election day - unfair

petty, petty, petty

Okay, did everyone that voted yesterday get a sticker but me?! I hung out with some friends of mine at livewire yesterday afternoon (they were off due to election day) and they all had their stickers. I then began to look around the establishment, and noticed many other I VOTED TODAY stickers.

I guess the place that I vote were filled with senile old people who just forgot... or I looked like a terrorist and they threw out my vote so I really DIDN'T vote yesterday.

... and they say every vote counts. They sure don't make you feel like it.

quick update

now it's time for... the lightning round

- Election day today. Voted. Felt good.
- Leave for Prestonsburg on Thursday. Packing is coming along well.
- Plans for skipthehero.com are coming along nicely. Found inexpensive host thanks to Ben Stewart.
- Planning bachelor trip for friend... going well and very much looking forward to it.
- iTunes updated itself today... anything new, good, better? Tell you when I know.
- whew.

later

weekend update

everybody's workin' for the weekend

Saturday I setup and ran lights for the weekend services at my church. I didn't feel very well starting in the afternoon... but I stopped by a friends house for a few minutes to hang out. I left shortly after I arrived, went home and snuggled up to the toilet for about an hour, then went to bed.

Sunday was wonderful - an extra hour of sleep! Unfortunately it had to be interrupted by my alarm. Ran lights at church again, and afterwards Stephanie and I went to see Woodford County's production of DRACULA! It was incredible. There was no weakspot in the production of this show. All of the actors were talented, the set design was incredible and allowed the show to flow well, and the lighting design was amazing. So many times I go to see a community theatre project and come away from it being able to pick apart at least one or two actors - but not this time.

At the show we ran into some friends of ours and went to a restaurant/bar called Sweet Potatoes and talked for a couple of hours.

It was a really nice weekend. One of the better ones I've had in a while.

this just in

sitting at ground zero

I got a call today around noon from a good friend of mine. He told me that he possibly had kidney stones, that he had been in a lot of pain last night and had a difficult time sleeping and went to the doctor and they ran a couple tests. He got a call later, about 30 minutes ago, asking him to come in for some more tests... they said it is one of two things... kidney stones - or - his appendix.

Lots of prayers, please.

quote of the moment

more wisdom than you can handle

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face."
- -- Eleanor Roosevelt

insomnia

nights seem to last forever when you can't sleep

I was up most of the night last night. Unfortunately, some old memories and suppressed thoughts crept up in my mind and wouldn't let me relax. Burdens on the mind and heart really suck.

a picture is worth a thousand words

small update

Like the title says, "a picture is worth a thousand words". So I've changed my bio picture that used to be one of me just out of bed hair all a mess with my headshot. Much nicer looking pic of me. Enjoy the new eye candy!

out of sync

"here's to today!

Something I was just thinking about and looking back on the past few years of my life was the fact the it's really impressive when you catch me and all my friends on the same end of life. One of us may be extremely content and happy and drama free, while another one is just starting on the mend, another is on the way down, and another is deep in despair. It'd be nice for one day for all of us to be on the same page... preferably all on the good side at the same time. I have some really strong friendships... but I don't know if all of them could take us ALL being on the down end at the same time.

Many prayers go out to those who are heading or are in the down swing. Much joy and thanks to those who are in the upswing! And a lot of love to you all!

scott farkas takes it on the chin

I've been hired by Jenny Wiley Theatre to play Scott Farkas in the new stage version of the popular holiday movie "A Christmas Story". For those of you who don't know the movie title by name... it's the one with the Red Rider BB Gun, and "You'll shoot your eye out". Scott Farkas is the red-headed bully who picks on Ralphie and, in the end, gets the snot beat out of him. Some would say the similarities are a bit uncanny... although I've never been a bully, nor have I had the snot beat out of me... I am red-headed. I guess that's really where the similarities end, though. Anyway, the show will be produced by Jenny Wiley Theatre and the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg, KY, in late November. See it, dream it, believe it.

it's good to be back

Ah. You can't imagine how much more normal it feels to be able to communicate with the world again. Without Cable or Internet, my inflow of information basically ceased. Right now, I'm chilling out at LiveWire using their free network to catch up on events in the world. Ah... it's good to be back.

ding, dong, the witch is... alive?

Rejoice!

The whole reason for this post is the celebration of the return of my computer. Since May of 2004... my computer has been out of commission. To make a long story short - 2 istallation CDs, 3 hard drives, and 11 phone calls to Dell Tech Support later I have my life-line - my connection to the outside world - back. No actual thanks to Dell.

Some may be glad due to the finally ceasing complaining. Some may be happy that they have another place to kill five minutes while on the internet. Others may want to slit their proverbial wrists at the mere thought that my presence on the net has returned. Well, thanks to all of you.

Seriously.

quote of the moment

What lies behind us and what lies before us are
tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- -- William Morrow

happy birthday jack!

Okay, so I've actually backdated this post since I wasn't near a computer on the actual anniversary of my blog. Right now, I'm in Atlanta, GA, working with a couple of friends of mine. It's been really neat to hang out with them and getting to do some work at the same time. When I get the chance, I'll go into a little bit greater detail and update the blog a bit better.

On another note.. I'd like to welcome Stephanie back to the blogging world. She's been absent for a while and we've missed her.

just around the corner

jack of all trades turns 1!

That's right in just a couple of weeks the blog that began with a simple whine has turned into something ... else. [dryly] I don't know about you, but I can hardly contain myself.

good news

Something to look forward to.

I received a call from my good friend ben stewart last night. He works for a kind of touring ministry [Inlightened Ministries] based out of Nashville, TN. There are a couple of conferences that they are gearing up for coming up in December and January. They've offered to have come in as their "lighting guy". I just can't wait! It's the best of so many worlds... i get to work with my friend, use my skills for worship, and i get to travel! One of the events is in North Carolina (i believe) and the other is in Gatlinburg, TN. I'm super psyched about it. I just hope I have work until then. :S

return of the ... me

I am now back in Richmond. Hooray. I guess. I seem to have a slight feeling of emptiness. I'm glad to see some familiar faces again... especially that of my best friend. But something about this place suddenly feels.... unfullfilling.

I don't really feel like I have too much to look forward to right now. My room in the apartment is a mess - as is the living room from where one of my good friends moved out during the summer. No, the living room isn't a mess, it's just un-inviting and cold-feeling.

I ran around paying bills and making appointments today to see get myself on track here. Maybe when stuff starts happening, I'll feel better.

I really look forward to visiting some friends in New York, right now, though.

... do I belong here?

another foot in the digital era

I finally took the next step into the digital era, I ordered an iPod! I can't wait to start using it... of course, my computer is still out of commission... so I'm not too sure HOW I'll get songs onto it.

another day ... another post

It's been a couple weeks since my last post. I've had my ups and downs, but mostly I've had some good times. The tour - "Schoolhouse Rock Live, Too" is going great. We had our third performance today and it went really well. In case you don't know what's going on... I'm on a school tour with this show. We travel around to elementary and middle schools performing this show usually twice a day. On some days we'll have a question and answer session with the kids.

The people I'm touring with are super talented and extremely fun and nice to be around.

I've been given notice that a couple of my friends are going to get to come see the tour when we make it around to my hometown.

On another note... I've been given a proposition of sorts... and it's one that I'm pretty excited about - at least after more thought. There is a posibility that I could be making the journey to the Big Apple for an extended stay. That's right... it's a possibility that I'm going to try to make it in New York. A friend of mine (not sure if I'm supposed to say anything right now that's why the name has been withheld) asked me if I wanted to go. I realized that after this summer, I'm going to have a lot of friends that live in the city... some that I've met this summer, some that I've met previous years, and some that I've known for a while and are making the move themselves.

Other than that, life is well - minus a girlfriend, still, but I'm moderately okay with that for now.

God bless.

winding down and gearing up

Winding Down.

Well - the summer here at JWT is beginning to wind down. We only have a week and a half of shows left.

Mixed Feelings.

On one side I'll be very happy to be getting back to all my friends and my church and having access to the little things in my life that make going through the daily grind bareable.

On the other - I'll miss the nice paycheck and working in the field that I plan on basing my life/career on.

Gearing Up.

On the upside - I have the opportunity to work onstage again at the end of the summer like I did at the end of last summer. I'll be performing in "School House Rock Live Too". It's a small touring show that performs for schools around the area. There's a possibility that we'll even make it as far as Lexington for a couple of performances. I'm fairly excited about this show. We begin music rehearsals for it next week.

For now - signing off...

400th post!!!!

Today is a day of celebration! Today marks my 400th Post. It also marks the end of the build at Jenny Wiley Theatre! All of our shows are up and running. We opened Legend of Jenny Wiley last night to a huge house. And it was very well received. My first paid lighting design looks amazing... even I'm impressed with myself, and people have been fairly encouraging. One person commented that it is the best the show has ever looked. I'm very proud of that design.

Well, it's not much of a post... but it's the 400th... isn't that swell?

Keep checkin' in... who knows... maybe there'll be 400 more.