Fire It Up!

Well, Dear Readers, I've finally settled on a New Year's Resolution.

I'm not a huge NYR guy, mostly because I'm pretty much perfect the way I am. However, every once in a while, I come up with a good one. And I think this one's not too bad.

I've decided to put myself out there more.

For quite a few years, now, I've kind of been a hermit. Not a horrible, smelly hermit that throws things at anyone that comes near his home. Just a moderate hermit. Someone who mostly keeps to himself and a select few friends. I pretty much gave up performing all together, and stuck to my cozy little habits in my cozy little apartment.

That was fun for a while. But now it's boring. So it's time to get out there again and see what kind of damage I can do!

To achieve this little goal, I've done two things:

1) I've upped my performing schedule.

I recently joined a musical improv group that rehearses twice a week and performs once a month (I think...). Our first rehearsal's tonight. I let you know how it goes.

I've also found myself involved in 2 Toronto Fringe Festival shows. One is the "Bingo Show", which I've been performing with sporatically for a few months, now. The other is a glam rock puppet show for Kids' Fringe. Should be fun!


2) I've joined a group called "The Annex Status" Group.

This group is currently comprised of my friends Alison and Mark, and my girlfriend, Kristen. The purpose of this group is to meet once a week, and outline goals to be achieved by the next meeting. Mine for this week are...

a) At least 3 blog entries (one down, two to go!)
b) Familiarize myself with iMovie on my Mac
c) Find a clown outfit for my character, Sergi the Clown
d) Touch base with an animation house that has one of my cartoon pitches
e) Find out the Nuit Blanche deadline

Hopefully this will shake things up for me a little bit, and keep life interesting. I'm not really gunning to be famous or anything. I just want a well-rounded, creative life.

Wish me luck! See you out there!

Jim out.