More pics from the shoot...

Another HUGE thanks to Charles Ortego Photography for the AWESOME pics! You rock, and I owe you! If you guys like the pics, go like HIM on Facebook -> CLICK HERE!

Help Wanted

In just a few weeks, I'll be packing my bags and heading to NYC. Thanks to some amazing friends, I will be housesitting for them for the month and living rent-free.

I have about a month to find a job. Ya - I'm freaking out. I've been looking around on Craigslist, but there's really not much I can do until I get there.

So this goes out to all of you out there who've moved to NYC, or currently live in NYC - What did you do when you first moved? What should I do to find a job? And leads, hints, suggestions, openings, etc?

Comment. E-mail. Call. Text. Get back to me!

30 is the new 20...

I'm a huge coffee drinker. I grew up in a family who used to give me coffee in my bottle (with LOTS of milk, of course). To this day, you can walk into my parent's house and there will be coffee made - and if not, my mom will brew some for you.

It was fate that I got a job at Starbucks. Free coffee? Yes, please! I worked there for over a year and it was bliss. Many a venti coffee have graced these lips.

Well, move over venti! Starbucks now has the "trenta" size. Yes folks, trenta - like 30! It's like a Starbucks Big Glup! Since I was getting to the point where I could suck down a venti iced coffee in a matter of minutes, the trenta is just what I needed. It's not in ALL Starbucks yet, but if they have one, you should get one. Who doesn't need 30 oz of caffeine?

Well, here's a few other facts about the trenta...

Apparently it will fill your tank. :)

And - when you are done, you can put an entire bottle of wine in the cup. "I'll just have one glass of wine, I swear."

Snatched honey!

Yes, it's the gym!

If you are my friend on FB - and you should be - you are totally aware that I go to the gym - A LOT! On tour, my roommate Lindsay and I were total gym bunnies and formed TEAM SNATCHED! It started with a few others in our

journey to be super fierce for Hawaii. We did a

pretty awesome job, and looked pretty fierce, if we do say so ourselves! Here's a pic from Hawaii...

That was last summer, and I've kept up with the gym through this last tour thanks to Lindsay! But now being off of tour and back home, I've been hitting the gym on my own.

I must say that it's much harder to stay motivated without a gym partner. I always had Lindsay to make me feel guilty about not going to

the gym. And I always seem to get really good workouts when I hit the

gym with Brad. I dunno - when I go to the gym alone, I tend to wimp out, or just tire out before I get everything that I planned on done.

But, I'm still going, and trying to keep it snatched! I signed up at Planet Fitness - that's a picture of the gym up there. Its super cheap and there's tanning there, too! A 2-4-1 deal! I also can get someone in for free, so if ya wanna come be my gym partner - COME ON! Speaking of - I should probably get off of the computer and GET to the gym! :)

Here's a link to a gym update from a while back - CLICK HERE!

And here's more pics...

And the adventure begins...

And we turn the page and end another chapter of our lives.

I wrapped up my tour with Sesame Street Live! a few weeks ago. After leaving them for a bit, and just doing replacement work here and there, it was crazy going back and doing a WHOLE tour from start to finish. But overall, it was a great experience.

I was supposed to be Big Bird, but right before production started, I was asked to move to Tall Understudy - meaning having to understudy 5 roles besides my own. A challenge - but I took it.

My performance director used us often and really put our understudy abilities to the test. I got to do roles I'd never done, and got to get back into some characters that seem to NEVER leave! It was hard. It was stressful. It was fun.

But now that chapter is done. I'm back home in Louisiana for a bit, and headed to NYC in July to housesit for some friends for a few weeks. Hopefully in that time, I can find a place and a job and start a new chapter in NYC. It's around that time to just get out there and start something new. A new challenge. A new adventure.

Amazing...

That some people can live like this day after day. Ugh.

It's Alive .... AGAIN!

Ok ok ok, I know. I haven't touched this thing since Thanksgiving. I kinda suck at life.

But, I'm doing the tour thing - which will be coming to an end in a month, so I think it's time to focus on things a little bit and get myself prepared for the road ahead.

I'm going to start this up again. It's fun to look back and see where I've been - especially when I'm not totally sure where I'm headed next. And it's good to have a place to vent - and hopefully get some words of a advice from all of you out there on the internet.

So, these next few blogs are gonna be catching you up on what's been going on in my life! Tune in! :)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

It's not the holiday until...

Oh yes! Starbucks Holiday drinks! Nothing says Christmas like a Chai Eggnog Latte! I love seeing the red cups - it just gets me all ready for the holidays. It will also add about 5 lbs thanks to all the eggnog that I will be drinking. D'oh well!

And for the next few days, when you buy one holiday drink, you get one free! Check out starbucks.com for details!

Up in the air...

Hey everyone! I know it's been forever, and I've totally sucked at updating this. I'll try to be more diligent. Promise!

Ok, so I'm back out on the road, and over my time touring and such, I've done a GOOD amount of flying. I can just pick up a suitcase and usually tell you if it's overweight or not. I check in online and I'm part of almost every frequent flyer program. I can breeze through security, having all my stuff laid out and ready to go through the scanner. And I'm usually asleep before we even take off.

Now, I understand that some people DO NOT travel as much as I do. It's these people that drive me crazy. I mean ... who doesn't know about the liquids through security thing. You can't bring water, or organic juice for your kid, or a huge bottle of shampoo, or any other ridiculous thing through. Do you really need that on the airplane? Plan on washing your hair?

Also, there's this amazing new thing called CHOOSING YOUR SEAT! If you have a quick connection, don't pick the seat that is at the back of the plane. If you are a family, pick seats that are TOGETHER - don't expect half of the plane to move seats to accommodate your family. And if it's a tiny plane, and the stewardess needs you to switch seats to balance the plane out, don't bitch. Would you rather be sitting in the front row when the plane crashes to the ground? Come on.

Speaking of - let's talk about the stewardess. I've flown a lot, but I can bet a good amount of money that she's flown WAY more than all of us. So, listen to them. They know if your bag won't fit. You need to put your bag all the way under your seat. You need to sit down and put your seat belt on. You need to turn your phone off. It's not like they are making this up just to torture you. That's what the tiny seats and overpriced food is for. They don't want you to die, and if you are ABOUT to die, they want you to live.

So, just think before the next time you get on a plane. It's not a fucking luxury cruise. Your vacation can start AFTER you get off the plane. Follow the rules. Don't be stupid. And have a pleasant flight!

Hong Kong Fooey!

Well kids, I'm in Hong Kong!

We've been here for a few days now, and it's been pretty busy these first few days. We got EARLY Monday morning here after a VERY LONG (roughly 24 hrs or so) travel day. We left on a Saturday and arrived on Monday. So long Sunday!

Our hotel is very cool. They are promoting a deal to get hotel say and tickets to the show, so the hotel is COVERED in Sesame Street stuff. It's pretty cool! We took a picture with the hotel

manager in front of a stage display they have in the lobby. The rooms are cool - kinda tiny, but they seem huge thanks to all the MIRRORS everywhere! There are mirrors everywhere ... including one above the bed. Fun times! We've been enjoying the free breakfast in the mornings and the gym.

On Monday when we got here, we devoured the free breakfast and then went on an adventure. We we're heading across to Hong Kong Island which involved us taking a shuttle, walking to the ferry, taking that over, and then trying to find our venue. Luckily we walked in the right direction and found it.

After that, our promoter took us around the area by the venue showing us a few things. We passed through a street market - food just out and about. Meat hanging, seafood just out in coolers. I don't see how that can be healthy?

Tuesday was a little more low key. Lindsay and I went on an adventure to find the mall, and after walking around for a bit in the heat, we arrived back at our hotel! :) We then asked and took a shuttle to the mall. We hit up Starbucks - YAY! - and walked around this mall which was HUGE! We just kept walking and finding more stores ... and we basically got lost!

Yesterday was our first day back to shows. We had a rehearsal and a show last night. It went well, but my back is not happy this morning!

Well, off to breakfast here!

No Luck NOLA...

I'll start out by saying that last week was great. Brad came down for a little visit before I head back out on tour, and we had a great time. I feel like every time that he visits, it's like an episode of Green Acres. He's totally Zsa Zsa!

Well, we had a great week of rest and relaxation. We had a salon day with my mom, and we both got a 2 hr massage. And thanks to Dad, we had great breakfast every morning...

On Friday we planned to head on down to New Orleans for the night. Our friend David lives down there, so we were going to hang out with him, and enjoy a night out in the Big Easy.

Now, I don't get what people see in NOLA. Or at least the night life. Well, the gay night life.

I've been to bars ALL OVER this planet, and I can honestly say that NOLA is pretty lame.

Maybe it's because we were there on a Friday - I dunno. First off, these bars need a make over. These bars aren't Babylon from Queer as Folk. Secondly, there might have been one or two people that we thought were cute. It was mostly old men, or just tragic Louisiana gays. The music was ok - nothing to write home about. And no one talks to anyone else - they just stay in the little circle of friends that they came with. It's lamesauce, folks.

That was my second trip there in 2 weeks. I went the Friday before, and it wasn't any better. Sorry NOLA, but I can stay in Lafayette to have a lame time - and at least I know most of the people here, and it's only 15 min from my house!

One fun thing - Bulldog - one of the strippers.

And he gave me his card. Meatpistols.com.

Classy!

Wax On, Wax Off...

We went and had a girls' day today. Brad, my mom, and I went and got our nails and eyebrows done today.

Well, it was all fine and dandy. We're getting our nails done. The lady even recognized me when we went in. All good.

Then I get my eyebrows waxed. I've gotten them done here before. I dunno what happened. She went a little wax crazy and they are a little thinner and more arched than I would like. I could probably do a fierce drag number now.

Oh well. They grow back. :)

Til then .... enjoy this!

On a roll...

YAY! Brad's in town! He flew in this afternoon and is visiting for the week! It's great having him here, and my parents adore him. I think they are more excited to see him than I am! :)

Well, after he napped - since sleeping through the two flights wasn't enough - we got dressed and headed out for dinner.

We went for sushi. Now, if you told me a year or two ago that we were having sushi for dinner, I would have hated you and been looking for the nearest McDonalds. Brad has opened my eyes to sushi, and I've gotten past ordering only chicken teriyaki and I totally enjoyed our sushi roll dinner!

Ok, so I'm not going around eating raw eel or octopus, but it's a step in the right direction!

We had dinner at a great sushi place here in Lafayette called Tsunami. And on Tuesdays, they

have drink specials, and most of the rolls are 25% off! Score!

Lighting the match...

That's right folks!

I've fired this puppy back up and I'm going to start blogging again!

I'm going to be going back out on the road - a lil' Asia then another tour of the US - and I feel that besides Facebook, Twitter, and all the other social media sights that you can stalk me from, I might as well fire this one up and give you another view of what's going on with me!

So, check in and see what I'm up to! And I'd love comments - not only to hear what you have to say, but so I know someone's actually reading! :)

Full Circle

Well, looks like we've come full circle, folks.

So, way back when, I started this blog with a little inspiration from my friend Dustin who I was touring with on Sesame Street Live. It was a great way to keep a journal of the places I went, and a great way for everyone back home to keep up with my travels.

Well, I'm hitting the road AGAIN with Sesame Street Live, so this is a perfect time to fire up the blog again! It was one of my goals for 2010, so now I'll have PLENTY to write about!

I think that it's going to be a great tour with some of my favorite people. The tour is hitting a lot of NY/NJ/PA dates - which is close to lots of friends that I usually don't see very often. It just looks like a great way to start the year!

So, tune in! I'm hoping to get pictures and videos and all that fun stuff!

Back on track...

Well, I guess it's time to get back on track with this blog. It's been months since I've written anything, and I kinda miss having this outlet to say stuff and get things off of my chest. It's just hard to find the time to sit down and actually write something. But I'm gonna try harder. I promise.

Well, let's see ... what's going on. Well, an update from the last few blogs on here. So, I'm still going to the gym - maybe not as often as I'd like, but still trying to make it there at least 3 or 4 times a week. I auditioned for the Nutcracker - AND GOT IT! I'm a parent in the party scene, and I'm partnering for the Arabian variation in Act 2. It's been such a fun rehearsal process, and there will be plenty of pictures to follow.

Besides that, just working and trying to look forward into 2010. I've been trying to decide what I want to do, and what the next step is. It's a scary process.

So, that's kinda where I'm at right now. Stay tuned for more to come...

Are you?

Crack-a-lackin'!

So, yesterday I auditioned for the Lafayette Ballet Theatre production of The Nutcracker.

I won't hear anything for about a week - but I'll keep you guys posted! :)

Gym update...

So, back in Jan of '08 I said that my goal was to look like this guy.

Well, that was over a year ago. When I was on tour with Brad, he got me going to the gym, and I've gotten into it. I'm trying to make it to the gym about 4-5 times a week now, drinking protein shakes, and taking my vitamins. So, here's some recent pics...

Not bad eh?