I have to give thanks one more time to those who came and watched me dance, especially those who came in from outside of the city to watch (namely those from Connecticut, because the few others that came to see me live in the city). It really does mean a lot to me, I'm don't lie...well, at least in this case. A special cool thanks to my old high school friend Mary and her husband Joel who just happened to be in town from Seattle on a vacation and got in touch with me through my mother since my old Seattle cell phone number is not in existence anymore and the timing worked out perfectly. It was so wonderful to catch up with her this afternoon and share a bit of New York cheescake.
Now as performances have ended, it is time to figure out the next phase of life, namely what I can get done and what I'll do this summer. We will see. Lots of ideas and thoughts, hopefully some will work out. Not that this has any relation to anything, but I asked my mother to send me my tuxedo (mostly in case I get some work on a soap, film, or television show that could use it in say a party scene or something). Oddly, I am hoping I can find some use for it other than background work, such as for a date, formal occasion, etc. I don't really know when I will use it, but I love to dress up and go out. All the formal high school dances were such a treat. Everybody gets dressed up and acts like we are really important people, and girls look so wonderful when they get dressed up.
On that note, my sister had her prom(s), since she went to another school's as well, and I've seen a few pictures and she looked beautiful (and for the record I will beat down any of my friends who make comments). I'm not sure of the details of where they went to dinner, etc., but I know she had fun. I don't mean to brag, but I do believe I set the bar high on my dates. From creatively asking a girl out (which is a lost art now...I imagine it would be really weird to go through a big creative and intricately planned production asking a girl out to dinner now that I'm out of school), to all the activities throughout the date.
I'm sure some of you who don't know me well are a bit lost here, so I'll give a few highlights (sadly no pictures, since we or course did not own digital cameras then...even though it wasn't too long ago). I generally found a very nice way to ask the girls out, creatively of course (although my sisters dates have done pretty well with such ideas as filling her car with balloons with the words prom or something inside, etc.). Homecoming senior year (which I was on the court, I feel it necessary to mention that for some reason) my friend Ryan and I planned a nice restaurant to dine at (with a small jazz ensemble playing), the dance, and afterwards we surprised our dates by coming out of the coat check area with masks and towels tied around our necks (we were Batman and Robin for those still confused), blindfolded the girls, took them to the batcave (which was his house totally decked out as the batcave) where we then proceeded to carve pumpinks (since it was near Halloween) and have dessert by candlelight. That was also the weekend where I was flying back and forth from Portland for a Boy Scout leader training weekend for the World Jamboree (which I couldn't get out of, and made for a tough weekend since I had to be in Seattle for the Homecoming game Friday night, and the dance Saturday night, but every other moment needed to be in Portland).
One last example quickly (and the one I'm most proud of). Prom we picked up our dates (three couples) and went over to Lake Washington where we took a scenic seaplane ride around seattle, came back for pictures at my house (we have a very nice yard and flowers), went to the Columbia Tower Club for dinner (which is a private club where I got hooked with from my father's friend, and the dinner is a full-on presentation, and the Columbia Tower is the tallest building in Seatlle with the rastauratn on like the 80th floor with a fantastic view of the water and downtown, especailly known for the view out of the girls restroom...and yes we all checked it out), then went to the dance, back to my house for homemade desserts and a dip in the hot tub. We crashed at my place (all three couples), woke up early to pancakes, went down to Edmonds waterfront where we met up with a few other couples to go sailing on a large sailboat for the entire day. Yeah, we rocked it (and it didn't end up costing as much as you would think, but I won't mention that).
I have no idea why I felt like recounting these few stories, mostly because it's prom time this year for many, and I miss going out on fun dates like this. Dating in the city seems to be going out to dinner, or drinks, maybe a show or movie, if it is nice out maybe a walk through the park (if you are close to one), etc. Generally pretty standard and not as much fun as they used to be. I always enjoyed the interesting dates like going to the beach, boating (which I could do while at home since we have one), and just generally being more creative than just dinner or a movie. Whatever though. It's about bedtime I guess. Another day tomorrow to figure out life...awesome.
