THE LAST FEW DAYS

To say the least it has been an interesting past few days. Let us start with Friday night when my haunted heart took a beating by having to say goodbye to someone very special to me. Who the fuck moves to Missouri anyway? I just hate the fact that so many people that I love & care for move away.

I was pretty emotional about that and then my sister turned 16 on Saturday which was nice - it's amazing how time flies. She is growing up to be a fine young woman.

On Sunday night I went to the general auditions at Willows Theatre. It was a long drive and I can't believe the fucking maniacs that drive in the East Bay. It's incredible. They drive so fucking fast and someone like me who likes to drive carefully gets really fucking agitated. I get there and I already see a friendly face - my pal Bill Olson so I calm down a little. I go to the person in charge of the audition forms and she tells me how much she enjoyed my performance in Urinetown. I take that as a good sign.

I went in to sing my song - Younger Than Springtime which is a song that I have wanted to sing for a long time and thanks to my voice lessons with Lee Strawn I am much more confident in pushing the boundaries of the material I select. But if I have learned anything in theatre is to TAKE RISKS! Life is too short to be fucking around you know? So I sang a song that showed off my voice and It paid off. They asked me if I was only interested in doing their closing show of next season and because of my fucked up school schedule and commitments I had to say "yes." Even though I would LOVE to do their first musical. I guess I miss performing. They already told me I would be called in to read for the show I want. I take a deep breath and smile.

I was going to write more about other personal stuff but If you are a close friend of mine - you already know. If you'd like to know more call me or e-mail me. I have to be careful because you never know who's reading your blog kids - well actually I do know but that's beside the point.

I can't wait for this fucking week to be over. And how are you doing?

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Martin