As an aging actor, boy do I know about trying to keep up with the kids these days. What kinda doctoring were you up to before Prescott called your name?
I mightily appreciate it. I also appreciated the heck out of the granola bar the next morning.
Ooh, Legos are a deadly weapon! Thank the Lord you survived it!!
I was an attending trauma surgeon at Harbourview in Seattle. Before that, I was still in Chicago, but [...] a long-term thing with a playwright went South (I think I mentioned Theatre Guy at some point) and I needed a break from the ol' hometown for a bit. Then I was also with a Doctors Without Borders kinda thing on and off, volunteering where needed in danger zones elsewhere in the world (vaccinated people, fixed land mine and shrapnel injuries, all that jazz). What about you? What kind of acting were you up to? Did you only do stage or did you do screen, too?
I'm glad! I'm also glad you didn't see me the next morning. Someone grabbed my tent, so I slept out on the ground and I looked and felt like it.
I did! The trials and tribulations of being a parent never cease!
Holy moly, that's a lot of impressive stuff!! Honestly sounds like we're all pretty lucky you showed up when you did. [...] Even you being on the west coast and in a place that needed someone with your skills feels like it was meant to be, for better or worse!!
Oh I'm a stage actor through and through. Coulda spotted me in a couple commercials or background nonsense because it's expensive as heck to live in LA, but I always went back to the theater!! Wasn't exactly a Shakespearean, but I did a season with the Travelling Lantern (when we did Midsummer!) and [...] came back to an empty apartment, so I signed right back up for another season on the road! Haha!
Oh noooo, I'm sorry I took you away from the tent!! We probably coulda sheltered you in a car, but honestly the ground mighta been better for your back.
Well, thank you! I hope I've been more of a help than a hindrance!
Yeah, I'd kinda figured you were a stage guy through and through—you just have the right kind of gravitas, you know? [...] Sorry to hear about the empty apartment, but I'm glad you're here instead of stuck in LA! Maybe it's also meant to be! Maybe you're right where you needed to be.
That's all right, the ground humbles you. Memento Mori, and all that fun stuff!
Yeah, just the one. She's 23, a nurse. Smart as a whip. I had her when I was a stupid med student, then me and her mom amicably split because of course we did. So don't worry, she's not like, a child-child or anything. What about you? Any family? What about your polyc
You know, I do kind of feel like I wound up where I'm supposed to be. Never coulda picked Whitney Junction out on a map before, but now it's [...] basically home.
It's incredible y'all are here together!! Not that this is the most ideal place to be (that might be Antarctica at this point?), I just imagine it's [...] nice to know she's okay.
No kids over here! Got two sisters and a brother, and all them are married with kids and living in Georgia, giving my folks that grandchild tax! [...]Not that I've hea One of my sisters is a minister and pops is a retired minister so I'm sure they're toiling away doing the good works down Savannah way.
I'm glad! It suits you. You were born to be the main attraction!
Yeah, it IS nice. I'd be worried sick if I didn't know where she was. I'm worried sick now too, but at least she's right there where I can see her.
Wow, big family! And you're the only one that got bit by the acting bug? My mom and dad are still in Chicago [...] if they're still alive. They owned a restaurant. I'm an only child, so guess who got to shoulder the burden of all their hopes and dreams?
I think the acting bug is a byproduct of the preaching bug, just with more homosexual tendencies. Heck, my brother's even a teacher and coach, seeming like most of us like to get up in front of a crowd.
Did you become a doctor for them? Or did they want you to carry on the family business?
[...] And I have to believe they're all still alive. Maybe one day we'll even get confirmation of that!
Nah, you deserve all the praise. You're a delight!
You're a whole gaggle of extroverts! I'm honestly kind of the opposite—I had to try really hard to be more outgoing. I still kinda hate public speaking, even though there are instances where I have to do it.
They moved to America with the shirts on their backs and a nickel in their collective pockets, etc etc etc the usual, so you'd better believe they wanted to force encourage their only son to be a doctor. They always said I was their retirement plan, but. Well....
Maybe they're all still alive out there but it's doubtf! It's a huge country! Maybe Mama Kostopoulos is still out there, running some kinda souvlaki mafia on Chicago's South Side!
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Who among us hasn't lost their dang mind at some point? Please know I didn't judge you. Shit happens. And I'm here to help when it does.
Sometimes! Other times, I just stepped on a Lego.
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I mightily appreciate it. I also appreciated the heck out of the granola bar the next morning.
Ooh, Legos are a deadly weapon! Thank the Lord you survived it!!
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I'm glad! I'm also glad you didn't see me the next morning. Someone grabbed my tent, so I slept out on the ground and I looked and felt like it.
I did! The trials and tribulations of being a parent never cease!
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Oh I'm a stage actor through and through. Coulda spotted me in a couple commercials or background nonsense because it's expensive as heck to live in LA, but I always went back to the theater!! Wasn't exactly a Shakespearean, but I did a season with the Travelling Lantern (when we did Midsummer!) and [...] came back to an empty apartment, so I signed right back up for another season on the road!
Haha!Oh noooo, I'm sorry I took you away from the tent!! We probably coulda sheltered you in a car, but honestly the ground mighta been better for your back.
You have a daughter, right?? Just her
or??DM 11/4
Yeah, I'd kinda figured you were a stage guy through and through—you just have the right kind of gravitas, you know? [...] Sorry to hear about the empty apartment, but I'm glad you're here instead of stuck in LA! Maybe it's also meant to be! Maybe you're right where you needed to be.
That's all right, the ground humbles you. Memento Mori, and all that fun stuff!
Yeah, just the one. She's 23, a nurse. Smart as a whip. I had her when I was a stupid med student, then me and her mom amicably split because of course we did. So don't worry, she's not like, a child-child or anything. What about you? Any family?
What about your polycDM 11/4
It's incredible y'all are here together!! Not that this is the most ideal place to be (that might be Antarctica at this point?), I just imagine it's [...] nice to know she's okay.
No kids over here! Got two sisters and a brother, and all them are married with kids and living in Georgia, giving my folks that grandchild tax! [...]
Not that I've heaOne of my sisters is a minister and pops is a retired minister so I'm sure they're toiling away doing the good works down Savannah way.DM 11/4
Yeah, it IS nice. I'd be worried sick if I didn't know where she was. I'm worried sick now too, but at least she's right there where I can see her.
Wow, big family! And you're the only one that got bit by the acting bug? My mom and dad are still in Chicago [...] if they're still alive. They owned a restaurant. I'm an only child, so guess who got to shoulder the burden of all their hopes and dreams?
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I think the acting bug is a byproduct of the preaching bug, just with more homosexual tendencies. Heck, my brother's even a teacher and coach, seeming like most of us like to get up in front of a crowd.
Did you become a doctor for them? Or did they want you to carry on the family business?
[...] And I have to believe they're all still alive. Maybe one day we'll even get confirmation of that!
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You're a whole gaggle of extroverts! I'm honestly kind of the opposite—I had to try really hard to be more outgoing. I still kinda hate public speaking, even though there are instances where I have to do it.
They moved to America with the shirts on their backs and a nickel in their collective pockets, etc etc etc the usual, so you'd better believe they wanted to
forceencourage their only son to be a doctor. They always said I was their retirement plan, but. Well....Maybe they're all still alive out there
but it's doubtf! It's a huge country! Maybe Mama Kostopoulos is still out there, running some kinda souvlaki mafia on Chicago's South Side!