Employ me!
I filed for unemployment today, as I have been pounding the good earth trying to find a job and been entirely unsuccessful. Life without a source of income is weird. I don't like it. Something must be done, and until that something is me getting a bloody job, unemployment benefits don't sound too bad to me.
I had a great catch-up talk with Casey tonight, which was really, really nice. We haven't had one of those in a long time. Things are going beautifully for him in St. Louis, which is a big relief to me. Silly as it sounds, I really felt that when I had to leave St. Louis, I was abandoning him and our whole "theatre superduo" idea, leaving him to do his acting career on his own when we were supposed to be helping each other get there. But he's doing great all on his own: being offered parts through recommendations from prior colleagues, learning how to jump into auditions and kick ass, making great discoveries just to throw them away and then pick them up again weeks later. It sounds like he may be doing Edward III with St. Louis Shakes and be booked til mid-March if they can make the scheduling work. It makes me more excited than ever to see Twelfth Night. I bet he's doing his best work yet. And it sounds like apartment woes have finally worked themselves out for him and Amy and they are settling in and feeling better about everything, which is once again a big relief to me. It's hard not to really miss St. Louis sometimes, but knowing that life is going so well for the two of them on their own actually does help. It eases off the guilt and helps me focus on the here and now.
Speaking of the here and now, GRAD SCHOOL. Latest update is that on Tuesday the 13th I'm going down to DePaul for a scheduled visit. This will include a Theatre School tour, meeting with an admissions counselor (and hopefully a professor or two) and my incessant questions that will help me up my odds at getting into their program. I want to know as much as I can so I can be totallly and completely prepared for this audition in February, and I'll pick as many brains as I can to do it. This all just feels so right to me, so I'm busting ass to make sure it happens.
Also going to a Gay Liberation Network meeting in Chicago tomorrow night. We'll be doing some organizational business for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) protest march this Saturday, which I may have a more administrative role in after tomorrow evening's meeting. I like the idea of getting involved in some serious activism, and Chicago is a great place to do it. It's dumb, but seeing Milk made me want to jump into the thick of social change and start doing things. The march is happening to remind soon-to-be President Obama (14 days!) that he promised long ago to repeal DOMA once in office, and that we're counting on him to do it. I love the work that Join the Impact and its sister organizations are doing. Next month's protest? A Valentine's Day extravaganza. Same-sex couples will flood city hall on 2/14 requesting marriage licenses, and when they are denied, they will sit on the steps of their city hall and congregate with signs and speakers. Beautiful, know? I want to go after my audition, but I'll need someone to try and marry me! Must find a willing lady in the Chicagoland area and fast!
Finally, a silly note: after some extensive research, I have discovered a Panchero's located in the western suburbs of Chicago! I have been craving one of their burritos since my fix in IC two months ago, so Mom agreed to make the drive with me this week and see what I've been raving about. What were the odds?
I had a great catch-up talk with Casey tonight, which was really, really nice. We haven't had one of those in a long time. Things are going beautifully for him in St. Louis, which is a big relief to me. Silly as it sounds, I really felt that when I had to leave St. Louis, I was abandoning him and our whole "theatre superduo" idea, leaving him to do his acting career on his own when we were supposed to be helping each other get there. But he's doing great all on his own: being offered parts through recommendations from prior colleagues, learning how to jump into auditions and kick ass, making great discoveries just to throw them away and then pick them up again weeks later. It sounds like he may be doing Edward III with St. Louis Shakes and be booked til mid-March if they can make the scheduling work. It makes me more excited than ever to see Twelfth Night. I bet he's doing his best work yet. And it sounds like apartment woes have finally worked themselves out for him and Amy and they are settling in and feeling better about everything, which is once again a big relief to me. It's hard not to really miss St. Louis sometimes, but knowing that life is going so well for the two of them on their own actually does help. It eases off the guilt and helps me focus on the here and now.
Speaking of the here and now, GRAD SCHOOL. Latest update is that on Tuesday the 13th I'm going down to DePaul for a scheduled visit. This will include a Theatre School tour, meeting with an admissions counselor (and hopefully a professor or two) and my incessant questions that will help me up my odds at getting into their program. I want to know as much as I can so I can be totallly and completely prepared for this audition in February, and I'll pick as many brains as I can to do it. This all just feels so right to me, so I'm busting ass to make sure it happens.
Also going to a Gay Liberation Network meeting in Chicago tomorrow night. We'll be doing some organizational business for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) protest march this Saturday, which I may have a more administrative role in after tomorrow evening's meeting. I like the idea of getting involved in some serious activism, and Chicago is a great place to do it. It's dumb, but seeing Milk made me want to jump into the thick of social change and start doing things. The march is happening to remind soon-to-be President Obama (14 days!) that he promised long ago to repeal DOMA once in office, and that we're counting on him to do it. I love the work that Join the Impact and its sister organizations are doing. Next month's protest? A Valentine's Day extravaganza. Same-sex couples will flood city hall on 2/14 requesting marriage licenses, and when they are denied, they will sit on the steps of their city hall and congregate with signs and speakers. Beautiful, know? I want to go after my audition, but I'll need someone to try and marry me! Must find a willing lady in the Chicagoland area and fast!
Finally, a silly note: after some extensive research, I have discovered a Panchero's located in the western suburbs of Chicago! I have been craving one of their burritos since my fix in IC two months ago, so Mom agreed to make the drive with me this week and see what I've been raving about. What were the odds?