Today I was given another award type thing from the wonderful Debbie over at Debbie: The College Years.  Debbie is another theatre person, in fact she is currently studying theatre.  We theatre people seem to have a knack for finding eachother in the world, it is a very bizarre and cool thing.  This award is the “You are Going Places Baby” award which I suppose is kind of more like a meme than an award, but hey, we don’t have to play down calling it an award!  Who doesn’t like to be loved a little, right?  The idea behind this one is to share where you see yourself in ten years and then pass the award on to ten people.  I think that I can handle that.

I actually get asked often what I want to be when I grow up.  I started to find that a little odd after I graduated from college and got a job.  I mean, I am doing what I love to do, what I went to school for, and I am enjoying doing it.  I am working at a great theatre and living in a fun place, and I am happy.  The fact that I have a job, support myself, and live on the other side of the country from my parents makes me feel pretty grown up.  However, I am pretty sure that I can’t really stay where I am forever.

Ten years from now I will be 36 years old and certainly see myself still working in some aspect of the theatre/entertainment industry.  I have always thought that at some point in my life I would end up back in the academic world, teaching theatre, and it wouldn’t surprise me if I was doing that within ten years.  In this industry you often have to move out in order to move up.  Don’t get me wrong, I love my job and where I work now, but I think that in order to continue to grow as a professional I will have to move on eventually.

People often ask if I see myself ending up on Broadway.  To be honest, I am not sure if that is the kind of theatre that I really want to be doing.  Sure, there is lots of money to be had working on the big commercial shows, but it is a very different beast than the theatre that we produce on the regional level.  I also just don’t really see myself living in New York City and being happy.  I know that there are plenty of people who love being in NYC, but of all the times that I have been there, I could never see myself living there.  A vacation there for a few days, not so bad.  Living there, I just don’t think so.

Hopefully within ten years I will have settled in to whatever job I have to the point where I can be happily married to my wonderful girlfriend.  I am not sure if children will be on the table at that point, I suppose it would depend on what we were both doing, but it it possible.  I certainly would like to have a family at some point down the road.  When you live in Utah, you are the odd-ball-out when you are my age, not married, and don’t have at least two kids, but hey, I was always the odd-ball!

In general, I am not really a person who does a lot of planning of things far in advance.  I like to live life as it comes at me.  I don’t spend a lot of time worrying or even really thinking about the future.  I feel like if you are too concerned with where you see yourself that you don’t spend enough time where you are.  Life is relatively short and if you don’t enjoy the now and only work towards your “ideal future,” will you really feel fulfilled when you get there (if you get there)?  I am very much a person who lives by the saying: “We’ll cross that bridge when we get there!”

I suppose my answer to where I see myself a decade from now is a little ambiguous, but that is how it is in my mind.  The future is what it will be!  So, the lucky people who I would like to pass this little award on to are:

• e_mily from The Infamous Sun she doesn’t call herself a blogger, but if I am lucky maybe she will do this one
• Island Gal from NYC Island Gal
• Risha from You can Read me Anything
• Penny from There’s Beauty in the Breakdown
• Mel from Mel Learns her Lessons
• Ruth from Ramblings of Ruth
• Kris from Because or Why Not
• Kisekae from Diary of a Doll
• Bobby from Inside the Mind of Booya
• Ms. Harmony from Miss You Love

…You see nothing!

So, not only has my blog passed the 200 post landmark this week, I was also given this amazing blog award.  This is the “Master of Karate and Friendship” Award.  Given to me by a great friend whom I met through 20SB, Kris, who blogs at Because or Why Not.  One day I hope to convince her to come out here to Utah to do some snowboarding!  It is certainly an honor to receive this award from her, and if you want to see what she wrote about me and why she chose me, just click the link above to her blog!

Naturally, I wanted to find out the history of this award, and thankfully, the creator left a watermark on the image so it was easy to find the origins of this award.  It is actually a relatively recent award as it was launched January 25, 2010.  According to the creator, recipients of the award are supposed to list six things that they are the master of and pass the award on to six people.  The passing it on thing might be a little bit hard will require some thinking.

So, six things that I am the master of (this sounds really egotistical, but it is kinda fun):

1) I am a Master Electrician for theatre.  I suppose some might think of this as a little bit of a cop-out because it is my job and my title, but it is true.  I may not know all of the cool tricks in the book yet, but I am darn good at what I do.

2) I am a grill master.  Want something BBQ-ed?  I can do that.  In the spring and fall I run barbeques at the theatre and I get lots of compliments.  I am one of the few people that my mother will let grill steaks for her because i get them done the way she likes!

3) I am a web master.  I suppose it kinda goes without saying, but I run multiple websites, know a fair bit of code and give out lots of help to others in this department.

4) I am a master muti-taskter.  Yup, I can run lights, chat and write blog posts at the same time.  It may not be a good thing all the time, but I can do it.

5) I am a Macintosh and Hackintosh master.  It’s true folks, have mac issues, I can probably help you.  I do software and hardware.  I have been knee deep in iBooks and I can turn your Windoze machine into a Mac and make your life better.

6) I am the master of my own fate! Life is what we make of it, best to make sure that you are behind the wheel of your own life!

Now for the really tough part, people that I would pass this award along to.  Most of my blogger friends have already received this award, so hopefully I won’t hit any of them again (they all deserve it!).  I know that in all reality I am not obligated to pass this award on at all, let alone on to six people.  I will try.  Maybe I will just pass it along as I find people to pass it along to.

First off, I want to pass this award on to the person who is really the best friend that I could possibly have.  She is the person who I come home to every night, knows how to cheer me up when I need it, and she also has a blog!  So, the first recipient of this award from me is my girlfriend, Ruth over at Ruthie’s Ramblings.

Next I would like to give this award to Amanda over at Steeling Spoons.  She was one of my first interactive followers.  I haven’t seen any new posts from her in a while, but I have always enjoyed reading her blog.  She has some wonderful stories to tell.  So, stop by and check her out.

I’ll have to keep thinking about who else. I will add them when Come up with them.