That moustache almost won me the prize for Best Moustache at the Beauty Bar’s Moustache Party last night, but, alas, I was defeated by a guy with a store-bought ’stache.

Not a lot of real news to post - I’m sending out resumes every day, have rehearsals for Henry V in the evenings, I’m getting back into shape (down about ten pounds since I started keeping track), I’m becoming skilled at Frets on Fire (”Guitar Hero” clone), been on some dates, been around to some new places in Austin that I hadn’t seen yet…

So, things are pretty good. Henry V opens on January 31st, I’m going to be doing some singing valentines with a quartet from the Chord Rangers.

Only complaint right now, aside from lack of people offering me jobs, is that I have far too much time on my hands.

On the plus side, I do look very debonaire with my moustache.

Good news, everyone!

After more than a year off the stage, I am finally going to be in a play again: Henry V, at the Velvet Rut Theater here in Austin, TX. I’ll be playing the Archbishop of Canterbury, which means that not only will I be in a play, but I may also have the opportunity to wear a very large hat in a play. What could be better?

It’s a very small theater (it’s actually someone’s house that has been converted into a theater) and I won’t be paid anything, but it’ll be good to be in a show anyway. And, should introduce me to some of the theater people in Austin, and perhaps somebody will come see the show and say “hey you - I want to pay you to be in this other show” as a bonus.

The show runs Th-Sa Nights at 8pm for four weeks, starting Jan. 31. So, if you’re in Austin, you should come see it.

In other news, as weeks pass I’m getting fewer and fewer hours at ‘Where “I” Work,’ and so I am forced to find a new job once again. This makes me mad, because if I had known that I was going to run out of hours so soon after Christmas, I would have asked to end my employment there on the 21st like the other seasonal employees so that I could have gone home for christmas. Boo, ‘Where “I” Work,” boo.

But, I cleaned up my resume, and am sending it around now. Of the places I’ve applied so far, the two I’d most like to come through are GSD&M Marketing, which I’ve been told is a very good company to work for, and the other is CompassLearning, another place which I’ve been told is good to work for. Unfortunately I am nowhere near qualified for the positions I applied for at those places, but I noted in my cover letters that I was open to lower level positions as well, so we’ll see what happens with those. I’ve also sent out resumes to a couple other marketing places, and some random jobs I saw on craigslist. I actually was called in for an interview at one of them today, but I had to call back and cancel the interview when I discovered that it was way on the other side of town, and no buses travel within 5 miles of it (I would have had to spend two hours on the bus, and then walk an additional five miles to get there).

Hopefully that’s a good sign, however, and more calls should come rolling in any minute.

Goodbye, 2007! Welcome, 2008!

I ended up spending my New Years Eve with the usual gang at Fleming’s, a schmancy steak house in downtown. Quite an adventure maneuvering through the New Years Eve traffic, but it was well worth it. Rather low key, just had some good food and some good wine, and a glass of champagne as we counted down to midnight.

Following the cheers and tooting of horns, we walked back to the cars, and then further maneuvering through traffic to head home again. Not a very long celebration of New Years, but an enjoyable one none the less. See you next year, all!

(actually, I’ll see you this year, as it’s too late for the “see you next year” line)