MeganK77: so you are Jesus?
Grimlock22: yeah
MeganK77: damn
Grimlock22: Savior of All Mankind.....that's me
MeganK77: that's good for the ole resume as well

(not meaning to be sacrilicious... we were referring to Godspell)

I think Melissa says it best,"Take me back to college, dammit."

I didn't do anything exciting today, but I did talk to two temp agencies.  I have an interview and skills assessment on Thursday. 

Nothing really interesting to talk about, just biting my nails waiting for my trip to Chi-town.  13 more days.  Crazy.

I hung out with my god-daughter, Dagny, yesterday.  She's the coolest 8 year old I know.  She wants to be a stand up comic when she grows up.  I don't think I even knew what a comedian was at that age.  I think I was playing with ponies and writing stories about rainbows.

We went to see Comedysportz.  I was a little nervous about a pre-fab, chain-store, improv group that operates out of a mall, but I was pleasantly surprised.  Hey why not make theatre as common and accessable as movies?  That's a good idea.  and it's actually next to the movie theatre in the mall.  Why go see the same old movie, when for the same price you could see improv actors do a different show every time?  It was fun.  The kids loved it.  Good times.

Oh yes, and this is some great readin sent in by Weggie Malsh:

http://www.wm.edu/news/?id=3650

I get job notices from friends quite often, but they never seem to be the right job for me, and I want to forward them but I don't know who to forward them to, so maybe from now on I will post these jobs here in case anyone reading this needs one of those jobs.

 
From Soo-Jin Lee:
VICCS, a computer consulting firm in Rockville, MD, seeks an entry-level office assistant, who has a working knowledge of MS Word and Excel to rotationally support office staff. Excellent communication and organizational skills a must. FT w/possibility for extended hours. Please send resume to SOO-JINL@VICCS.COM with salary/rate and writing sample(s).

Good Luck!

This is me in my costume, with Roger the Director. It was a long day and the shoot is FINALLY over. 

This is Lexie and Kathy. Lexi played the customer and Kathy was our makeup artist. 

This is the exterior of the fast food place where they filmed the commercial I'm in. Notice the police directing traffic. It was a pretty big deal... at least to me. 

Saturday after Improv class I met up with Zach and Amanda in Baltimore to see Rob Cantrell at the Comedy Factory.  

On Thursday I saw a couple of deer run through the yard. 

Check this out:
http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4028&n=3&pg=1
SCANDAL!

Today is a little crazy. I leave for improv class at the DC Improv in a few minutes. Then I have to go straight out to the BOX afterwards to work until late. It's really odd to ALL of us that once a year the Center for the Arts Concert Hall is home to a bodybuilding competition. But hey, its more hours and therefore more money.

Speaking of money. I had the best news ever yesterday. I actually got hired for the first commercial I EVER auditioned for. That's pretty unusual. Most of the time people have to go on dozens of auditions before they are even considered. A beginning actor shouldn't be surprised if they go on a hundred auditions before being hired. I win! It's like winning the lottery.

So yay for me!

Oh yeah, and all that dreary stuff I was talking about last week. I'm still feeling it, but not as drastic. My 4th of July sucked. I fell asleep early and when friends stopped by my mom told them I wasn't home even though my car was in the driveway. She claims she didn't know I was there. Very frustrating. I couldn't even get a decent nights sleep as I was bored out of my mind because the fireworks were so loud they kept waking me up. I have come to hate major holidays lately. People expect you to do stuff. there is such a peer pressure to go out on holidays and birthdays that you feel like a loser if you don't. Like what I want to do on a sunday night is sit in traffic, then sit on the ground in the mud and wait for things to explode over my head the same way they've been exploding every year for the past 27 years, then sit in even more traffic to get home. I'd rather stay home on those nights and go out on different nights. It's like my birthday last year. Why did I have to announce it was my birthday to get people I love to hang out with me? I feel like people should hang out with me because they want to, not to fulfill some societal obligation involving flame.

That's why Michael and I had that fake surprise party for him last year. It was the most successful party ever. People made it a priority because of the ritual of birthdays. Since it was a "surprise" it was ten times more exciting. A lot of people were mad at us for lying about the surprise... they laughed it off and had a good time anyways... but if they had known it wasn't really a surprise would our party have been so high up on their priority list? Probably not. It's sad that we have to lie to people and guilt them into having a good time.

I really can't stand people lately.

On Thursday I never got out of my pajamas, it was disgusting. I haven't been blogging as often because I don't have anything interesting going on in my life. ...Unless you count lounging on the couch and watching Queer Eye or Celebrity Poker with my mom every night exciting. Sometimes I'll watch something cool like Pulp Fiction, or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but then my mom decides to sit down and watch it with me... and that's no good so I switch it.

I'm counting down the hours until my trip to Comedy Mecca. And who knows? Maybe I won't come back. I feel like there's nothing for me here. As Luci said, "I feel like everything I do is in preparation to move somewhere else." I bought my plane ticket last night, and I only bought one way, because I'm not sure when I want to come back.

Yesterday in New Jersey this bastard was tailgating me for about 5 miles. I couldn't speed up because there was a car in front of me and actually the traffic was pretty heavy... yet moving at about 70mph. So he finally passes me on the right, and cuts into the tiny space in front of me - missing my front right bumper by mere inches. I layed on the horn and flicked him off of course, then I looked at his bumper stickers as he cut off the person to his right. They were all religious including, "Real men love Jesus"

Either this guy stole this car from a minister... or he summed up all my recent experiences of church in a few moments of road rage.

If Jesus really WAS his copilot, he would have been helping the girl in the broken down truck on the side of the road, instead of weaving down the Garden State Parkway at 88mph and endangering my life.

I'm back in VA. In case anybody cares at all.

I'm beginning to think old friends don't want to hang out with me and that makes me sad. I haven't moved to Chicago YET! geez. IF I do move there it won't be for another year. It's like people have already written me off as gone.

I'm only going for a week. It's like a vacation. Like when other people go to the beach. Except I'm going to visit comedy Mecca.

When you say you are going to Nags Head for a weekend in August do people come up to you at parties and say, "Oh hey (insert name here)! It's good to see you, are you visiting from Nags Head? I heard you moved to Nags Head. When ARE you moving to Nags Head? Haven't you LEFT YET???? Can I have your old stuff when you leave forever?

Who is starting these rumors? I think people should spend less time talking ABOUT me and making up stories and more time calling me to spend time with me while I AM here. I won't be here forever, it's true. But I haven't left yet and I won't go for like another year - that's a lot of lonely weekends I will be spending alone in Alexandria. and IF I do go it won't be forever.

I'm not going to call you anymore. I'm tired of being the one who calls! The constant rejection is getting to me. If you miss me YOU can call ME. You know where I am. I don't plan on changing my cell number any time soon. I do miss you. But I'm not going to beg you to be my friend. If your new friends are cooler than me... then fine... go be cool. I can make a fool of myself in front of anybody... with or without you. I can feel distant and disassociated with strangers... we don't need to plan a night around it.


Actually I want to thank you for pushing me away. I felt bad about the thought of leaving, but you are making things a lot easier for me now.

So maybe I WILL be updating you from the road. I'm sitting in my cousin Ann's office. I haven't seen her in several years. She seems frustrated because today is a particularly busy day for her. I wish I could have planned this trip better so we could have hung out more. We are going to lunch with Aunty Linda in a few minutes but it's going to have to be a little rushed because Ann has a meeting at 2.

I'm not exactly sure how I am going to intercept the Karen tonight... I have faith that she and Aunty Linda worked it out... maybe.

So Independence Air was pretty good. The flight attendant seemed a little too eager to impress us. We actually got hot towels at the end of the flight. They were paper towels, and they were more like lukewarm. But hey! That's the best hot towel experience I've ever had on an airline. I still prefer JetBlue, but flyi says they will be getting new planes with TVs soon.

There was the cutest little dog traveling on the plane. His owners were carrying him in what looked like a duffle bag with a hard bottom and mesh sides. Since there were a lot of open seats the flight attendant let them put the dog carrier in a seat instead of zipped up and under the seat as is stated as the policy. He was a Chihuahua/Basenji mix... I considered switching bags when they weren't looking, but he made this whiny noise when I tried it so I'm still dogless.

I'm thinking toy poodle is the best way to go. I know they are girly and frufru, but they don't shed and that is important. If I can fit it in a bag I can take it on the airplane with me!

I'm flying to Boston in 6 hours. I have to leave the house in 3. Why? It seemed like a good idea at the time. I'm checking out that new "Independence Air" and that looks cool. Or it did until I got to the "pick your seats" part of the website. Apparently the plane is only 14 rows long and 4 seats wide. Meegie no happy. Little plane no fun. no no no.
no me gusta.

I don't think I'll be giving any updates from the road because I'll be back here by tomorrow night. yes. Just a jaunt up the coast. Or rather a puddle jump up the coast and a drive down with my sister.

I'm really looking forward to meeting Karen's massachusets gang. From the sound of things I think her boyfriend will be giving me a sandwich. mmmm... sandwich.