Missing Bowties And Hellfire

So Tami called and I am working all next week. Getting almost 40 hours of training in next week...AWESOME! That was my Jaws update. I spent the majority of the day with my mother...as last night was her birthday. I woke up at 10:30ish and my mom called to tell me that they went to breakfast without me cause she thought I wanted to sleep in. Well I met up with them at about 12:30 at some Antique Mall that they were in..they had been there since 11:20 and we didn't leave until 2. I am kinda glad I didn't get a call earlier...a guy can only take so much antiquing. So me, my Aunt Jackie(my mom's twin sister), my cousin Dawn, her son Tristan, my mom, my dad, and my brother walked around until 2 finding nothing really...but it made my mom and my aunt happy...and that's why were there. So then we went our seperate ways..after I made Tristan (6) cry cause I told him I was driving the Jaws boat....And my immediate family went to some Home Shopping Network store and then to Cheesecake Factory. We ate and it was good. Then I went to get Billy and go to the show tonight. He loaned us a 1969 Captain America Comic for the show I am in. Went to the show...experienced one of the worst pressure headaches I have ever had...and that's saying a lot. Blinding Mt. Saint Helens' inside my head kinda pain..that made me sick to my stomach. One of the kids has a problem with losing his bowtie..so when I found it last night on the floor I put it in my jacket pocket and didn't tell anyone except Eliana and Nathan..I got there 30 minutes late for call and they were all frantically looking for the bowtie...I made it materialize out of thin air..well...outta my pocket...but it was still very impressive. He won't lose his bowtie annymore. So the show...went well..but people could tell that my head was dangerously close to exploding. After the show we were supposed to go to Ruby Tuesdays...but it was to late so most of us went our seperate ways. Amber, Nathan, Brittany, Billy, and myself went to Denny's. Nathan spent the whole time hitting on Amber, Amber spent the whole time flirting with everyone(that's just Amber for ya), Brittany was upset about something but I don't really know what cause she wouldn't tell me but was crying at the end of the night and I HATE IT WHEN GIRLS CRY, Billy...was happy...cause he's got a Jen...and Jen's make people happy. I was happy...cause I had cheese sticks...cheese sticks also make people happy..but in a different..much more temporary way. Then I came home...listening to "Hellfire" from Hunchback of Notre Dame. Good day...Good day.

I Think They Like it

Well tonight's show went even better than last night. I think I took most of Billy's notes into concideration and used them. Everyone seemed very pleased with it. I still firmly stand by my feelings that no matter how the show went after the show the audience WON'T tell you that you were awful...so I take what they say with a grain of salt. Anyway...Jan said I was a believable 41 year old..which is good. ANYWAY...I got to see a girl I went to high school with tonight that I had a crush on in High School..but she never gave me the time of day cause she was a cheerleader and I was..not...the type cheerleaders generally go for. So after the show she goes.."I remember you. You're Eric Bridges." She looked so different I didn't even recognize her. My response was, "Now I feel really bad cause I don't recognize you." Then she said, "Yeah..we graduated together. Nicole (omitted last name)." to which I promptly responded, "NICOLE (OMITTED LAST NAME). YOU LOOK SO DIFFERENT! YOU LOOK GREAT! HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?!?!?" So anyway..it was a good feeling to know that I wasn't invisible to the people I thought I was invisible to. Well..tomorrow is another show. And if we continue to get better exponentally...we will be oscar material by...March 13th.. Tonight was also my mother's birthday. I gave her a dozen roses at the end of the show. This is Eric's brilliant gift speech, "Tonight is my mom's birthday and she is sitting in the audience. She's over there wearing the pink sweater. I figured she already had her cake so I bought her some flowers. Happy Birthday Mom." It's a desert theater so she ate cake all night. I feel confident that it was a good gift.

And The Show Did Go On

So tonight's show went very well. I lost some character..but I think it will come back once I get comfortable with this New York Accent that I had to add today. Everything really went quite well. Rita (Grandma in the show) is amazing. She is really a great actress. Alex (Arty, the youngest of my two sons in the show) is truly amazing for his age. He is 15 and doing things as an actor that I don't think I could have pulled off at his age...and really just an all around great kid while doing it. Eliana (Bella, my yougest sister in the show) is doing a great job with her character...she holds back a little..but that will loosen up as the show goes on. Yvette (Gert, my younger sister in the show) does a great job with her part and the breathing condition of the character. Nathan (My brother Louie in the show) Got that whole gangster thing down...just needs to work on not fearing children. And finally Jack (My oldest son Jay in the show)...he does a pretty good job...but I think he lacks the life experience to REALLY understand the part..but being his second role EVER...he is doing a great job for a 13 year old. That's about it. I am Stage Manager and as a whole...the cast is not giving me any problems. So..If nothign unforseen happens...I will see you all tomorrow.

Jaws 17: Eric the Skipper

Ok. So I went to the meeting today. I didn't get to see the tape but I did get to talk to Mary. She assures me that she reviewed the tape and I was at fault. I am still not totally conviced but I did get a job. I am not going to Mummy...which is where I truly would like to be...but I am going somewhere other than MIB. I am going to JAWS! I am going to be a paid spieler. That's right...Eric driving a boat and shooting at sharks. GREAT TIMES. After that meeting I came home and cooked lunch for Castle Greyskull. We watched Aqua Teen Hunger Force and ate. Then me and Billy went to Universal to take care of some paperwork. We road some rides..including Jaws...and went to MIB to tell everyone GOOD BYE! So now I am going to my first night of show..Come see me be a New Yorker.

And Then I was A New Yorker

Ok. So I go to rehearsal tonight..which went great BTW...we actually have a show. During intermission I go and talk to Chris (The director) about some show stuff..and he goes.."Hey..I want you to have a New York Accent." So now...here's where we are. The show opens tomorrow...it's a soft opening..but still. I am going to go on tomorrow for the first time in front of an audience and try to add a New York accent to my character. FUN. Had I been rehearsing that a month..no big deal...but adding it the day of the show..not fun. ANYWAY....that's about it. I am going to be a New Yorker Friday's and Saturday's at 8 and Sunday's at 2 for the next month or so. If you'd like to see that...come on down to Moonlight Players and see. It's a great show..enjoy it.

Another Day No Dollars

Ok..so today I went to the bank to try and fix all of this bank stuff. Well...easier said than done. I deposited 400 dollars which they promptly held until March 5th. Then more stuff posted to my account further pushing me into the hole. Then I called the helpline where they told me to call the bank that held the check to see if they could help. I called them and left a message, then they called me back and told me that I should call the Clermont branch because they had the code on my account....even though I started my account at the Wintergarden branch and I have only been to the Clermont branch like 2 times. So I called Clermont and the guy was a total asshole. Basically...it's my fault that I am in the hole and they aren't helping me. They aren't taking the check off hold cause...well...they don't want to. So basically I am broke...even though I deposted 400 dollars today...I am depositing 100 dollars Friday and my income taxes are coming in REALLY soon. I am still virtually BROKE. Anyway...That's what's going on. Other than that life is good. Talked to Jen a lot today. It appears that Tiff is somewhat interested...even though she is 23 almost 24..when I thought she was 22. Things are ultimately good. Yeah..I know..I'm broke, my car is broke, it's rainy and nasty, and...well...bad. But things are good. So deal with it.

Rainy Adventures

Ok...take a trip from UCF to Moonlight Players down a busy toll road during rush hour with Noah's Flood calibur rain, take away windshield wipers, and you have an adventure worthy of any television show...or atleast cartoon. So yeah..I had this experience today...it was fun. If that was fun then so would getting my toes shot off with a BB gun. So I went to rehearsal, set all the prop tables as I am Stage Manager. We did our show tonight..not like all those other rehearsals when we did something that vaguely ressembled Neil Simon's "Lost In Yonkers" if you turned your head to the left and squinted with both eyes through a glass of Dark Rum. It actually went pretty well. We are only 2 days away from opening and I think we are gonna be ok. I think I might even put my whole monologue back in..just for kicks. So after rehearsal I glow taped the whole stage to prevent bumping, shoving, and general blunders in the dark on stage..They have been happening a lot lately. I had to leave the Jeep at Moonlight because without windshield wipers...I can't drive the dark and in the rain at the same time...not a good combo. I am still in debt to the bank..fixing that tomorrow. Gonna get up and drive Nathan to work and keep his car. That's pretty much it for today.

Rain Sucks

Ok..that may be a little drastic...but it did stop me from doing everything I needed to do today. It was raining and hailing when I got up. My car doesn't have the greatest of windshield wiping systems...it's not the wipers themselves...it's actually the switch that controls the speed that is messed up. ANYWAY...so I get up and the weather is all screwed up. I check my bank account after finding out that I was overdrawn last night, only to find out that I am more overdrawn today. It continues to flood. I talk to Lu Lu, Billy, Jen...the normal daily conversations. I am in a serious funk...which will pass...most likely on Friday when my show opens and I have a little free time. I talk to my Mom who tells me that my Spring Break plans have no chance of happening due to some financial situations I didn't know about. So now Spring Break is gone...great...one thing I was looking forward to bites the dust. It continues to rain...the animals seem to be looking for mates..and this bearded guy knocked on my door looking for a pair of pigs. I told him Matt was at work...but he should be back later. ANYWAY...I am supposed to take some Via Viente (if you are interested in reading up on this miracle product go to www.viaviente.com. It's a great product. I feel a lot better physically since I started taking it.) to my Aunt today..but with the rain I didn't leave my house. I am supposed to go to the bank and fix my financial situation...and I will on my way to rehearsal. Which I have to go to at 5 o'clock after the hellish rehearsal we had last night. I have to go and set props and glow tape the stage...and all that stuff. Anyway. I'll post later. DISCLAIMER: anything negative said in the preceding blog should be attributed to "the funk" that Eric is in. The aformentioned fun should disipate soon and will be a topic of laughter at some time thereafter.

Bum Day

I am a total bum...or atleast I was today. I spent the majority of the day..doing nothing. Sat here on my butt in bum clothes and talked on the net or on the phone. Talked to Jen a lot today..being her personal advisor, and her Rupert Everret apparently...that's what I do. She tells me she is a dork, I agree and tell her that is allright. It's a complicated friendship..but it suits us. I was supposed to take some stuff to my Aunt but being a bum I didn't manage to do that...Totally lost track of time what with the talking. I played Fatal Frame 2 some more after I got Nathan off of it. It is one scary game...but excellent. There was a faint chance that Castle Greyskull might have an encore performance starting today and carrying on until Thursday or so...but alas..it was not to be. Which is cool...BUMMING IT IS! Hell week starts today for Lost In Yonkers..I am scared...very scared but we will make it through. I have joined the Fellowship of the Dorks today as Rushee. Because...I am officially a dork. So I am off to experience on of the lower levels of Hell. Pray for me...and my cast...and...my financial freedom...just for kicks.

All Good Things Must End

Well...Went to see Bat Boy today at Valencia Community College East. They did a really good job with it. The sound wasn't very good...but the set was amazing and the actors did a GREAT job with it. Not really fond of Bat Boy the musical itself but they made sitting through it quite enjoyable. Today was the final day of Castle Greyskull weekend...which was a huge success. Billy finally fully understands why we don't like living with Matt. Last night while trying to watch "Mating Habits of The Eartbound Human" he was annoying and loud when he came in and REFUSED to let us watch the movie in peace. We went to Bennigans and introduced Billy to the Big Irish. GREAT FOOD. Well I am going to go and play Fatal Frame 2 now. Talk to you later.

Awesome Has New Meaning

I saw Lu Lu's show tonight and all I can say is...Damn..... That was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Truly one of the best shows ever. Everyone was just having so much fun and looking and sounding amazing doing it. Damn.... Great show. Met Andrea there and ran into a girl I went to College with...Xiomara. Ran into Danny, Lu Lu, and Lu Lu's parents before the show and then headed in. Being backstage for the first time since I quit working for the park was really wierd. So the show started out with Songs From A New World by Jason Robert Brown...same guy who wrote The Last 5 Years...AMAZING. Then it just continued to be more and more amazing. SO the like...5th song was supposed to be my friend Debbie and they skipped over it. I was sitting there going "NO...They can't skip that one...I know her...They have to do that one!" so I got through the rest of the first half wondering why she didn't go on....and...DAMN......... Second half starts...continued...damn..... And about half way through Debbie walks on stage with some music and does this whole "We skipped my song in the first half and everyone was great...I just wanted to do this little Sondhiem piece" and then lets it drop and it's like 15 pages thing....HILARIOUS! I love Debbie. Lu Lu was amazing on the piano...How I made so many incredibly talented friends I will probably never know. Then this guy gets up and sings a song from Jesus Christ Superstar and...DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was...the most amazing...most incredible....most beautiful thing I have ever heard. And what made it so great was that this guy...he's a tall, lanky, not really expecting much from his physical appearance kinda guy. Skinny, not unattractive, but not standard attractive either..and then BAM...VOICE OF GOD. It gives a guy like me hope. I have decided that if I can learn to sing like him...I will die happy. The rest of the show paled in comparison to that one guy...even though it was all truly amazing. It's really hard to explain...because the whole show was...I know...I keep saying it..but it was AMAZING..and that one guy was just...touched by God perfection itself in the form of music. Did I mention...damn....? After seeing the show Nathan, Billy, and I all decided that we are going to try out for Encore next time if at all possible. So Castle Greyskull weekend is going quiet well. We are having multitudes of fun. We went to Blockbuster after Lu Lu's show and rented Fatal Frame 2 for PS2 and "Mating Habits of the Earthbound Humans" HILARIOUS MOVIE...SEE IT! SEE IT NOW!! Billy passed out on the couch during the movie...so we cut it off early and are calling it a night. Tomorrow we are off to see our Domina from "A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to The Forum" in "Bat Boy" at Valencia Community College East. Can't wait. Updates still to come.

A Midsummer Nights Jen

Went to Gainseville yesterday to see Jen's show. A Midsummer Nights Dream was...interesting. Don't get me wrong...incredibly entertaining and Jen was amazing as usual. That's all I am going to say. So...met Jen's roommate, TIff, she was cute, could be a spark there...maybe. But all I know about her is that she is Jen's cousin, she goes to school in Gainesville, and she is Jen's roommate. All she knows about me...to my knowledge..is I am Billy's friend, I like lots of different kinds of music, I am Jen's friend and personal advisor, I love X2 and I know a lot about X-men in general...like a nerdy amount. ANYWAY....all in all it was a great trip. Billy passed the Laura inquisition with flying colors...as I knew he would. They both spent most of the time we were there...dileriously happy. Slept on the floor...fun times...talked about possible super powers with Andrew (Jen's brother)...good times....had Jen lasagna and salad...great times...Meet Tiff and talked a little....great times...Watch X2 again...Continued great times. Came back and had get to know your friends better conversations in the car with Billy and Nathan bringing Castle Greyskull even closer together. Ate Pizza loaf, played Knights of The Old Republic, watch Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, played Halo, Updated my blog and soon I am going to see Lu Lu's show at Disney...GREAT WEEKEND CONTINUES!

CASTLE GREYSKULL WEEkEND BEGINS!

Ok...so today is the day we have all been waiting for. Well maybe not all of us...but atleast Me, Billy, and Nathan. It's the weekend where Billy comes and stays at the apartment and we go and see 4 shows in one weekend..that's right...4 SHOWS IN ONE WEEKEND! We are crazy...and broke...and...gonna be broker. Anyway...spent most of the day cleaning and trying to take care of all of this work crap. Talked to some more people from work..well...actually just one. This hot girl I know named Robyn. She's 17 and her parent's are not cool with the fact that I am 21..so HANDS OFF. ANYWAY...um...awkward transition...ok...um...Where was I? Did some laundry...need to go shopping. Gotta take a shower and go to Billy's to go and see Rumors...I am skipping rehearsal and I feel really bad about it. I told Chris (the director) that I couldnt' tell him why I wasn't going to be there tonight...cause I knew he wouldn't be cool with me missing rehearsal to go see some highschool show. So I am not going to rehearsal...I am going to see Katie in Rumors at the highschool. Katie is Kyle's girlfriend and an all around cool girl. I can't wait to see her on stage. Now as for my show. Lost In Yonkers....I truly don't like the show. It has some great moments....some great monologues...some great characters...SOME GREAT GAPS IN THE STORY. Ok...so you are watching the show..it comes up to the turning point between the mother and the daughter and then...BANG...you're one light cue and 10 months later in the story. Eddie's back and apparently fine, Belle has become a person, Grandma learned to love, Louie joined the army and is oversea's somewhere, the boys both love their Grandmother now, and Gert...well you never hear about her. AND ALL OF THIS HAPPENS DURING ONE LIGHT CUE. WHAT THE HELL!?!?! It really is like Neil Simon was writing and suddenly realized that this story had to end...so he ended it...all at once...without warning. ANYWAY...that's it. I am done. Going to Billy's in a few. We are gonna stuff ourselves silly at the dessert theater tonight.

Another Day

Ok...you know how somedays you have a day where you are like "How could a day get any worse?" then God says "Here. I'll show you." and then you have the worst day yet. So I go to work yesterday and the day starts off cold, rainy and just all around nasty. I get to work and wait at Gate 2 for 45 minutes for the Supervisors to find my ID cause they took it when they suspended me. While I am waiting John walks by and I tell him what's going on and he CAN'T BELIEVE IT. He says he will try to get me ERed. They FINALLY find my ID and I go to work..9 minutes late...which is fine...cause it was their fault...no penalty. Then I tell Desi what's going on and she says SHE will try to ER me. Well I work until lunch..which is at about 1:10 and call Chris to find out if this suspension will effect my Mummy transfer..and it will. So I tell him I am going to fight it and he tells me to talk to Mary. I call Lu Lu and tell her what has happened and almost lose it on the phone....Get a message from Billy about how he got his interview and it is Friday morning. I run inside and tell Desi she needs to get me off the floor asap cause I am going to lose it. And then I return to work without eating lunch. I try to give Desi my ID and quit...she won't take it. I work the rest of the day and NO ONE can believe how much I am getting screwed. I try to give John my ID and quit...he won't take it. I found out I do have some great friends at MIB. I try to give Desi my ID and quit again...she won't take it. Several people said they would back me when I go and talk to Mary and several others have said they will go and talk to Chris on their own. John has a great idea involving Jaymean and a voodoo doll...I try to give him my ID and quit again..he won't take it. Desi isn't able to ER me cause we are ridiculously short...mostly due to the fact that no one wants to work there with Jaymean as the Supervisor. Due to that...Desi spilled some white out on my scheduled shifts for the next two days and told me not to worry about showing up. So I end up getting off at 7:45 and heading to rehearsal. Rehearsal started at 7:30 and I am JUST leaving Universal at 7:45. Now I did attend Lake County Public Schools...but that's not good. I get to rehearsal at 8:30ish, storm in and take Nathan's place as me. I get there just in time to do my LAST monologue. Then I lay down on the couch in the back and pass out...getting woken up periodically to read portions of Eddie's, my charater, letter to Arty and Jay, his children, throughout the show. I drive home at about 10:30 after eating nothing but a small bag of doritos, 4 or 5 sips of a Cherry Coke and a Crunch bar. I come home..make a sandwich..watch some Family Guy...and pass out. Today I woke up at 1 p.m. Emotional days take a lot out of me I guess. So I call Universal only to find out that Mary has today off and Chris has today and tomorrow off...So I will try to get this taken care of tomorrow and Friday...and MAYBE I will be able to start Mummy on Monday....MAYBE. But most likely..not.

Now for something...slightly different

Ok...so a few more things. My old supervisor Chris...the one in charge of my Mummy transfer hasn't called me like he was supposed to. Then I go to rehearsal all the way out in Clermont and sat there for 2 and a half hours...so I could talk for 10 minutes. Then I go to the store..and everything I want...NOT THERE...There is nothing Super about Super Walmart...except maybe..a few roaches..that will someday take over the world. ANYWAY...There is some good news. My Friend Chris (not supervisor Chris another one) said that we can use some of the presentation rooms at Valencia West to do shows....WHICH IS AWESOME!!! So Charlie Brown may soon be starting rehearsal..which will make my life...Much happier. Funny how time with people you care about makes your life seem better...Cause it is. So see...My life isn't all bad. It's 90 percent bad..with a really big 10 percent GREAT.

DAY FROM HELL!

Ok...so you know how sometimes you think...This is one hell of a good day..and your life just kinda soars. You think what did I do to deserve such a GREAT DAY. This was not that day. This was one of the worst days I have ever had. How bad was it you ask? Well.....Think...Satan coming to me in the form of a beautiful woman...ripping out my heart but allowing me to live..then making a fruit/Eric's heart smoothie and spoon feeding to me...one gelatinous bit at a time. Like that...but totally unrelated to love. Ok. So I get to work at 3 p.m. in no mood to be there at all...I really just wanted to stay home and clean..that tells you how much I didn't want to go. So I get there..and this new supervisor...Jaymean...I don't know the spelling tells me that after reviewing the tapes from Valentine's Day (when there was a slight safety violation pertaining to a couple of Guests not having seatbelts on on the Inside track...which is where I was with 2 other people) with Mary (Another person I DON'T KNOW) they had decided that it was my fault. So she was going to write out the paperwork and I was going to have to sign it later. So I go about my day..kind of annoyed...kind of...not happy...kind of....seathing. ANYWAY...I was handling it..fine...no one really knew I was upset. Then at about 6:30...1 hour before my shift was to end...I am told to go to the Lead office. I go there..and there is another man..I HAVE NEVER MET....I walk in and he tells me to hand in my ID...I'm suspended for the remaining hour of my shift. I ask why and he tells me it is because of the safety infraction..I ask to view the tape...because I can't believe it was me who missed the seatbelts after not missing any the entire time I have worked there...almost 2 years....they tell me I can't view the tape....for the same reasons guests can't....WHICH MAKES NO SENSE!!!...Guests don't get penalized for not putting on their seatbelts..I DO. Ok...So I look at the counciling report..it says I was at Safety 3 position..I WASN'T I was at Safety 2...so I tell them that and they tell me to write it on the paper and I do..and that's that...I'm suspended. So...i walk out of the building and NO ONE can believe that I was suspended..I am like the model employee. Everyone says they think it was this old guy Jim who missed the seatbelt...I agree. So I am going to fight this the only way I know how...Talk to other supervisors. So...here's the really great news. This little...incident...May cause me not to get my Mummy transfer. Either way...Thursday is my last day at MIB..if not sooner.

What A Beautiful Day Of Cheese

Well I think I got a few hole punches on my hopeless romantic card last night. I came home from movies with Billy, Kyle and his girlfriend Katie...well Movie with them and decided to write out a match.com profile because...well...a night with a couple and a guy who misses his girlfriend really bad, followed by every sappy love song ever made playing on the radio on the way home will do that to a guy. So I get home and fill out the profile..and this is what I come up with as my Dating profile. "I am interested in being crazy for a girl who is crazy for me. Would really like to re-experience that whole getting lost in love feeling. Where you smile so much that you feel you might just explode into a cloud of smiling Cherubs if someone doesn't bring you down to earth. The kinda relationship where you can look down and drop pennies on people standing on cloud 9. If you understood any of what I just said...then there is atleast hope. Give me a message." That's it...I swear. Totally unedited. You can even go on Match.com and search for Poetremage. But the truth is...That's what I want so I guess they can punch my HR card all they want. Anyway...so today I get to go to my parents house and eat dinner with them and my Aunt Jackie. My favorite Aunt...due to the fact that she is my mom's twin sister and I lived with her for a year and a half while I was in college...along with her just being an awesome aunt. She used to let me watch horror movies at her house all the time. LOVE THAT! All the other aunts are cool too...but she has a special place in my heart. ANYWAY. I am off to dinner followed by family tension I am sure...my mom is good at that.

Remembering

Ok. So you know how sometimes you feel things and then you get away from the source and you forget how you felt? Well I had that today. I went to work at MIB...which used to be a great place to work..and there are still some great people there. But when I got there I remembered why I stopped working there to begin with. The staff has totally changed...minus a few friendly faces and a few..not so friendly faces. Lots of people were happy to see me...but the new staff is RIDICULOUSLY annoying. And then the fact that a lot of people thought I was a new guy...when in fact I should be running the building I have been there so long...pretty much the longest still currently on staff but not being able to really say anything about anything cause I didn't want to sound like a know-it-all asshole...which is an attitude I have had a lot of contact with lately. ANYWAY....I am going to Mummy soon as long as everything goes as planned..and I am REALLY excited! It is supposed to be the most themed attraction in Florida...but that's all I know and...this is going to make some of you question my sexuality I'm sure...THE COSTUMES ARE REALLY COOL! STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT, SINGLE! So I am off to Billy's house to celebrate Valentine's Day in the true spirit of the holiday....an Action Movie Marathon.

THE DAY HAS COME

Well it finally happened, everyone thought it never would and I would eventually become a very close visual replica of Cousin It...but it happened. ERIC GOT A HAIRCUT! Nothing drastic really...not as short as I wanted it. Had to leave it long enough to comb over for Lost In Yonkers for a 40's kinda look. So I went out, got a hiarcut, had lunch with Melissa Wach (Girl I went to High School with, she played opposite me in Fiddler when I was Motel and she played Audrey when I was Orin Scrivello ...D.D.S.) She returned Nathan's copy of KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST. It was good times had by all. I yet again talked to Jen a lot of the day. It's great having friends. I am off to rehearsal tonight and then coming home and going to bed so that I can be fully alert at 8 A.M. to go to Universal Studios tomorrow with Billy and Nathan and whoever else lives in the area that wants to go. Something I left out the last couple of posts that I suppose is kind of a big part of my life right now. I GOT A JOB. I will soon be starting at the Mummy Attraction at Universal Studios Florida. That is as long as nothing unforseen happens. I should be starting in a little over a week with training. I AM OPENING A NEW ATTRACTION AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA! YEAH! And to top it all off....It is supposed to be the most themed attraction in all of Central Florida...and I AM ALL ABOUT THEMING! I am even going to try to learn a Ciaro accent by watching the mummy a million times. Rehearsal awaits.

And All Is Right With The World?

Ok...So I just came from rehearsal. The kid who was in the hospital is fine...or so they say. Everyone seems to be ok with what's going on. He was in the hospital, his liver is enlarged, and they drained a whole bunch of blood out of a lump in his head that no one is really sure how it got there.....but it's ok to send him home with no answers. WHATEVER! Rehearsals are going. I'm sure the show will be fine by the time we open. Granted..I was also sure that by the time I was 21 I would be rich, seriously dating if not engaged, and be attending a prestigious acting school of some sort too...but whose counting. So Billy is pleased as peaches with his life, Jen is crazy happy with hers, Lu Lu got what she wished for, and Nathan...well...he got a contract at Universal so he's pretty darn giddy himself. With so many happy people around me...I can't help but be happy too. But my special smile is due to the first two people mentioned. It just reinstates my former hope and gusto (not the body snatcher). And smiling is contagious...thanks Jen and Billy.

That's What Friends Are For

So I spent the majority of the day talking to Jen. In fact I'm talking to her while I post this Blog. She's been having some issues with some guy and I am here to help cause that's what I do as her #1 personal advisor. And in exchange for my expert advice..she is gonna find me a Gainseville girl that wants to date me. This will enable Billy to travel to Gainseville twice as often..cause he's only paying half the gas money. So...GOOD TIMES! Ok...so with my talking to Jen all day long...I didn't actually get that haircut that I have been trying to get for 3 days. Not that it is her fault...I could have said "I gotta go get a haircut...talk to you later." But I didn't...I just kept talking..so I will get a haircut tomorrow. On the upside I did get to talk to Jen for 2 hours...which hasn't happened...Ever....well maybe online...in High School...when I was attempting to woo her...attempting being the key word. But I do have someone else I can put on the REALLY GREAT FRIEND list. So today...is a victory. Tomorrow...is...yet to come. Going to rehearsal now to see what is going on with the kid in Lost In Yonkers...I hope he is all right. Until next time...keep talking.

A Thought

Ok...So I just drove here (to Lu Lu's) and I was thinking....I just wrote a whole blog about how I was mad that someone had complained that I complain to much...and how I thought people should complain more. I still stand by what I said...but I think what lead to it was not her complaint but a culmination of several rude conversations that she and I have had lately with only one verbal attack (the you complain to much statement)...so that's what I thought pissed me off..but it's not. I think was just mad at the whole situation with Carla lately. I never get to see her or any other Notar's for that matter and that whole family means a lot to me. When I have time to get around to seeing them they are to busy to see me which is cool...life happens that way sometimes. So i think that is where the whole verbal explosion came from. I just wanted to clarify a little on that. So...in overview. I do think people should complain more, I am glad Carla brought to my attention that in her opinion I complain to much, but in my opinion she could be more tactful in lodging her complaints. Anyway....That's it.

Rude little girls

Ok so Carla and I really do have that brother sister relationship thing going on like no other non brother sister people on the planet. We just had a very....whatever kinda conversation...I won't go into detail. She told me I compain to much. Well maybe I do.....wait...no...I don't think I do. I think I might not complain enough. Generally when I write things in my blog...it's just...well...whatever happens to come out at the time. I think maybe others might not complain enough either. I mean think about it. If everyone said what was bothering them...when it was bothering them in the world. It would be chaos...and you would probably not have as many friends..but the friends you had would be great ones...ones who understood the REAL you. And things that we let bother us for years and years and years without saying anything would probably stop..and not be a big deal at all. I don't know..maybe it's just me. And if it is...feel free to comment and tell me so. I'll drop the complaining to a minimum and talk about...Fluffy bunnies...or whatever normal "I'm gonna hide what I'm feeling cause no one cares about me enough to take the good with the bad and listen to me complain a little...on a blog that they don't even HAVE to read if they really don't want to." crap people write. Now I am off to Lu Lu's to hang with my friends and watch "Muppets In Space" or some such movie like thing. Good Day......I SAID GOOD DAY!

Was I imagining that I exsisted...cause I could of swore that I had a phone number

So today after finally getting up and getting started I went to Universal with Lu Lu...but not until after she updated me on her drama with her hard of hearing wish fairies. So we went to Universal Studios road Jimmy Newtron (the ride...not the character...even though some of those girls are pretty hot when they take of the costume), I picked up 6 shifts at MIB...Bittersweet victory. I am working...but I am not getting paid to act. So I get to MIB and find out that there are about a million shifts available on the board and there have been for the last 3 weeks...that's how long it's been since I worked...and whose been trying to pick up shifts...I'll give you two guesses...ok...I'll just give you one answer...ME! So I signed up for the shifts only to find out that I have to drop the Friday shift I signed up for cause I forgot that I actually can't work that Friday cause that is introductory weekend to Castle Grayskull. (Billy's coming to stay in the apartment with me and Nathan as a trial run for when he moves in in July/August and we are gonna have some serious fun.) So I am going to talk to John, who is the best team lead in the whole world...(Hey...who knows..he could randomly run across a blog that he has never heard of in his whole life.), and see if I can't ditch that Friday shift. That's about it. Eric is diving headfirst back into the workforce of Universal Studios Florida...WE WILL WIN...If we get around to it.

So I had a sandwich today...it was good.

So I have comments now...Everyone feel free to tell me what you think.

Oh a night to remember

Went to rehearsal tonight...it was...embarrassing. Well I get there and I know NONE OF MY LINES...So the person giving lines was seriously overworked during my 4 page monologue that I knew about 3 sentences of. Anyway...then the lead...a 13 year old kid gets this really bad headache and we find out that he has had a lump on his head since this afternoon...one that appeared under mysterious pretenses..So his mom comes in and the lump is WAY bigger than it was earlier and his head REALLY hurts. So rehearsal ends with the lead getting rushed to the hospital. So with rehearsal done I head over to Lu Lu's house with Nathan and Cindy in tow and with Billy...on his way. We watched Eddie Izzard while Lu Lu attempted to work out a seriously missheard wish that she uttered while the wish granting fairies were listening. Never wish for drama without specifying the type and severity. So Eddie Izzard was funny and Billy got to talk to Jen..which is great. Leaving Eric still thinking...WHY AM I STILL SINGLE...I'M A GREAT GUY!!...RIGHT?!?!? Answering this correctly earns you several thousand friend points...and answering this with a "lets go out on Friday cause I am a great girl and very interested in you." earns you...a great boyfriend named Eric.

Ok...so a funny thing happened on the way to the forum...I made some GREAT friends. And I am not talking about normal friends..I am talking about the kind of friends that make you look back on the friends you had in the past and go...OH!!!...so that's what friends are supposed to be like. I made some new friends, got closer to some old friends, and found out some stuff about some current friends. And if you're reading this you prolly already know this about me...But I am the kind of person that, if I don't have a girlfriend, my friends are the center of my life...and even if I do have a girlfriend, my friends are rotating around that center of my life very closely. I just want you guys to know that you are the greatest and even though we have only known eachother a short time....life without you guys seems pretty much impossible...well maybe just a lot more boring...but anyway...enough with the goosh. Have a great day..make a friend.

Hey everyone. This is the coolest journal ever. It's all on the internet and it has this little windowy thing. So today I woke up at 2:00 p.m.....That is just sad. I should have gotten up much earlier. So I drag myself out of bed because...well Blot really needed to be walked and it's not his fault I am a bum. I took him out, fed both him and FIgaro...which they enjoy...and then called Lu Lu to tell her of my KING OF THE BUMS status. I was supposed to get my hair cut and then meet her for lunch..but we decided to talk on the phone for hours instead. Good on us...procrastination is key.