Tonight I went to a party at my dad's for the high school's theater directors and an old friend who is a professional (make that Tony Award nominated) actor and writer was there. How weird to catch up with him after several years in which he's had success in his career! Listening to the swirling conversations around me brought back memories of my own high school theater days and the fantastic cast parties my dad would host--and there would be no question of drinking or drugs back in those days. The laughter and the occasional voices breaking into song hearken back to some wonderful memories.
Now I am battling guilt over social anxiety--I don't think I'm able to go to the play to see my dearest niece's final high school performance. She gave me the sad face but I said I would feel even worse if I went and had a complete melt-down during the show and had to leave. Gah.
But, back to my friend. I was giving him a hard time about not being on Law & Order as much this season and he said his contract is up in January. *gasp* I forget he knows Jesse L. Martin (insert swoon here) We had fun catching up and I reminded him of the years he'd come home from school vacations and we would hang out here making mixed tapes, talking about religion, music, books and all sorts of things. Then we would go for walks--he was so used to NYC that being in a very small town was making him feel antsy. We would walk the streets at night, singing and goofing. Ahhh, the memories...
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