Waiting

I'm in a great mood today, because I found a job! As many of you know, I quit my day job about 2 and a half years ago, so I could act full time. As a way of keeping the cash flow coming in, I went into the food service industry (i.e. "waiter"), and that's what I'll be doing to keep the bills paid until I hear from Lorne Michaels. Abell scored me an application to a Pan-Asian restaurant called Ruby-Foos right in the heart of Times Square. I dropped it off today and they interviewed/quizzed me on different things, and they guy said "well, training starts Monday, you're un-officially hired." He gave me my Monday schedule, and training lasts a week. I'm really happy to have found something. They stay very busy since we're in the theater district, and it seems like a great place to work.

I'm sitting back typing, and I just realized that almost 2 weeks ago, I was getting on a plane to go to this big, strange city, with a few thousand dollars in the bank, no where to live, no job, and a suitcase full of clothes. In that time frame, I've found a place and a job(and once I get my schedule down, I'll be heading over to UCB). I can't thank you all enough for you support and prayers. It means so much to me, and I can't tell you all how much you all mean to me (by you, I mean anyone of my friends, or if you just happen to be reading this). If I can impart any words of wisdom to anyone thinking about making a move to either New York or LA, I'd say it's more important to have a vision of what to accomplish. People throw around a dollar amount to bring, and you should have money saved up. It's more important to know what you want, and stay true to that goal. Anything that will take you off of that focus or goal, forget about. Stay on the path. Also, positive thinking goes along way. My buddy Matt (aka known as "My Matt") and I were headed up to Harrah's about a month ago, and the was telling me about this Tony Robin's book he bought about positive thinking. The basic premise was you can teach yourself to feel better (along with increasing pleasure and decreasing pain). It wasn't about numbing yourself into a false sense of happiness, but when someone asks you "how you doing?" you can respond "I'm great." I also had a trigonometry teacher talk about the same principles. Positive thinking really goes a long way, so if you've had a crumby day or you're not feeling well, the next time someone asks how you're doing, start choosing to feel great, and really mean it. After all, if you can see it, you can do it (I know, kind of a corny line, and I'm not going out that way).

So, how are you today?