Surviving My Quarterlife 16

Apr 08, 2008 - 18:29 PM PST

Hello to anyone who is reading this. Maybe I am only saying hello to myself, but that is okay. Have you ever written something and you weren't sure why you were writing it? I do this very often and I am doing it right now. I could probably come up with some kind of reason or explanation for why I write everything that I write, but sometimes it just feels like I am writing it for no good reason at all. So please forgive me if I sound like a rambling idiot right now, but I am going to indulge myself.

I am writing this while I am NOT connected to the internet (I'm going to upload it later). This is the first time that I have written a blog entry without being connected to the internet and it feels weird because I don't feel connected to the world. I am shut out and confined to my own little computer. It isn't so bad, but it just feels different and strange. I guess I could get used to it, but I don't know if I could live for like a year without connecting to the internet. There is just so much interesting information to take in! I think you get my point.

So something happened today. I called a friend of mine who is a writer for a major one-hour television show on ABC and we had an interesting conversation, as we always do. Among other interesting topics of conversation was the subject of my friend possibly hooking me up with job as the writers' PA (PA = Production Assistant for anyone who doesn't know) on the show. So, I guess I consider this to be something interesting happening to me in a good way. Which is exactly what I wanted. The catch is, you can't believe anything in Hollywood until it actually happens, so I am not going to expect to get this job, I am only going to hope that I do. I am not planning on it! I will do all that I can to lobby for the job, but I just can't think that I am going to get the job for sure. I will be sure to write about what happens with this possible job in my blog.

In other news, my sister called me today! This is kind of a big deal because she almost never calls me. My sister is about six years older than I am, which means that she is 30 at the time of this writing. Anyway, we have had a strange relationship over the years. As a young kid and even when I was in High School, I desperately wanted to be best friends with my sister, but she was always too busy with her life (friends, school, jobs, etc.) to spend time with me or even show me any attention. Eventually I just decided that she was/is selfish and that I didn't even want to spend time with her anymore. But now, after all of these years, she is finally starting to come around. She is just starting to value me. In my humble opinion, this is a good thing.

So part of the reason that my sister called me is because she is getting married in a few months. She wanted to ask me what I thought about her and the groom's families standing up at the wedding and saying a few words. My sister suggested that the groom's one brother and my brother and I (making the total of three siblings in my family) specifically would speak at the wedding. The only problem is that my sister has no idea what we would say. This brings us to the main purpose of her call. My sister asked me to come up with some ideas of what we (all the brothers) could say at the wedding. She asked if could write something and send it to her by the end of next month. I told her that I would try to do this.

So I guess I will use this blog to practice what I am going to send to my sister. Just to be clear, my sister wants me to write something about her and her future husband and their families coming together. So here it goes...

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#1) We are all here today to witness and to celebrate the marriage of these two unique and loving individuals. And I promise you they are both definitely unique! But we are not only here to commemorate the union of husband and wife, but also the union of the **** family and the King family. Today my family not only gains a new member in Jay, but through the love shared between my sister and my new brother, we also gain Jay's family. On this beautiful occasion, I welcome the Kings as the newest members of the my family, and I am honored that they have welcomed Tamara and her family into their lives.

#2) Today, as tradition dictates, my sister officially changes her last name to King. As we all know, this change of her name represents her becoming a member of the King family. Although tradition does not require Jay to change his last name, I am here to say that he might as well because he is now the newest member of the **** family. Today we not only commemorate the union of husband and wife, we also celebrate the coming together of the King family and the **** family. On behalf of my family I welcome the Kings into our lives and we are honored that they have welcomed us into theirs.

#3) As the brothers of the bride, we are honored to have Jay and [Jay's brother's name] as new brothers.
We welcome them and the entire King family into our lives and we promise to love, honor, and respect Jay and his family as long as the bride and groom shall live.

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So that is all I can come up with for now. Not bad for my first try. I will let you know what the final version is like. Honestly I don't know what kind of material my sister is looking for, so I will have to speak with her about it in greater detail.

Okay, I don't really have anything else to write about. I am going to go to the gym now. I am going to do leg weight lifting I think. Good luck to everyone in the world with whatever they are doing! Until next time...