one year later.

Wow, can we all agree I haven't posted in forever? Yes. It's the last day of Spring Break, I would have written earlier in the week, BUT I was in New York and the entire time I had no connection to the internet. So now begins my update.

I had my first official audition in NYC. I auditioned for the national tour of Bring It On... yes, the musical version of the cheerleading movie. I hope I get it, but if not- hell, it was my first audition. I'm just happy I actually had the balls to get in there and sing for the casting directors. Let it be the first of many. When I walked out of the audition room, with sheet music in hand, I saw one of my mom's great friends from college, Steven Watkins. Mom was a musical theatre major (hence my introduction to showbiz) and Steven was her incredibly talented classmate. He was playing for the national tour auditions of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. The next thing I know, my resume was being given to the Disney people and I was talking to someone high up in the business that's behind Beauty and the Beast. They told me how they needed someone like me in the tour eventually. They last thing they said to me before I loaded the elevator to go back down to the busy streets of the city was, "We look forward to seeing you again." Broadway people wanted to see me again? What was happening? A week ago I was sitting in chemistry in a small town. I'll be waiting for that call. It'll come one day. Eventually.

A year ago today was what I call the most amazing day/night of my life. A year ago was Prom with my girl. I wonder if she knows, or if she remembers. That night we made love for the first time, we felt on top of the world. I remember waking up together in my bed at 6 in the morning and racing back to her house before her parents woke up. We were so incredibly tired; the only thing that kept me from driving off the road was looking over at her in the passenger seat. I had an old t-shirt on with sweatpants and glasses, and she was wearing one of my old shirts and soccer shorts. We both looked rough. That morning was the most beautiful I ever thought she looked, strange huh? When I dropped her off and she looked back at me and smiled I knew there was something special happening to me, to the both of us.

It's strange looking at us one year later.

from that dancer guy to you,
Tony