Name:Brad Country:United States State:Massachusetts Metro:The Berkshires Birthday:9/7/1977
Interests:I am interested in music, guitar collecting, philosophy, and completly empting and filling things before empting them or re-fillling them. Expertise:Budda says to be an expert in knowing nothing. Occupation:Artist Industry:Entertainment
I am nearing a full week away from Ashley and Emma. It will be the first of 4. I don't like it. I am in Indiana doing a show. It is a premiere so it takes longer to develop hence the long absence. It could not have come at a worse time as Emma has started what appears to be the beginning of a Daddy phase. I have been patiently waiting for this. A time when Emma ask for me when she is sad or hurt. When you can see that she misses me. I know she has before, but like all toddlers, when given the choice for comfort, she thinks Mommy first.
I have found little solace in the work but I can see it coming. Things are really about to explode and can feel a well of creativity about to come forth from me. I am really anxious to see what will happen. This will be the biggest show I have done to date and I feel I have something to prove with it. It is the same theatre where I began my career, and the first time I have done a show near home.
Send me good thoughts.
Send them to Ashley as well. It is harder for the person who doesn't leave. It is harder with a toddler and allergies.
The show is about President Lincoln. I am a fan and admirer. My housemates and I have found a bond around The West Wing. It got me thinking about what I would do if I was called to serve the country in a capacity that I could. Could I sacrifice my comfortable life if asked? Could I do that to my family? It is a hypothetical that is useless to pursue until/if it ever happens...but interesting to think about.
I had a weird thought-it was while I was in the bathroom. Not a great place for thought that matters...usually. How about a list of things I don't want to hear at this point in my life.
Let's make it 10 for posterity.
I will count backwards.
10) "Daddy, I fell in!"
9) "I'm sorry, but your glowing mousepad has given you cancer."
8) "I'm late."
7) "I'm still late."
6) "I'm pregnant."
5) "The cancelled show is back on! Can you be the music director?"
4) "You have to design it, but we are not paying you."
3) "I am taking all of your electronics away."
2) "Your accountant was wrong and has left the country."
1)
I am leaving #1 blank for now. Mostly because my brain ran dry and I don't want to spend more time on it. Feel free to add it in for me as a suggestion/comment. You might change my whole perspective.
Peace, B
PS-I am sorry if my lack of blogging has caused you anything. I didn't have anything to say.
I came across something I liked; Three enemies of freedom are: 1) Ignorance 2) Tyranny 3) Fanaticism
Seemed applicable. I have abstained from commenting since the election. I am not really sure why. You can imagine that I am pleased with the outcome. It is exciting that Obama will be the first President that Emma remembers. It has made me more relaxed about the world outside of my "box". I have been thinking about the election in a historical context. I really feel a weight has been lifted off of the shoulders of our nation. Since that November day in Dallas so many years ago, in addition to a leader, there was an innocence taken away from our nation. A cynicism was born that grew more mature through the assassinations of RFK and MLK. It started to form a voice through Vietnam and found that it could shout at President Nixon. It grew greedy and suspicious of government through the 80s and 90s. It was beaten into a quiet tension with 9/11 and President Bush's domestic policies and attitude toward the populous and the world. There is now a chance to rise above our recent history. With Obama, it seems we have someone who is inherently above all of the things that have breed complacency and ill-will towards our government. He has offered to take the weight off of the countries shoulders and take it upon his. His burden will be great. The expectations will be greater. I wish him and his family the best of luck. I give him the most important things a citizen can give, my vote and trust.
