Drunken Lullabies

Yes, it's that time again. Time to play eight of the nine Irish songs I have for a week. The ninth is a Christmas song, thusly disqualifying it from the mid-March rotation. My goal this week, is to have as much free beer as I can on Wednesday. You see, I've been blessed with sharing a name with the biggest beer holiday of the year. For that reason, many bars give one free beer to patrons (pun intended) who share their name with Saint Patrick. Should it be that this is not the case with money being tight, I am guaranteed at least one free beer at PYT. Lucky indeed.

I must say that calorie counting has been a remarkably educational experience. It has been quite enlightening to find that some foods are much higher than expected, and others somewhat lower. Again, luckily enough for me, I haven't really given up many foods, I mainly just exercise restraint when it comes to portioning and snacking. At any rate, it seems to be working. With my first month of calorie counting and my own little workout routine, I have managed to shed 21 pounds. I now weigh what I weighed at this time last year. My goal is another 41 pounds by 12 June. I think it is doable.

I applied for a few on camera gigs this week. They are quite different in format and location. One is based in NYC, the other in DC. I would honestly be happy with a call back just so I could get an interview. Any excuse to get to either city would be fantastic right now.

Am I the only person who enjoys a good bagpipe version of "Amazing Grace?" Could be. After all, I was the only person who enjoyed the short-lived Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. On an unrelated note, I just had one of those moments in which typing a normal word seemed odd. "Strip" just looks weird to me now. On another unrelated note, I overuse the phrase "on an unrelated note" as a segue.

That being said, my goal continues to be finding a decent job in New York or Washington. It's frustrating to see all of these freelance and short-term gigs on Craigslist and not be able to take them. I also am going stir crazy. It has been over a year since I last lived in a city and I can not wait to move back into one. Granted, I was fed up with Philly and I don't have any grand desire to move back, but NY or DC would be fantastic.

Final thought: i should be substitute teaching within the next two to three weeks. Very excited for that.

I'm Yours

So 7 March has come and gone and while I may not have Abby's feet on my lap, I do have my feet in the door. I scored a three-day gig with Dancing With the Stars. Not too shabby.

Also, I applied for a wicked cool job based out of NYC, which of course is the place dreams are made of.

Finally, I'm 20 pounds lighter than I was when I wrote that last entry. Only four pounds away from my goal weight for when Abby comes up for a visit, which is less than three weeks away. Looks like I'll be even lighter than I hoped. Sweetness.

I am now off to enjoy this beautiful, almost 60-degree weather we're having.

Bon vivant