new blog from Joey 10/12
Catching up with Joe Mac!
Well, folks, I have literally had my hands full- hence the 5 tweets in 2 months.
How dare I abandon the social network like that!
Thank God I don’t measure my loveof life and involvement in my career by
how many tweets I execute. I did for a brief spell back a couple years,
but one of the many blessings of having 3 very little kids is it keeps
my priorities straight.
I’m as creative as I ever was and have been working
on several project- most outside the music world but all firmly with in
the “how can I touch you?” world.
I think even those who know me may be a little surprised.
In the meantime, I’ve waded back into the water of
acting. And so far the water’s fine. I haven’t gone very deep and its
only been a few dips in the last 6 months or so, but all good stuff.
Which makes me wanna take a serious plunge! (That was 5 water puns if
you’re counting).
CSI:NY was fun shooting. Kind of odd telling people
I am on a TV show and not seeing it before hand. But I think I’ll work
again. I don’t think they’ll run me out of town for this one. I hope!
Then in November my guest spot on “Psych” airs. Good times.
And then in December I am part of one
serious cast of actors in the movie “New Years Eve”. I was lucky enough
to work with Garry Marshall again and I will tell you what everyone in
Hollywood (and everywhere else) knows: there is not a kinder man than
he. So fun to work with him and the cast. I’m afraid to give my part
away and tell you who out of the amazing cast I worked with, so you’ll
just have to go to the theatre and see for yourself. J
But meanwhile back at the homestead, my long days have been filled with one 3 and a half year old testing his limits and mine. One
little bruiser who will be 2 in a couple months and is as determined as
anyone I ever met to get into whatever he has his eyes on…oh, and don’t
help him with ANYTHING. He wants to do it all HIMSELF. FYI- his hearing
is so good. He understands everything and he is talking more and more
and on par with your average 2 year old. Good stuff…seems like forever
ago when we didn’t know what his path would be, but his hearing loss
(although something we work on and monitor) is almost forgettable during
the day. No small miracle,
thanks to God, to today’s technology, some really wonderful people in
the field of hearing loss and one amazing mother who has not and will
never miss a beat.
I dived into full time dad when we got home from
tour at the beginning of August and by the end of the month I could not
shut up about how tired I was.
Thankfully I got tired of being tired and have now
settled in to the fact that it takes a lot of energy to do what we are
doing now and I just have to keep it as simple as possible for a
few…years??? Haha! Who knows? But we do manage to have a lot of fun.
And finally, “my little girl”. As my mother said
about a picture she has of Kira by her bedside, “it looks like she’s
smiling into tomorrow.” And let me tell you, it feels that way, when she
smiles at me. I’m biased, but boy is she pretty. She has been such a
chill baby. Sleeps good. Sooo sweet. Just plump enough. I kind of chomp
on her cheeks constantly. I can’t wait for her to start bossing her big
brothers around. Soon enough.
Fair to say, I feel like the luckiest man on the
face of the earth. Being a dad is incredibly fulfilling and thoroughly
challenging. And I so cherish the thought of watching these kids grow up
for the next 100 years.
Like many I know and hear about, I feel that my
family is my foundation and now that I have that bedrock I can begin. I
look at life differently. I am feeling now like I am just now becoming
the person I want to be- my true self. It might look from the outside
like the same old Joe, but I am experiencing an awareness that I haven’t
before and that’s an awesome feeling. Sounds heavy but its subtle.
I look forward to revealing all the projects I’m
working on. Especially one that is literally right round the corner.
Stay tuned! Oxox Love ya.
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