Went to improv class today. It is getting a lot more in depth now. It is becoming a real learning thing. I was even contemplating getting serious with it. I know that up until now I have just been having fun, but I am starting to enjoy that challenge of it all. You have to be so quick to think, and remember so much. I have seen some great people do it and make it look easy, but I know just how hard it is for me, and I haven’t even gotten to the hard stuff.

My writing class was canceled tonight, but as I was leaving I ran into Andy (my old writing teacher), and he invited me to sit in on his current class of beginners. I enjoyed it so much. I remember at the time how much I wasn’t happy. It didn’t seem like we were getting anywhere. Tonight I got to look at it from a different perspective and realize where these exercises were going. It is amazing that we were hitting core issues from this early on. I just didn’t know where they were going. I might have been a little anxious to get things going too. I was waiting all my life to get started and I just wanted to jump in and start writing. Right now I think that I am equipped with the very basics to get going. I can start writing now, but it will be years until I can do it comfortably. Hopefully I can get there a little faster by putting in the time to keep writing now.

After class, Andy and I went over to the bar for some drinks (and I had a burger). Always like talking to him. It is amazing how great it is to find teachers who inspire you. They are so valuable in life and so rare. I have been lucky to have a few in my years, and hopefully I have inspired a few of my students. It is important to remember these people who change the course of your life for the better. So thanks Andy, and the other teachers in my life.