August Rush

How is it that I have neglected this blog for so long that I've skipped over some of the most amazing adventures I've had thus far. It's funny that my last post was about the small steps of independence I made by just the gesture of sitting at a restaurant waiting for my mother. Shortly after (3 weeks to be exact) I was fresh off of being laid off and decided to take a chance on an opportunity.

I went to LA for two weeks and took the Improv 101 class at UCB. I had toyed with the idea of doing improv for the last year and a half but was too scared to even try it here in Sac. It took me a year of seeing ACL shows to start going to the open classes and all I wanted was to get better and better. I think the turning point was taking Joel Spence's class. I was WAY out of my league and so frustrated with myself. After the class I broke down and realized that I wanted it more than I was even aware of myself. I knew then that I wanted to get serious and try and get to be the best I could and I needed to do the intensive class in order to get myself ready to take Improv 2 at SCS.

It was two weeks filled with so many new things for me. Driving down the long trip by myself was exhilarating. I felt like I sat on the edge of excitement/fear/anticipation the entire time I was there. I got to wake up, go to class, see shows every night. I made friends that I hope to last me a lifetime, learn things that will help me in this journey of comedy that I want more than anything.

I took the negative parts of losing my job and saw an opportunity to do something for myself that I've always wanted but didn't think was possible. I have no doubt that going was the best decision I've ever made for myself and I can't wait to go back and take 201. I fell in love with that life and with LA.