i'm back...
I have not made an entry in 4 months.
I also... can honestly say that I haven't been keeping up. And, quite honestly, I can say that it's one of those church feelings... where you feel like if you haven't been in a while, the congregation will start to think you've been straying from the herd and there is something wrong... like you don't believe anymore, or like your faith has faultered. But then I was trying to get back to my page to update, and it took me to the past few writings that I laid down and it made me realize all over again that livejournal is not about what other people think about you. And it's not about being part of a society. It's about writing what you feel.
Granted, I've been trying to get into the whole Myspace blog thing, thinking that there'd be more of a support group there since I have so many more of my friends on myspace, but....
it's completely different. Myspace shadows in comparison to the livejournal community. So, I'm back. With whatever church guilt I feel or whatever, here I am. I've missed everything written here for months, so I can't really comment on what I've missed, but I can say without a doubt that I've missed hearing about everyone's day. But, most of all, I've missed writing about my day. Because I never do that anymore. ...and a journal is about chronicling your life, right?
My Life: Work is still unbelievable. I mean... I have a lot of days when I can't wait for the shift to end, but hell... most people can't stand the thought of going to work, can't stand what they do at work, then the second they get home, they dread going to work again. My days are definitely NOT like this. I love my job. I'm getting paid good wages for being a professional performer for Disney. I'd be a bastard to complain about that. In the past month and a half, I've gained 3 more acting gigs within the park. One, I'm a Green Army Man (from the Toy Story movies) that does the pre-show for the parade in Disney's California Adventure (DCA). I have another gig in DCA where I roam a restaurant (Ariel's Grotto) doing improv comedy for all the patrons. There's a similar gig that I'm starting inside a restaurant in the Paradise Pier hotel that is Lilo & Stitch themed, in which I walk around and teach kids how to hula.
It sounds pretty lame, but for my wages... I'm pretty stoked on it.
Outside of those 4 steady Disney gigs, I also booked a role in a Disney training video and a job hosting some kind of Pixar VIP Awards banquet (which could mean major voice-over opportunities for me). That's work.
In other aspects of what's going on,
ROMANTICALLY: things are as good as can be. Every day, I wish I could just fly out to New York and at least be in the same city as Jamie, but I need to stay at Disney till I can get my SAG card. This distance gets frustrating, but I wouldn't trade what she and I have for the world. I love her so much and I know she feels the same. We just need to continue to have patience until the day comes where everything finally clicks.
FAMILY: my brother is getting married in less than a week. Wow. Really? Yeah. How do you handle that? But that's a whole 'nother can of worms.
SOCIALLY: haven't gotten out as much as I used to because of work. but even still, I love that fact that my room mate is a very good friend of mine and we hang out, drink, play video games, talk about life, etc... I still miss all my other friends greatly, though.
RECREATIONALLY: i've been spending a lot of time and effort on music. I got a new digital recording board for my birthday, got a pro music editing program, got a pre-amp, and an expensive microphrone. i've just been spending my "fun-time" with these tools. ...but i'm making some great art with them, so it's all worth it.
I have so much more to say, but my comments can wait for all the posts I need to catch up on. For now... this is enough.
I also... can honestly say that I haven't been keeping up. And, quite honestly, I can say that it's one of those church feelings... where you feel like if you haven't been in a while, the congregation will start to think you've been straying from the herd and there is something wrong... like you don't believe anymore, or like your faith has faultered. But then I was trying to get back to my page to update, and it took me to the past few writings that I laid down and it made me realize all over again that livejournal is not about what other people think about you. And it's not about being part of a society. It's about writing what you feel.
Granted, I've been trying to get into the whole Myspace blog thing, thinking that there'd be more of a support group there since I have so many more of my friends on myspace, but....
it's completely different. Myspace shadows in comparison to the livejournal community. So, I'm back. With whatever church guilt I feel or whatever, here I am. I've missed everything written here for months, so I can't really comment on what I've missed, but I can say without a doubt that I've missed hearing about everyone's day. But, most of all, I've missed writing about my day. Because I never do that anymore. ...and a journal is about chronicling your life, right?
My Life: Work is still unbelievable. I mean... I have a lot of days when I can't wait for the shift to end, but hell... most people can't stand the thought of going to work, can't stand what they do at work, then the second they get home, they dread going to work again. My days are definitely NOT like this. I love my job. I'm getting paid good wages for being a professional performer for Disney. I'd be a bastard to complain about that. In the past month and a half, I've gained 3 more acting gigs within the park. One, I'm a Green Army Man (from the Toy Story movies) that does the pre-show for the parade in Disney's California Adventure (DCA). I have another gig in DCA where I roam a restaurant (Ariel's Grotto) doing improv comedy for all the patrons. There's a similar gig that I'm starting inside a restaurant in the Paradise Pier hotel that is Lilo & Stitch themed, in which I walk around and teach kids how to hula.
It sounds pretty lame, but for my wages... I'm pretty stoked on it.
Outside of those 4 steady Disney gigs, I also booked a role in a Disney training video and a job hosting some kind of Pixar VIP Awards banquet (which could mean major voice-over opportunities for me). That's work.
In other aspects of what's going on,
ROMANTICALLY: things are as good as can be. Every day, I wish I could just fly out to New York and at least be in the same city as Jamie, but I need to stay at Disney till I can get my SAG card. This distance gets frustrating, but I wouldn't trade what she and I have for the world. I love her so much and I know she feels the same. We just need to continue to have patience until the day comes where everything finally clicks.
FAMILY: my brother is getting married in less than a week. Wow. Really? Yeah. How do you handle that? But that's a whole 'nother can of worms.
SOCIALLY: haven't gotten out as much as I used to because of work. but even still, I love that fact that my room mate is a very good friend of mine and we hang out, drink, play video games, talk about life, etc... I still miss all my other friends greatly, though.
RECREATIONALLY: i've been spending a lot of time and effort on music. I got a new digital recording board for my birthday, got a pro music editing program, got a pre-amp, and an expensive microphrone. i've just been spending my "fun-time" with these tools. ...but i'm making some great art with them, so it's all worth it.
I have so much more to say, but my comments can wait for all the posts I need to catch up on. For now... this is enough.