Oh look, it’s me! Acting and stuff! This video is shorter and much funnier than the last video I posted with my face in it so you should definitely watch it.

Billy was my man Shamus. 

Today’s topic: beginnings

Dreams can begin with a desire for happiness, a drive for success, or a place to call home. My first (and only) trip to Times Square is one I will never forget. That week of strolling, scavenging, seeing shows, and singing showtunes was something that solidified my goal to get out of Florida and to a big city. To see what else is out there. Who else is out there. The big buildings, music, lights, hostile hot dog sellers. Everything about that part of New York made me forget that I had to go back to high school for another three years. Now, I’ve graduated and I’m going to Temple University in Philadelphia this fall.

Even as I started to resent the theatre department at my school and everything about high school in the last year or two, I still chose a college that offered the only Theatre AND Communications department I’ve ever even heard of. My love for the stage didn’t necessarily begin when I went to my first musical (Avenue Q) on Broadway, but it definitely was the beginning of my future to get the hell out of Florida.