Gaining weight for the play

30 October

Play

For the play that is coming up in December, I am playing a white-trashy policeman named Doug who is not nice to his kids. (My apologies to all of you white-trashy people out there who are reding this.) As I started to think about my character, I thought that he should have a beer belly so a few weeks ago, I decided that I should try to put on some weight. I’m sure that many people would envy my position and I will not deny that I feel lucky. It’s an especially good time to be in this predicament because here I am on vacation in Amsterdam ready to eat plenty of French Fries and waffles from little greasy kiosks on the street. I haven’t gained or lost any weight in 10 years—in fact, I’ve had to put two more holes in my belt to make it tight enough (considering that fact, it seems that I should have lost weight, but that is also not true)—so it’s going to be tough. I should have started this effort long ago. I guess I’m not a conscientious actor.
This weight gain flies in the face of my other desire—I’ve been trying to eat things without any cholesterol again—like I did a couple years ago—because I have high cholesterol numbers. I guess I will get back to that after the play. I have a new colleague at school who also has high cholesterol in his family and he just went right on the medication—Lepitril. Maybe I should follow his example. Does anyone reading this know the long-term effects of cholesterol medication?