Tues 11.17.2009 - Ode To "Tubby Maguire"
Sat 11.14.2009 - Wracked With Guilt
Mon 11.09.2009 - "I'm In The Band" - Day II
11.09.2009 - "I'm In The Band" - The Day One Report
11.09.2009 - "I'm In The Band" - The Day One Report
Sun 11.08.2009 - "I'm In The Band" - The Day One Report
Sun 11.08.2009 - "I'm In The Band" - The Day One Report
Sat 11.07.2009 - Surprises, Reversals, and "Happy Stress"
11.02.2009 - Remember "Readers Digest"...?
11.01.2009 - Scary Stuff
10.27.2009 - Nothing's Happening
Weds 10.21.2009 - Are We Connecting?
10.20.2009 - Witness And Run
Mon 10.12.2009 - Parallel Tracks
Mon 10.05.2009 - Another Big Week Come And Gone
Sat 9.26.2009 - A Boy And His Bucket
Tues 9.22.2009 - Too Much "Thinking Time"
09.21.2009 - Emailing Jane
09.21.2009 - Left To Myself
09.16.2009 - Gifts From The Universe
Thurs 9.10.2009 - Pissing and Moaning
Mon 9.07.2009 - The Three Labors Of "Jimocles"
Mon 8.31.2009 - Posting Post-Its
Fri 8.28.2009 - Life Beyond Acting?
Weds 8.26.2009 - Comedy Is Not Only "Not Pretty"...It's "Labor-Intensive" Too
Mon 8.24.2009 - Jim Lite
Sat 8.15.2009 - Bigger Better Things
Fri 8.14.2009 - My Sorry-Ass Brain
Sun 8.09.2009 - Shooting "The Mentalist"
Tues 8.04.2009 - Shooting "Mad Men"
Sat 8.01.2009 - Enjoying My Good Fortune
Tues 7.28.2009 - Bring My "A" Game
7.24.2009 - The "Mad Men" Table Read
Thurs 7.23.2009 - I'm A "Mad Man"
Weds 7.22.2009 - A Sermon From "Reverend Jim"
07.21.2009 - Jim's Big Day
07.17.2009 - So IS This Life "Perfect Enough For Now" Or ISN'T it?
07.09.2009 - Perfect Enough For Now
Sun 7.05.2009 - A Lot Of Class
Thurs 7.02.2009 - My Heart Of Hearts
Mon 6.29.2009 - The Interesting and the Semi-Interesting
Thurs 6.25.2009 - Taking Stock
Mon 6.22.2009 - Giant Leaps
Sat 6.20.2009 - It Ain't Easy Being Me
Tues 6.16.2009 - The Default Mode
Mon 6.15.2009 - Case File (Pt III)
06.13.2009 - The Funniest Homeless Guy You'll Ever Meet
Sat 6/13/.2009 - "Positivity"
Sun 6.07.2009 - Getting Over It
Tues 6.02.2009 - Case File (Pt II)
Mon 6.01.2009 - The Case File #1
05.25.2009 - Head Of The Pack
Sun 5.24.2009 - And Away I Go
Sat 5.16.2009 - #48 In The Series
05.10.2009 - All My Mothers
Thurs 4.30.2009 - Pretty Thin Gruel
Mon 4.27.2009 - Capital A "Anxiety"
Fri 4.24.2009 - Jack-In-The - Effing- Box
Mon 4.20.2009 - Toward A More "Acting-Centric" Lifestyle
Thurs 4.16.2009 - FiberOne
Sun 4.12.2009 - "All Things Jim"
Sun 4.05.2009 - Hodgepodge
04.04.2009 - A Warm Bath Of Good Thoughts
Thurs 4.02.2009 - "Hard To Satisfy" Is Hardly Satisfying
03.31.2009 - The Game-Changer
03.30.2009 - The Right Actor For The Job
Sun 3.29.2009 - The Right Actor
Sat 3.28.2009 - Jim Goes To Court
Weds 3/25/09 - Improvising
Tues 3.17.2009 - What's My @#!! PROBLEM?
Fri 3.13.2009 - A Big Assist From "The Universe"
Sun 3.08.2009 - Singing The Body Electric
Tues 3.03.2009 - Acting - Front and Center
Sat 2.28.2009 - Hope Abides
Thurs 2.26.2009 - Full and "Full Enough"
Tues 2.24.2009 - The Great Age We Live In
Sun 2.22.2009 - The 2009 Oscars
Sat 2.21.2009 - Hoffmasters Hierarchy Of Worries
02.20.2009 - A Decision I'll Be Unhappy About Either Way
02.17.2009 - Little Gifts
Sun 2.15.2009 - Fun With Finances
Sat 2.14.2009 - Positively Cutting Back
Tues 2.10.2009 - Faked Out
Sun 2.08.2009 - Auditions Are Game Changers...Except When They're Not
02.06.2009 - Game Changing
Thurs 2.05.2009 - Strike Two
Tues 2.03.2009 - Oral Fixations
Mon 2.02.2009 - What I Meant To Write Last Time
Sat 1.31.2009 - I Could Use A Government Bailout Myself Right About Now
01.28.2009 - So What Now?
Sun 1.25.2009 - Sunny Side Up
Sat 1.24.2009 - The 2009 Audition Season Begins
Tues 1.20.2009 - The Good News...And The Laundry
Fri 1.16.2009 - Getting Money/Spending Money
Mon 1.12.2009 - Moving Forward
Sat 1.10.2009 - Marking Up The Calendar
Thurs 1.08.2009 - Feel The Fear...And Spend The Money Anyway
01.07.2009 - Ready For Commitment
Mon 1.05.2009 - My Holiday Movie Orgy
Thurs 1.01.2009 - How May I Be Of Service?
Mon 12.29.2008 - Backwards And Forwards
Sat 12.27.2008 - Copying and Pasting and Posting (Oh My!)
Weds 12.25.2008 - A Rainy, Gray Xmas Day
Sun 12.21.2008 - The Hoffmaster Variations
12.19.2008 - Recuperation
Mon 12.15.2008 - R.I.P. "Lady"
Thurs 12.11.2008 - Hernia II: The Rare Sequel That's BETTER Than The Original
12.09.2008 - Twas The Night Before Surgery (I Hope!)
Sat 12.06.2008 - Off To The Cinema
12.06.2008 - Facing Death Head-On...Eventually
Mon 12.01.2008 - What's Lady Thinking?
Sat 11.29.2008 - Because I Care Enough To Write A Second Draft
11.29.2008 - Weight Watchers - Maintenance (WK 6)
11.27.2008 - Before & After
Mon 11.24.2008 - The "Cool Beans" Outcome
11.23.2008 - Photoshop Me, Baby!
Weds 11.19.2008 - From Tail To Head
Weds 11.19.2008 - Weight Watchers - Maintenance (Wk 5)
11.16.2008 - Help! I'm Being Assaulted - By My BODY
Weds 11.12.2008 - Bodily Betrayals
Tues 11.11.2008 - Jim Is Busting Out All Over
Tues 11.11.2008 - Weight Watchers - Maintenance (Wk 4)
Fri 11.07.2008 - Picking Up
Thurs 11.06.2008 - A New Era?
Sun 11.02.2008 - "Here I Sit..."
Sun 11.02.2008 - Weight Watchers - Maintenance (Wk 3)
Sun 11.02.2008 - A Blast From The Distant Past
Weds 10.29.2008 - The Good News, The Bad News, And The Indifferent News
Weds 10.29.2008 - Weight Watchers - Maintenance (Wk 2)
Sun 10.26.2008 - My Broken Brain
Tues 10.21.2008 - The Placeholder
Tues 10.21.2008 - Weight Watchers - Maintenance (Wk 1)
10.18.2008 - One Worry Left
Thurs 10.16.2008 - Dreams Come True
Mon 10.13.2008 - Mr Flexible (Alternate Nickname: Mr Hernia)
10.12.2008 - Weight Watchers #49
Tues 10.07.2008 - Interesting Times
10.07.2008 - Weight Watchers #48
Sat 10.04.2008 - Frivolosity
10.04.2008 - Religion & Politics (Saving "Money" For The NEXT Entry)
Thurs 10.02.2008 - Climbing DOWN The Ladder Of Success
Tues 9.30.2008 - Busted!
Mon 9.29.2008 - In Passing
Sun 9.28.2008 - Weight Watchers #47
Weds 9.24.2008 - New "Characterman" Post
Tues 9.23.2008 - "The Deep End"
Tues 9.23.2008 - Weight Watchers #46
Sun 9.21.2008 - New "Characterman" Post
Sun 9.21.2008 - Fear Factors
Fri 9.19.2008 - New "Characterman" Post
Thurs 9.18.2008 - New "Characterman" Post
Tues 9.16.2008 - Training for Weight Watchers
Mon 9.15.2008 - Weight Watchers #45
Mon 9.15.2008 - New "Characterman" Post
Thurs 9.11.2008 - New "Characterman" Posts
Weds 9.11.2008 - Sometimes I Worry
Weds 9.10.2008 - New "Characterman" Post
Mon 9.08.2008 - Capital-W "Writing"
Sun 9.07.2008 - Weight Watchers #44
FRI 9.05.2008 - New "Characterman" Post
Weds 9.03.2008 - "Characterman" Post
Weds 9.03.2008 - There's Nothing Wrong With Me A Giant Infusion Of Cash Wouldn't Cure
Mon 9.01.2008 - Weight Watchers #43
Mon 9.01.2008 - Jim Hoffmaster To L.A.'s Criminal Element: "Hey! Stop Stealing My Shit!"
Sun 8.31.2008 - New "Character Man" Post
Sat 8.30.2008 - Walking To China (Town)
Thurs 8.28.2008 - At Loose Ends
Thurs 8.28.2008 - New "Character Man" Post
Weds 8.27.2008 - I've Sent Out My Weight Watchers Paperwork...And Feel Lighter Already!
8.25.2008 - New "Characterman" Post
08.24.2008 - Weight Watchers #42
Thurs 8.21.2008 - "The End Of Faith", "The War Of Art", and "The Battle Against Lethargy"
Tues 8.19.2008 - New "Characterman" Post
Tues 8.19.2008 - Moments
Mon 8.18.2008 - Weight Watchers #41
Fri 8.15.2008 - A Bit Of Low-Key Fun
Thurs 8.14.2008 - The End Of Faith
Weds 8.13.2008 - More "Characterman" Stuff and Nonsense
Weds 8.13.2008 - Last Month's Highlights
Mon 8.11.2008 - New "Characterman" Post
Mon 8.11.2008 - Shocking Turns Of Events
Sun 8.10.2008 - Weight Watchers #40
Thurs 8.07.2008 - So You Think You Can Act
Tues 8.05.2008 - Flogging My Blog
Tues 8.05.2008 - Weight Watchers #39
Mon 8.04.2008 - Another Ad For My New Blog
Sat 8.02.2008 - Putting It Out There
Thurs 7.31.2008 - Religious Inquiries
Tues 7.29.2008 - Rockin' My World
Sun 7.27.2008 - Weight Watchers #38
Fri 7.25.2008 - All This, And A New Blog Too
Weds 7.23.2008 - Weight Watchers #37
Mon 7.21.2008 - Would You Buy Soup From This Guy?
Mon 7.21.2008 - Soup Is Good Food...and Hopefully Good MONEY
Thurs 7.17.2008 - If Only MY Battery Were So Easily Replaced
Thurs 7.17.2008 - Soup And Shoes
Sun 7.13.2008 - Weight Watchers #36
Fri 7.11.2008 - An Agnostic's Serenity Prayer
Weds 7.09.2008 - Good News? 2.0
Tues 7.08.2008 - I Can Relate
Mon 7.07.2008 - Weight Watchers #35
Fri 7.04.2008 - The Fiscal Follies
Thurs 7.03.2008 - Jimmy's Little Helper
Mon 6.30.2008 - Weight Watchers #34
Mon 6.30.2008 - In My Dreams, I Dance Like Fred Astaire
Sun 6.29.2008 - The Loneliest Guy In The World
Tues 6.24.2008 - George Carlin
06.22.2008 - Weight Watchers #33
Thurs 6.19.2008 - Playtime
Tues 6.17.2008 - Diary of a Big-Headed M.F.
Sun 6.15.2008 - Weight Watchers #32
Fri 6.13.2008 - Certain Technical Considerations
Fri 6.13.2008 - Stream-Of-Consciousness
06.11.2008 - Economically Stimulated
Sun 6.08.2008 - Weight Watchers #31
Weds 6.04.2008 - Mainlining The Internet
Tues 6.03.2008 - Why The Hell NOT?
Tues 6.02.2008 - Weight Watchers #30
Sat 5.31.2008 - Writerly Ambitions
Mon 5.26.2008 - Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
Mon 5.26.2008 - Weight Watchers #29
Sat 5.24.2008 - Arrivederci ArcLight
05.23.2008 - Yesterday's MySpace Blog Entry
Thurs 5.22.2008 - Same Head, Different Headshrinker
05.22.2008 - No Acting Required
05.22.2008 - Weighty Matters
Sun 5.18.2008 - Weight Watchers #28
Sat 5.17.2008 - Don't Approve Of Same-Sex Marriages? Then Don't HAVE One.
Fri 5.16.2008 - Another Year Older
05.14.2008 - Where's A Rich Dead Relative When I NEED Them?
Tues 5.13.2008 - The Working-Man Blues
Mon 5.12.2008 - Weight Watchers #27
Sat 5.10.2008 - How Come I Can't Have A Life AND A Job?
05.08.2008 - The Good Side/The Bad Side
05.06.2008 - Now Hiring: Professional Masturbators
Weds 4.30.2008 - Stagnation
Weds 4.30.2008 - Weight Watchers #25-26
Mon 4.28.2008 - Friday Night Lights
Weds 4.23.2008 - The "Greening" Of Jim H.
04.20.2008 - Damned If I Do...
Sat 4.19.2008 - Marketing Mania
Thurs 4.17.2008 - Exit Strategies
04.17.2008 - Weight Watchers #24
04.12.2008 - Theater Geek-ery
Fri 4.11.2008 - The Situation
Weds 4.09.2008 - On The Horns Of A Dilemma
Mon 4.07.2008 - Life Is But A Dream
Sun 4.06.2008 - Weight Watchers #23
Sun 4.06.2008 - Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Fri 4.04.2008 - Scaled-Back Dreams
Weds 4.02.2008 - From Here To The Beach
April 4.01.2008 - Weight Watchers #22
Thurs 3.27.2008 - Weight Watchers #21
Weds 3.26.2008 - One TALENTED Mofo
FRI 3.21.2008 - An Upbeat Entry--Sorta
Tues 3.18.2008 - Getting A Grip On Myself
Sun 3.16.2008 - Weight Watchers #20
Fri 3.14.2008 - Commercially Conflicted
Tues 3.11.2008 - Reversal Of Fortune
03.11.2008 - Some Will Fall. Some Will Fly. And Some Will Ride Bicycles
Sun 3.09.2008 - WW#19
Fri 3.07.2008 - My 7 Year Anniversary
Tues 3.04.2008 - Surviving AT&T
Sun 03.02.2008 - Notes From A Happy Chappy
Sun 3.02.2008 - Weight Watchers #18
Fri 2/29/08 - Once More Into The Breech
Weds 2/27/08 - The AT&T Yellow Pages Shoot
Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008 - Weight Watchers #17
Sat 2/23/08 - Napping My Blues Away
Fri 2/22/08 - A Brief Entry Before Retiring
Tues 2/19/08 - Out And About
Sun 2/17/08 - Weight Watchers #16
Sat 2/16/08 - The Land Where I Book Gigs And Make Money
Fri 2/15/08 - Icing On The Cake
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008 - That New-Car Smell
Weds 2/13/08 - AT&T Comes Calling
Tues 2/12/08 - Stalking The Wild Dentist
Tues 2/12/08 - Weight Watchers #15
Mon 1/11/08 - Acting Outside The Box
Sat 2/9/08 - Written In Five Minutes Flat
Tues 2/5/08 - Super-Tuesday
Sunday, Feb. 03, 2008 - Weight Watchers #14
Sat 2/2/08 - An Imminent Deal?
Fri 2/1/08 - A One-In-Ten-Million Face
Monday, Jan. 28, 2008 - Weight Watchers #13
Fri 1/25/08 - Heath Ledger
Thurs 1/24/08 - Aging, Infirmity, and Death (Oh My!)
Tues 1/22/08 - Black Like Me
Sun 1/20/08 - Weight Watchers #12
Fri 1/18/08 - NOT "The Worst One-Line Performance Ever Committed To Film
Thurs 1/17/08 - It's Like The News, Only Smaller
Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008 - Weight Watchers #11
Thurs 1/10/08 - On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Thurs 1/10/08 - "Out" Is Where The PEOPLE Are
Sun 1/6/08 - Weight Watchers #10
Sat 1/5/08 - ACG In Crisis
Fri 1/4/08 - My Last Mention Of 2007
Tues 1/1/08 - 2007: My Acting Career Year In Review
Tues 1/1/08 - Weight Watchers #9
Thurs 12/27/07 - Well, That's ONE Way To Get Out Of Work
Tues 12/25/07 - My First Mugging
Sun 12/23/07 - Weight Watchers #8
- Slip Sliding Away (With Apologies To Paul Simon)
Fri 12/21/07 - Happy F-ing Holidays
Monday, Dec. 17, 2007 - You Can't Put "Corpse" On Your Resume
Sat 12/15/07 - Dead Man Walking...And Writing A Diaryland Entry
Weds 12/12/07 - Hitting The High Notes
Sun 12/9/07 - My "Worst Case Scenario": A World With Less TV
12/08/07 - Insert Witty Title Here
Sat 12/8/07 - Weight Watchers #7
Tues 12/4/07 - -
Tues 12/4/07 - Locked Cases And Interesting Faces
Tues 12/4/07 - Weight Watchers #6
Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 - Sealing The Frakkin' DEAL
Tues 11/27/07 - A Light Shade Of Blue
Sun 11/25/07 - Dwelling On The Past
Sun 11/25/07 - Weight Watchers #5
Fri 11/23/07 - Happy Post-Thanksgiving!
Thurs 11/22/07 - Two In A Day
Weds 11/21/07 - An Apology
Monday, Nov. 19, 2007 - Emailing Jane
Mon 11/19/07 - An Email To Chris S.
Sat 11/17/07 - Weight Watchers #4
Fri 11/16/07 - Not Quite Dead Yet
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007 - The Writers Strike
Thurs 11/15/07 - Watching TV - While I CAN
Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007 - As Easy As ACG
Fri 11/9/07 - Weight Watchers #3
Thursday, Nov. 08, 2007 - Playing "The Face Lottery"
Sun 11/4/07 - The Spirit Is Willing
Sun 11/4/07 - WW#2
Thurs 11/1/07 - Madames and M'dears
Thurs 11/1/07 - The X Factor
Wed 10/31/07 - SCREEN ACTORS GUILD STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR THE WGA
Sun 10/28/07 - The Cosmic Cruise Director
Sat 10/27/07 - Weigh Watchers Entry #1
Tues 10/23/07 - The New Jim H.
Sat 10/20/07 - Ch-Ch-Changes
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007 - "This one time, at harmonica camp..."
Fri 10/12/07 - Bring On The Harmonica Groupies
Sun 10/7/07 - I'm Not Playing A Janitor. I'm Playing A "Custodial Engineer"
Weds 10/3/07 - The Fat Old Man In The Mirror
Friday, Sept. 28, 2007 - My Dirty Sexy Diaryland Entry
Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 - Fire Alarmed
Sat 9/22/07 - "Don't 'Taze' Me, Bro...!"
Weds 9/19/07 - No Original Thoughts Here
Mon 9/17/07 - The Real "Monk" Entry
Sat 9/15/07 - A Quick "Monk" Mention
Thurs 9/13/07 - Another Step Towards Celebrity A-Hole Status
Thurs 9/6/07 - Resuming My Jet-Set Life
Wednesday, Sept. 05, 2007 - Still Going On About My Vacation
Tues 9/4/07 - An All-Too-Brief Vacation
Sat 9/1/07 - "On Location" In Lansing
Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 - Trippin'
Thurs 8/23/07 - I'm Really More Of A "Juicy Fruit" Man ANYWAY
Tues 8/21/07 - Never The Hero
Sat 8/18/07 - A Question From The Fat Man In The Back
Fri 8/17/07 - The Danger Zone
Monday, Aug. 13, 2007 - Could be worse. Could be RAINING
Sun 8/12/07 - The Simple Things
Tues 8/7/07 - On Call
Sat 8/4/07 - Somewhere To Be Myself...Whoever That Is
Thurs 8/2/07 - Out Of Orbit
Mon 7/30/07 - Heavy Hitter
Sat 7/28/07 - A Car That Turns
Mon 7/23/07 - Brief Entry From "Zombie Jim"
Fri 7/20/07 - Just For Fun
Tues 7/17/07 - Envelopes and Post-Its (Part II)
Sun 7/15/07 - Stuff Written On Envelopes
Thurs 7/12/07 - Life As A Dialogue
Mon 7/9/07 - An Emotional Thursday Night
Weds 7/4/07 - Motorcycle, Scooter, or Little Red Wagon?
Sun 7/01/07 - No Escape
Sun 6/24/07 - Early Sunday Morn
Fri 6/22/07 - Kipper Has A Bad Day
6/22/07 - My Cat Is Broken
Thurs 6/21/07 - The Executioner's Song
Tuesday, Jun. 19, 2007 - Given The Choice, I Want BOTH
Mon 6/18/07 - A Walk On The Positive Side
Fri 6/15/07 - The Rainbow Tree
Weds 6/13/07 - Radical Honesty
Tues 6/12/07 - Pissing The Time Away
Mon 6/11/07 - The Long Weekend
Sun 6/10/07 - What Am I DOING Here?
Fri 6/8/07 - In In The News-That-Shouldn't-Be-News
Tuesday, Jun. 05, 2007 - Leaving Them Wanting More
Sunday, Jun. 03, 2007 - Making Lemons Out Of Lemonade
Friday, Jun. 01, 2007 - Stumping For Your Votes
Monday, May. 28, 2007 - Not A Pretty Blonde
Sat 5/26/07 - Short Films, High Finances, And A Little Post-Birthday Celebratin'
Sunday, May. 20, 2007 - Saving The Upbeat Entry For Another Time
Weds 5/16/07 - Birthday Opus #46
Monday, May. 14, 2007 - More Creamy MySpace Goodness
Saturday, May. 12, 2007 - Jane, You Can SKIP this Entry
Sun 5/6/07 - $10,000,000 From Now
Sun 5/6/07 - Insert Title Of Entry Here
Mon 4/30/07 - The Fruits Of My Labor
Thurs 4/26/07 - From MySpace To This Place
Sun 4/22/07 - The Coldstone Shoot
Sun 4/15/07 - A Good Time To Be Me (aka "The Snickers Shoot")
Sat 4/14/07 - Snickers Really DOES Satisy
Weds 4/11/07 - Behavior Modification & Glad Tidings
Saturday, Apr. 07, 2007 - Filling The Reservoir
Weds 4/4/07 - Going My Way
Fri 3/30/07 - A Little TOO Busy (aka "Audition-Palooza")
Thurs 3/29/07 - Can't Touch This
Tues 3/20/07 - A Life Of Happiness, Or A Life Of Meaning?
Monday, Mar. 19, 2007 - Slowdown
Tuesday, Mar. 13, 2007 - "Circularity"
Tuesday, Mar. 13, 2007 - "Semi-Pro"
Thurs 3/8/7 - Tired Of Just Being "Eye-Candy"
Weds 3/7/07 - Auditions and Furnishings
Tues 3/6/07 - Not Quite Yet
Sunday, Mar. 04, 2007 - "Positive Guy" Versus "Negative Guy"
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007 - Briefly and Blur-illy
Monday, Feb. 26, 2007 - The Comcast Promo Shoot
Fri 2/23/07 - The Next Maytag Repairman?
Sun 2/18/07 - There ARE Small Parts...AND Small Actors
Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007 - "Jesus Camp"/"The Weather Man"
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007 - The Danger Zone
Weds 2/14/07 - Yesterday In Review
Sun 2/11/07 - Relativity
Thurs 2/8/07 - Figuring It Out
Tuesday, Feb. 06, 2007 - "Easy Comforts"
Monday, Feb. 05, 2007 - The Lightning Round
Friday, Feb. 02, 2007 - One Repulsive Dude
Fri 1/26/07 - Wanting To Be The "Hero"
Weds 1/24/07 - Water World
Tues 1/23/07 - The Propel Shoot
Sat 1/20/07 - In OTHER Developments...
Weds 1/17/07 - I ask for it, and it comes true
Fri 1/12/07 - Who's Been Boiling Potatoes In Here...?
Sunday, Jan. 07, 2007 - My Life Needs A Great Theme Song
Fri 1/5/07 - "Criminal Minds" And Other Junk
Thurs 1/4/07 - A Good Career In Pretend Law Enforcement
Tuesday, Jan. 02, 2007 - Jimmy Want MORE (AKA 2006 In Review)
Sat 12/30/06 - They're Dropping Like Flies
Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 - Fighting The Funk
Mon 12/25/06 - Xmas Day 2006
Monday, Dec. 25, 2006 - The Secret Of My (Eventual) Success
Fri 12/22/06 - A Blip On The Radar
Thurs 12/21/06 - Postponing The Year End Wrap-Up
Mon 12/18/06 - More Shop Talk
Sat 12/16/06 - This Week In Review
Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006 - ACG/PMG News
Thurs 12/7/06 - George Clooney, Marvin Goldstein, and Me
Tues 12/5/06 - How many "C"'s Are In "Raccoon"?
Thurs 11/30/06 - Babies, Barenaked Ladies, and Michael Richards
Fri 11/24/06 - Thanksgiving '06
Tues 11/21/06 - Jim and Kipper Go To The Vet
Sun 11/19/06 - Easy And Cheap--That's How I Likes It
Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006 - -
Thurs 11/9/06 - Super Tuesday
Thursday, Nov. 09, 2006 - Calling Kurt Vonnegut
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006 - Just Doing It
Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006 - The Bahama-vention Shoot
Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006 - Thank You Sir, May I Have Another?
Tues 10/10/06 - When Things Don't Go Right, What's Left?
Friday, Oct. 06, 2006 - There's A Dark Cloud In Front Of Every Silver Lining
Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006 - "Nip/Tuck"--The Climactic Conclusion
Thurs 9/28/06 - Bahama-vention
Sat 9/23/06 - On The Set Of "Nip/Tuck"
Tues 9/19/06 - Nippin' & Tuckin'
Monday, Sept. 18, 2006 - Watching The Pot
Fri 9/15/06 - A Little "Nip" Here, A Little "Tuck" There
Weds 9/13/06 - Ask And Ye Shall Receive
Tues 9/5/06 - Resisting "Resistance"
Sunday, Sept. 03, 2006 - FUNK-adelic
Mon 8/28/06 - Lemons Into Lemonade
Weds 8/23/06 - Looping "The Loop"
Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006 - Being "Proactive"
Friday, Aug. 18, 2006 - "Everybody Loves Jim"?
Fri 8/11/06 - D-land Glitchiness
Fri 8/11/06 - Showing My Ass For Chump Change
Wednesday, Aug. 09, 2006 - Sweating The Small Stuff
Sat 8/5/06 - Pascal's Wager
Tuesday, Aug. 01, 2006 - The "Hanging On" Part
Weds 7/26/06 - Too Damned Hot
Saturday, Jul. 22, 2006 - The Gilmore Girls Shoot
Sunday, Jul. 16, 2006 - Hitting The Big Time
Fri 7/14/06 - One For The "Win" Column
Thurs 7/13/06 - The Gilmore Girls And Me
Tues 7/11/06 - I'm Just Trying To Be A Good Person. My Name Is Jim
Sat 7/8/06 - The Abdominal Snowman
Weds 7/5/06 - The Peak Of My Attainments
Sun 6/2/06 - Superman Returns
Thurs 6/29/06 - Just Call Me "Rudolph"
Mon 6/26/06 - The Story I've Got
Sat 6/24/06 - Venturing Out
Friday, Jun. 23, 2006 - Socialize, Or Pay Rent? Decisions, Decisions...
Wednesday, Jun. 21, 2006 - The Medical Term For The Day Is "Meckel's diverticulum"
Mon 6/19/06 - Battlestar Jimlandia
Sun 6/18/06 - Getting Better
Friday, Jun. 16, 2006 - Little Jimmy's Big Hospital Adventure (The Explosive Conclusion)
Wednesday, Jun. 14, 2006 - Little Jimmy's Big Hospital Adventure (III)
Wednesday, Jun. 14, 2006 - Little Jimmy's Big Hospital Adventure (Pt 2)
Wednesday, Jun. 14, 2006 - Little Jimmy's Big Hospital Adventure
Mon 6/12/06 - The Dead Walk...Just Very, Very SLOWLY
Monday, Jun. 12, 2006 - -
Thursday, Jun. 08, 2006 - Successful surgery -- still in the hospital
Wednesday, Jun. 07, 2006 - Jim's in the Hospital
Thurs 6/1/06 - The Smartest Kid In Class
Mon 5/29/06 - The Wisdom Of Coffee Cups, Refrigerator Magnets, And Greeting Cards
Sun 5/28/06 - Drunken Cycling And Other Bad Ideas
Thurs 5/25/06 - A Little Goofy, Undeniable Fun
Fri 5/19/06 - What's The Deal With Me And Wheels
Weds 5/17/06 - Older Than I Ever Intended To Be
Sat 5/13/06 - Two Wheels And A Couple Of Helping Hands
Sunday, May. 07, 2006 - The Jimlandia Police Blotter
Tues 5/2/06 - "Yes, Thank You"
Tuesday, May. 02, 2006 - The Adventures Of "Big Hairy Butt Guy"
Fri 4/28/06 - Kvetch-Fest 2006
Sun 4/23/06 - Things To Look Forward To/Things To Feel Hopeful About
Saturday, Apr. 15, 2006 - Five Years
Thurs 4/13/06 - Well, Maybe NEXT Time...
Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2006 - As The Kids Say, "It's All Good"
Thurs 4/6/06 - Foreward Momentum
Friday, Mar. 31, 2006 - Lock Up Your Grandmothers
Tues 3/28/06 - Arranging A Play-Date
Sun 3/26/06 - Catching Up (The "Short Version")
Thurs 3/16/06 - To Strike, Or Not To Strike?
Sun 3/12/06 - Matt Santos for President
Wednesday, Mar. 08, 2006 - The 78th Annual Academy Awards
Mon 3/6/06 - Hey, It's Not ALL "Gloom And Doom"
Tues 2/28/06 - Welcome To My Journal
Thurs 2/23/06 - Predicting and Controlling
Sat 2/18/06 - Overhearing and Chiming In
Friday, Feb. 17, 2006 - Too Small By Half
Sun 2/12/06 - If I Show You Mine...?
Thurs 2/9/06 - Bankers In Speedos
Saturday, Feb. 04, 2006 - The "Best Picture" Nominees
Friday, Feb. 03, 2006 - Would You Like To Play With Me?
Monday, Jan. 30, 2006 - Working "The Dome"
Sun 1/29/06 - The ArcLight Snackbar Blues
Weds 1/25/06 - A Shaky Foundation
Fri 1/20/06 - Fixating
Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006 - A Million Little Lies INDEED
Sat 1/14/06 - Not Quite The Start I'd HOPED For
Fri 1/6/06 - A Shout-Out To All My Fundamentalist Friends
Thurs 1/5/06 - 2005: My Acting Career In Review
Fri 12/30/05 - A Man With Certain Redeeming Qualities
Thurs 12/29/05 - My Red-Hot Love Life
Sun 12/25/05 - Xmas 2005
Sun 12/18/05 - The Bike Has No Legs
Monday, Dec. 12, 2005 - A Mildly Interesting Diaryland
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005 - R.I.P. Richard
Friday, Dec. 09, 2005 - Surviving The Grove
Monday, Dec. 05, 2005 - Money Matters
Thurs 12/1/05 - First Week At ArcLight...and other junk
Thursday, Dec. 01, 2005 - Giving Thanks
Fri 11/25/05 - Missing Borders and Dissing ArcLight
Friday, Nov. 25, 2005 - "House" Calls
Mon 11/21/05 - The "House" Situation
Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005 - Waiting For "The Call"
Thurs 11/17/05 - ArcLight Stuff
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005 - Hoffmaster to Agents: Get On Board "The Gravy Train"
Friday, Nov. 11, 2005 - A Late Breaking Report
Fri 11/11/05 - Another Rung On The Ladder To Success
Thurs 11/10/05 - I Am Not Kelsey-Fucking-Grammer
Sun 11/6/05 - A Man's Gotta Do
Fri 11/04/05 - A Week To Remember
Monday, Oct. 31, 2005 - Happy Halloween
Tues 10/25/05 - Another Wacky Episode Of "My Name Is Jim"
Tues 10/25/05 - Thinkin' About Drinkin' (Redux)
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005 - How Did This Happen?
Tues 10/11/05 - Happy Hour
Friday, Oct. 07, 2005 - Bulletins From The "Pocket Journal"
Friday, Sept. 30, 2005 - So Broke I Can't Even Pay Attention
Weds 9/28/05 - Continuing To Live
Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 - The Police Blotter
Friday, Sept. 23, 2005 - Too Tired Too Think Of A Title
Friday, Sept. 23, 2005 - Once I Dreamed I Could Dance Like Fred Astaire
Monday, Sept. 19, 2005 - Another Six Months, A Year, Whatever...
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005 - Emailing John O.
Tues 9/13/05 - Commercial Doings
Thursday, Sept. 08, 2005 - Breaking Into The Emergency Spam
Tuesday, Sept. 06, 2005 - I'm not a scientiest. I just play one on tv...I hope
Monday, Sept. 05, 2005 - "Everything Ends"
Thurs 9/1/05 - Things That Used To Confuse Me...And Things That Still Do
Mon 8/29/05 - My New "Roomie"
Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005 - Left Out And Glossed-Over
Monday, Aug. 22, 2005 - One Year Ago Today (Or At Least Pretty CLOSE)
Sun 8/21/05 - "Dancing Cheek To Cheek" (With My Neurosis)
Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005 - Bad Coffee, President Dumb-ass, and "Hot Horsie Action"
Sun 8/14/05 - Paging "Dr Lube"
Mon 8/8/05 - Working For A Living...If You Call This "Living"
Sat 8/6/05 - Jim Takes A Roommate
Thurs 8/4/05 - Not Quite A Total Waste Of A Day
Saturday, Jul. 30, 2005 - The Next Vincent Schiavelli (Or Better Yet, The FIRST Jim Hoffmaster)
Sunday, Jul. 24, 2005 - A Sunday "2-Fer"
Sunday, Jul. 24, 2005 - Workshops & Breakdowns
Weds 7/20/05 - Dancing On The Edge
Sun 7/17/05 - It Slices, It Dices...But Does It FAX?
Tuesday, Jul. 12, 2005 - Kathy B., "Batman", And Life After Borders
Sunday, Jul. 10, 2005 - Another Worry For The List
Saturday, Jul. 09, 2005 - Ten Minute Entry
Tues 7/5/05 - Unionized & Certified, For Your Protection
Thurs 6/30/05 - The Gremlin And Me
Thursday, Jun. 23, 2005 - The Chase Gig (And Other Topics Of Interest)
Sun 6/19/05 - My "Full-Bodied" Week
Sun 6/12/05 - Drenched In Anxiety And Flop Sweat
Thurs 6/9/05 - Everyone Has More To Them Than You Know
Sat 6/4//05 - Tired Guy: America's Most USELESS Superhero
Sat 6/4/05 - Death Shops At Borders
Thurs 6/2/05 - Deep Throat
Thurs 6/2/05 - Deep Throat
Weds 6/1/05 - Me, Trying Not To Be A Failure
Weds 6/1/05 - Me, Trying Not To Be A Failure
Sun 5/29/05 - Meanwhile, Back At The Internet Cafe...
Fri 5/27/05 - A Sermon From Reverend Jim
Mon 5/23/05 - Son Of "Fun With Email"
Sunday, May. 22, 2005 - Fun With Email
Tues 5/17/05 - Time Does Its "Marching On" Thing
Weds 5/11/05 - Dogs on Motorcycles
Wednesday, May. 11, 2005 - "Anxious & Overwhelmed" or "Overwhelmed & Anxious"? I Just Can't DECIDE
Sat 5/7/05 - Storytelling
Fri 5/6/05 - From The Law Firm Of Whine, Whimper, And Complain
Mon 5/2/05 - If Not THIS One...
Tues 4/26/05 - The Word For Today Is "Disappointment"
Sat 4/23/05 - A Little Note From Your Uncle Jim
Fri 4/22/05 - A Little High Quality Mainstream Entertainment
Mon 4/18/05 - Course Correction
Friday, Apr. 15, 2005 - Congress Knows Best
Fri 4/15/05 - Walking Through Doors
Sunday, Apr. 10, 2005 - A Message From "HotStud43"
Tues 4/5/05 - Note To The Universe: This Would Be A GREAT Time For A Financial Windfall
Sun 4/3/05 - Thou Shalt Not Die Before Me
Thurs 3/31/05 - The Best Thing That Could Happen
Mon 3/28/05 - Angry Chimps, Robotic GMs, and 1-800-The-Law-2
Thurs 3/24/05 - A Shotgun Blast Of Happiness
Friday, Mar. 18, 2005 - Note To Self: I'm On A MISSION Here
Fri 3/18/05 - Four Years In, And I'm STILL Trying To Figure Out How To Do Commercial Auditions
Sun 3/13/05 - The Notary Follies
Fri 3/11/05 - A Little "Backed-Up"
Sun 3/6/05 - Emphemera/Money
Friday, Mar. 04, 2005 - The "Jist"
Thursday, Mar. 03, 2005 - I really want to act (If only it weren't so fucking INCONVENIENT)
Sun 2/27/05 - Notary Class (And Other Junk)
Tues 2/22/05 - A Fresh, Pine-Scented Entry
Monday, Feb. 21, 2005 - The Way Things Are "Supposed" To Go
Sun 2/20/05 - Same Old Song-And-Dance
Sun 2/13/05 - How Do They Make Those Hostess Pies So Damned TASTY?
Sat 2/12/05 - The Entry Where I Mostly Rag On The Bookstore
Sat 2/5/05 - Sex and Violence...and Commercials
Mon 1/31/05 - The Old Guy Dancing Around The Ward
Sat 1/29/05 - A Little Bit Of This, A Little Bit Of That
Tues 1/25/05 - I've Already Paid For The Class
Mon 1/24/05 - Marathon Man
Thurs 1/20/05 - The Stuff In My Head
Sun 1/16/05 - Luck Of The Draw
Thurs 1/13/05 - A Long Entry, Mostly About Commercials
Mon 1/10/05 - Jack-In-The-Box Redux
Sat 1/8/05 - An Obsessive Relationship With Myself About Myself
Weds 1/5/05 - Looking For The Inner Circle
Monday, Jan. 03, 2005 - Letter To Kevin2
Thurs 12/30/04 - On The Front Burner
Weds 12/29/04 - Big Jim's "Acting Year In Review" (2004 Edition)
Sun 12/26/04 - Completing The Holiday Picture
Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004 - Happy Freakin' Holidays
Mon 12/20/04 - Anyone Up For Waffles?
Fri 12/17/04 - The Lull Begins
Mon 12/13/04 - G.E.: Bringing Good Things To Light
Tues 12/07/04 - I Plan To Succeed...But Not Today
Sat 12/4/04 - "Claire de lune" And Other Tunes
Fri 12/3/04 - P.S.
Fri 12/3/04 - The Bi-Polar Express
Monday, Nov. 29, 2004 - Random Acts of Journaling
Sat 11/27/04 - Being Thankful
Friday, Nov. 26, 2004 - Another Letter To Margaret Z.
Thurs 11/25/04 - Misdirected Rage In The Form Of Retarded Resistance
Weds 11/24/04 - Resisting Reductionism
Mon 11/22/04 - Better Living Through Dentistry
Sun 11/21/04 - Bored With Boredom
Fri 11/19/04 - And A Cheese Sandwich
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004 - "Desire Is The Fire Of Life"
Fri 11/12/04 - Hangin' With "Jack"
Thurs 11/11/04 - The Night Before The Big Day
Weds 11/10/04 - Be Careful What You Want
Sun 11/7/04 - "Unlikely" Does NOT Mean "Impossible"
Saturday, Nov. 06, 2004 - By Special Request
Thursday, Nov. 04, 2004 - Another Day, Another Milestone
Weds 11/3/04 - Big News...And I Guess There Was An Election As Well
Mon 11/1/04 - And I Quote
Sun 10/31/04 - A Life Too Small
Sat 10/30/04 - To Be A More AUTHENTIC "Me"
Thurs 10/28/04 - Some More Gigs I Won't Be Booking
Thurs 10/28/04 - "The Company Man"
Sat 10/23/04 - Stressing Out (aka "Does anyone have a million dollars they can spare me?")
Weds 10/20/04 - A Short-But-Meaningful Entry
Mon 10/18/04 - Doing It, Then Forgetting About It
Sat 10/16/04 - Hungry Like The Wolf
Tues 10/12/04 - Dateline: Hollywood
Sun 10/10/04 - Good Omen/Bad Omen
Sun 10/10/04 - Cheated And Demeaned
Fri 10/8/04 - Who Wanted ,000 ANYWAY?
Fri 10/8/04 - Hundreds of Pictures of Me
Sunday, Oct. 03, 2004 - Looking At Me/Looking At TV
Sun 10/3/04 - Headshots
Sunday, Oct. 03, 2004 - "Dramatic Audition" (2)
Sun 10/03/04 - Holding the Baby
Friday, Oct. 01, 2004 - And Now, In No Particular Order...
Monday, Sept. 27, 2004 - Life Without Beliefs
Friday, Sept. 24, 2004 - "Buddhism Without Beliefs"
Thurs 9/23/04 - Scratching The Surface
Mon 9/20/04 - Change: Just "The Nature Of Things", or "Royal Screwing By The Universe"? (Discuss)
Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004 - Hanging Out With Halle B.
Thurs 9/16/04 - Three-and-a-half years out here, and I'm not FAMOUS yet? What's up with THAT?
Mon 9/13/04 - Excerpts
Sun 9/12/04 - More Fun With Questionaires
Fri 9/10/04 - Jim Responds To His #1 Critic
Thurs 9/9/04 - Another Burst Of Impotent Anger
Thurs 9/9/04 - End Of An Era
Sunday, Sept. 05, 2004 - I've Been Known To WORRY A Bit
Sunday, Sept. 05, 2004 - QuestionsII
Friday, Sept. 03, 2004 - The Survey Says...
Thurs 9/2/04 - Dreams, Pocket Journals, and "Lucky Pennies"
Sun 8/29/04 - My Name is Jim. I work at Shareholder Books
Sun 8/29/04 - What Could Be More Fun Than A Root Canal?
Fri 8/27/04 - Commercial Audition Recap
Thurs 8/26/04 - "I like to watch..."
Mon 8/23/04 - Another Slanderous Journal Entry (Or would that be "libelous"?)
Fri 8/20/04 - Blue Monday
Mon 8/16/04 - "Brevity is the soul of wit". Or so I've HEARD.
Sun 8/15/04 - Jimlandia--Now With More Celebrities
Thurs 8/12/04 - "The class for 'Helpless Victims' is down the street..."
Tues 8/10/04 - A Whore At The Capitalist Gangbang
Mon 8/9/04 - Esprit De Corpse
Fri 8/6/04 - "Nature Lovers" And Other Dysfunctional Types
Monday, Aug. 02, 2004 - "We choose to be INSPIRED."
Sun 8/1/04 - A Use For Gatorade You'll Never See In The Commercials
Thurs 7/29/04 - A National Craze In The Making
Tues 7/27/04 - Conversation With Myself
Thurs 7/22/04 - The Missing "P"
Tues 7/20/04 - The Money Shot
Thurs 7/15/04 - "Thinking Outside The Karaoke Box"
Sun 7/11/04 - Little Orphan Jimmy And The Time Machine
Tues 7/6/04 - The USS Hoffmaster
Sun 7/4/04 - Time To "Fish Or Cut Bait"...Whatever THAT Means
Sat 7/3/04 - Brando
Weds 6/30/04 - Reading Is Good...As Long As You Put Your Book Or Magazine Back On The Shelf When You're Done
Fri 6/25/04 - Flotsam and Jetsam Redux
Tues 6/22/04 - The Imaginary Eclair
Thurs 6/17/04 - Fried Twinkies And Brass Asses
Tues 6/15/04 - Jim & Kevin's Vegas Adventure (Part II: Food And Fun)
Mon 6/14/04 - Jim And Kevin's Vegas Adventure
Thurs 6/10/04 - Viva Las Vegas
Thurs 6/10/04 - Born Okay The First Time
Sun 6/6/04 - Entry Interruptus
Sat 6/5/04 - With Special Guest Star--Kevin Knights
Weds 6/02/04 - Kevin Hits L.A.
Sun 5/30/04 - I Got No IDEA What To Title This
Thurs 5/27/04 - Audition-O-Rama
Mon 5/24/04 - More "Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway" Crap
Thurs 5/20/04 - Fighting The Good Fight
Wednesday, May. 19, 2004 - Self Portrait
Tues 5/18/04 - Mor e Thoughts From The Pocket Journal
Tues 5/18/04 - Birthdays And All That Jazz
Sat 5/15/04 - Becoming "The Man"
Weds 5/12/04 - On Patrol With The Captain
Mon 5/10/04 - Jury Duty Redux
Sun 5/9/04 - Captain Hoffmaster
Thurs 5/6/04 - Another Feather In The Cap
Weds 5/5/04 - Contacts and Opportunities
Tues 5/4/04 - Jury Duty
Mon 5/3/04 - "Put the bat down and step away from the dish, Sir..."
Sat 5/01/04 - Not Quite Dead Yet
Thurs 4/29/04 - Whipsawed By Confusion
Sun 4/25/04 - At least there will be donuts
Saturday, Apr. 24, 2004 - And If Ye Have Faith, The Way Shall Become Clear
Mon 4/19/04 - Fragmenting
Sat 4/17/04 - Sounding A Blue Note
Weds 4/14/04 - Take It From Me--Whatever Perversion You Can Think Of, Someone's Gotten There Ahead Of You
Thurs 4/8/04 - Two Scary Topics
Mon 3/5/04 - The Asymmetrical Face Of A Character Actor
Thurs 4/01/04 - Tonite, For A Little Change-Of-Pace, I Think I'll Write About...Me
Sun 3/28/04 - An Odd To Auditions, Action Figures, and "Feeling The Fear"
Fri 3/26/04 - A New Cycle Begins
Thurs 3/25/04 - I Could Be Happier
Thurs 3/25/04 - The Triumphant Return Of Mark And Jane...and other less momentous events
Tues 3/23/04 - My Favorite Quandry
Sun 3/21/04 - X-Box Audition
Thurs 3/18/04 - Another Lost Weekend
Tues 3/16/04 - The Elusive Brass Ring
Mon 3/15/04 - Actor-ish Crap
Sat 3/13/04 - Some Things I Love
Thurs 3/11/04 - Dysfunction Junction
Tuesday, Mar. 09, 2004 - The Praying Agnostic
Mon 3/08/04 - Ego-boosting
Sun 3/07/04 - Got Callbacks?
Thurs 3/04/04 - Would You Buy A Horse And Buggy From This Man?
Weds 3/03/04 - Call Me "Butter", Cause I Am On A Roll!
Tues 3/02/04 - An Unstoppable Acting Machine
Sun 2/29/04 - Bill Maher on Gay Marriage
Thurs 2/26/04 - Where's Buddha When You Need Him?
Mon 2/23/04 - A Bad Case Of Death
Weds 2/18/04 - The Last Temptation Of Jim
Mon 2/16/04 - Watching My "Stories"
Fri 2/13/04 - The Evil Empire (And other topics of little interest)
Thurs 2/12/04 - Good News
Tues 2/10/04 - Very Random Thoughts
Thurs 2/05/04 - Carrying The Scars (Pt II)
Weds 2/04/04 - Carrying The Scars
Tues 2/03/04 - The Commercial Death March
Sat 1/31/04 - May I See Your Passport Please?
Thurs 1/29/04 - How to "Bury The Lead"
Sat 1/24/04 - The Greatest Diaryland Entry Of All Time
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004 - Melanie Griffith's Gum, And Other Oddities
Sun 1/18/04 - Keeping Up Appearances
Sat 1/17/04 - Impoverished Thinking
Tues 1/13/04 - Vague Memories and Silly Fantasies
Sun 1/11/04 - straw into gold
Sat 1/10/04 - The Commercial Audition Biz
Weds 1/7/04 - My Favorite Movies, Etc.
Mon 1/05/04 - To A New Year And A New Pocket Journal
New Years Day 2004 (Pt II) - Jim Does Chinatown
New Year's Day 2004 - Big Jim's "Acting Year In Review"
Tues 12/30/03 - Happy Frigging Holidays
Sat 12/27/03 - Holly-daze
Sun 12/21/03 - I Wrote This Very Fast On Purpose
Fri 12/19/03 - Golden...For Now
Thurs 12/18/03 - You Can Lead Jim To Water, But He'd Really Rather Have A Diet Coke With Lemon
Tues 12/16/03 - "Smell Ya Later..."
Mon 12/15/03 - "We Got Him"
Fri 12/12/03 - Jim Goes To The Movies...Or TRIES To
Weds 12/10/03 - Sometimes The Hardest Part Is The Title
Mon 12/08/03 - Writing about Writing
Sat 12/6/03 - As Bitchy As I Wanna Be
Friday, Dec. 05, 2003 - A Mite Discouraged
Thurs 12/04/03 - Killing Them With Kindness
Sun 11/30/03 - Raise Your Hand If You're Sure
Fri 11/28/03 - Anyone know a good mood-regulating drugI could get on?
Fri 11/28/03 - Thanksgiving 2003
Mon 11/24/03 - The Incubus video shoot...and other stuff
Fri 11/21/03 - Booking
Thurs 11/20/03 - Jim Hoffmaster, Dictator-for-Hire
Sun 11/16/03 - Fear Factor
Sat 11/15/03 - Gathering Storm Clouds
Thurs 11/13/03 - Filler Material
Sun 11/09/03 - Hungry And Stinky
Sat 11/08/03 - Motivationally Speaking
Tues 11/04/03 - Old Memories
Sat 11/01/03 - Jim Is My Name. Defying Death Is My Game
Thurs 10/30/03 - The Entry Where The End Is Really The Beginning
Mon 10/27/03 - My Million-Dollar Face
Thurs 10/23/03 - When Bad Things Happen To Good People.
Wed 10/22/03 - A Diaryland Sorbet
Mon 10/20/03 - Jim Wrestles With The Question Of "God"...And Is Pinned In Three Seconds Flat
Sat 10/18/03 - Having Fun, Being Awake, And "Killing Bill"
Fri 10/17/03 - Some Happy Stuff
Sun 10/12/03 - A Little "Artistic Embarrassment"
Weds 10/8/03 - Governor Schwarzenegger (Now try to read it without laughing)
Mon 10/6/03 - McGriddlicious
Tues 9/30/03 - A Shitty First Draft
Sat 9/27/03 - "Once More With Feeling"/"Lost In Translation"
Fri 9/26/03 - My Entry In The "Most Shallow Man On Earth" Sweepstakes
Weds 9/24/03 - It's Not TV. It's HBO
Tues 9/23/03 - Our Top Stories This Hour...
Thurs 9/18/03 - Jim Sorts It All Out
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 - Requiem For Two Dreams
Sun 9/14/03 - Heading Back To Hollywood
Sat 9/13/03 - The Dam Breaks
Fri 9/12/03 - Vacation Journal: Two
Tue 9/9/03 - Wahoos, Kathy B., And My Two Fabulous Hosts
Mon 9/8/03 - wedding day
Sat 9/6/03 - The Further Adventures of
Fri 9/05/03 - In Transit
THU 9/04/03 - Lansing Bound
Wed 9/03/03 - More Boring-ass Work Stuff
Mon 9/01/03 - When I Grow Up, I Want To Be Creative
Sat 8/30/03 - Variation On A Dream
Fri 8/29/03 - Jackie Chan, Ron Jeremy, and Richard Chamberlain; Wondering Just Where I Fit On The Continuum
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003 - "I would have cleaned the place, but I didn't want to give you any false impressions..."
Wed 8/27/03 - Rejection Central
Tues 8/26/03 - The News In Brief...VERY Brief
Mon 8/25/03 - Still Holding
Sat 8/23/03 - "On Hold"
Fri 8/22/03 - "Is that...blood?"
Sat 8/16/03 - Jim's Little Tokyo Adventure (Pt II)
Friday, Aug. 15, 2003 - Jim's Little Tokyo Adventure (Pt I)
FRI 8/08/03 - Harmonica Redux
Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003 - Sounding off
Sun 8/10/03 - Jim's Harmonica Blues (Cont.)/A Letter To Mark Z.
Thu 8/07/03 - Thursday (Pt 1)
Tue 8/05/03 - General Weirdness
Sun 8/03/03 - Ask And Ye Shall Receive
Sat 8/02/03 - More Boring Crap About Borders
Fri 8/01/03 - With you, my dear, never a 'quickie'. Always, a 'longie'..."
Weds 7/30/03 - Needy, Needier, Neediest
Monday, Jul. 28, 2003 - Life After Retail
Fri 7/23/03 - Ten. Thousand. Dollars.
Sun 7/20/03 - Happy Happy Joy Joy
Friday, Jul. 18, 2003 - Things Take A Turn
Fri 7/18/03 - Vegas Bound?
Thu 7/17/03 - It's all so simple, really--when I become rich and famous, I'll be happy and everything will be perfect...or will it?
Wed 7/16/03 - Industrial-Strength Jim
Monday, Jul. 14, 2003 - Fame
Thu 7/10/03 - No Actors Allowed
Tues 7/08/03 - A Remote Transmission From Apt 411
Mon 7/07/03 - Random Thoughts
Sat 7/05/03 - People like me, and people who actually are me.
FRI 7/4/03 - The Weekend In Review
Mon 6/30/03 - Michael Madsen, Eliza Dushku, and tequila shots "the fun way"
Sun 6/29/03 - I'll have an order of white baby bones, please...and do they come with fries?
Fri 6/27/03 - Jim and Nero
Sunday, Jun. 22, 2003 - Okay, I promise--This is the last time I'll talk about the HBO commercial...for now
Fri 6/20/03 - See Jim. See Jim act. Act, Jim, act.
Wed 6/18/03 - What I meant to say is "Hi, I'm Jim Hoffmaster, president of the Watercooler Association of America"
FRI 6/13/03 - "Hi, I'm Mike Sweeney, President of the Watercooler Association of America
Fri 6/13/03 - Drawing Closer To The Prize
Wed 6/11/03 - Would You Like To Come In And See My Etchings...?
Monday, Jun. 09, 2003 - A Little "Therapeutic Licking"
Sat 6/07/03 - All the news that's fit to transmit
Thu 6/05/03 - The Big Meeting
Thu 6/05/03 - Auditions/Castings/Whatever You Call Them
Sun 6/1/03 - A Snowballs Chance in LA
Thursday, May. 29, 2003 - We have met the enemy and he is us
TUE 5/27/03 - Regime change begins at home
Sat 5/24/03 - The "Cranky" Side of Jim
Thursday, May. 22, 2003 - America's Newest Superhero, Or Just Some Nut Wearing A Red Bath Towel?
Tue 5/20/03 - This is Jim's brain. THIS is Jim's brain on DRUGS
Mon 5/19/03 - Disco Fever
Sun 5/18/03 - You can't have everything, even in California
Thu 5/15/03 - Strong Medicine
Thu 5/08/03 - A Word From America's Newest Charismatic Cult Leader
Wednesday, May. 07, 2003 - Family Values
Tuesday, May. 06, 2003 - Letter to M & J
Sun 5/4/03 - Scanneriffic!
Fri 5/3/03 - Embracing The Mystery
Thursday, May. 01, 2003 - A Swinger From Way Back
Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2003 - Rugrats, Borders, and "A Howard Hughes-like desire for privacy"
Sun 4/27/03 - Sleep-Writing
Thu 4/24/03 - In this instance, being "on hold" is a GOOD thing
Sun 4/20/03 - The Reclamation Project
Sat 4/19/03 - Handsome and "Manful"
Fri 4/18/03 - You know what? Sometimes It's REALLY fun to be me!
Tuesday, Apr. 15, 2003 - Looking for Carol
Mon 4/14/03 - Sometimes it's fun to be me...but mostly not
Tue 4/08/03 - Just Your Average Cranky, Bitter, Middle-Aged Fart
Sat 4/05/03 - Jim's Vida Loca
FRI 4/04/03 - Did Someone Say Something About A War?
Tue 4/01/03 - Commercial-A-Go-Go
Sun 3/30/03 - Stumble, Fumble, Bumble, Crumble
Wed 3/26/03 - Assorted Odds & Ends
FRI 3/21/03 - What's YOUR "Personal Velocity"?
THU 3/20/03 - Going Downtown
Sunday, Mar. 16, 2003 - The Acting Thing
Sat 3/15/03 - Into Each Life, Some Rain Must Fall
Thursday, Mar. 13, 2003 - To be continued
Sat 3/08/03 - Always Leave Vertical
Sun 3/02/03 - Musical
Sat 3/01/03 - Honesty. Honestly.
Sat 3/01/03 - Notes from the front
Thu 2/27/03 - On the run
Tue 2/25/03 - I'm not really a gay pedophile. I just play one on tv.
Fri 2/21/03 - My Vacation, by Jim Hoffmaster
Wed 2/19/03 - Diaryland Entry "Fragment"
Tue 2/18/03 - Joe, Michael, and Jim
Thu 2/13/03 - A New Discovery: Heat Make Food Taste Good
Tue 2/11/03 - Rainy Day Fun With Captain Jim
Tue 2/11/03 - Borders Booty Music
Sun 2/09/03 - Cookin'
Thursday, Feb. 06, 2003 - Why I Write, And Why You Read It
Wed 2/05/03 - Bouncin' Back
Sun 2/02/03 - Dreaming of Practical Matters
Sat 2/01/03 - Looking to the sky
FRI 1/31/03 - Being here now
Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003 - just a fat middle-aged fool
Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003 - More Crap About Acting
TUE 1/28/03 - How do I spell relief? C-A-L-L-B-A-C-K
Sun 1/26/03 - Sick Day
FRI 1/24/03 - As I Was Saying...
Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003 - Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory
FRI 1/17/03 - Burying the Lead
Sun 1/13/03 - What I Want To Be When I Grow Up
Sun 1/12/03 - Iraq Attack
Friday, Jan. 10, 2003 - Right where I want to be
Wed 1/08/03 - Looking for a Payday
Mon 1/6/03 - This entry really got AWAY from me
FRI 1/03/03 - Kibbles and Bits
Thu 1/2/03 - Fear of Flying
Mon 12/30/02 - Favorite Bumper Sticker--"What If The Hokey Pokey Really Is What It's All About?"
Sat 12/28/02 - Warning: Do Not Read This Journal Entry While Operating Heavy Machinery
Wed 12/25/02 - Xmas in Jimlandia
Sun 12/22/02 - The Rock, The Hard Place, And Me
Sat 12/21/02 - Email to Mark Z.
Tue 12/17/02 - Potpourri (Which, it turns out, is NOT pronounced "Pot-POUR-ey")
Sat 12/14/02 - just watchin' stuff
Tue 12/10/02 - I'll tell you the secret to happiness, but first I really need to take a nap
Sun 10/08/02 - A slow news day
Thursday, Dec. 05, 2002 - I'm not a "Vampire Slayer". I don't even play one on tv.
Wed 12/04/02 - If someone would just pay me to audition, then I'd be all set...
Sun 12/01/02 - "I'm sorry, but I can't come in to work today. I'm only part-way through the second season of 'buffy' on DVD..."
THU 11/28/02 - Happy Thanksgiving!
Wed 11/27/02 - "Hey, aren't you that Staples guy...?"
Monday, Nov. 25, 2002 - "Where does he get all those wonderful toys...?"
Sat 11/23/02 - addendum
FRI 11/22/02 - The Week In Review
Sunday, Nov. 17, 2002 - Sunday Moanin'
Sat 11/16/02 - think I'm finally "caught up" in here...
FRI 11/15/02 - "And would you like to 'Supersize' your Diaryland entry, Mr Hoffmaster...?"
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2002 - Chatting with Jane
Wed 11/13/02 - Attack Of The Killer "Theater Dog"
Sat 11/09/02 - Breaking News
Thursday 11/07/02 - A life boiled down to three words--Tired, Bored, and Lonely
Monday, Nov. 04, 2002 - Bunches of Unrelated Stuff (Unless A Theme Emerges By The Time I Get To The End)
FRI 11/01/02 - The Entry Where I Demonstrate, Once Again, My Ability To Spin Gold Into Straw
Tue 10/29/02 - M & J Hit LA (The Climactic Conclusion)
Sun 10/27/02 - M&J Hit LA (Continued)
Sat 10/26/02 - Alone Again, Naturally
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002 - Of Osteopaths and "Beltway Snipers"...
Tue 10/22/02 - Mark and Jane hit LA
Sun 10/20/02 - "Thank you for not shooting me..."
THU 10/17/02 - What the hell is "The National Trust", anyway?
Wed 10/16/02 - THINKIN'
Mon 10/12/02 - If you don't care what I'm watching on tv these days, you should probably "change the channel" right now
Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002 - Secretarial Work
Thu 10/10/02 - "You'll have to call my agent about that..."
Sun 10/06/02 - My Almost-Perfect Day
Thursday, Oct. 03, 2002 - Fun With Phones
Wed 10/02/02 - Good Times
Sun 9/29/02 - The only problem I'm having with "now" is that there's not ENOUGH of it!
THU 9/26/02 - Life starts now...Or right after I take this short nap
Mon 9/23/02 - The Geffen: Part II
Sun 9/22/02 - Fun with Acting
THU 9/19/02 - The Jimi Hoffmaster Experience
Mon 9/16/02 - Gratitude
Sat 9/14/02 - I SERIOUSLY Don't Have Time For This
Saturday, Sept. 14, 2002 - Considering the date, I guess things could have gone a lot WORSE
Thu 9/12/02 - The Entry I Thought Was Going To Be A Little More "Interesting"
Tue 9/10/02 - "9-1-1" and a few other things
Mon 9/09/02 - Just a bump in the road
Sat 9/07/02 - Yet Another Theatrical Dry-Hump
Thur 9/5/02 - Portrait Of An Internet Addict
Mon 9/2/02 - Am I Awake, or Did I Just Dream I Wrote This Entry?
Sat 8/31/02 - When The Bright Is Not Enough...
Wed 8/28/02 - Writing on the fly
Tue 8/27/02 - Shifting Focus
Monday, Aug. 26, 2002 - Long Entry. Big Finish.
Sat 8/24/02 - Emailing Mark
Wed 8/21/02 - Not Feeling Anxious, Aggressive, Or Any Other "A" Words
Wed 8/21/02 - Taking a deep breath
Mon 8/19/02 - A good show where I make a little bit of MONEY. Is that so much to ASK?
Sat 8/17/02 - My Blues Nickname? No Contest--It Would Have to be "Sleepy" Jim Hoffmaster
Thursday, Aug. 15, 2002 - In A Bureaucratic Screw-Up, Jim Goes To Heaven
Mon 8/12/02 - Parable Of The Combination Lock
Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002 - All The News That's Fit To Transmit (2nd attempt)
TUE 8/06/02 - Life doesn't suck...but sometimes it does blow
Mon 8/05/02 - I sure can pick em
SAT 8/03/02 - E-mail to Kathy B.
FRI 8/2/02 - Could Someone Get Me A Saucer Of Milk?
Wed 7/31/02 - What I'm Up Against
MON 7/29/02 - Options and Alternatives
Sun 7/28/02 - Money matters
THU 7/25/02 - A Thursday "Two-fer"
Thursday, Jul. 25, 2002 - The Man Behind The Curtain
Wed 7/24/02 - Something to make me feel better
Mon 7/22/02 - Ups and Downs
Sun 7/21/02 - Bull's-eye
FRI 7/19/02 - The Critic's Corner
Wed 7/17/02 - Fatigue Fest 2002
Sun 7/14/02 - Jims Sunday Afternoon Dance Party
Sat 7/13/02 - A Double Dip of Disappointment
Thu 7/11/02 - Toast-to already knowing what to do
Wed 7/10/02 - Cookin' and Steamin'
Mon 7/08/02 - Second Coming of Mark Twain
Sun 7/07/02 - Writing about Writing
Sat 7/06/02 - How to Lose Friends and Annoy People
THU 7/04/02 - Thinkin' about Lincoln
Sun 6/30/02 - The Saga Continues
Sat 6/29/02 - the nation's poor
Wed 6/26/02 - No Se Desanime
FRI 6/21/02 - You can't lose what you never had
Thurs 6/20/02 - Insert Title Here
Tue 6/18/02 - Go Pop
Sun 6/16/02 - The Diaryland Entry That Almost Wasn't
SAT 6/15/02 - Everything Old Is New Again
Thu 6/13/02 - Ramblin' Man
Tue 6/11/02 - Revealing Myself
Sat 6/08/02 - Understanding doesn't lead to change; CHANGING leads to change
Thu 6/06/02 - My Life Story (Pt IV)
Thu 6/06/02 - My Life Story (Pt III)
Wed 6/05/02 - My Life Story (Part II)
Tue 6/04/02 - My Life Story (Part I)
Mon 6/03/02 - All I want is a good piece of fruit
THU 5/30/02 - The Amazing Adventures of Jim Hoffmaster
Mon 5/27/02 - Odds and Ends--More "odds" than "ends"
Sun 5/26/02 - Weird Things
Thu 5/23/02 - Hero in my soul
Wed 5/22/02 - A Buffy Emergency
Sun 5/19/02 - TV--Teacher, Mother...Secret Lover
Sat 5/18/02 - Out Damned Spot
FRI 5/17/02 - Carrie-mail
Thu 5/16/02 - "birthday blues" post script
Thursday, May. 16, 2002 - birthday blues
Tue 5/14/02 - Pocket Lint From The Pocket Journal
Sunday, May. 12, 2002 - Mothers Day
Sat 5/11/02 - Appealing to a broad demographic
Thu 5/09/02 - Jim Strikes Out
Tue 5/07/02 - the little things
Sun 5/05/02 - Killing Brendan Fraser
Sun 5/05/02 - How can you miss me if I never go away?
Wed 5/01/02 - Jim is bustin out all over
Tue 4/30/02 - Dramatic possibilites
Monday, Apr. 29, 2002 - Not 100% sure this entry has any reason to exist
Sunday, Apr. 28, 2002 - life is good
FRI 4/26/02 - Moving back into the world of motorized transportation
Thu 4/25/02 - A new car?
Tue 4/23/02 - common hours
Mon 4/22/02 - Jim learns some new tricks
Sun 4/21/02 - Movies that made me cry, and other stuff
FRI 4/19/02 - A view into my head you probably didn't want
THU 4/18/02 - Work is great...except for the part where it doesn't pay the bills or help me prepare for the future
Wed 4/17/02 - And sometimes life is not so bad...
TUE 4/16/02 - Jane-mail
Mon 4/15/02 - Boo-hoo...
SAT 4/13/02 - Pulling myself out of the muck and mire (BTW, does anyone know the DIFFERENCE between the two?)
FRI 4/12/02 - Feeling cranky and itchy...
Wed 4/10/02 - A title doesn't spring to mind, so let's just call this "Jim's Grab Bag of Minutae"
MON 4/08/02 - Letter to Margaret
Sat 4/06/02 - The Law of Entropy
FRI 4/05/02 - Kissing Jim Hoffmaster
Wed 4/03/02 - When I grow up, I want to be an "artiste"
Mon 4/1/02 - I don't feel so pretty good...
Friday, Mar. 29, 2002 - I left Lansing for THIS?
Thursday, Mar. 28, 2002 - Close Encounters of the Third-Street Kind
Wed 3/27/02 - Someday I'm going to be a star..if all this poverty doesn't KILL me first!
Mon 3/25/02 - Laying down on the job
FRI 3/22/02 - "Sorry Julia. I can't go to the Oscars with you, cause I'm already taking Mary Louise Parker. Maybe next year..."
Tue 3/19/02 - Life as performance art
Mon 3/18/02 - WARNING:This entry contains lots of talk about S-E-X
Sun 3/17/02 - Jim gets a lesson in corporate greed
Sat 3/16/02 - I bore myself. I also fascinate myself.
Wed 3/13/02 - I already know what to do...and it doesn't involve running naked through the bookstore
Mon 3/11/02 - Fun with groceries
SUN 3/10/02 - Praying for a Tercel
FRI 3/8/02 - "You know who you kind of look like? Vincent Schiavelli."
THU 3/7/02 - She said no
Wednesday, Mar. 06, 2002 - where have all the jingles gone?
TUE 3/05/02 - Jim's Monday Fun Day
MON 3/04/02 - Moving towards maybe making a decision about something...I think
Sun 3/03/02 - "Crossing the Line"
FRI 3/01/02 - If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten
WED 2/27/02 - A watched phone never boils
Mon 2/25/02 - Acting, and the drama of being me
SAT 2/23/02 - Trying to finish this quick, before my computer crashes...again.
FRI 2/22/02 - Jane does too much, I do too little, and we BOTH still feel stressed out. Go and figure...
THU 2/21/02 - "Calgon, take me away..."
Wed 2/20/02 - The resurgence of "Unhappy Jim"
Tue 2/19/02 - The good news: I'm in a show. The bad news? It\'s a BAD show.
Mon 2/18/02 - "Hoffmaster Rocks At Audition. Film at 11:00"
FRI 2/15/02 - Advisory--If you don't care about what celebs I've seen out here, or what I think of this season's "Buffy", you can skip this entry
Thu 2/14/02 - I'm thinking at this point that Valentine's Day sex is pretty unlikely
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002 - Born to be...wild?
Mon 2/11/02 - Dancin'
Sun 2/10/02 - "I'm just a cockeyed optimist..."
Sat 2/09/02 - Things I forgot to say up till now.
Fri 2/8/02 - Just another Thursday in paradise...
Thu 2/07/02 - The Electric Horseman
Wed 2/06/02 - In my cafe, you come around the counter, make the drink yourself, then give me a generous tip
Tue 2/05/02 - Why did I leave Lansing?
Sun 2/03/02 - The car, the bike---Was some cosmic law passed that says I'm not supposed to use vehicles with wheels?
Sat 2/2/02 - "Jim and Audrey, sittin' in a tree, K-i-s-s-i-n-g..."
Thu 1/31/02 - "Big Boy" backpacks, 401 Ks, and being dragged kicking and screaming into some kind of adulthood
Tue 1/29/02 - Trying to work it out
Sun 1/27/02 - SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
Sat 1/26/02 - The GOOD news is, you won't be hearing me bitch about the Corsica anymore
FRI 1/25/02 - borders and stuff like that
Wed 1/23/02 - Baby steps
Tue 1/22/02 - It's harder to be me than it should be
Mon 1/21/02 - What, me worry?
Sun 1/20/02 - Writing on the fly
Sat 1/19/02 - To quote William Goldman, "Nobody knows anything"
FRI 1/18/02 - Brace yourselves--I'm in a pretty good mood
FRI 1/18/02 - The car, the table, and the backpack
THU 1/10/02 - Jim's Vehicular Adventure
Wed 1/9/02 - This is what happens when I don't write for a couple days
Saturday, Jan. 05, 2002 - Important tip for actors--If you really stink up the place at an audition, they won't let you be in their little skits
Wed 1/2/02 - Betwixt and between
Sun 12/30/01 - Meeting Lauren
Fri 12/28/01 - All that news that\'s fit to transmit
Wed 12/26/01 - Xmas and courage
Sun 12/23/01 - I came, I saw, I was bored
Wed 12/19/01 - The entry where things changed
Tue 12/18/01 - SWEETS FOR THE SWEET?
Sun 12/16/01 - If it ain't one damned thing...
Fri 12/14/01 - RAINING ON MY PARADE
Tue 12/11/01 - Who, What, When, Where--and light on the "Why?"
Sun 12/09/01 - When I have a problem, I just ask myself "What would Batman do?"
Sat 12/08/01 - Shakespeare for dummies
Fri 12/0701 - An entry too bland to have a title
Thu 12/06/01 - Jim Hoffmaster, in all his multifaceted glory
Tue 12/04/01 - Carrying the bookcase home
Mon 12/03/01 - Sick and tired of being sick and tired
FRI 11/30/01 - Texas Shakespeare Festival
Tue 11/27/01 - Buddhist wisdom and Hoffmaster foolishness
Wed 11/21/01 - A lot of good things, and one big, scary thing I'm kind of afraid to talk about
FRI 11/16/01 - Better living through medication?
WED 11/14/01 - The parking space I don't have, the new car I can't afford, and the break I'm not gonna get
Monday, Nov. 12, 2001 - I have no IDEA what to call this entry
Sunday 11/11/01 - Don't call me "lazy". I prefer the term "motivationally challenged".
FRI 11/09/01 - It's all about sincerity. If you can fake that, you've got it made"
Thu 11/08/01 - Damn! I think I might get cast in a show!
Tue 11/06/01 - The entry that mostly ISN'T about Borders or acting
SAT 11/03/01 - Be here now, or at least get here as soon as you can
FRI 11/02/01 - Late Halloween musings
Wed 10/31/01 - Well, at least I'm TRYING
Tue 10/30/01 - Not the day of my dreams
Mon 10/29/01 - A big day, no matter WHAT happens
Sun 10/28/01 - Realizing there's no way I can fail
Sat 10/27/01 - Something less than "perfect"
Fri 10/26/01 - All the news that's fit to transmit
Thur 10/25/01 - The acting fire inside
Tue 10/23/01 - Anybody want to slip me into their will?
Mon 10/22/01 - Working in "loss prevention" fit me like a "medium" shirt on an "extra large" body
Mon 10/22/01 - How to make Borders something more than a low-paying job
Sat 10/20/01 - bitchin' about Borders
Fri 10/19/01 - What's going RIGHT?
Tue 10/16/01 - A dream of remembering
Mon 10/15/01 - Feeling really good at work? Who knew it was POSSIBLE
Sat 10/13/01 - Mr "Accentuate The Positive"
Thu 10/11/01 - Let's talk about sex, baby...
Sun 10/7/01 - Time flies when you're Diarylanding...
FRI 10/5/01 - The phone entry
Wed 10/3/01 - Tools of the trade
Wed 10/3/01 - Tools of the trade
Mon 10/1/01 - My Breakfast with Renee
Sun 9/30/01 - Meeting Renee
Friday, Sept. 28, 2001 - Rolling with the punches
Friday, Sept. 28, 2001 - No win situation?
THU 9/27/01 - My dumb new job
Tue 9/25/01 - It's you and me against the world...and sometimes I'm not so sure about YOU
Mon 9/24/01 - Jim Hoffmaster--At Large
Sun 9/23/01 - Mommy never loved me, and God was an absent father. Woe is me...
Sat 9/22/01 - Could I just get everyone to sign something saying that won't KILL me?
FRI 9/21/01 - Writing, acting, and failing to help Linda Lavin
THU 9/20/01 - Letterman
Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2001 - Nauseous in LA
TUE 9/18/01 - Shooting the video
SUN 9/16/01 - Jim Hoffmaster, or "Chatty Cathy"?
SAT 9/15/01 - Forgiveness or Justice?
Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001 - everythings good, so why do I feel bad?
THU 9/13/01 - "I don't see a building. I see people"
TUE 9/11/01 - Terrorist attack
MON 9/10/01 - walking man
Monday, Sept. 10, 2001 - "I feel the earth move under my feet..."
FRI 9/07/01 - It hasn't hit the tabloids yet, but it's OVER for me and Molly Simms
Wed 9/5/01 - feel the fear and do it anyway...and get your ass kicked
Tuesday, Sept. 04, 2001 - Too lazy to work, too nervous to steal
Saturday, Sept. 01, 2001 - Jim's American Life
Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2001 - Play the lottery, or try to succeed as an actor? Decisions, decisions...
Friday, Aug. 24, 2001 - Feeling the fear--or whatever--and doing it anyway
Thursday, Aug. 23, 2001 - Offline entries and conference calls
MON 8/20/01 - Acting--Deeply satisfying, or just another thing I gotta worry about?
SAT 8/18/01 - Mr Hoffmaster meets Mr Death
SAT 8-18-01 - "You mean, the 'Redline' is the TRAIN?"
FRI 8/17/01 - The car is back...but is it better than ever?
THU 8/16/01 - Now appearing, on the great stage of life--Jim Hoffmaster
WED 8/15/01 - Vehicular misadventures
MON 8/13/01 - Bad Luck Schleprock
MON 8/13/01 - From the page to the computer
SAT 8/11/01 - Assaulted by microwave burrito
8/10/01 - Getting lost, and finding myself
THU 8/09/01 - It would be nice to have a "do-over" on yesterday
TUE 8/07/01 - Borders may bit the big one, but books are good
TUE 8/07/01 - Getting paid to play with myself
SUN 8/05/01 - Contemplating commercials
SAT 8/04/01 - When the cat's away...
FRI 8/03/01 - 57 channels and nothing's on...
THU 8/02/01 - I want to be an actor...so long as it doesn't interfere with my tv watching schedule
THU 8/2/01 - Channel Zero
WED 8/01/01 - Diaryland in the buff
TUE 7/31/01 - The new Hoffmaster estate
2001-07-29 - Back online
THU 7/26/01 - A CD called "EZ Internet" proves no match for my lack of skills
MON 7/23/01 - I own my life
SUN 7/22/01 - The "lost Diaryland entry", with an "afterward" by the author
THU 7/19/01 - The journal entry that isn't as good as what I deleted
TUE 7/17/01 - If I ever said anything negative about my job at Borders, I was just KIDDING!
MON 7/16/01 - Brave, struggling actor boy
SUN 7/15/01 - Mired in my own "uncomfortableness"
SAT 7/14/01 - James "Official White Victim of the Greater Los Angeles Area" Hoffmaster
SAT 7/14/01 - "What are you trying to SAY to me? You'd like me to give you my WALLET?"
7/13/01 - Tip for people trying to break into show biz: Big time producers will probably NOT try to borrow $200 from you to get their car out of the impound lot
THU 7/12/01 - I'm Jim Hoffmaster. Perhaps you know me better as "the nation's poor"
MON 7/09/01 - Am I awake, or am I just dreaming this?
SUN 7/08/01 - "Hulamoons"
2001-07-07 - "A little song, a little dance..."
FRI 7/06/01 - ( Put Own Snappy Heading Here" )
2001-07-05 - Awakening the Beast
WED 7/04/01 - James Hoffmaster declares, "Music is good"
WED 7/04/01 - Making new friends on the bus
TUE 7/03/01 - water in the pool
SUN 7/01/01 - Jim Hoffmaster--Actor
SUN 7/1/01 - On the diving board
SAT 6/30/01 - I just want to get a good night's sleep! Is that so WRONG?
FRI 6/29/01 - "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child..."
THU 6/28/01 - In my dreams, we dance
WED 6/27/01 - "Give me a head with hair..."
WED 6/27/01 - "Jim, in this scene you'll be naked, because we just think that would be funny..."
TUE 6/26/01 - Card carrying member of the Jackie Collins Fan Club
MON 6/25/01 - Fear Factor. The most entertaining part of the show was the name.
SUN 6/24/01 - My dinner with Cary and Kay
FRI 6/22/01 - "Emotions--They're not just for breakfast anymore"
THU 6/21/01 - Brother can you spare a spleen?
THU 6/21/01 - "like sand through the houglass, so are the days of our lives..."
WED 6/20/01 - Important Style Tip: When getting a haircut, you might want to make sure you speak the same language as the person cutting your hair
WED 6/20/01 - Reflections on a guest book
SUN 6/17/01 - It's all about the Crunchberries...
SUN 6/17/01 - The award-winning Jim Hoffmaster
FRI 6/15/01 - B-ball, the aesthetics of prosthetics, and Halle Berry. This entry covers some GROUND!
THU 6/14/01 - Getting my game on
MON 6/11/01 - Real Life
MON 6/11/01 - "First prize is a cadillac. Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired."
SUN 6/10/01 - A short meditation on George Carlin
SUN 6/10/01 - Hey, whaddaya know? I really DO have a "readership"!
FRI 6/08/01 - A setpoint for happiness?
THU 6/07/01 - An extra-long journal entry, chock full of "journal-ly goodness"
MON 6/04/01 - Still working at Borders...for now
SUN 6/03/01 - Cracking up
SAT 6/02/01 - "With you, my dear, never a 'quickie'. Always a 'longie'."
FRI 6/01/01 - The Great Pretender
THU 5/31/01 - I am in desperate need of a patron
WED 5/30/01 - Have you seen what passes for "fully poseable" these days?
MON 5/28/01 - Jim's L.A. Potpourri
SUN 5/27/01 - "Leo, could you get your ass out of my face?"
2001-05-26 - "It's just a tic in his 'fight or flight' response"
SAT 5/26/01 - Flattening myself out
FRI 5/25/01 - Fun with Triple-A
WED 5/23/01 - The entry that refused to feel complete
MON 5/21/01 - My name is Jim. I work in a bookstore.
SUN 5/20/01 - Next week on Celebrity Deathmatch; "Book Journal Guy" VS. "Diaryland Guy"
2001-05-17 - "Frank McKlusky"
MON 5/14/01 - My first LA "gig"
SAT 5/12/01 - I need a "backup plan" for my "backup plan"
THU 5/10/01 - Cause of death: Acting
TUE 5/08/01 - Borderline
SUN 5/06/01 - Is that a torpedo in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
FRI 5/04/01 - When I grow up, I want to temp in an office
WED 5/02/01 - Worry is praying for what you DON'T want
Sunday 4/29/01 - The job thang
FRI 4/27/01 - Everything's Okey-dokey out here!
MON 4/23/01 - I guess it's true--90% of success IS just showing up!
FRI 4/20/01 - Work is cool, and acting fails to satisfy? What IS this, the Bizarro World?
WED 4/18/01 - Tuesday 4/17/01. NOT a day for the record books
Tuesday 4/17/01 - I'd think of a witty title for this entry, but I'm out of time
MON 4/17/01 - My new tradition? Celebrate Easter by working in a bookstore
SUN 4/15/01 - "Are you talking to ME?"
SAT 4/14/01 - I'm so lazy I want to cry, but my tears are too lazy to fall from my eyes
FRI 4/13/01 - More Ginger Lynn
THU 4/12/01 - "Ms Lynn-Allen, I'm your biggest fan..."
WED 4/11/01 - Jim Hoffmaster, "Bookseller"
SUN 4/08/01 - If you're looking for an odd-looking, poor, middle aged man, give me a call!
SAT 4/07/01 - All this from ONE movie?
FRI 4/06/01 - For a delicious change of pace, we're thinking about HAPPY things
THU 4/05/01 - "You want to give me a psychological test? Well test THIS!"
WED 4/04/01 - My new goal? To have a job by my birthday
TUE 4/03/01 - "Sometimes I feel like somebody's watching me..."
MON 4/02/01 - Was that a BAD dream, or a GOOD dream?
SUN 4/01/01 - My path
SUN 4/01/01 - Where have I been? ( Or "How can you miss me if I never go away?" )
WED 3/28/01 - Maybe I could just start dealing drugs or something...
TUE 3/27/01 - The Wonder of Me
MON 3/26/01 - Best Performance By A Middle Aged Actor New To Los Angeles
SUN 3/25/01 - All I want in life right now is a job, and a healthy computer. And world domination.
SAT 3/24/01 - The big gay acting coach
FRI 3/23/01 - I'm not sure, but I don't think you should be able to SMELL your computer...
FRI 3/23/01 - You're Michael Keaton, aren't you?
MON 3/19/01 - "Hey, you know what? I didn't want to work at Book Soup ANYWAY!", he said petulantly.
MON 3/19/01 - A life that doesn't totally suck
SUN 3/18/01 - When I get a job, everything will be O-K
FRI 3/16/01 - Antsy and anxious
Thurs 3/15/01 - Book Soup--Literary and Nutritious
Weds 3/14/01 - Book Soup
Sun 3/11/01 - It's two entries in one! At no extra cost to you, the preferred reader!
Fri 3/9/01 - Making something "happen"
Thurs 3/8/01 - Catching you up on what you missed
Weds 3/7/01 - After a brief restructuring, we're back in business!
Weds 2/28/01 - Still trying to catch up with events...
Tues 2/27/01 - Trying to catch up with events
Sat 2/24/01 - Last day at work
Fri 2/23/01 - "A world without tv? The survivors would envy the dead..."
Weds 2/21/01 - The entry that made me late for work, but what are they gonna do? FIRE me?
Tues 2/20/01 - Last days
Sat 2/17/01 - Thought I was good, but it turns out I suck
Sat 2/17/01 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Thur 2/15/01 - Who's the skinny guy in all these pictures?
Mon 2/12/01 - Hey, maybe this moving business is going to work out!
Sat 2/10/01 - The entry I wrote when I wanted to be asleep
Fri 2/9/01 - Have I mentioned I'm in a show?
Fri 2/9/01 - Hey, I LIKE this performing stuff!
Weds 2/7/01 - Thinking...
2001-02-06 - More LA stuff
2001-02-06 - LA Confidential
2001-02-04 - Are you bored with hearing about "Oliver" yet?
2001-02-02 - Opening Night
2001-02-02 - This day went all right...
2001-01-30 - My full day ( conclusion )
2001-01-30 - A Full Day ( Part 1 )
2001-01-29 - A title doesn't come to mind
2001-01-29 - There will be a time AFTER "Oliver". I know there will
2001-01-25 - television
2001-01-24 - More Oliver crap
2001-01-22 - The Possible Dream
2001-01-21 - Jim's Search For Meaning
2001-01-20 - Reviewing the situation
2001-01-14 - The journal takes a turn, he typed through his tears
2001-01-14 - Rising from my sickbed
2001-01-11 - Poor, pitiful me
2001-01-08 - Farewell to God ( Continued )
2001-01-08 - Farewell to God
2001-01-04 - Leo
2001-01-04 - Honesty is the best policy?
2001-01-03 - Woe is me
2001-01-02 - The entry too dull to deserve its own title
2000-12-28 - The man in the middle
2000-12-25 - Xmas 2000
2000-12-23 - I'd like to be more honest, but I'm out of time
2000-12-23 - Just an ordinary guy
2000-12-22 - fears of failure, flights of fancy
2000-12-17 - Me and Kevin is friends!
2000-12-16 - A little of this, a little of that, a lot of the other thing
2000-12-15 - Emotional hangover
2000-12-14 - Whats an online journal FOR, anyways?
2000-12-13 - The entry I should delete, but won't
2000-12-11 - A snow-covered world
2000-12-10 - Fats W., Kevin K., and Jim H.
2000-12-09 - Saturday morning
2000-12-06 - Doing my thing
2000-12-06 - Oliver callbacks
2000-12-04 - "Oliver" auditions continued
2000-12-04 - Oliver auditions
2000-12-01 - Last night continued
2000-11-30 - The entry I should have started earlier...
2000-11-28 - An entry before work
2000-11-26 - More on Bruce
2000-11-24 - Bruce G.
2000-11-23 - Thanksgiving
2000-11-21 - fighting back
2000-11-20 - I could go for a Long Island right about now...
2000-11-18 - A pseudo stream-of-consciousness entry
2000-11-16 - Good Jim Hoffmaster
2000-11-15 - This entry was going to be so good...
2000-11-11 - True West
2000-11-09 - Why am I not watching "ER"?
2000-11-09 - Politics and theater
2000-11-09 - More election stuff
2000-11-08 - Election stuff
2000-11-03 - In the news
2000-11-02 - Journal for one?
2000-11-01 - things so far
2000-10-31 - I just read it for the articles...and the pictures of naked women
2000-10-30 - Is this entry as long as I THINK it is?
2000-10-30 - Performer types
2000-10-29 - Is it dull in here, or is it just me?
2000-10-29 - Halloween storytime
2000-10-27 - Satanic jitters
2000-10-26 - Mr Storytime
2000-10-25 - You'll get my toy gun when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers
2000-10-23 - Movie night
2000-10-22 - The Devil and Jim Hoffmaster
2000-10-20 - Staff meeting hijinks
2000-10-18 - Wednesday Night Potpourri
2000-10-18 - journalling about the journal
2000-10-17 - A quick note before work
2000-10-15 - Sunday goings-on/Serenity ( Pt II )
2000-10-15 - Serenity prayer
2000-10-13 - Stuff from the "pocket journal"
2000-10-10 - Sometimes I gets a little depressed...
2000-10-10 - More about Kevin
2000-10-09 - Kevin and the online journal thang
2000-10-08 - Life and art and Jimi Hendrix
2000-10-06 - the entry without a title
2000-10-05 - Oliver and the acting thing
2000-10-04 - train safety and stuff
2000-10-03 - Debate Night
2000-10-02 ( Part II ) - Mark and Jane and the online journal thang
2000-10-02 - Reflections on Jennifer
2000-10-01 - My second go at the "Dino Dash"
2000-09-30 - Welcome to my world...