Lisa is so inspiring...

Not that I want to be a copycat or anything but I really wanted to post the jobs I've had for the last few years as my friend Lisa did on her blog.

High School:
95-97 Wendy's. They say everyone should work in fast food service at some point in their life. I think it taught me something. I know I hated it. Why I stayed there for 2 1/2 years is beyond me. It was an awful awful job. I needed to pay for gas though. I also think part of the deal was that I'd get a job and keep if my parents bought me a car. It was the crappiest car I've ever had. Whatever.

COLLEGE YEARS:

I actually did some work study in college. I played piano for a ballet class one quarter. I was terrible. I remember some Russian ballet teacher named George yelling at me in broken English because I couldn't play Chopin perfectly. I also house managed in Cowan hall a few times. It was such an easy job and one time I got to house manage some event a bunch of Indians were having. They put on skits for each other on the stage. I really wasn't exactly sure what they were doing and why they were doing it but I didn't care because I was getting paid well for it. This was also the first time I had the wonderful opportunity to drink Chai. This was authentic Indian Chai too. I've never had chai like it since...it was amazing.

The winter break during my freshman year I worked for my dad for a few weeks at Central Ohio Comfort Corps as a receptionist. It was an OK job. I wasn't there for very long so it didn't really phase me much. I do remember that the job location was near Lennox theatre and I would drive down there to watch movies all the time after work. I remember going to see Good Will Hunting and Titanic.

The summer after my sophomore year I got a job as a telemarketer with Dial America Marketing. Basically I just had to call people up and ask them if they wanted to renew their magazine subscriptions. We did everything from Reader's Digest to Playboy! Some of those Playboy phone calls got interesting, especially when you were talking to a wife who was unaware that they were subscribers. Ha! It was a terrible job and you really felt like crap sometimes at the end of the day, whether it was because someone chewed you out for interrupting their meal or because you just basically conned a very old, senile lady into renewing her Soap Digest because you worked on a commission. The staff was very friendly however. I remember Miguel Ortiz, Eric Rutherford, and Jim Cooney all working there for a spell. They all hated it...especially Miguel.

I also started working as a host at Bravo! my Senior year of college. I was there for about 8 months. It was an OK job. I just remember really disliking one of my managers. She was such a bitch. One time she fell on her ass and it will always remain the highlight of my time there.

During my college years I would occasionally work some temp jobs for Adecco, both clerical and industrial. I remember one specific industrial job I got assigned to with MY MOM! It was to basically assemble a new KB Toy Store. It was the one that was across the street from Easton, next to Galyans. I don't know if it is even still there. But my mom and I helped put that store together. Everything from the shelving units to the original toys that went on the shelves. It was good quality time with my mom but she would embarrass me sometimes because she wouldn't let me pick up heavy items and all the guys kinda looked at me like a momma's boy.

POST COLLEGE:

After Bravo! I went on to FFA Camp Muskingum in Canton, OH for 3 months as an outdoor educator for mostly 6th graders (although it ranged from 5th grade to high school). It was a great job but it didn't really pay a whole lot and it wasn't really what I wanted to do. But I learned so much from the job and it was an excellent experience that I will never forget.

About a year after college I moved to NYC where I worked at the New Amsterdam Theatre as an usher. The show that was playing the theatre at the time was "The Lion King". Since then it has moved on to the Minskoff and "Mary Poppins" has filled the void. It wasn't the best job in the world but I LOVED the people I worked with and believe it or not the job paid the bills. You even have to join a union to be an Broadway usher in NYC. Actually, one of my good usher friends from my days there is currently playing Greg on Broadway in "A Chorus Line". Goes to show that even ushers can end up on the stage at some point. I met many celebrities working there and even sat a few of them. Harvey Fierstein yelled at me (in a nice way) once because he didn't get a program and I had to blockade the aisle for Tina Turner when they premiered Brother Bear at the New Am. I got to meet Michael Eisner a couple of times. He was always a really nice guy and acted very "Disney". Those are just a few of the celebs I saw and/or met. Overall, it was a pretty cool job and I worked with really cool people...it was just redundant having to watch The Lion King over and over and over. The New Am has a reputation as the best theatre in NYC and their ushers are the best ushers in NYC.

After NYC I moved to Indiana where I worked for 2 1/2 years as the resident music director and activities director at Bearcreek Resort. Most of the shows they do there are revue shows but they are gradually entering the "book show" territory. It was a good job. They paid me well and I got to do what I wanted to do. The experience I received there as a musician was amazing. I got to compose songs, do several arrangements, write tracks, and orchestrate among other things. Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I had stayed in NYC. Would I be doing bigger and better things? Perhaps. But I'm happy and glad that's I've accomplished the things I've accomplished. Life is not over yet.

So that's my job resume for the past several years. It does NOT however include all the shows and theatres I've been involved with. You can go to my official webpage and check out my resumes to see some of those.

So that's it. Good life so far. Oh yeah, I almost forgot one. In NYC I was a model scout for a day. It was such a wretched job. But that is a post for another time...