Hm. Not sure what to do with the first blog. Guess I'll just start off a bit with the life story, and go from there!
I was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. I think I'm still the little kid who spent time riding horses and cleaning stables, still in awe at everything I see. Maybe that's why I love traveling so much. Since I left, I've never really found a place I can truly call home, it just feels weird calling Los Angeles "home."
I'm trying to have people call me Topher, but it's not going well. I think there are about 3 people who actually do. One day...
I love soccer. My best friend still wishes he never showed me FIFA 06. I haven't been the same since. You won't ever convince me that it's boring. Nor stop me from singing. Nor convince me that watching Arsenal play soccer isn't one of the most beautiful things you've ever seen.
I've been in love once in my life. I'm still getting over it. I think part of me wishes she would come back, and part of me wishes we'd never met.
I wish I could live in my favorite 40's Hollywood movies and I would be Cary Grant (without the latent homosexuality). I wish I could date Ingrid Bergman. I wrote her when I was a kid, and Lauren Bacall too. I still write Joan Fontaine every month and then and tell her every time I think she's one of the most underrated actresses of all time. I also make sure to tell her she's still more beautiful than any woman I run into. I wish one day I could actually meet her.
I miss my family more and more every day, and wonder why I'm lucky enough to be out here pursuing my dreams. I never thought I'd get that chance, but here I am today.
Once you're in, you're in. I cling to my friends for ever, and would go to the moon for them. I spend a lot of time alone, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate the time in a big crowd of people.
I love concerts, movies, festivals, and the occasional night club. I can't think of a better thing to do than sit with a couple of friends sipping on a nice drink.
I dance rarely, and hilariously. If you've been lucky enough to witness this, I doubt you will again any time soon.
I've been diagnosed with cancer three times in the past five years. Every time I've been told I have a 5-10% chance of making it out. Every time I have. I'm thankful for every moment I have, and wear those thanks on my sleeve. I often think I don't deserve the friends I have, the life I live, and the country I live in. I wonder what it would be like to live somewhere else, but doubt I'll ever actually have the balls to do it.
I volunteer every week in the terminal children's ward in Torrance. I don't know how these kids smile and laugh with me twice a week when I go to see them. I've seen too many come and go, but I remember every one. They've seen me in costumes you never will, but don't feel slighted. They weren't flattering. Picture me as Santa Claus. Imagine 20 screaming kids. Okay. Maybe now you do want to see. Too bad.
I work at Fox Television. I'm a pretty big deal there, I'm not sure the network could survive without me (and the 100 other people that do my job). The actor's strike scares the living hell out of me. Can't really do my job if there's nothing to work for, can I?
I was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. I think I'm still the little kid who spent time riding horses and cleaning stables, still in awe at everything I see. Maybe that's why I love traveling so much. Since I left, I've never really found a place I can truly call home, it just feels weird calling Los Angeles "home."
I'm trying to have people call me Topher, but it's not going well. I think there are about 3 people who actually do. One day...
I love soccer. My best friend still wishes he never showed me FIFA 06. I haven't been the same since. You won't ever convince me that it's boring. Nor stop me from singing. Nor convince me that watching Arsenal play soccer isn't one of the most beautiful things you've ever seen.
I've been in love once in my life. I'm still getting over it. I think part of me wishes she would come back, and part of me wishes we'd never met.
I wish I could live in my favorite 40's Hollywood movies and I would be Cary Grant (without the latent homosexuality). I wish I could date Ingrid Bergman. I wrote her when I was a kid, and Lauren Bacall too. I still write Joan Fontaine every month and then and tell her every time I think she's one of the most underrated actresses of all time. I also make sure to tell her she's still more beautiful than any woman I run into. I wish one day I could actually meet her.
I miss my family more and more every day, and wonder why I'm lucky enough to be out here pursuing my dreams. I never thought I'd get that chance, but here I am today.
Once you're in, you're in. I cling to my friends for ever, and would go to the moon for them. I spend a lot of time alone, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate the time in a big crowd of people.
I love concerts, movies, festivals, and the occasional night club. I can't think of a better thing to do than sit with a couple of friends sipping on a nice drink.
I dance rarely, and hilariously. If you've been lucky enough to witness this, I doubt you will again any time soon.
I've been diagnosed with cancer three times in the past five years. Every time I've been told I have a 5-10% chance of making it out. Every time I have. I'm thankful for every moment I have, and wear those thanks on my sleeve. I often think I don't deserve the friends I have, the life I live, and the country I live in. I wonder what it would be like to live somewhere else, but doubt I'll ever actually have the balls to do it.
I volunteer every week in the terminal children's ward in Torrance. I don't know how these kids smile and laugh with me twice a week when I go to see them. I've seen too many come and go, but I remember every one. They've seen me in costumes you never will, but don't feel slighted. They weren't flattering. Picture me as Santa Claus. Imagine 20 screaming kids. Okay. Maybe now you do want to see. Too bad.
I work at Fox Television. I'm a pretty big deal there, I'm not sure the network could survive without me (and the 100 other people that do my job). The actor's strike scares the living hell out of me. Can't really do my job if there's nothing to work for, can I?