Day 33
Feb 2,
2014
My first: Tonight at a local bar and grill, I spoke to a man with whom I went to grade school.
Tonight I
went to my neighborhood bar, grill and movie theater, The Edge, with my friend,
Kelly, for a quick bite and to watch the Super Bowl game for a little while. I
excused myself from the table after I ordered and took a stroll to the other
side of the bar to see if there was anyone there I could talk to and possibly
create my “first” for the day. I immediately recognized a man with whom I went
to grade school, Steve Schneider. I went up to him and said his name and he
actually recognized me and knew my name. He introduced me to his wife and then
we talked about various things that people talk about when they have not talked
for almost 50 years, right?!
He asked
me if I cared who won the Super Bowl game and I said “no”. I explained my philosophy
about people watching sports because they needed something to get excited
about because there was nothing to get excited about in their own life. A gentleman at their table interjected “And there go “Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey”. We laughed about that. I guess I have yet another new nick
name ~ Jack Handey!
I knew
that Steve liked acting because I saw him in several high school plays and I saw him years later in an adult production somewhere. I told him of
my “vast” experience with acting, directing, and producing (my kids’ Christmas
plays). I expressed an interest in “getting my feet wet” again in some amateur
theaters in the area. I mentioned a mutual acquaintance, Liz Murphy, and he
said that she would be a great point of contact to get my acting career off the
ground.
The old
me that did NOT do “firsts” would not have gone over to my old grade school
mate, Steve. I would have spotted him and then turned around and walked away.
Instead, I saw, I went over and I experienced a re-connection. Essentially, I decided to
participate in life instead of watching “from the side lines”.
And as a side note, the "acting" thing keeps resurfacing...I think I'm on to something!
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