Damn Glad…

…that I’m no longer an actor. I still like performing, sure. I’m good enough to get some praise, but not fantastic enough to be a danger to my anonymity, ego, or comfy lifestyle. That’s perfect.  I had a fabulous time with WomanInterrotta last night. Drinks, dropped chili, laughter. Lots and lots of laughter. And a realization that I’m happy with where I am in life, particularly after seeing a glimpse of where I might have been.

I don’t miss a lot of the people in theater. Not one bit. I don’t miss the way some are oh so impressed by certain names—names that are rarely attached to people that I admire either professionally or personally. I’ll make a rash generalization and say that I hate the way rash generalizations are tossed around. “Oh this is the *only* person doing anything worthwhile in x, y, or z.” You’re wrong. Sorry. You’re just dead wrong.

There’s always a 30-second love affair when I encounter people working in the world of my former life. Oh, I adore that they’re creating things, making live experiences, slaving away at creative things, and living for a nightly adrenaline rush.  Then I wait 30 seconds more and realize that more often than not I’m talking to a pretentious idiot. By about two minutes in I’m biting my tongue. If I make it to ten minutes of conversation my inner monologue has already skewered them and I’ve started in on a silent dissertation on why they’re awful. Basically, you really don’t want to hear my opinion on Karen Finley. And you *really* don’t want me to respond any statement you make about women making art in male-dominated fields. Particularly if you aren’t in possession of a uterus.

It’s good I’m not in theater anymore. Really, really good. I’m not so great at the unnecessary trappings that go with it.

-TLOTH 

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  1. helms-deep said: These are some of the reasons I refused to move my fam to LA when things tanked in Ohio and a lot of film opportunities were coming my way. I’m much happier struggling in Seattle/Vancouver than working that close to the industry.
  2. womaninterrupted said: That was good name dropping. It caused the desired effect. He thought he was hot stuff until you were all ‘been there done that.’ It was priceless.
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