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Hey, are you my "friend" on Facebook? Or, do you "like" me? Or both?

If it's one and not the other, you're missing out on around half the information (ok, maybe 1/3) that I post on Ye Olde Facebook... then, on the other hand, that might be ok depending on what you're looking for.

See, I set up my "Like page" (back then it was called a "Fan" page) when I first set up my Facebook account. I quickly realized that the Fan page wasn't quite what I was looking for. So, I set up my personal Facebook page (the "Friend" one most of you Facebook buddies are hooked into), and went on my merry way.

The "Fan" page languished for a bit, while my "friends list" has grown and grown. Here's the thing, though - I've come to realize that a lot of my "Friends" are more interested in news on my acting career (the status of projects I'm working on, trailers and press, behind-the-scenes photos... that sort of thing) than the more personal and behind-the-scenes-business information I post on my personal page.

So, I've started adding more project-related content to "Fan" page, and I've stopped putting it on my personal page. Do you "like" that kind of information? Then be sure to pop over to my "Fan" page and "Like" me (you Like me! You really like me!!)

Unless, you know... you don't. Like me. It's ok... I won't take it personally... sniff... sniff...

New Photos With the NebCat

So, I got together with local actor and photographer Deneb Catalan yesterday at Portland's Washington Park to shoot some new headshots. I think they turned out pretty well... Take a look and let me know what you think at my Facebook "Fan Page" (yes I have one of those... that's where I post the more "business-related" and less "personal" stuff). Of course, if you're not the Facebook type, you can always just email me your thoughts... or send them to me on Twitter!

See, I love the headshots that Owen Carey took for me back in 2006... but we shot them in 2006. That's four years ago... and lets be honest - our faces change from year to year!

Rule of thumb when it comes to headshots in the acting biz - they need to look like you. Not the "You" you want to look like - all air-brushed and given the "Glamour Shots" treatment - but the "you" that's going to walk through the casting office/ theater/ agency door when you audition or interview. The person who set that interview or audition based his or her decision - at least in part - on what you look like. S/he knows what you look like from your headshot - and if you walk in the door looking different, s/he isn't going to be too happy. It can be quite the uphill climb, getting past the bad feelings a situation like that can cause.

That's why I went to Colleen Cahill late last year when I grew back my Animus Cross Series II mustache; I grow facial hair from time-to-time, and I'm still looking for work while I've got it on my face. If I get submitted for an audition (or if I submit myself) I need to show the person casting that project what I look like right then - they don't care what I looked like, or what I will look like... they want to see me now, and they want to see what I look like now.

Which brings us back to the new photos... a lot's changed since those shots in 2006. The hair's gotten a little greyer... the lines around my eyes have gotten deeper... I got my teeth worked on and they look different. I just don't look quite like this guy any more... so I've got to find the right shots that show how I look today. Right now.

Well, not right now... I haven't showered yet today... but you get the idea.

So, tell me what you think. Give me your favorites - which shot looks the most like me (and make the most out of how I look right now)? I'd love to hear what you think.

Have a great weekend!

-Harold