow. I’m floored. Enjoy.

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we have the technology

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

First official non-retrospective post of the new site! Can you smell that redesign freshness? MMmmm, mmm. Smells like whatever your favorite smell is, unless it’s lavender, cause that’s gross and you’re weird.

Lots of jetsetting, romance, and international intrigue. Let’s get right to it, shall we?

First up is all the news in the world of Sad Ninja. We produced and directed a webisode pilot for Comedy Central by way of Atom Films, written by two of the girls we cast in Why Weed Is Better Than Sex. The series is called 2 Girls 1 Cop, and the first episode has been a major success. We had a blast shooting it, and has over 300,000 views. Awesome!

Geoff, Derek and I, in addition to revising our first feature script, are gearing up to shoot three of our own shorts – two spec

commercials and one sketch. A Sony Bravia commercial starring myself and a girl that we’re having a casting for this Saturday, a Doritos ad for the Superbowl which will feature a bunch of our friends, and a really funny sketch that I’m directing starring Geoff.

I’ll of course be posting the shorts to my site as soon as they’re done, which should be late May/early June. Prepare for funnies.

Did I mention that I really like my new job working for Mr. Retired Record Label Founder? Well, he sent me to the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. Geoff tagged along, and we had three days of gadget-themed adventure. Best booths go to Samsung for their insane number of 3D TVs and Intel for filming us dancing in stereoscopic 3D and broadcasting it on a huge screen for everyone at the expo ahhhhhh the awesomeness was almost too much.

“Geeky stuff is fun, I guess, you massive nerd, but come on Peet, you were in Vegas, didn’t you gamble?”

I have little to no interest in gambling, but I felt obligated with so much Vegas-time on my hands. I put $1 into a video poker machine, played for four minutes, and cashed out with $2.14. Then, as we were walking out of the casino, I saw a machine with 57 cents left in it – a whole dollar was needed to play – so I cashed it out and skipped town with $2.71. Nearly tripled my money.

Suck on that, Vegas.

Standup has been progressing nicely – I did a show as big as the one on my last birthday, reaching another comedy milestone. ComedyJuice has been ahhh berry berry good to me, and booked me on a show with Doug Benson, Bo Burnham, Jeff Dye, Craig Robinson, and… ba ba bum! Daniel Tosh! One of my top favorite comics and influences, and I finally got to share a stage with him. Still on my ever-evolving list: Patton Oswalt, Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle, and John Mulaney. Nick Swardson was also on that list, but I just performed with him a few nights ago. Party.

Camping in Joshua Tree with Dan, Kevin, Shine and the Manhattan Beach Crew was excellent. Very windy and a bit cold, but we made the best of it. Dan and I lead everyone in songs around the campfire until 3am. Kubaya? F that s. Most of our jams were 90s alt rock and 2000s pop punk – the stuff we grew up on. Something Corporate, The Starting Line, Sublime… but we of course paid tribute to classics like Stand by Me. The only thing that kept us 15 guys and gals warm was the majesty of song, I tells ya.

And finally, as promised, pictures of my 90210 guest house, the greatest undeserved guest house there ever was. I’m hoping they won’t kick me out until I move in to a new place with a fiance.

Look at those glowy lights!