It’s Comin’ Up Fast
In a short three days from today, I will be standing up, walking in a line from the back row I have been given, stand anxiously offstage, and be picking up the empty diploma case which my principal will hand me (we pick up our diplomas at school over the summer).
There was honestly a time in my life where I couldn’t see myself saying that sentence. It was a weird time when I thought either I wouldn’t graduate, or I wouldn’t live to see that day (not in a suicidal or terminally ill way). I just didn’t see myself going up to that stage and moving my tassel to the right. And now, it’s almost here. That day is coming upon me, and…I’m kind of mixed about it. Part of me is completely terrified, part of me is apathetic, and part of me is incredibly excited to be starting a new section of my life. It is a smorgasbord of emotions which are familiar to me. A smorgasbord I encounter right when I’m about to walk out on stage to perform for dozens, hundreds, or thousands of people (haven’t quite gotten to the millions yet).
Am I ready for it? My final bow out as a grade school student? You bet. Just have to wait out the darned 3 days.
TGPO
So I just had the most amazing conversation with a perfect stranger. I had just signed onto my uStream.tv account, just to mess around with my webcam, when this unknown person comes into my room. His name? Just four letters: TGPO. At first, I thought this person as a threat, due to my frequent spam attacks on that account, but after getting to know him a bit, I discovered a 25 year old married man with a young daughter who is into Hardcore Punk, A Clockwork Orange, and is a fan of Bruce Campbell…..yes….THE Bruce Campbell. This is a man who likes some of the same music as I do, MANY of the same movies as I do (although, he beats out my 7 DVD collection with his 450), and even knows of the dreaded movie simply titled TEETH. Then, after a few minutes of playing the movie connection game (where, by memory, you connect two actors in Hollywood, for example, Zach Braff and Charlie Sheen) and discussing my family a tad bit, we parted ways. This was probably the most interesting conversation I have ever had with a perfect stranger, and I urge all ten of you who view this blog to check out his page (which he updates as frequently as I…XD) at http://www.tgpo.org/.
PS: He is a graphic designer who does work for local websites, and if you need any pointers, or for whatever reason you need the assistance of a graphic designer, The Great Pat-O is your man!
