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Most people who read my livejournal already know most of the news I'm going to be documenting here. So why do it? Only to document it, to have it archived somewhere on the internet.
Since January 21st, I have been dating an amazing girl named Jenny Peace. As someone stated a couple days ago. Peace + Carpenter... sounds like Jesus. I met Jenny while working at, where else, the theatre. Jenny isn't like anyone I've ever liked before, but it always seems to be those people that it works with. And I've never had a relationship work so easily before. For years I feel like I've fought and yearned and pined away for girls that would just leave or reject or whatever. Somehow I got it right with her and it's been wonderful. The relationship is new, and exciting, and I spend as much time as I can with her. It's nice.
Sometime in February I accepted the position of Assistant Master Electrician with the Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, so I will be returning to Holland, MI for my third summer. I love Holland in the summer, and I love the people there so it will be fantastic to return and add another technical job to my ever increasing more practical "lighting resume". I have numerous memories attached to Holland, so if Jenny can join me for the summer that would be awesome as she could start to understand my deep connection to that place and those people, and we could have the opportunity to make memories of our own there.
On March 10th I accepted an offer to attend graduate school in Florida!! I will be study at the Asolo Conservatory which is partnered with Florida State University. I'm one of 12 students that is chosen from nationwide auditions, so it is a HUGE honor and I feel so blessed. The school is in Sarasota, Florida and I will be there for three years. Will I ever come back to Michigan? Who knows? Oh! And between the 2nd and 3rd years of study I spend the summer in London FULLY PAID FOR! So excited! So excited! I didn't think I would get into grad school this year either so I was pleasantly surprised when I got the call. It's everything I looked for in a program and it's also my ticket "out of this one horse town."
So now it's the time which can be frustrating and exciting all at the same time. Planning the move down to Florida. Finding a car, finding a place to live, finding a roommate, finding everything I need. Will Jenny move down to too? Can she? Will her parents allow her to? Etc...
On a completely different note... Why mention it? I don't know. I've mentioned several times on LJ, I think, that I watch a lot of TV. I get involved in drama and good story very easily. Lost is still one of my favorite shows. However, a new, old show has stolen my heart. That is "Six Feet Under". This HBO show which aired from 2001 to 2005 is absolutely phenomenal. I have never learned so much about life than I have from a show that is based around death. The stories, the characters, the dialogue are all amazing. I started watching it because a great friend recommended it to me. I was skeptical. A show about a family of funeral directors? Couldn't possibly be good. I was so so wrong. I devoured the 5 seasons of this show in a couple months. The last episode of the series made me sob for the rest of the day, and I was distraught for a few days afterwards. I felt like I had become a member of the family, the Fisher family, of the tv show. And I felt like every member of the family had suddenly been taken away from me, yet also taken away in the only possible way they could leave. It is a beautiful show and I appreciate my life more because of it. One episode that centered around a lighting designer that died of cardiomyopathy really struck close to home. I recommend it to anyone and everyone. I am currently rewatching the entire series with my girlfriend and reliving every moment again and it's awesome!
Also another story that I got involved in, finished, and want to get re-involved in "The Dark Tower" series by Stephen King. It is a long journey of 7 books, some are slower than others, some parts you appreciate more, but the journey that the characters take and the journey that the author takes you on is so worth it. The philosophy/religion of life and death in that book is so... comforting I wish it could be adopted practically in our world.
Okay, so there ya have it. An uplifting livejournal entry. They don't come often, so enjoy it, I hope.
Since January 21st, I have been dating an amazing girl named Jenny Peace. As someone stated a couple days ago. Peace + Carpenter... sounds like Jesus. I met Jenny while working at, where else, the theatre. Jenny isn't like anyone I've ever liked before, but it always seems to be those people that it works with. And I've never had a relationship work so easily before. For years I feel like I've fought and yearned and pined away for girls that would just leave or reject or whatever. Somehow I got it right with her and it's been wonderful. The relationship is new, and exciting, and I spend as much time as I can with her. It's nice.
Sometime in February I accepted the position of Assistant Master Electrician with the Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, so I will be returning to Holland, MI for my third summer. I love Holland in the summer, and I love the people there so it will be fantastic to return and add another technical job to my ever increasing more practical "lighting resume". I have numerous memories attached to Holland, so if Jenny can join me for the summer that would be awesome as she could start to understand my deep connection to that place and those people, and we could have the opportunity to make memories of our own there.
On March 10th I accepted an offer to attend graduate school in Florida!! I will be study at the Asolo Conservatory which is partnered with Florida State University. I'm one of 12 students that is chosen from nationwide auditions, so it is a HUGE honor and I feel so blessed. The school is in Sarasota, Florida and I will be there for three years. Will I ever come back to Michigan? Who knows? Oh! And between the 2nd and 3rd years of study I spend the summer in London FULLY PAID FOR! So excited! So excited! I didn't think I would get into grad school this year either so I was pleasantly surprised when I got the call. It's everything I looked for in a program and it's also my ticket "out of this one horse town."
So now it's the time which can be frustrating and exciting all at the same time. Planning the move down to Florida. Finding a car, finding a place to live, finding a roommate, finding everything I need. Will Jenny move down to too? Can she? Will her parents allow her to? Etc...
On a completely different note... Why mention it? I don't know. I've mentioned several times on LJ, I think, that I watch a lot of TV. I get involved in drama and good story very easily. Lost is still one of my favorite shows. However, a new, old show has stolen my heart. That is "Six Feet Under". This HBO show which aired from 2001 to 2005 is absolutely phenomenal. I have never learned so much about life than I have from a show that is based around death. The stories, the characters, the dialogue are all amazing. I started watching it because a great friend recommended it to me. I was skeptical. A show about a family of funeral directors? Couldn't possibly be good. I was so so wrong. I devoured the 5 seasons of this show in a couple months. The last episode of the series made me sob for the rest of the day, and I was distraught for a few days afterwards. I felt like I had become a member of the family, the Fisher family, of the tv show. And I felt like every member of the family had suddenly been taken away from me, yet also taken away in the only possible way they could leave. It is a beautiful show and I appreciate my life more because of it. One episode that centered around a lighting designer that died of cardiomyopathy really struck close to home. I recommend it to anyone and everyone. I am currently rewatching the entire series with my girlfriend and reliving every moment again and it's awesome!
Also another story that I got involved in, finished, and want to get re-involved in "The Dark Tower" series by Stephen King. It is a long journey of 7 books, some are slower than others, some parts you appreciate more, but the journey that the characters take and the journey that the author takes you on is so worth it. The philosophy/religion of life and death in that book is so... comforting I wish it could be adopted practically in our world.
Okay, so there ya have it. An uplifting livejournal entry. They don't come often, so enjoy it, I hope.