Hiya, gentle readers,

It's been a while since I've posted, and I've got some great stuff. :)

1. I am officially a homeowner. Escrow closed on "la casa de Travis and his cats" last Friday. My hands shook and I could barely talk in cohesive sentences while signing loan documents, but it's all done. I have the keys and everything. :)

2. The cats are safely esconced in the new place, although Phred tried to kill me during the move, and he almost is too heavy to carry. I really have to figure out how to get him to lose some weight without the other two cats getting frighteningly thin.

2. Last night, I did the final walk-through with the landlord of my old place. After 17 years between my ex-wife and I, the place is finally back in the hands of the landlord. I've spent at least 12 of those years worrying about how that particular meeting would go because let's face it, the house isn't in the best of shape, even though I did make many repairs myself over the years. I've carried a lot of shame and guilt over that, so transferred much of that onto this final walk-through. As life would have it, the meeting was uneventful and the landlord was very nice and friendly and didn't complain about anything. When I left I thought, "that was anticlimactic AND a waste of 12 years of worry."

3. I had a great audition for the part of Charlie Brown in Snoopy the Musical. It's my first singing audition in probably a decade, and I did really, really well.

4. P.S. -- I found out Saturday that I'll be playing Charlie Brown in said musical. It's the first time I've been in a musical theater show and have my own song since I was in high school. Wahoo!!! I rock!!!

5. I sang at my friend Louahn's piano party for her piano and vocal students on Sunday. I sang "What More Can I Say" from Falsettos. I got a tad bit scared when I saw how many children were there, and more specifically their parents, some of which I was told were very conservative. The song is a gay song, and I was going to talk a bit about gay pride which was coincidently the same day here in Los Angeles. Seeing all the kids (and their parents) though, I changed my mind and just basically sang the song, and let it speak for itself. I don't know why. Perhaps it would have been more politically correct and helpful to chat about it a bit. I guess inate fear of conflict stepped in. The next day, Louahn said that the most straight laced and serious of her kids said that my song was his favorite, and that he wants to learn how to play it on the piano. She wonders if he is questioning his sexuality. I felt really good when I heard that. If he is, maybe I helped to let him know he's not alone.

Anywhosy, I've got a pile of filing on my desk about a foot high. Gotta get back to it.

Take care.

Travis

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Travis - June 16th, 2009

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