Why, Because I'm Effing tired, that's why... I haven't slept much since Flashback kicked into high gear. Don't worry, kids... flashback is over on Wednesday, and you'll have me all to yourselves again.
Starting Next week, I'm gonna start posting reactions to American Idol, Lost, and any other thing I deem worth of inclusion.
oh, and shameless plug fro my amigo, Big Mike, go check out his blog as well,
http://bigmikesasylum.blogspot.com/
It's worth the price of admission.
Later, Kids.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Today is a Great Day!!!!!!
Why????
Pitchers and Catchers report to Spring Training!!!!!
Baseball is upon us again!
This means, in two weeks I will have split squad scores of a bunch of teams, including my beloved halos, crawling across the bottom of my XM radio, detailed reports from Tempe from guys who put the "Anal" in "Analysis", etc.
I am so ready.
oh, and Happy Valentines Day.
Pitchers and Catchers report to Spring Training!!!!!
Baseball is upon us again!
This means, in two weeks I will have split squad scores of a bunch of teams, including my beloved halos, crawling across the bottom of my XM radio, detailed reports from Tempe from guys who put the "Anal" in "Analysis", etc.
I am so ready.
oh, and Happy Valentines Day.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Waiting for the Mail to Come.
I have some time to kill before the mail arrives with my paycheck in tow, and I get to get gas and lunch and head out on my merry way, so I'm gonna type.
I've been in a daze lately. I'm having a hard time focusing on one this or the other...maybe it's the lack of food, or the lack of sleep, but I'm just not all there sometimes.
I have a stack of laundry to do, but i just let it sit there until I absolutely have to have it done. this has the double effect of me not having any clean clothes, and having an atrocious looking bedroom area.
But yet I gravitate to my computer. I stay on it for hours. The web is my gateway to the world...a world I so desperately want to explore. Yet all I have is someone else's pictures.
I've also been sick the last few days, too. Tussin probably doesn't help my focusing situation.
Okay. I'm going to go check the mailbox again.
-G
I've been in a daze lately. I'm having a hard time focusing on one this or the other...maybe it's the lack of food, or the lack of sleep, but I'm just not all there sometimes.
I have a stack of laundry to do, but i just let it sit there until I absolutely have to have it done. this has the double effect of me not having any clean clothes, and having an atrocious looking bedroom area.
But yet I gravitate to my computer. I stay on it for hours. The web is my gateway to the world...a world I so desperately want to explore. Yet all I have is someone else's pictures.
I've also been sick the last few days, too. Tussin probably doesn't help my focusing situation.
Okay. I'm going to go check the mailbox again.
-G
I'm worried...
...about my best friend. and that he's having a hard time and I'm 3000 miles away and can't do much to help him.
Damn it.
-G
Damn it.
-G
Monday, February 11, 2008
Pros and Cons of NYC.
In a couple of months, I am planning a return to NYC to go see the show that really started my love for musical theater off with a bang, Rent.
Actually, I am not planning anything at all. The trip is being planned. By Fae (Not her real name, BTW, but the one I'm gonna use to protect the innocent). I'm not doing much at all on the overall planning end of it.
I'm going to be focusing on working my tail off so I can go. And, it won't be cheap. Something like $300 or so for the plane tickets and another $100 or so for show tickets.
On top of that, add food (because it's the food capital of the world, natch), and we're looking at probably a good $600 for A WEEKEND.
But, this is not surprising. and the fact of the matter is, I have some unfinished biz that I didn't get to take care of last summer that I want to shore up (Seeing Rent was major on the things I wanted to do and couldn't, because we (meaning I) ran out of money) and I want to do it before it closes.
And $600 is NOT unfathomable in the scope of things. If I sock away two mouse checks and work my ass off to get hours, I could easily double that. I also have an IM Check that is not earmarked for rent in that time and I could also save that up...Plus march means no more Flashback to compete for hours with and a whole lot of spring break action. WOOT!
I see this as a positive short term goal. One that I could parly into one HELL of a memorable weekend.
The last NYC trip was kinda gift-wrapped for me on a silver platter, thanks to my voluptuous J. Goodman salary that I never really felt I earned... and I blew through that money ($800, kids) like it was NYC tap water with no REAL itinerary (When you don't work hard for money, you tend to act like it's not there.) But, with Fae at the helm and her knack for making stuff happen, and my peeps in the NYC Hood, We could get a lot done in a weekend for not a lot of money, and I would only have to pack one little suitcase.
Plus, there is the added bonus of getting to see my Best Friend, who I have only spoken to over the phone in the last 7 Months.
Fae seems to think this is too much for me, knowing my past financial habits. But, she fails to realize that I don't ever have money because I choose not to work sometimes, and it really bites me in the ass, then I scramble around until I am blue in the face because I'm out of cash. Fact of the matter is I have TWO JOBS! There's no reason why I shouldn't be able to pull this off and still have enough cash to pay all my bills and past due amounts. This is my chance to actually leave a GOOD impression on people. to show that I actually am trying, not just basically panhandling through life. My chance to show her, my family, my brother who is really genuinely concerned about my well being, etc.
On top of all that, I will get to fulfill a lifelong goal that I have wanted to do since I first heard La Vie Boheme in Ms. Holbrook's Intro the Theater class, Freshman year of High School. ( That would be 1995, for all those curious) I'll get to sit in the theater that Jonathan Larson Built, the Nederlander, somewhere in the vicinity of where Mark throws down the key, and scratch that bad boy off of my Bucket List.
I'll only get one shot at it. If I miss this chance it'll be gone forever.
-G
Actually, I am not planning anything at all. The trip is being planned. By Fae (Not her real name, BTW, but the one I'm gonna use to protect the innocent). I'm not doing much at all on the overall planning end of it.
I'm going to be focusing on working my tail off so I can go. And, it won't be cheap. Something like $300 or so for the plane tickets and another $100 or so for show tickets.
On top of that, add food (because it's the food capital of the world, natch), and we're looking at probably a good $600 for A WEEKEND.
But, this is not surprising. and the fact of the matter is, I have some unfinished biz that I didn't get to take care of last summer that I want to shore up (Seeing Rent was major on the things I wanted to do and couldn't, because we (meaning I) ran out of money) and I want to do it before it closes.
And $600 is NOT unfathomable in the scope of things. If I sock away two mouse checks and work my ass off to get hours, I could easily double that. I also have an IM Check that is not earmarked for rent in that time and I could also save that up...Plus march means no more Flashback to compete for hours with and a whole lot of spring break action. WOOT!
I see this as a positive short term goal. One that I could parly into one HELL of a memorable weekend.
The last NYC trip was kinda gift-wrapped for me on a silver platter, thanks to my voluptuous J. Goodman salary that I never really felt I earned... and I blew through that money ($800, kids) like it was NYC tap water with no REAL itinerary (When you don't work hard for money, you tend to act like it's not there.) But, with Fae at the helm and her knack for making stuff happen, and my peeps in the NYC Hood, We could get a lot done in a weekend for not a lot of money, and I would only have to pack one little suitcase.
Plus, there is the added bonus of getting to see my Best Friend, who I have only spoken to over the phone in the last 7 Months.
Fae seems to think this is too much for me, knowing my past financial habits. But, she fails to realize that I don't ever have money because I choose not to work sometimes, and it really bites me in the ass, then I scramble around until I am blue in the face because I'm out of cash. Fact of the matter is I have TWO JOBS! There's no reason why I shouldn't be able to pull this off and still have enough cash to pay all my bills and past due amounts. This is my chance to actually leave a GOOD impression on people. to show that I actually am trying, not just basically panhandling through life. My chance to show her, my family, my brother who is really genuinely concerned about my well being, etc.
On top of all that, I will get to fulfill a lifelong goal that I have wanted to do since I first heard La Vie Boheme in Ms. Holbrook's Intro the Theater class, Freshman year of High School. ( That would be 1995, for all those curious) I'll get to sit in the theater that Jonathan Larson Built, the Nederlander, somewhere in the vicinity of where Mark throws down the key, and scratch that bad boy off of my Bucket List.
I'll only get one shot at it. If I miss this chance it'll be gone forever.
-G
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Why Reflective Circus?
Before I get the flood of comment about my blog name, let me explain.
I was doing an Imagination Machine show, and the game was set in a county fair.
The actress in the game at the time led them into a hall of mirrors, and was trying to say
"Reflective Surface", but it came out "Reflective Circus", which i thought would be a great name for something creative.
So, when it came time to put up this blog (because myspace blogs are being stupid and I just want to write, dammit!) I named it the Reflective Circus.
Awesome, no?
Okay, off to make nachos.
-G
I was doing an Imagination Machine show, and the game was set in a county fair.
The actress in the game at the time led them into a hall of mirrors, and was trying to say
"Reflective Surface", but it came out "Reflective Circus", which i thought would be a great name for something creative.
So, when it came time to put up this blog (because myspace blogs are being stupid and I just want to write, dammit!) I named it the Reflective Circus.
Awesome, no?
Okay, off to make nachos.
-G
Welcome to the Reflective Circus.
Here is my official blogger blog!!!! Hooray!!!!
Just to kick things off with a bang, here's the list of 10 random things that I promised Sarah a month ago.
the rules are: Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 weird random things, facts, or habits about yourself.
1. I am allergic to Strawberries. They give my migraines. I love the taste of strawberry, so occasionally I will sneak one, just so I don't lose a taste for them.
-Graham
Just to kick things off with a bang, here's the list of 10 random things that I promised Sarah a month ago.
the rules are: Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 weird random things, facts, or habits about yourself.
1. I am allergic to Strawberries. They give my migraines. I love the taste of strawberry, so occasionally I will sneak one, just so I don't lose a taste for them.
2. I have not been in a relationship longer than 7 months. I also am usually the one who breaks up with the girl.
3. I have been debating a move to New York for a year now. But I don't want to leave my band right now because they are starting to get notoriety. every time I make the attempt to plan to go, something happens here that makes me want to stay.
4. By the end of this year, I will have a tattoo. Maybe two.
5. I have never had more than 1100 in my bank account. I've only topped 1,000 four times and 2 of those times were right after I graduated High School.
6. I am well known for doing anything on stage for a laugh. sometimes I think this has ruined my ability to do a serious play. I haven't done a drama in 6 years.
7. I also have only successfully auditioned for one play in the last 8 years, and that was the murder mystery dinner theater at the maverick. everything else I've done has been someone asking me if I wouldn't mind filling a spot vacated by another actor.
8. I have lived in 2 living rooms, and a patio. I also spent a week in my car once. I am not proud of this, but I know it made me a stronger person. I currently live in a converted garage.
9. I have more hats than I can count. I wear hats because my hair is extremely difficult to style. most of them are baseball caps. I wear a size 7 1/4 fitted cap, usually by new era.
10. I have always felt that I am meant for something great. I have actual dreams where I am a superstar. I never talk about it, and I will usually dismiss anything people say about it, not because I don't believe it's true, but because I don't want to jinx it. I want to be a rockstar so bad.
-Graham
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