Now There's A Stratagem for You

This is the story of my physical ailments. I know what you're thinking: why have you not posted in so long just to come back talking about your stupid and boring physical ailments? YOU MAKE NO SENSE. And the truth is: I really don't make any sense. So...there. My only excuse is that things have been very busy. A couple of weekends ago we opened our spring show at UVM: The Beaux' Stratagem.

We had an amazing run and fantastic audiences. At our closing performance there wasn't a dry eye in the cast. Seriously it was an amazing show to be a part of with an excellent cast. Anyway, that opening weekend my jaw started to kill me from the tension I held in it during the play making my awkward bad guy face. It was quite a problem and a nuisance, but it definitely didn't distract from the awesome weekend with Velvet! That's right, after two years we finally got to hang out with Velvet again! She traversed her way up to rural Vermont from the big city on Long Island and spent my "birthday" weekend with us. It as the perfect reunion and despite a couple of tiffs (what family doesn't have a few fights?) we had a great time all together again. 

As you can see, we had fun. And as you can see, another physical---I'm just going to call it an ailment---on my face. That bloody beard. I grew it for Beaux' and it definitely worked with my wonderfully cutthroat character Hounslow, but when the beard was on my face in the public eye during real life I was not having it. So Sunday evening as soon as the show was out, I went to Spinner was immediately shaved the whole thing off. It was an intense shave session.

BEFORE

AFTER!!!

It's been a great past two weeks full of dancing pirates, our sassy black friend, and beards performing a disappearing act. Congratulations to the sensational cast and crew of Beaux' for our awesome show, and I promise to blog more often. Again.

Peace out!

Show photos by Andy Duback

The 100th Post!

Yes folks, this is the 100th post of the not-so-well-known "My Life In Progress." I just want to thank all of you out there who are reading this (who basically is Megan, Velvet, Ashley, Jake, and friends who happen to find it on facebook), but I'm finding blogging to be an amazing outlet for not only creativity, but also a place to just share my thoughts on life and any troubles going on in the moment. It's a place to unleash things that have been plaguing my mind. But also it's a place to share adventures, crazy stories, and moments of love and inspiration. Thank you to all of you who have been and continue to read, post comments, and share your own feelings on your own blogs.

There's no way I'm stopping now! Here's to another 100 posts and then some!

Peace out!

To-Do Day!

With Megan off partying with Ashley in Cape Cod (Hope you guys are having fun!), I have decided that the next couple of days are going to be To-Do Days. UPDATE BLOG was one of the first things to do on my list which includes cleaning my room and making cookies for Jake (it's his birthday week). So, here I am!

Oh! So Megan introduced me to this "black gum" the other night when I went to visit her at Kinney Drugs (where she works) and to give her a letter to give to Ashley when she sees her. Anyway, she gave me a piece of this new kind of 5 gum (I forget what the flavor is called). First of all, it's delicious and second of all, it's black (like Velvet so you know it's gotta be good!). I highly reccommend it.

Now, on a completely separate note, (actually, maybe a change of key) The Balsams hotel was built in 1895 in Dixville Notch, NH. Back in the day it was a halfway point of hospitality between two different towns across the notch from each other where folks could park their carriages and gossip while smoking cigars. Basically, it's a castle in the mountains. And that's where my grandparents took out whole family for brunch this past Sunday.

It was a very dressy place so after my attempt at being fancy, we all had a very nice meal together although I thought the dessert was the best part. Bread pudding made of homemade raised doughnuts? Whoopies pies? YES!!!

To tell you the truth, the whole place sort of reminded me of the Patrick Swayze movie "Dirty Dancing" with the paddleboats on the lake and planned activities, especially when the recreation director gave us a tour and showed us the "crew housing" where they apparently have their own dance floor. That was pretty cool, but I don't think I had the time of my life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpmILPAcRQo

It was a very fun and fancy time although after everything my parents and I had to have a Howland moment and go hiking in the notch.

I was rock jumping and I stuck my whole foot in the stream. Maybe I did have the time of my life...

Peace out!