Bee + Pleez

I wanted to post an update on stuff since this week marks a turning point for things going on, or at least a changing point.

As of 5pm today I am officially unemployed. While the idea of hunting for a job is really intimidating me, I've been in a relatively good mood most of the week and I've got some preliminary job searching stuff done. I have a list of potential jobs with phone numbers and/or addresses that I plan on contacting Saturday and/or Monday. I also plan to just hit the streets and visit practically any business in my neighborhood, Fry St., the square, University, etc., just to ask for applications. The real difficulty in this is getting out and doing it instead of just planning to do it and forgetting about it when the time comes. We'll see how I do.

This week I started back on my work out routine, which I have restarted a dozen times over the last couple of years. It's a pretty basic routine, just starting with a yoga sun salutation and stretch out routine, then doing sets of push-ups, crunches, pull-ups, leg lifts. No weights involved for now. My original goal in working out was to gain more weight, but for now I just want to look sexy with my shirt off (AKA better pecs and abs). By the time everyone's hitting the pool/lake this summer I want people to quiver with antici....pation when they see me. So far I have not skipped any workout days, but I am not up to my previous ability. I had to cut back to about half of my reps because my muscles were getting tired too fast. More updates on this later.

I finished reading a book in seemingly record time the other day. The Red Queen by Matt Ridley is a well-written, well-researched book about the red queen hypothesis of evolution of species and their sexual or asexual preferences. I learned a lot of things that I didn't know, even about the evolution and origin of human male and female tendencies. I usually drag a book of this length out over a 2-3 month period, but I was so ensnared by this one that I finished it in about 2 weeks. Since then, I have picked up an old read that helped me through my last bout with depression, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. Yes, it was on Oprah's list of crap that she likes to read. But it was also one of my sources of courage and peace while I was leaving the church life behind a while back. I'm reading it again because I feel like my spiritual self has diminished greatly over the past couple of years, and I believe that by reconnecting with my spiritual side I can get a grip on my life.

Gomorrah Go Go rehearsals are coming along well; we still have plenty of time until the show starts and the scenes are looking great. I actually rehearsed a scene off-book yesterday, which is great progress for me as an actor. (I'm usually one of the last to be off book.)

So my focus points for the next week are: 1)Turn in some job applications, 2)Keep working out, 3)Get off book before deadline, 4)Finish reading The Power of Now, 5)Smile.

--EVETS

PS - Here's an less-metal moment brought to you by Devin Townsend (song entitled Soft).