saying "no"

I said no to a role for the first time in my "professional" acting career. I won't say who it was, if you've spoken to me recently I've been telling the story. But it was a very small role in a production that seemed clearly to be going no where but the shitter, with a company that was clearly being run atrociously and purely out of vanity. So yay for saying no sometimes. I spoke to a friend of mine about it, who interviewed for said company, who confirmed my suspicion.

So, bullet dodged. It would have been a harder decision had I been offered a more prominent role, who am I kidding, but I'm glad it worked out. Today I really need to get to the gym, I paid $100 for a new gym membership at this place near Porter, now that I can't go to Harvard anymore, and I really should be using it. I should also be preparing for my Shakespeare class tonight, that'll be fun. I think we're presenting, my scene partner and I. I have some scancion and some line learning to do. Also coming soon, auditions. And quizmastering! Did I mention my second round of training was a bust? Yeah, it was, I went and the guy was there but nobody came to play the quiz, so I'm kind of going into hosting blind a little bit. Whatever though, I'll have a chaperone to help me out.

We are June, it is summer, weather is beautiful. I don't know what the future holds. Prior to this point in my life I could sort of predict what was next, another grade of school, another year of college, but all I know for certain is that I will keep getting older, and hopefully wiser as well. Here's to the great unknown, cheers.