Winter Days

So I haven't posted in a while because I've been feeling a little sorry for myself. Which is ridiculous but everyone's entitled to a little blue time. It's the ol' "Graduate-With-Almost-No-Prospects" blues. Which is not entirely true but I just haven't been able to land anything spectacular yet.

And luckily, it's the worst time to be looking for jobs as everybody's doing hiring freezes and unemployment is almost 8 percent and blah blah blah...so I just took the first thing that came and it's being a night cashier at Whole Foods. Which is really fine because I get to keep my internship during the day and it gives me time to write.

I hate complaining. Well, I hate hearing myself complaining. Sad days make me want to just listen to Elliott Smith, play shoot em up games, and drink hot chocolate until I'm septic.

I'm also sick today which makes me more complainy.

And I have a few amazing things going for me that I really should be excited about. So this post should really be about those things.

Val, My Best Gal

No one makes me laugh like Ms. Valerie. She's not working at her dream job either and she's not at home bemoaning her fate. She's the bravest person I know and teaches me to stick it out. She's out auditioning like crazy for acting parts and getting rejected and getting back up and doing it again. I'm a coward compared to her. I just send out poems to the faceless editors and receive anonymous rejection slips. I could never say enough about how supportive she is.

30 Rock

For some of you who don't know, I'm an intern at 30 Rock. The show, not the location. (Which is actually not filmed at 30 Rockefeller.) That's very rewarding and is a huge step in the direction I want. I've always wanted to be a sitcom writer and I get to see the best sitcom on TV from the inside. Everyone in Production is super cool and very gracious in answering my naive questions about television. I get to watch Alec, and Tina, and Tracy, and Jack all film and it's amazing. I can't say too much about it because I signed a lot of forms and I'm not sure what rights I signed away. But I'm pretty sure no one in my family can run for political office for a while. Got that, Candace?

Albatross

Val and I started a new improv comedy troupe called Albatross. We're considered an "indie team" in New York because we're not affiliated with any Improv house. And we're way underground. Because we haven't performed yet. But we have shows lined up February through April now. And that's exciting. I haven't done any performance in a while. It'll be fun.

Friends

It's great to have so many people around. Great to be able to see Andy and Shiloh, JD and Melissa whenever we want. Cool to see Chris and Zach whom I grew up with. And new friends like Aaron, G.K. and Susanna. Andrew and the rest of the guys on Albatross. Good to be able to talk to friends online and keep in touch with Darren and Joe. I'm blessed with friends and there's people that can't say that.

And God. I don't say much about him here but he's there. He's the only father I really know.

So that's enough for today. I'll be back around. I just needed some away time.