24

Hello, everyone!

I know, I know...two posts in one day? This new year has brought about a new Adam!

Just kidding. That last one was an album review. This one is a life update.

I said yesterday on my Tumblr blog that I had big news on all fronts, and that I would reveal it all today. Well, here it is.

Firstly, and obviously, I am twenty-four years old today.
Yesterday was a perfect ending to a rough year of being 23. I don't know what it was, but there was something about 23 that just felt uncomfortable to me, and I must say that barely a day into 24 feels like a much better fit. I'm loving celebrating in a new city, despite not having done anything particularly exclusive to Grand Rapids (except sitting in this coffee shop). The point of this paragraph is: life is good, and life as 24 is great.
(I'm kind of tired of writing about fresh starts all the time. I think I need to make some messes.)

Secondly, and slightly related to firstly, I got my own ukulele for my birthday! Which means I can write new music whenever I want and maybe even do some shows if people need opening slots filled where you don't have to pay the performer! Woo! In that musical vein, I have some Christmas tunes in the works for an EP of holiday ditties, as well as a renewed desire to work on this full-length I've been talking about so much. It's going to happen, dang it.
Plus, Brittany and I have talked about starting a music project together, and Riley half-mentioned it last time I was in Kalamazoo, so who knows? My life could be getting pretty dang musical in the near future.

Thirdly, and most excitingly, I met with Matthew Miller (director of that short film I was in) to discuss future projects with him. We have two in the works. One of them is based on a short story I wrote (that pacifist parable I mentioned before) which might film in November. The other is quite possibly the funniest, smartest, and all-around best script idea I will have had the pleasure of working on to date. If we really go for it, which we are, it will be a big endeavor that will probably film in the Spring. I just need to write the script. My excitement is sky-high.

A few other things to mention:

I had an incredible weekend in Kalamazoo this past Friday/Saturday. I attempted an epic bar crawl with Riley, went to a pumpkin patch with a bunch of swell folks, and then watched my incredibly talented and heartbreakingly brilliant friend Lizzy play Fantine in Les Miserables at the Civic. She floored me with that performance. Seriously, go see it if you can. It's worth the ticket price and crippling depression (from the story), I promise.

Sunday night, I got pizza with my mom and brother and roommate at Brickroad Pizza here in Grand Rapids. It was delicious. And pizza.

Yesterday was great as well. I wrote a bit, walked a bit, and enjoyed life a lot. Then I went to work, which was painfully slow, but ended on a high note. Then I walked outside to see my driver's side rearview mirror hanging by its cords. I was angry at first, until I realized I could see this as a metaphor for not letting the past slow me down. It's also a metaphor for how I need glue, and then after I fix it, it can be a metaphor for using the past to not crash you in the present. Yay car metaphors!

And now I'm wearing a new shirt, having a spontaneous birthday, and loving every single person I come across today. All of these birthday wishes have me feeling so very loved, and I can't thank any and all of you enough.

Well, I think that's all I have today. It's nice not having every single post result in a really heavy, really long collection of really heavy, really long thoughts. May your Autumn's be blessed, full of love, and probably pumpkin-spiced.

Here's to 24. May it be the best year of my life so far, but only until 25 and beyond.

lovelovelove,
Adam