Here's a little clip from the show I did this summer. I love this music and everything about the show.
Here's a little clip from the show I did this summer. I love this music and everything about the show.
Yesterday was my birthday.
I had a great day. With that day, I had some thoughts.
My life is very different than it was a year ago. I'm on the road, now...doing things I love. I don't always share everything like I used to, and that's okay.
Things that are meant to be shared will be shared, and some things aren't ready yet, or are too personal, or too sacred. All in good time. All in God's time.
Some resolutions I want to struggle with:
1. Keep my online presence clean.
I don't mean not doing "dirty" things. I mean that I only want to post things that are thought-through, thought-out, ready to be said, and meaningful.
I'm done with political memes. Even seeing them (on BOTH sides) makes me sick at this point. You cannot take complex, multi-layered ideas and reduce them down into a two phrase text imposed over a picture of some political figure making a face. It further cheapens this country. I think Facebook has made it all the worse. People are ignorant of the real issues and only relying on memes and hearsay to determine what they believe. Not good. I don't want to be this way.
2. Do something meaningful everyday.
Think a new thought. Build on; add to it. Create something. Try to further my career. Work on my body. Clean my mind. Write. Pray. Sing. Speak good things to people. These are all meaningful and don't require an overabundance of commitment.
3. Find new ways to connect, and new ways to disconnect.
Invest in people, and not in technology. Technology needs to be a means to connect with people, not a way to throw pearls before swine. Look up from my phone. Look people in the eye.
4. Be okay with how things are.
Live in the moment while maintaining my morals and standards. Every day, every moment is a gift from God. Learn to treat all moments with respect: even nasty ones. Don't wish we had done better. Live fully with the choices we've made.
5. Work on the craft.
So much of acting is observing, imprinting, recreating. I need to spend more free time with working on my art. I need to be always working on a monologue. Always ready for auditions. Always trying to find new ways to jump in. This is what my life is missing. I could be on a roll...let's go!
These are just some thoughts. I'm sure I'll add to it. I love lists, don't you?
I'm officially giving myself permission and understanding to not be 100%.
I've barely cried, on this 4th and final grandparent funeral. I think I've cried twice in the whole week plus that it's been, now. I'm dealing with it, somehow. Too much family stuff to deal with; it complicates things and gets in the way of the actual grieving for the person who has died. I'm trying to be better. I'm trying...
But I'm not thinking clearly. I'm tired. My body hurts and isn't responding.
I'm going on tour in a month. I need to lose at least 5 lbs. I need my body to work. I need to be well.
I'm not there yet.
Been arrested? no
Kissed someone you didn't like? yes
Slept in until 5 PM? no
Ran a red light? yes
Been suspended from school? No
Experienced love at first sight? no
Totalled your car in an accident? yes
Been fired from a job? no
Fired somebody? no
Sang karaoke? yes
Pointed a gun at someone? yes
Had a gun pointed at you? no
Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? Yes
Caught a snowflake on your tongue? yes
Kissed in the rain? yes
Had a close brush with death (your own)? no
Seen someone die? No
Played spin-the-bottle? no
Smoked a cigar? no
Have a tattoo? No
Sat on a rooftop? yes
Smuggled something into another country? yes
Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes? no
Broken a bone? no
Eaten a bug? yes
Sleepwalked? no
Walked a moonlit beach? yes
Rode a motorcycle? yes
Dumped someone? yes
Lied to avoid a ticket? No
Ridden in a helicopter? yes
Shaved your head? No
Made your girlfriend/boyfriend cry? yes
Eaten snake? yes
Marched/Protested? yes
Had Mexican jumping beans for pets? yes
Puked on amusement ride? no
Seriously & intentionally boycotted something? yes
Been in a band? yes
Been on TV? yes
Shot a gun? Yes
Skinny-dipped? yes
Gave someone stitches? no
Ridden a surfboard? No
Drank straight from a liquor bottle? yes
Had surgery? yes
Streaked? yes
Taken by ambulance to hospital? no
Passed out when not drinking? yes
Peed on a bush? no
Donated Blood? no
Grabbed electric fence? yes
Eaten alligator/croc meat? yes
Killed an animal when not hunting? yes
Peed your pants in public? no
Snuck into a movie without paying? no
Written graffiti? no
Still love someone you shouldn't? No
Been in handcuffs? yes
Believe in love? Yes
Sleep on a certain side of the bed? yes
My gag is nothing but the finest silk. My heart cannot be contained.
Party with my cat (who is taking a nap next to me).
Would you rather:
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