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Practicum Revealed

Ok, after about 400 permutations, it looks like my practicum is finally set. It is soon to be in the long red-tape process and I appreciate your prayers for everything to work out smoothly. I was still looking to work stuff out for Sheffield, but a little ol' gal named Katrina sort of changed all that.

So it appears I'll be back in Baton Rouge pretty soon. I should be there around early to mid-October. It also looks like I'll get to do my practicum with the Ring, which will really save a LOT of time and allow for a LOT of creativity with the stuff I put together. Lebraix has been kind enough to house me and I'm gathering all the paperwork and signatures now.

The job search continues, but I'm doing a couple of things to (hopefully) string a few bucks together in the meantime. I've wanted to write for a while and have about half of a short story I'm finishing to submit as a sample writing thing and I'm sending queries out to see if I can't get some freelance work. One thing about your childhood home becoming unlivable and the town you considered a steady fallback suddenly doubling in size, it makes the outlandish dream plans you had seem not so crazy after all.

I'll start blogging more soon, even though I've only experienced about 1% of the frustration most people actually still in the Gulf Coast have felt, it's still been a bit daunting to try and plan anything for the future.

posted by Wayj @ 11:16 PM 5 comments

The weirdest celeb sighting yet

Ok, so we went to go visit my friends Sam and Amy, who have just gotten back from their honeymoon. Ready to explore their new neighborhood (in which Brooke also lives) and its many restaurants, we decide on a a little Italian place about two blocks away.

On the way down, and literally two doors away from Brooke's place, we see Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes hanging outside a Mexican restaurant smoking. Well, I was the only one who recognized them at first and didn't want to say anything, they deserve a moment of peace like the rest of us do. It was just kinda crazy. That is all.

posted by Wayj @ 2:46 PM 2 comments

Eddie Izzard

Ok, so Eddie Izzard was a guest at The Crazy Uncle Joe Show, an Improv show at the Groundlings theatre. It was hilarious. One of the odd but cool things about L.A. is that most of these clubs or theatres are TINY. Now it's sort of weird, because you just expect them to be huge, but it's awesome because no matter where you sit, you feel like you're right there. So, it was awesome, and I got in for free because of Brooke's feminine wiles (and her connection with the Groundlings).

Eddie was good, but the regulars were absolutely phenomenal, they did two different skits that revolved around suggestions from the audience and lasted about 45 minutes each. They constructed multiple stories in multiple timelines and wove everything in and out. I'll stop talking about it, since it was a bit of a "had to be there" sort of moment, but I just wanted to go on the record stating my love for both improv and eddie izzard.

posted by Wayj @ 7:35 PM 2 comments