The Sashman Speaks

So 2010, brought with it many moments both good and bad in my life. I was in love and had my heart broken which lead to a severe battle with depression and contemplation of even ending my life. It brought with it another year of wonderful times with friends, both and new. Another year of being on stage in another wonderful opera production. Another successful year of umpiring and staying relatively healthy minus a few bruises and foul balls off the body. It brought with it a new sense of independence ( leasing my car) finding a new job, holding onto 2 other jobs. Becoming more mature ( if that is even possible, for those who know me this is always debatable lol ) Having my relationships with my friends and family become stronger. Having my relationship with my sister become stronger and she is still one of the most influential and wonderful people in my life and I am truly blessed to call her my twin. I was able to travel to places I hadn't been to in many years including C...

So lets see whats been up with me .. well as another holiday season draws closer to an end, I am looking back on the year that was. It started out with me loosing a job coincidentally on new years eve day of 2009 and then a month later I began working as free lance videographer which I still do to this very day. In April I resumed my umpiring for a 7th year in a row and also had a wonderful and exciting trip to visit my sister in new york city. I continued umpiring till mid july when I was part of my first theatrical production in over a year. I loved being part of the cast of 42nd St and also while doing that became part of another cast, this one for Barber of Seville. Both shows brought a new widening of my horizons and brought new friends and oppertunities into my life In October I had my 26th birthday and it was another wonderful time.. In November I took myself to see my first concert in over 5 years when Rockapella came to town. I also celebrated the one year anniversary of ...

So today I received a wonderful bit of news. After months of waiting and waiting in regards to my disability claim, today I received a phone call from my case manager who told me that after months of waiting and hoping that I would hear word on my claim, today I found out that my initial claim that was rejected last july today was reversed and it was approved. SUCH A BIG RELIEF to hear that I have been approved. I will begin in january of 2010 receiving a payment check, plus i found out that i am due backmoney and that will be dispursed in 3 installments beginning in a couple weeks. SO not only has that happened, but with the recent additions of getting more gigs, my parents have decided help me pay for a new car. SO as i said things are finally starting to look up for me :)

So the holidays are coming.... should I be excited bout this? I mean I guess i should be but I 'm not really excited about it because there really isn't much to be joyous about right now. my family has like most families been dealing with the economy and the fact that money is tight.. but yet its really hitting me a little harder then usual. I have been unable to secure a job in the past year other then umpiring which only lasts for 3 months and working as a free lance videographer which sadly there aren't a lot of events that are needing to be filmed so I don't get asked to film which means I don't get jobs=no money which makes things a lot tougher especially when my family has had to reduce its spending to tighten the budget and to try and make ends meet. I have tried to do my part by applying for some state run programs from foodstamps and medicaid to sadly disability. However, foodstamps doesn't help as much as I would and in regards to my disability appli...

Well lets see since the last time I updated this a few things have happened. 1.) about a week ago I had my 26th Birthday and it was a really nice time! celebrated with my best friend went out to dinner a couple of drinks and then went to see where the wild things are which was a decent yet dark movie but the company and the time spent was a great time. 2.) I have been a bit sick of late I had the flu for about a week and then once I finally kicked the flu I still had the cough which has turned into a upper respitory infection which has meant this cough still hasn't gone away. Hopefully soon! Other then that not much still doing a couple of shoots a week and enjoying that while searching for a few other oppertunities but not holding my breath. So yeah thats my life so far.. oh and in regards to the love/social life not much going on i have had a couple people that I have talked with but no serious results yet though I always maintain hope that something could turn up. well thats a...

So lets see what have i been doing... I have been doing alot of shoots for the cable tv station i work for and that has allowed me to earn some money which is always good. I met with my job coach and that went well and during that meeting I got a call from the sub teaching and found out that due to not having a batchlors degree I will be unable to sub-teach which sucks.. so gonna keep doing at least 2/3 shoots a week and gonna hope that the local paper calls me back about that job and gonna look into talking with borders again about doing temp holiday help again. as for my social life i have been doing well haven't really been out there much but i have begun talking with a wonderful young woman whom i have a lot in common with and someone I really have a great connection with and we both enjoy talking with eachother and there is a good chance that there could be something of substance in the future for us.

WELL.... let see where to begin! I had a very interesting summer, doing some umpiring and a lot of theatre. Actually 2 seperate but wonderful productions. 1 was a local theatre companies production of 42nd St which was a very stressful, but in the end a very rewarding experience leaving me with a set of new friends and memories! While doing 42nd St I was also presented with a chance to do something that i had never done before, which was Opera. I was at a rehearsal for 42nd st when the production manager came in one day and asked for the names of all the guys in the cast who were free and wanted a chance to do the production. SO I gave her all the names and to my luck I was the only one she called back. So I met with the director and was offered the part of Ambrogious in Barber of Seville ( which I accepted) and started doing rehearsals for that show along with going into production for 42nd St. 42nd St debuted in mid july and was a wonderful success minus a few scares including me ...