Thoughts on being gay in the 00s.  Also re-discovered my literary ambitions (maybe).

The relationship between being unemployed and podfading.

Things I learned on my spiritual journey.

Sometimes winning a box of (unintentionally) ironically-named candy bars makes you take a good hard look at your own life.

Go listen to me talk about stuff I never talk about on my own podcast on Archer's group show here.

Listen to me playing with Madge's dog and reading from a bowel health manual here.

Lots of changes in my life: I turned 27, I got laid off, and I found out some fun things about my former (for real this time) office crush.

Also: sweet voicemail from listener "Yorky."

I was on PNS Explosion again.  It was awesome.  I tried hard not to be as drunkenly lame as I was the last time I was on. 

Mission accomplished?

I'm at "work" right now.  I finished cleaning out my desk about an hour ago.  I have no reason to be here.  I could go home but I'd rather mooch off my employer's free internet for now.

This is a meme I lifted from Adam of This Boy Elroy.

1.) What was I doing 10 years ago?

Junior in high school.  Very closeted and very overweight.  I did the school play (that year it was The Skin of Our Teeth) and Forensics (my event was Improv- fortuitous?).  Not a ton going on socially but I think I was well-liked by my classmates.  I forced myself to go to formals and proms and all that shit even though I felt like a total liar, bringing girls to dances.  I was pretty miserable in a lot of ways that I didn't realize until way after the fact. 

2.) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order)
1. go see Second City mainstage stage

2. drop off my belongings-from-office-crap at my apartment 

3. eat healthy

4. read

5. get some sleep

3.) Snacks I enjoy

candy, chips, cookies, anything that will give me a guilt complex

4.) Things I would do if I were a billionaire

1. pay for my parents to retire

2. take my entire family on a big trip

3. take improv AND writing classes at Second City

4. buy a guitar

5. clothes

6. charity

7 . help out family

8. get a nice place in Boystown

9. get a dog

10. laptop

5.) Three of my bad habits
1. overthinking things
2. procrastination
3. slob

6.) 5 places I have lived:\

1. Livonia, MI

2. Richmond, IN

3. Chicago, IL: Rogers Park

4. Chicago, IL: Irving Park

5. Chicago, IL: Boystown

7.) 5 Jobs I have had:
1. library page
2. gym manager
3. office drone
4. office drone, again
5. customer service rep at callcenter (HA!)

 

I'm getting internet hooked up at my apartment this weekend so there will be plenty of new podcasts in the near future.

Also, I'm going to be making some guest spots soon.  More details later.

 

 

I talk about me and the things people say about me.  Me!

Links:
Wanda Wisdom

AmeriNZ

 

So I got laid off recently.  Starbucks here I come!

What I did on New Year's.

Ever wonder whatever happened to Matt Blender?

First of all, I am not podfading.  Repeat: <b>I am not podfading</b>.  I swear as God as my witness that I will upload a new podcast this week. 

Anyways, I did this survey last New Year's Eve.  In keeping with tradition I'm doing another one this year.

End of the year meme

Was the year too fast or too long: Too fast.  There were a lot of things I wanted to accomplish but there wasn't enough time.

Major Events: my marathon experience, starting Second City, getting hired on full-time (with insurance), moving to Boystown.

Biggest accomplishments: running the Detroit marathon.

Biggest failure: not getting my career to where I want it to be.

Biggest regret: being a bad friend/house guest/whatever it was that drove a friend to cut off all communication with me.

Best memory: writing a scene for Second City that got a lot of good feedback.

Worst memory: suffering through half of the Chicago Marathon before the organizers finally called the whole thing off.

Most prideful moment: having the balls to sign up for marathon training even though I had a ton of people try to talk me out of it.

Most embarassing moment: being a jerk in San Francisco.

Number of people slept with:  I'm saving myself for Jesus.  Seriously, I am never going to answer this question.

Started with a significant other: 0.

Ended with a significant other: 0.

Ending the year with more money, or less: probably more but I'm not really saving anything, which will change in 2008.

Best Friend: McKenzie.  Always and forever.  Close runners-up include Aaron and Nick.

Biggest Enemy: co-workers that give bad information to customers.

Favorite TV Show: the Office, Battlestar Galactica, Dexter

Favorite Movie: The Devil's Backbone

Favorite Book: Middlesex

Favorite Bands/Singers: Amy Winehouse, Mika, Lily Allen

Concerts: I didn't go to a single concert all year.  Nerd alert!

Places Visited: 1: San Francisco.

Best Trip: San Francisco.

Worst Trip: San Francisco.

Looking forward to in 2008: the Chicago Marathon, doing more with Second City, writing a manuscript of some sort.

Dreading in 2008: the Chicago Marathon, my impending career impasse.