Well I have decided to start this lovely little blog to share events, photography, poetry and more from my life in good ol' Los Angeles. I figured it would be a nice way to keep my family and close friends in the loop, as we all know I'm terrible about calling and snail mail is right out. With that said here's a bit of news!!!
I auditioned for the musical Kiss of the Spiderwoman a couple weeks ago. My singing was spot on, my read totally sucked, so I left unsure of how well it did or did not go. Apparently it didn't go so bad, I had a callback the following week. The callback was strictly dancing... and lord let me tell you. I worked late that day, so by the time I got there everyone had already spent almost 30 minutes learning the dance, so I felt like I was being thrown into a whirlwind, and I know for certain that I looked like a cross between an epileptic kid and a chicken with it's head cut off. Thankfully dancing comes naturally and by the end of the night I knew it better than most of the other guys there. Well, the point of this lovely little story is I was cast officially two days ago. I didn't get the speaking roll I was considered for, which is just as well. The commitment of a major roll on top of my crazy 60+ hour work week would be too much I think. The other nice bit is we have almost six months to put the show together, so the rehearsal schedule shouldn't be too intense! Woot!
As for my employment situation out of school... still no job. I was being considered for a position at an architecture and interior design firm called Wolcott Architecture and Interiors (very good firm), but they offered it to someone else. I have not become completely discouraged, and I think I will give LA another year before I start looking elsewhere (I'm thinking San Francisco Portland, Seattle, Miami, Chicago, and New York). I really have made LA my home though and I'd be sad if I had to leave, but if I can get work somewhere else, I may have to. In the meantime I'm still at the coffee shop (Peet's) and working as the executive assistant at Delta H Design, Inc. which is a small architecture firm specializing in studio acoustics... blah blah blah. :) I have an interview at a new coffee shop though on Friday called Intelligentsia! They are a high-end coffee shop and very particular about their coffee. AND they do latte art, free pour only. That's right up my alley. So keep your fingers crossed. They would probably pay more and they offer benefits and full time which would be great in case I get laid of from Delta, again. Yes I was laid off after working here for two months and just recently started again.
One last little bit of what's going on in my life... I have said dating is for the birds and to hell with it. It's too much effort and time and energy that I just don't have right now. I'm so engulfed in work and soon to be musical that it's just not worth it. I think it's really great that so many of my friends and family are in relationships, have/having kids, etc.... but it's just not for me right now. It never really has been thinking about it... I think i'm happy as a free-spirited bachelor. That's the life I live and I'm rather content with it, for now.
Well that's about it. I will do my best to start posting some old poetry on here, some photography, maybe some art work or work I've done in school... OH. And i definitely am planning on starting to write more, and hopefully pick up the brush and start painting too. And sketching... yes. Lots of things to do, which brings me to ONE last though so I lied when I said that was it.
Recently at work I was asked to restructure and organize the office. This entitled going through things, throwing things out, labeling, sorting, filing, making maps, and so on. I spent about a week on it, and though im not done, the office is in way better shape than before. It inspired me to do the same thing on a much larger scale involving my personal life. I'm already very organized, tidy, etc. but I knew I could take it a step further. So I went through my apartment, well my bedroom, and purged. Two trash bags of old papers and crap I don't need and three bags of clothes to donate. I bought a label maker and have folders for all my various documents, labeled by what they are. Everything is clean and in it's place now. Then I did the same with my laptop. I've kept things fairly organized on my computer over the years, but I had some folders such as "File Me" on my dekstop. I cleaned up a lot of stuff. It felt good. I also decided to have this zen kick, so I have peaceful imagery that changes every minute as my background on my laptop AND my work computer. I even got my debit card custom made to have an image of a Japanese temple with a beautiful pond and landscaping. I'm trying to get back into the habit of putting EVERYTHING on my calendar and syncing my phone every other day or so. Let's hope that I can keep this up indefinitely, because it just feels good to be organized. There's more but I think I've ranted about enough by now, so I'll leave it at that.
Until next time... Ado.
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