It's Cecil's birthday today (provided I get this done on the 18th), so here's a nice little fact post I cooked together. Probably nothing new for those who have been reading my blog for a while.
I feel like this will be too long if I say everything I know about him LOL, so check my Cecil Links page for interviews, official sites and other important stuff. (Which apparently I hadn't updated in a while, but I did now.)
Most of the below facts are true. Some are things I made up in the middle of the night and giggled about, but I think it will be fairly obvious which ones. Enjoy!
-Lives in New York City, but grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee. Born on February 18, 1979 (same year as me, but nine months earlier.So in all likelihood, when he was being born, my parents.. well, you know. Eww.)
-Has lived in Peoria, Illinois, Washington, D.C. and Hull, UK.
-There's a lot of info about how he got started acting in this '09 article: Dining With Strangers. (Also check out the audio interview from '11 underneath.)
-I have some old photos of him in the YoungCecil tag. He had hair! He looked innocent! (Both things have since been lost.) He played in the high school band too, but it's hard to say which instrument. Someone suggested French horn.
-Based on all the autographing photos, he is left-handed.
-Lives with Robert, who is very handsome and apparently also into science! So handsome. They're very cute together.
-They have a tabby cat named Barbra. Cecil is a fan of cats in general, I think. One of his favorite WTNV characters is Khoshekh.
-Smokes. And drinks. Maybe he even has sex now and then. He's a bad boy! ;)
-Is openly gay. And an otter. (The "openly gay" link just goes to his Twitter. Unless he re-closets himself, it should be a recurring theme.)
-Member of the New York Neo-Futurists, who are super artsy and awesome. All Neo videos recommended for artsy/weird fans, but these are essential for Cecil fangirling:
The Formative Years of Styrofoam Head Boy
A Report from Uganda
Fetish Fundamentals for a Polite Society, part 1: Vacuum Packing!
And while it's not BY him..
This Play Is for the Ladies and the Gays. Don't Call It Unless You Have $40 to Spend. (INC DYLAN. You may not wanna watch it at work.) (You're welcome.)
-Also check out the gay pride show ads. 2010, 2011, 2013. (He's only briefly visible in the 2012 one, I think he was behind the camera there.) (2010 has kissing!)
-Has at least four tattoos: two on his belly that are indecipherable in all pictures; an eye on his chest (not related to WTNV but quite fitting!), designed by his brother; and a colorful arm tattoo that says "SuperSteg". I discussed that one here. (It's not the official explanation, just my theory. Someone ask him about it.)
-Loves books. "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green made him cry a lot.
-Looks like his Mom. (Awwwwwww!)
-He has.. unusual ways of making coffee, if you know what I mean. You can check my "Chock Full O' Nuts" tag for more info, if you don't. (Warning: he is naughty!)
-Sometimes he does things on stage that are a bit... weird. And gross. WARNING: CLICKING ON THIS LINK IS NOT RECOMMENDED! You can never unsee once you've seen. See, I told you. Now you'll have that burned to your retinas for all eternity. (Why Cecil? Why??)
-Changed his name to Cecil Edward Baldwin III after realizing that his original name, Schlong Underpantson, would never get him roles in anything but porn. (He still does porn now and then, though.)
-A tiny, war-mongering civilization is living inside his body. Their intentions are not known, but Cecil is too kind to evict them. He coughs up tiny spears sometimes, but please don't call attention to it, he hates that.
-Was born with his glasses fused to his head. He later had glassectomy, but continues to wear the glasses now and then as a fashion statement. The glasses have grown with him, and have never gotten a smear or a scratch. No one can explain it. There are only 4,123 known cases of this around the world.
-Is a level 17 telepath, which helps him be empathetic and understanding towards fans.
