Today is a "cut the ropes" day for me.

I have the deep and abiding urge to pick up my keys, get in my car, and just drive off into wherever. Tell no one. Leave my celly on my desk at home with everything else I own and just scoot.

Nothing's wrong. Just flirting with the idea.

It's been two years-ish since I posted here. Yowzer.

Per request, here's the chubbier me, with hair and beard.

Big News, Folks!

So, I've been having quite a run of good things happenieng to me lately. There was the San Francisco Fringe Festival nes, then the news about Providence being produced in New York.

Now, there's proof that good things come in threes.

My piece, Life/Play, has been invited to the 2007 New York International Fringe Festival. This is awesome news, since this festival is juried and my piece was selected from approx 800 applicants to be a part of this festival. We'll bring the show to New York in August.

This is incredibly exciting news for me. Not only because i'm gonna get to bring a show to one of the coolest Festivals around, but I'm also really happy that it's with a piece that's so personal to me.

Life is good right now.

Just something funny...

My younger brother and I are a fun pair. He's been working with me at my speech coaching job, and it's been awesome hanging out with him. When we are together, we're a pretty silly pair.


Case in point.

It's good having him around.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

I've been thinking about changes recently. Only because a lot of them are going on in my life right now.

This recent bout of thinking about changes was brought on Friday. I told all of my classes that I wasn't returning next year to teach at Arts Academy. Because my plan (internet announcement I guess) is to make that move to New York and pursue playwrighting in a proper way (time table for that big move is currently under investigation.)

The kids were sort of surprised, and a few of them looked clearly disappointed and sad about it. And in each class, I had this moment where I just wanted to say, 'Ha ha! Just kidding. I take it back. No big change in life gonna happen here. Because I just felt the bottom drop out of my stomach, so no way sir. Not gonna do this FOR REAL!"

Because the second I said I wasnt' coming back, I could feel the pressure of everything that was coming after it rush at me. It's one thing to say you're gonna do something --- it's another thing to do it. And moving forward, leaving somethign behind, something you really enjoyed doing... is hard.

But move forward, I will.

I think change is hard so when we do it, we are always aware of the magnitude of what we're doing. So we don't make these kinds of life changes lightly.

Blah. Enough pseudo-philosophical blather. On with the day.

Mysterious Requester

Alright, mysterious requester. Two comments to posts without a name. Just a moniker.

Hmmm.

And he's requested some more shots of my mug.

Alright. But you better come clean soon, mysterious requester. Here's me with the cheeriest face I can muster:

And this'll be me if you don't let me know who the hell you are:

Just kidding. Sort of.

I know, I know...



I don't update this enough. I should be better about it.



But, some more exciting news.



The company that did the reading of "Providence" in New York has decided to produce it! Yeah, that's right. Memorized by actors for a real live audience with a director and a set and everything lol. Like real live theatre!



It's gonna be fun to see it. It opens the last week of February 2008! So, the countdown begins...



and in case anyone is interested to see how this news makes me feel...