I am a big nerd
Confession time! (though I admit, for many of you, this is not news).
I am a big ol’ geek.
For many years, I have participated in a form of Role Playing that does not involve a table or dice, but instead was (for me) more of an acting exercise: I am a Live Action Role Player. I have made many friends through this hobby, and it has provided me with some opportunities to tell some stories. As well, it has provided me with some valuable lessons both in character development and in story telling.
On the downside, it has also taken up more of my time than it probably should. When I first started participating in this hobby, I have put more into this hobby than I did to my acting career. Sometimes, I have wondered where I might be with my theatre career if I had put as much time into pursuing that than the LARP hobby.
Moving forward though, I have made some decisions about my life. I have made a commitment to myself to do more theatre. To write more theatre. And to generally pursue this theatre thing. I need to put more time and energy into the theatre. I need to write the stories that have been kicking around in the back of my head, and to do that, I can’t put as much time into the LARP hobby as I used to.
Does that mean that I won’t still play? Yes, I will. I just won’t be doing it as much as I used to. Nor will I be able to put as much time and energy into it as I once did. I don’t want to get to age 40 (which isn’t as far off as I would like) still wanting to do things. I’d much rather hit that particular milestone knowing that I was not wanting to do them…but was instead doing them.
It is my hope that as time progresses, I will be reporting more about the things that I am doing theatre and writing wise on this blog. And I hope that you will stick around with me for that ride (and for whatever this future holds).
