The Comfy Corner

Many people say things like "oh my God, I don't even wanna think about my freshman year self." In fact, I found myself saying that exact phrase just yesterday at work. And my co-worker, Sean, was like, "Yeah, there are so many times when I think to myself, 'I can't believe I actually said that.'" This got me thinking about how much I actually have changed. Well, I guess it's not that I've actually changed, but my mind has finally started to realize who I am. This realization came to me when I was writing alternate lyrics to the "Into the Woods" prologue (ya know, just another day in the life). I wrote a lyric for Jack that went "I wish I weren't so hot, or tall, or good" and Chris said, "Oh, so I guess you are going to be playing Jack?" I looked at him stunned for a second, but then I realized - saying something like that is so typical me. I don't think I really had distinctive character traits growing up. I always sort of adopted other people's cool traits and played them off as my own. But being obnoxiously sarcastic is uniquely, typically me. Now, I realize that this isn't necessarily the best of traits in all situations, and perhaps it is something that I should work on changing about myself, but for now, I am just happy that I am finally at a place where I am self confident enough to say, "That was so typical me."

And yes, it turns out, I am playing Jack.