...the long awaited rap video!

Those of you that have the courage... check out my latest parody! It's my take on the rap scene in LA... Warning: This Video Contains Adult Content and Language... (and it's a parody... so it's all in good fun!)

Oh snap! I just shot my rap video... fo' shizzle!

It's not very often that I'm so excited about a rap video... But when it's mine and it's off the hook... I'm stoked! I had a blast writing the song while I was working in San Francisco! I was hanging with a few close friends in San Francisco's Little Italy section, and the vino was flowin'... Several bottles and a lot of food later, we were hanging out in my hotel room laughing, acting wild and listing to the song Ego over and over again! ...I got so inspired (and shocked at just how much rappers get away with singing about) and decided to write my own rap song. ...One thing lead to the next, and before I knew it, I had an extremely vulgar and hilarious rap of my own... Naturally I decided to put a music video together once I got back to LA. ...and with the help of Jeff Payton my Director and two of my favorite girls... the video is in the can and being edited as I write!

Check out my latest video!

Good things happen to good people! ...Sometimes.

Do good things really happen to good people? That's what a friend of mine just reminded me.. I know she was most likely doing her best to encourage me to keep the faith, so to speak... However, I really wonder more and more if good things really come to only good people...

Of course, there is no way to really measure the truth in a statement like that. Let's face facts, good things happen to good people, but they also happen to bad people too!

I'm beyond frustrated with where I am in life right now. I say this knowing that I have so much to be grateful for. Nevertheless, I'm disappointed that lately, the harder I work for something, the further I push it away.

I believe that if you work at something hard enough and long enough, more than likely you will be able to accomplish your goal... Honestly, I try to focus only positive energy into the goals and dreams that I harbor.

I'm the king of mantras... In fact, I have quotes and affirmations framed all over my house... and yet, there are moments when you just want to scream at the top of your lungs: "IT'S NOT FAIR!!! WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE MY TURN!"

I think the scariest realization for me, is that no matter how hard you work and how much you want something... It really may not happen... So do you continue to focus your energy into something that may or may not pay off? I'm really asking that question... I don't have the answer anymore. I used to believe that you really can accomplish anything you put your mind to... Now, I'm not so sure...

I've made it a point, since watching "Finding Nemo" to remember the wise words of a cartoon fish:
"just keep swimming, just keep swimming..."
But lately, I'm not sure if I'm just treading water or worse, swimming in the wrong direction!

How come you can't Google "Will I succeed?" and get the answer you're looking for? You can Google everything else!
UUUuuuuhhhhhhhhhhggggGGGG!

Too much to do... and not enough sleep!

Uhggggg..... Don't you hate when you're wide awake, and the rest of the world is fast asleep? I'm one of those people who cannot stop thinking about all of the unfinished business for the day... I either have to do it, or lay in bed wide awake thinking about it. Regardless of my decision, the outcome is usually always a losing situation: If I stay up and finish the work, it's not well thought out or polished (much like this blog I'm writing now...) on the other hand, if I just sit in bed and stew... I don't get any sleep, and therefore I'm even less creative the next day!
I wish we had that function that my Mac computer has... you know the one? Where the computer puts itself to sleep after a specified time of inactivity.
I have too many projects and not enough time... and instead of working on any of them right now, I'm focused on complaining about how much I have to do! ...and let's not forget... I set the goals and the time lines! So instead of giving myself a break, I've continually pushed myself to stay active and keep on creating!
So, now that I got that off my chest, I believe I can finish working on the things that are important to me...
Like Twitter and Facebook! Good night!

Am I really in my thirties?

It's like I went to bed after a long night out at the Hudson Hotel with a group of my crazy best friends in my 20's... and woke up 31!
It's just a thought that I needed to get it off my chest... I'm not afraid of age or dying, I'm just genuinely shocked at how fast the time flies...
I'm really happy that I forced myself to enjoy as much of my 20's as I could... Now it's time for me to stop worrying about being 31 and start enjoying this decade... so that when 40 comes (sooner that I want it too, I'm sure!) I won't be freaked out about how fast my 30's went...
I have to continue to remind myself that I am a constant work in progress and the only finish line is death... and now that I've done so on the internet, I have released my fear and I can party like a rock star through my 30's too!

Love Not Hate

Love Not Hate

I Love Malibu...

It was a very busy three day Memorial weekend for me and my friends... I spent much time giving thanks to all of those brave men and woman who have served to keep the country I LOVE- "land of the free and home of the brave" So grateful to the Veterans who fought to protect our rights regardless of their own personal, religious and or political views...
Of course I found some time to party too...

I Hate AT&T

I'm so tired of having the same conversation over, and over, and over, and over, and over again with AT&T! I talk to their customer support team more than my family or any of my friends... Enough is enough! Of course, I would have to have the iPhone the amazing gadget that is unfortunately attached to AT&T exclusively! This is just one of the thousands of conversations that I've had with AT&T...

Mr. StarTalent Returns

Hey friends, fans (my family) and fellow bloggers! This is one of the sketch characters I've been working on... Not sure if art imitates life or the other way around... but I do know that I have a lot of fun creating fake scenarios and exploring the personalities of others at my real life jobs!

Join Mr. StarTalent as he explores this pseudo journey into the very real world of talent competitions...

Latest Benny Ghettofunk Video...

Meet Benny Ghettofunk Hip-hop Choreographer to the Stars...
His skills have kept him in demand from coast to coast. Having worked with Britney, Lindsay and J- Lo just to name a few... Now he gets to add the King of Pop himself... Michael Jackson!

Trip to Malibu Beach video... Just for fun!

I know I'm a dork... but I LOVE going to the beach... and I love the song "Wipe Out!" So I decided to put together a short video combining my love for LA, the beach and filming... to an awesome song! "Wipe Out" by The Surfaris

If you're in LA you have to check out Skaf's Grill...

I know, I know the valley right? But trust Michael Cornacchia on this one! He brought me to this delicious gem of a restaurant several years ago... And I've been enjoying it ever since!

Skaf's Grill
6008 Laurel Canyon Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91606
(818) 985-5701

No More Hydroxycut?!?

It was a sad day Saturday... The good people at Hydroxycut decided to remove their product from the shelves after many reports of liver damage...

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The Ashton Kutcher Theory Challenge

After watching an interview with Larry King and Ashton Kutcher I was inspired to test an idea... That one person can reach One Million people (as Ashton Kutcher has) via Twitter blows my mind. Celebrity or not... Ashton beat out CNN, our President and countless other Celebrity and Political figures by using his voice...
So I thought I would see if the power of the Internet really works in favor of non-celebrity types like myself...
What Ashton really proved is that one person really can influence as many people as a corporation as big as CNN or even our Nations leader!
So my question is... Can a non-celebrity reach that many people on the Internet?

The test: Aplusk Theory Challenge- If I can get 10,000 people to follow me on Twitter by my birthday 5/4/09 I will shave my head on camera and post to YouTube!

http://twitter.com/funnyshaffer

Success

I want to be in that room- and not for any other reason than to look around, soak in the surreal atmosphere and know that I am there because I worked hard, never gave up and made it as an artist.