Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Dunno

Had a scare with my computer the other night, some file got corrupted in Windows. It's sort of alright now, but still needs some work. I'll do a complete reformat and such this weekend.

Apparently I have to keep my room clean now, I feel uncomfortable with random people coming into my room, and I can do my own laundry thank you very much...but it seems I'm not allowed to. Does that sound weird? I'm going a little insane at the moment.

Off to work in 10 minutes...work is going well, I'm just not looking forward to what's going to happen during tax season in a few months.

Can anyone imagine me at a country club? I know I can't...

Gah, I have to wait until I reformat to listen to any music or grab the pictures off my camera...for some reason "data is invalid" when I try to install a usb storage device, oh well...I'll fix it, just like I usually do.

I'd like to make a trip out to Moab and to Colorado right after Christmas, but...a plane doesn't sound like a fun idea at the moment, and a road trip would be kind of lonely since I don't have anyone to come with me. I'd really like to see everyone though.

Don't think I'm going to take any classes this upcoming semester, because, honestly...I need money more than I need classes, and I'd also like to figure out where I'd like to go first.

Well...I'm gonna get ready for work...

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  Saturday, November 27, 2004

Random
(background music: Juno Reactor - Pistolero)

I unfortunately have no inspiration to change the look of my blog, although I want to. I looked into doing it today and nothing came to me, but maybe tomorrow.

I oddly would like to take this opportunity to say my four favorite actors/actresses: Johnny Depp, Kevin Kline, Kate Winslet, and Natalie Portman.

p.s. I'm sorry that you're sick Sarah, I hope you get better soon sweetie. If I could, I would bring you flowers, soup, and green tea, not to mention pie and that book. Oh, and Kentucky isn't that bad of a place, I mean...come on, Johnny Depp came from there, so it can't be all bad...even if he does, you know, ritualistically cut himself to represent important events in his life.

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  Thursday, November 25, 2004

Happy Thanksgiving
(background music: The Postal Service - Such Great Heights)

Happy Thanksgiving all...happy "turkey day."

I took care of the turkey this year...first time doing that. It turned out great.

Also baked a lemon pie, which also turned out excellent.

This was my first Thanksgiving away from my parents, and in turn, their first without either of their children.

I was with a lot of family today though, something I'm not used to, it was the biggest Thanksgiving I've had, I'm used to three people...not the ten we had, and later three more.

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  Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
(background music: Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again [Split Mix])

If any of you would like to read the poem that "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" came from, here it is.

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Quizy Quizy
(background music: The Killers - On Top)

You know...having meridian points opened feels weird.

On my list to do: Rearrange the blog a bit...four day weekend coming up, maybe during that time.

Why thank you Zack/Kevin...I was just thinking about trying to find one of these:

FACTS
Name: Vincent Beethoven Bridgers
Age: 19
Date of Birth: February 6th, 1985
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California
Sign: Aquarius (as in the age of)
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown/Green
Height: 5'11''
Weight: 125 pounds (skinny)
Ancestry: Belgian, and let's see...probably British
Parents: Lee Stevens Bridgers and Marie-Jose Musiek
Siblings: One 29 year old sister
Pets: Well, at the moment: none...but back in Moab: Sprocket and Tweaker my kitties
Best Friends: Um...too many to name, I will say a few, but if you're not on the list, don't kill me: Jason (both Jasons...wait, three?), Ben, Adam, Kevin, Zack, Sean, Lisa, and my cousin Catey
Loves: Acting and Chinese food, were we talking about people? Um...none
Car: Dark Blue 2000 Ford Focus (Sound familiar Zack?)
Elementary School: Um...here we go 1. Mapleton Elementary in Boulder, CO, 2. Can't remember the name of the school in Estes Park, CO, 3. Nor the name of the one in Yanceville, NC, 4. And then HMK (Helen M. Knight) Elementary in Moab, UT.
Junior High/Middle School: Grand County Middle School in Moab, UT
High School: Grand County High School in...Moab, UT
College: Mesa State College in Grand Junction, CO for one year, part time student at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, NC at the moment.
Major: Originally Mathematics, recently Un-declared.

FAVORITES
Color: Green and Purple...the dark kinds
Season: Spring all the way
Food: Hmm...Chinese! Lo Mein!
Drink: Mocha
Soda Brand: Mountain Dew
Animal: Giant Panda and cats
Sport: Tennis, Soccer
Jewelry/Accessory: A necklace...but they usually break
Clothes: Comfy, soft, "pet-me" clothes
Shoes: Airwalks, so comfy...plus they've lasted two years
Video Game: Hmm...Final Fantasy VIII, and recently Half-Life 2
Movie: Endless movies, however...the top ones are Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, American Beauty, and Office Space
Movie You've Seen the Most: I have no idea, I've lost track of how many movies I've seen, or how many viewings of them I've had
Song: Simon and Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair
Song You've Listened to the Most: One again...lost track
TV Show: The Simpons, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Six Feet Under
Cartoon: Well...The Simpsons, but we can also just say Sniffles (that cute little sniffling mouse)
Anime: Toughy...probably Cowboy Bebop, although Trigun, Berserk, and Hellsing are up there on the list as well.
Future Career: Actor? Writer? Bum? Having the role of a bum writer?
CD: Hmm...I'm not sure
Geographical Environment: San Francisco: Hilly, perfect temperature, lots of rain, near the ocean, clear skies, and a pleasant smell
Temperature: 72 degrees baby

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  Sunday, November 21, 2004

Egad!
(background music: A-Ha - Cry Wolf)

Events of the day:

Went to The Health Habit and bought a turkey for Thanksgiving and got recipes for pies from my mother.

Had the best lo mein ever (now my favorite food) from China House...so good.

Went to JC Pennies to replace pants that were destroyed during the attempt to die my hair for the play (the dye was spilled on my pants, making it look like I was very bloody) and while unloading a copier from a truck at work (rip...dammit). I went back again later in the day because they had a really good sale going on (bought my pants, a few jackets, a nice "pet me" shirt).
While I was there, my father called three or four times to ask questions about setting up the computer, each time I told him "I'm in JC Pennies." The last time he called he said "What are you watching?" to which I replied a confused "What??" He said "Aren't you watching something?" I said "NO...I'm in JC Pennies, just like the last 4 times I told you." He simply said "Oh."

Found out my parents didn't really know that I'm an "atheist" they assumed that I was agnostic or something along those lines. I would have imagined that they would have caught onto something like that after 19 years...but oh well, I am talking about people that didn't meet a girlfriend in high school until seven months after we started dating. I think I shut myself off from them, I'm not sure why...or even how.

Today I felt...old. I don't mean, ugh...I'm so old and tired. I mean, I just felt older, I'm turning 20 in a little under three months. I felt and still feel panic, I still don't know what I want to do in the next year or more. I feel strange thinking that I'll be 20 and living with my grandparents, not that it's bad...but it's still a strange thought. I have no desire to go back to college, and with all the recent pressure of "this is Vinny, he's gonna go to Carolina" (referring to UNC Chapel Hill), it's just getting worse. I just know I'm setting myself up to be a large disappointment to many of the people around me.

Sorry, I'm atheist...I don't find it rebellious to be, and don't intend it to offend or surprise anyone. Sorry I failed most of my first year of college, which is turning out to be basically my only year of college. Sorry I pick the wrong girls to be attracted to: too young or mental issues or just plain psychotic. I'm sorry I leave, a lot of the times when people need me the most.

It seems all I can do now is keep my job, keep myself sane, and keep acting since it's the only thing I enjoy (mostly because of the attention, and even praise, I get for it, also because of the pride it gives me in seeing what I accomplished). I need to take voice lessons, but have decided that I'm not going to accept the offer of lessons from the church's choir director, for multiple reasons, the two major ones being it will only be one step further in attempting to have me part of the church and I have no idea how he would help out in lessons because I don't know who the devil he is. I seem to have destroyed my voice in some ways over the past few months, tonsillitis, singing at the community college with no vocal warm ups whatsoever, I need to start singing bass or something to give my voice a rest, and to practice my lower range again. I always sing tenor, because I'm usually one of the only ones who CAN.

So today I wandered around, feeling out of place, and something was wrong...but I never could place a lot of the feelings. I purchased our turkey, got recipes for lemon and pumpkin pie, got some Chinese food and coffee, and talked to girls who are 2 to 3 & 1/2 years younger than me once I got home, listened to music, played video games, and rented a kung fu movie, so shoot me. I'll work on fitting in the next time around.

p.s. I'm leaving my Kerry-Edwards bumper sticker on my car until the next election, and providing they run again, it will stay on after that too.

p.p.s. Pee Wee's Playhouse just got released on DVD, I am tempted to buy it.

p.p.p.s. Best recent search resulting in my blog: "blog of death"

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  Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Church

So the girl that I would like to have a relationship with right now is the daughter a Baptist Pastor, and with her still living with her parents, this brings up the problem of my not going to church...again. However since we both enjoy each other very much, we are just taking it easy, and hoping that her parents will lighten up, hear some good things about me, and let us date openly. I decided a long time ago that I am never again going to semi-sneak around with a girl and not have any sort of relationship with her parents, not to mention the rest of her family. The girl's name is Sarah, by the way, and is an amazing girl...I met her during the play and we have hung out one or two times since, not to mention spending lots of time on the phone when we have the chance. Sarah is great, don't know many people that I enjoy being around as much as her, even though we have only known each other for a short time. Her siblings seem to have already taken a liking to me, and her younger sister is already wondering when I'll come over to the house again, lol.

Now on to the issue of being Atheist, and that being a "problem" in my dating. My grandmother recently suggested that I simply say that I'm Methodist (a valid suggestion since her, and much of my family and their friends are Methodist). However, I realized last night the motives behind her wanting me to say that. She actually wants me to BE Methodist, go to church every Sunday, sing in the choir, etc. She even got me an invitation to a church dinner tonight without asking. I heard that my grandparents pulled the same type of thing on my sister when she lived here to try and get her to take part in church. This will not do, I thought she maybe wouldn't try, considering she barely has mentioned it, except for the choir, in these last four months, but I guess this was too good of an opportunity to give up.

And now, for those of you who know me, um...this doesn't really work. I often proudly say that I am Atheist, although I usually admit I'm agnostic and don't worry about it. Instead of the ever-so-popular "Jesus fish" you find on the back of many cars, both of the cars I've used have had a Darwin Fish (if you don't know: a Jesus fish with legs) and, most recently, a Kerry-Edwards sticker. I'm mostly pro-choice, definitely support gay marriage, and believe in evolution (no, not that we come from monkeys...a common misconception). However, with my beliefs, I find no fault in other's, I just wish they would stop trying to find faults in mine.

Oh, by the way...now it has officially been four months since I got to Goldsboro, NC. And if you look at one of my last posts saying I left Moab on July 14th...you may be confused, but to clear that up: I spend a few days in Denver before flying out here. Had a good time...I miss Colorado, I miss Lisa, Sean, Kevin, Zack, Jefferson, Jason, um...and a bunch of other people, lol.

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  Sunday, November 14, 2004

Caesar's been slain
(background music: Kenji Kawai - Kugutsuuta ura mite chiru [Ghost in the Shell Innocence])

I went to see Julius Caesar that the college her was putting on. I was trying not to laugh. Have you ever heard Shakespearian language with a southern drawl? Try and avoid it. There was one girl that had a horrible accent. Another woman couldn't pronounce the letter R. The people that played Marc Antony, Brutus, and Cassius were the only people with some talent (especially the guy who played Marc Antony).

A ton of people from Center Stage Theater (the community theater group that put on The Homecoming) came to see it, so I saw the usual group of people that I had seen for the last two months, lol. The assistant director from The Homecoming introduced me to someone like this: "This is Vincent, he's going to have every male lead in Center Stage now." Apparently everyone in the theater group now loves me to death, we start rehearsal for The Plaza Suite dinner theater on Thursday.

We're having the company Christmas party on December 10th, all employees and "their significant other" are invited...so I gotta work on that significant other part, I'm trying real hard, with some success (not going to give details on blog).

Acupuncture at 8am tomorrow...should be interesting, gotta make sure I get enough sleep too.

p.s. I left Moab four months ago today

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  Friday, November 12, 2004

O..K...

So, yeah...no more talking to Kassi, she doesn't want me to (It was a little more harsh than that...but we'll leave it as is).

I've been sick on and off for the last month, I hate late fall/winter.

I've made...ta da!...friends! lol...some good ones, some psychotic ones. Not sure which one I have more of, there are one or two very excellent ones as well.

I'm sitting at work...alone...Sherif is gone somewhere, Ellen left early, Jim left early to go to Florida. Me? sitting here alone, answering the phone with nothing else to do...and a sniffle.

I cause drama wherever I go, not on purpose...just happens, sucks.

Glad it's just about weekend time, I can't wait to sleep in tomorrow (if that works out, a lot of the time it doesn't).

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  Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Woops
(background music: The Killers - Someone Told Me)

Woops...another part. Center Stage Theater threw me into a small part in The Plaza Suite that they're putting on as a dinner theater...it'll give me a break with still being involved and will overlap with The Man Who Came to Dinner...gotta keep myself busy right?

Best search resulting in my blog today: "death cab for cutie livejournal background"

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  Saturday, November 06, 2004

Break a Leg
(background music: Tomoyasu Hotei - Fuck the Fake Star)

I've never heard the phrase "break a leg" so many times in such a short interval of time, lol. Opening night was Thursday, all went well (even if different parts of my wardrobe seem to disappear each night). Last night was the cast party which was a lot of fun, I spent most of the time outside in the cold hanging out with Staci and Sarah, two girls that are in/helping out with the play. Listened to old play stories from the older members of the cast and then left.

Thursday, my grandmother, uncle, aunt, and cousin came to the play and loved it. Catey even got me roses, lol. Friday, Sherif (my boss) came and he really liked me in the part, says I gotta "get myself out to Hollywood now," also a girl named Bethany that I had met Monday came to see it with a friend, so I talked to them for a short time after the play and then headed to the cast party.

I got tonsillitis on opening night...one of the doctors I saw said that anyone with a throat that looked like mine usually wouldn't go on stage. It wasn't that painful, and it's all gone already, but apparently my throat looked pretty scary, lol.

We have two more performances left, and it's going very well. We recorded most of last night, and I will have people record tonight and tomorrow afternoon so we can do some editing, so hopefully I'll be able to get a copy out to a few people that want to see it.

I'm not sure who's coming tonight, but it should be a pretty good crowd. Tomorrow more family will be coming.

Even though I've had no time whatsoever in the last few weeks with class, work, and rehearsal, I've made a few friends, and I've had a good time...so things are looking up here. I just hope to keep it up, the next play is "The Man Who Came to Dinner," the auditions are at the beginning of January, I'm not sure if I'll try for a lead part or not because I'd much rather get one in The Wizard of Oz in May (Scarecrow...I hope I hope I hope).

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