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Col. J. J. Astor

No one goes nowhere as fast as I can!

About Me

I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and lived my whole life in Escanaba, Michigan. Nothing like the movie, so don't even ask. I went to school there all my life and graduated from Escanaba High School in May 2005. I then traveled 8-10 hours southeast to Adrian, Michigan where I attend Siena Heights University. My mother lives in Reno, Nevada and my little brother Jeff, who is a year younger than I, is currently enlisted in the US Army going into military intelligence and (hopefully) a non-combat position. He's currently stationed in Iraq. I'm a Junior, majoring in Theatre and Speech Communications.
I've had roles in a lot of productions and I've done a lot of tech work as well. I love to sing and dance (when I can manage). Acting is one of my favorite things in life. My goals for the future include work on Broadway, possibly work in London, hopefully a stop in Stratford, Ontario and ultimately make my way to television and movies.
My dream role is the title character in Sweeney Todd. I also have an intense desire to be the bad guy whenever possible. It's weird. When it comes to musicals, the parts I'd absolutely love to play include Scar in The Lion King, Beast or Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, Orin Scrivello, DDS or Audry II in Little Shop of Horrors, Max Bialystock in The Producers, Tom Collins in RENT, Sir Robin of Camelot in Monty Python's Spamalot, John Wilkes Booth in Assassins, Billy Flynn or Amos Hart in Chicago, Freddy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Tevye (when I'm much older) in Fiddler on the Roof, Brian in Avenue Q and The Wizard in Wicked. There are many roles in many shows that I want to play, but they are far too numerous to list. As for Shakespeare, I'd love to play MacDuff in Macbeth, Tyrrel in King Richard III, The Ghost of Hamlet's Father in Hamlet, Iago in Othello, Brutus or Caesar in Julius Caesar and Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet. Again, there are a lot more parts in this category as well. Keep an eye out for me. Hopefully I'll be on a screen near you before too long.
Check out my facebook for tons of theatre pics and such.
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I'm your typical nice guy. I am willing to put it all on the line for my friends and I know how to treat a woman. I'm far from the typical male and I'm proud of that.
Aside from theatre I have a few skills here and there. I'm big on computers and digital art. Be Sure to check out my deviantArt page for some more of my artsy stuff. It's not updated often. I just haven't had any real inspiration to work lately.
I'm a huge nerd and I don't bother to hide it. I love Sci-Fi movies and video games. I play World of Warcraft. I don't play it as much as I wish I could, but I love to play it when I can. I play on the server Alterac Mountains and my main character is Lestune. I recently transfered to this server after my last guild, Pain Train, pretty much died. I've made some good friends both in and out of the game and I play with a group of friends that I know, which makes the game even more fun.
I'm very much a liberal. I'm anti-war and pro-choice. Peace cannot be achieved through violence and death. The money spent on wars could be better used to save the lives of people starving or dying of AIDS and cancer. It's no one's business who marries who and what gender the two are. I don't think anyone can tell someone else what they can and cannot do with their body (with some exceptions) whether it be tattoos, piercings, an abortion or anything in between. I also feel it's not anyone else's business to tell another person they are going to be tortured for all eternity if they don't believe everything written in a book that's thousands of years old and I certainly don't believe anyone has the right to push their beliefs forcibly on an individual, group or an entire country.
I'm also a huge conspiracy nut. Aliens exist and landed on earth, JFK's assassination was a plot by the CIA among others, Big Foot is out there, Courtney Love had a hand in Kurt Cobain's death, Nessie is hiding in Loch Ness and 9/11 was an inside job. Hey, I could be wrong, but it's fun to look at all the options.

My Interests

Computers, theatre, music, friends, movies, etc.

I'd like to meet:

It's a very long list, but he's just a few from that list.

JFK

Jesus Christ

Johnny Depp (the only person who would wear the Prince symbol as a tie clip to the Oscars.)

Kevin Spacey. Absolutely amazing.

Music:

Heavy Metal, Classic Rock, etc. Pretty much anything but country. I like a lot of really good music and a lot of not so good music. There is also a lot of music that I cannot stand. The best way to find out is to ask. Who knows, maybe you'll give me a new group to get to know. I have so much music and such an eclectic taste that I had to remove the list from my page. I just can't fit it all. It takes up too much room.

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Movies:

My movie collection has grown a lot over the last couple years. My list is quite long, so just ask.

What I like: Pretty much anything. Horror movies, chick flicks, thrillers, mysteries, action, comedy, drama, everything. I love movies. My list of DVDs or DVD Sets to buy stands over 1100.

Television:

The West Wing, Law and Order, Family Guy, Firefly, Highlander, Scrubs, House, Heroes and more. There are so many good TV shows out there (most of them were canceled by FOX at some point) and I love them. I don't get a chance to watch a lot of TV.

Books:

Anything Stephen King, anything J.R.R. Tolkien, I'm really starting to get into William Shakespeare and more. I love to read, I just don't get to do it very often. I've been expanding my collection of plays lately.

Heroes:


Johnny Depp. He inspired me to become an actor. After watching Pirates of the Caribbean, I thought, "That's what I want to be. I want to be able to play so many people and have each one be totally different from the other."
Dimebag Darrell Abbott. As part of the Cowboys from Hell that were Pantera, Dimebag and his brother Vinny Paul helped save heavy metal from dying at the hands of grunge. He was one of the first guitarists to demonstrate the use of tuning every string on his guitar down 1/4 of a step, something that became part of his "signature tone". Darrell was, without a doubt, one of the greatest guitarists alive until he was murdered on stage on December 8th, 2004. I had just begun listening to and enjoying Pantera/Damage Plan a couple months before the incident.
John Lennon. Half of one of the greatest singing/song writing teams in history and founding member of The Beatles (who in turn were inspired by Elvis, who I feel is, along with the Beatles, one of the greatest influences on music ever.) I've always been a fan of the Beatles, but it wasn't until I was in NYC and saw both the building where Lennon lived and was shot and Strawberry Fields that I felt a connection with Lennon himself. I developed a great love for his solo work.
John F Kennedy. First Catholic president, assassinated in Texas on November 22, 1963. He did so much in his life and worked in so much pain most of his life. While he wasn't the most honest guy in the world, he was a great man.
John Belushi. Fucking hilarious. I've never seen him do something that was supposed to be funny that wasn't. He was incredibly talented and he was an amazing performer. It's sad that he died when he did.
Chris Farley. He was awesome. Totally hilarious and incredibly mobile for such a big guy.
Jim Carrey. Funny. I love all of his older movies and a few of his newer ones. Lately he hasn't been as good.
Jon Stewart. This guy is amazing. He's hilarious and intelligent. Jon Stewart for president.
Gregory House, MD. He tells it like it is and he is insanely brilliant. He breaks the rules but he does it to help other people. I can only aspire to be half as amazing as he is.
George Carlin - Buried beneath his humor is a lot of sense. If he ran for president, I'd probably vote for him.

My Blog

Almost midnight, strange commotion in the corridor.

The show went amazingly this weekend. I have never been in a show with such a great cast. It still amazes me how good this show is. Next weekend will only get better. I'm very excited for Thursday. Th...
Posted by Col. J. J. Astor on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:51:00 PST

Too much money? Well, maybe not too much.

So I'm officially getting paid a lot of money. More than I need. Ever since I discovered the cure to compulsive DVD shopping (go to Sam Goody and find what you want...then look at the price. You'll re...
Posted by Col. J. J. Astor on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:35:00 PST

Come say you love me as I kiss your eyes.

So this is new for me. I'm working, but I'm not in the office. I'm in a random office on campus installing Office 2007 on four laptops, so basically I'm sitting around waiting, so I figured, why not b...
Posted by Col. J. J. Astor on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:17:00 PST

Untitled

I tend to always come up with a name before I start writing a blog, but this time I'm gonna see where I go without a title. Let it come to me later.A lot of things have happened in the 21 years, one m...
Posted by Col. J. J. Astor on Thu, 15 May 2008 11:50:00 PST

Shiny, happy people...

So summer is officially under way and just while surfing the internet at work today, I've found at least 16 reasons why it should be legal to hunt stupid people. One of which was a sign that someone h...
Posted by Col. J. J. Astor on Mon, 05 May 2008 02:00:00 PST

A Great Man Once said...

Every day I read a new quote by someone famous. At least one. Sometimes they're funny, sometimes they're inspiring, but they are always interesting.As I fuddle my way through life and try to just make...
Posted by Col. J. J. Astor on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:14:00 PST

The end is nigh.

Things are reaching critical mass. As the end of the semester is quickly approaching, I'm remembering that as of next Wednesday, I have no food. But before that is even an issue, I have to finish this...
Posted by Col. J. J. Astor on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:49:00 PST

I WILL have salvation...

There are times in every person's life when they know that no matter what's going on or how hectic everything is, everything is going to be ok. Sometimes you don't always catch it, but you realize one...
Posted by Col. J. J. Astor on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:11:00 PST

You get me closer to God

So I'm at work while everyone else is suffering through convocation. Nothing is really going on, so we're able to get some stuff done. Personally I just did a huge portion of the work for one of my bi...
Posted by Col. J. J. Astor on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:19:00 PST

Hard at work.

Well it's Friday, I'm at work and as you probably guessed, it's a slow day. We're down to 6 help desk calls and only two of them are for our area. One is being worked on and should be done today. The ...
Posted by Col. J. J. Astor on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:49:00 PST