They say that when you love something, when it's really in your bones, in your soul, that you can't NOT do it -- That every day you don't do it, you die a little inside. I don't know who "they" are, but they were right. Last November, I announced my retirement from theatre, and I…
More Than Stage Fright
TW: This post references anxiety/mental health and eating disorders [specifically not eating] On November 5, 2017, I took my last bow on the CRPAC stage and hung up my acting career. I cited several reasons for this retirement – burnout being the biggest, along with age, health concerns, and my desire for a private, personal…
Fuck it, I’m Angry.
WARNING: PROFANITY ALERT. ANGRY RANT AHEAD. TURN BACK NOW IF FAT BODIES OR THE F-BOMB OFFEND YOU I’m pissed off. I am. I am beyond annoyed, angry-to-my-core, really fucking tired of this shit PISSED OFF. I’m ‘I want to break things just to hear them smash’ pissed off. I’m ‘punch the next person who pushes…
Walking Fat in a Skinny World
I’ve been struggling lately. By all accounts, my life is pretty damn great. I live in a great town, have fantastic friends, and an amazing girlfriend who surprises me more and more each day with her capacity to love….but I’m struggling. Sister Act opens on Friday night, and I’m playing one of the nuns. I…
When the Introvert Dances
I took a little poll on Facebook today. I wanted to ask my personal collective hive-mind what they thought about me. Specifically, I wanted to know if they thought I was an introvert or an extrovert. The answers, surprisingly, were all over the map. I got everything from extreme extrovert to extreme introvert, and lots…
The Courage of Imperfection
It’s no secret that I have issues with perfectionism. In fact, it’s become something of a running joke among my friends that I have a touch of “CDO” [because of course, the letters need to be in alphabetical order]. And it’s true. I laugh along with them, but it really has been something I’ve…
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