I start this post by saying that I have grown a ridiculously long and shaggy looking goatee. It’s somewhere between “hardcore biker” and “grizzled carny” in appearance. I think it looks cool; Susan thinks it makes me look homeless. I have to travel next week for work and it’s probably coming off before then.

Anyway.

Last week, local news outlets announced that William H. Macy would be in Oklahoma filming a new movie, Rudderless. According to its IMDB entry, the film also features Selena Gomez, Laurence Fishburne, and Billy Crudup. My Facebook friend (Oklahoma Roller Derby girl Taryn Bonesapart) happened to be at the airport last week and snapped this picture of Macy picking up his baggage at the airport.

Yay, famous people in Oklahoma!

The big news of the weekend was that Rudderless was searching for extras: tweens, senior citizens, skaters, “rock guys,” and anyone else who wanted to audition. The open casting call was held at Quail Springs Mall, from 8am-5pm.

The process was quick and painless. When we arrived (around 2pm) the line was roughly 50 people deep and moved quickly. I’ll bet we waited less than five minutes before we were directed to a table where we filled out a small piece of paper with our contact information. Once that was done we were given small pieces of paper with hand-written numbers on them (we were 1194-1197). With our numbers held up in front of us like fancy mugshots, we stood in front of the camera station, had our pictures taken, and were sent along our merry way.

Now Susan is preventing me from cutting off the beard, in case we get called back. It’s been five days now and I don’t think we are getting called back. I leave Monday for a two-week work trip. The beard is staying in Oklahoma, I’m pretty sure.