As this year winds down I’m feeling in a bit of a funk, so I wanted to take the opportunity to review what a remarkable year it’s actually been for me, in that I:
- Got to be in an outstanding production of Urinetown, one of my cross-off-my-list-before-I-die shows
- Played a wicked stepsister in a kid’s production of Cinderella
- Sang solo for the first time in a musical
- Walked around the city pretending to be a flamingo to promote the local zoo
- Did the entire 54-hour improvathon, and became the world-record holder as far as anyone can account for
- Purchased a fancy new suit (my first since high school!)
- Surprised my mom by flying over 3000 km to visit on her birthday
- Played a legendary role as Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Show, and in that vein…
- Got away with playing a role meant for a rock-tenor-screamer without everyone hating me at the end of it
- Took an expenses-paid trip to Austin, Texas (even if much of it was spent shilling for Microsoft)
- Played as Bob Crachit in An Improvised Christmas Carol
- Got to perform opposite a celebrity on my birthday
- Increased my circle of friends, while also drawing it tighter
- Felt – even for brief moments – like I belonged, and mattered
Tonight I play in the Unexpected Productions New Year’s Eve Extreme Theatresports, which has been sold out since yesterday sometime.
There’ve been downs as well as ups, of course, and I’m not being exhaustive with that list, but on the whole it’s been an exceptional and memorable year. I try telling myself: how many people can claim to have done half as many things that were half as interesting?
Here’s looking forward to 2009 being even beter.
Dan.