a real update for a change

[nakedmolerat56]

Can stable be a mood?  Sounds good to me.

So I'm currently all about this Harry Connick song:

"in a way

i really don't know

much at all

if you say

that i'm simple                                     "well it's better to be happy

you're on the ball

Comments

[dingoes_8mybaby]

I have decided that twenty three is horrible, at least so far. Maybe it will be better for you.

[nakedmolerat56]

That's encouraging. :)

Maybe I'll just take up smoking so that I won't remember if it's horrible.

[dingoes_8mybaby]

come on over.

[nakedmolerat56]

I would like to see you again at some point. I know you have that crazy job, but give me a call sometime. I've got a local number, so let me know if you don't have it yet.

[vuduchyl]

23, 31... What's the difference? ;-)

Congrats on the rehearsal and the performance. Rock on!

(Incidentally, I happen to know you do have the attention span to read long posts...) :-P

[nakedmolerat56]

Only if they're interesting.

[kothofanthony]

*sigh* i remember 23. those were the good days.

[nakedmolerat56]

I'm glad that unlike Amanda, you think 23 is a good age to be. :)

[kothofanthony]

or maybe i'm looking back with regret that it's over. getting old sucks.

[nakedmolerat56]

well, at least i am not just hitting the quarter century mark as paul bunch is on monday.

[anonymous]

From one who's turning 23 in three weeks and also doesn't know what to do with his life, sometimes it's best not to know what you're gonna do. You have your most fun when you're doing nothing (I would hope you would know that out of all the people I know...)

-Joe

[nakedmolerat56]

I've certainly never been a planner and didn't really have a goal when I came to CNU so I suppose it makes sense that I wouldn't have one as I leave. A plan does prevent you from having the freedom to do whatever you like, but my feelings about a life plan are beginning to parallel my feelings about relationships. You can spend forever refusing to settle for one thing and have a lot of fun doing it, but until you finally commit yourself to something, you can only make so much progress. Right now, I'd actually be happier committed to one person and one goal. If nothing else, at the moment I can dream of going to grad school in Santa Fe if I can write the most amazing essay of my life. The alternative, staying in Newport News and working in a Ticket Office, isn't bad for now, but I certainly have higher aspirations than that.

A game of four square would be a nice distraction. :)

[anonymous]

Beth Atkins fearing commitment? Certainly not!

A lot can happen in six months (a year, whenever you're graduating). What (or who) you'll want when you make that decision may drastically change. My thinking if he's will to stick around during you're indecisiveness, he's worth it. But don't expect latching on to someone is suddenly going to give your life purpose (I may be shooting in the dark here, just reading between the lines). Relationships are complicated. Hell knows if I've ever been in one I could give you better advice.

But my thinking on the whole thing is: STOP WORRYING! Enjoy not being tied down to something or someone. You don't get to relive 23, enjoy what you have, who you have, while you can.

My $.02. Hope you take it.

-Joe

[nakedmolerat56]

no intelligent person is willing to stick around during long bouts of indecision. that's the problem. and i'm not seeking to latch onto someone to gain purpose in my life. i'm currently dating someone who will ideally (for him) be leaving the state in the fall.

and joe, telling me to stop worring? like that ever works. :) how many people do you know who worry about nothing more than i do.

[sarcasmosupremo]

OK, ao I'm apparently really late for this one, so I'll make it short:

Beth--you'll be fine. I have every confidence in you.

"Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans"-John Lennon
--"very smart man, shot in the back. Very sad."-Independence Day

Don't worry about not being tied down, just find something that makes you happy and try to do it. Even if it doesn't work out the way you'd like, the pursuit is it's own reward--I'm trying to get headshots done, and even in that little step toward being an actor, I'm finding the process rejuvenating.

[nakedmolerat56]

I heart you, Craig.

Have fun working toward an acting job and lLet me know if there is a time that I can come visit you and I'll try to get out of singing one Sunday in church.

[sarcasmosupremo]

The time for visiting would probably be when it's WARM. I've tried to tell people this, but some people (like Kim), just weren't paying attention. Other than that, it's whenever you can afford it, although June 17-24th isn't going to work, as I've got a family vacation planned.