Ok, so updating the blog at lunch time, although this won’t be posted until sometime tonight after work. I have my laptop, so I’m just writing on word, I’ll post it when I have internet access. For some reason the W key is not cooperating, and I refuse to continue fixing it. That will explain any missing W’s from here on out.
Things I must do to start reorganizing my life to make the Cirque audition more likely include:
*Finding a place to practice
*Beginning to get back into condition
*Finding more efficient usage of my time
These must be addressed if I have any likelihood of success here. So, finding a place to practice first: I have some chance of playing outside somewhere, but this will require use of the vehicle. This may be more difficult to arrange than I’d like to admit. I also have the ability to go to a practice space that has a drumset built in, which only costs about $20 an hour. Unfortunately, I won’t get paid before mid month, just under three weeks away. This is after I would like to have already posted my video. I may be able to practice in the house, but I think that means I need to send Dad and Susan out somewhere to get time at the house with no one there. Practicing at the house before or after work is not an option, as it’ll be too late for the neighbors. That leaves weekends. Not the most ideal circumstances still. Must think more on this.
Beginning to get back into condition: Multiple reasons for this, 1) People instinctively hire people who are more aesthetically pleasing, 2) Part of my sales pitch is that I’m young and a good long term investment, 3) Most of the people involved in Cirque are extraordinarily conditioned anyway, blending into an environment is always good, 4) It’s probably just time. Locale… there’s an elementary school right down the hill, could probably use their playground/field to great effect. This may require a small investment in exercise clothing/shoes, but it’ll be worth it. In the interim, I have enough to get by with.
Finding more efficient usage of my time: This one kind of hurts. I’ve never been good at this. Almost like the Gods are determined to point it out to me, my new job requires me to log time into a system that keeps track of how long I work on each individual project. This is far more detail oriented than is comfortable for me, but I’ll have to adapt, and it’ll be good practice for the rest of my life. I frequently lose track of hours by the dozen, and thank god I have no system to game on currently, or I’d just be fucked. But time that I’d ordinarily spend playing around online or watching movies is getting shuffled back to this focus.
This all brings together another point which is worth taking into consideration: I am used to having significantly more free time to spend on projects of my choosing. This is going to be a temporary push completely in the other direction. I have no interest in working 40 hours at an office, but it can’t be helped if I want to be able to afford everything else that will be required; I have no interest in exercising, certainly not enough to do what I plan to do; I have no interest in dealing with moving my drums around and finding opportunities to play without disrupting others (a constant battle, as a drummer). But these changes stand between me and doing what I want to do with my life. If I can muscle through these next few months, I may be putting myself in a position to finally do the stuff I REALLY want to do, surround myself with the kind of people I want to know, and to learn the things I want to learn about… acting, direction, comedy, stage performance, etc. This may be even better for my mixed education than WAAPA (a dream school I had to give up on a couple years ago).
So, once again, laziness stands between me and what I want to do. Have to find a way to make it work.
Stay Postive
The Fool
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