Music Man's Journal

9:38pm: HAPPY BDAY TO MY DAD!
Happy birthday to my amazing father who turned 65 today!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!

9:33pm: I love my Mom! Sorry, but wanted to share this and didn't feel like LJCuttin' it...git ovuh it biotches! LOVE YA!

11:19pm: I'm alive.
I'm alive.

I'm well.

I just closed a show...got another in a few months.

I have lost 38lbs...check it out>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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4:35am: Sleepless in Tallapoopoo
It is 4:30am...what do you do? You take pix with a recently found webcam and plaster them all over the internet.



Btw...thank you to those that commented on my previous entry...it meant a lot...and each day is a new beginning for me...and I vow to strive to get past my insecurities, and move forward with a great life. I love you all.

~Josher

5:50pm: 7pm (Eastern Time), NBC, WATCH TONIGHT!
Hey guys! If you have ever wondered if my little town I grew up in is for real, check out a the new home improvement show coming on tonight at 7pm (Eastern Time) on NBC. The new show (much like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) stars Vern from Trading Spaces. They finished up a house in my small, hometown of Tallapoosa, GA. From what I hear, they did interviews with my old HCHS Band and tons of people I know. You should find it VERY, VERY hilarious!!!

Catch it if you can!

~Josher

Ps: YEEEHAW!

10:33pm: Have you missed me?
I know I have missed you!! How is everyone doing? I just closed Disney's Beauty & the Beast in Colorado. I am currently in Georgia visiting my fam, and I have been cast in the same show yet again at a brand new theatre opening in Helen, GA. I am excited to perform in my "home state" after all this time...and have my old friends/fam finally see me perform!

Seems I am never in NYC now that my brother and I live there...did 6 shows in New Hampshire...then B&B in Colorado...now B&B in GA.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAV JEW GIRL MICHELLE! I miss you beyond...I hate that I didn't make it up there to see you...I hope to get up there soon!

I MISS EVERYONE!! PLEASE WRITE!!

Love,


Josher

New Shots:

1:06pm: To Keep or Not To Keep...that is the question...
Well kiddies, I am debating on LJ and if I am gonna keep it..or post anymore. I mean, does anyone actually read my posts? (No one seems to comment much...if at all..lol).

I do enjoy reading up on everyone, but with things lately I feel like no one is reading my posts...so, I might as well make them for me only.

If you want to keep reading my posts...then comment.

Thanks kids :)

~Josher

4:33pm: Beauty & the Beast photo shoot...check em out! Click below!

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10:42am: Colorado, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, SICK
Well, I made it to Colorado safely...have done 2 shows so far in Disney's Beauty & the Beast...been off this week while they prepare for the extention...and am sick as a dog...as in VERY sick...dizzy, sore throat, fever...went to the ER...not strep, but something like it...think of me!! I have 2 shows Saturday and no understudy yet...

Here are some pix from backstage my first show...miss you all...

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3:34am:
'Cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away

1:28am: Yes...contrary to popular belief, I AM alive...amazing, I know...it has been ages since my last update...and it is because I have been busy as hell.

In September I was offered FOREVER PLAID at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, NH. I took it. In the meantime, my brother and I got a place in NYC...he is going to NYU grad school. I did PLAID and headed back to the city...saw the apartment for the first time..and shortly after was offered a resident acting position at the same theatre I had done PLAID in...after much debate, I took it.

Here it is, Turkey Day, and I have been living and working in NEW HAMPSHIRE...lol. Lots of fun but WAAAAY too much work. FOREVER PLAID, ANNIE, CABARET, SLEEPY HOLLOW, and now CHRISTMAS CAROL and WINNIE THE POOH CHRISTMAS TAIL. On top of being in all the shows, I am the asst. to the director so I end up doing costume stuff and administration stuff as well...it is rough sometimes.

I miss everyone so much...I am to the point where I feel so secluded from everyone...I can't wait to get back to GA and FL for a visit the end of December...

I love you all...and miss you terribly...now where is my pole?

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3:04pm: VIRGO — Aug. 27


Things are getting better, but the outcome depends totally upon you. How willing are you to let go of people or things in your life that no longer serve a meaningful purpose? How willing are you to say goodbye to those aspects of your own personality that get in the way of your progress? This might sound cold, but whatever makes you feel tense needs to be brought to the surface where you can deal with it out in the open and eliminate it if necessary.

9:51pm: They just found my Aunt Emma, passed out on the floor of her house...been lying there for days...had a stroke.

She is in the hospital now...there have been too many heartaches in my family the past 5 years...

10:21pm: "Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.  The artist never entirely knows.  We guess.  We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark."  --Agnes DeMille

3:54pm: My song...
Few songs come along that completely connect to me...this could have been written by me before my move to Miami...or even my soon to be move to NYC...

Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray

Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I'd pray
I could break away

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky.
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget all the ones that I love.
I'll take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away
na na na la la na na na la la
Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jetplane
Far away
And break away

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky.
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
I won't forget all the ones that I love.
I GOTTA take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away

Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging with revolving doors
Maybe I don’t know where they’ll take me but
Gotta keep movin on movin on
Fly away
Break away

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
Though it’s not easy to tell you goodbye
Take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away
Breakaway
Break away

9:57pm: .......
blah.

6:12pm: Quick update...
...hanging in Miami.

...most likely moving to NYC with Jason within weeks.

...he is doing well after the staph infection, surgeries, etc.

...I am just auditioning around...a few callbacks...hope to know soon.

...working out...trying to lose weight...my never ending struggle.

...still single.

~Josh

3:48am: Hellz yeah! I have played it twice! National tour here I come! :)

Which Broadway Musical Are You Destined to perform in? by dangerousgame
Name/Nickname
Age
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10:11pm: THANK YOU AMERICA!
Thank you for FINALLY waking up and putting those two hideous Johns in the bottom 3 of American Idol...maybe I misjudged you...

Thank you again!

1:41am: As Anna would say "I'M BAAACK!"
Clean Shavened Josh Has Returned!

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1:30am: WOO HOO!
I would just like to express my utter excitement of being able to shave tomorrow after my final performance (Number 42) of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO MORE HUGE BEARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


That is all...

6:27pm: UPTA Auditions and HUGE NEWS
Well, time for an update...

Memphis was freezing, but I did have quite a good time there. My best friend Chris went with me and we did the Graceland thing (Thank you very much...::CURLS LIP::), drove down to the casinos in Mississippi, went to Beale Street and got stalked...but, all in all...a fun trip!

My UPTA audition went very well. I was called back by 10 companies, including the national tour of GREASE. Now starts the waiting period.

While in Memphis, I received an exciting call from the producer/directors at the Broadway Theatre where I just finished FOREVER PLAID. My fellow PLAIDS and I are looking forward to a possible adventure taking the show to Germany sometime in 2005!!! A very distinguished producer from Germany has been trying to take the show over for several years when he stumbled upon our production at the Broadway Theatre. The producer is actually a record producer (Grammy Award Winning) with EMI as well, and is looking into selling us as a singing group before we even start the show. It is all a little overwhelming, but I hope it all works out. We are set to record 4 tracks sometime this year for the record execs before heading over to Germany in September to start promoting, record a full album, then open the show in 2005. Who knew that a crazy little musical about a quartet would set us up for a move to a different country! Basically, they want to make us pop stars...and use our celebrity to sell the show.

I will definitely keep you posted on everything...it is all happening so fast, but everything so far has checked out to be legit...I truly don't know what to think...

The worst case scenario? We go over there and don't make it big, but I get a chance of a lifetime...visit and live in Germany for free...I would have free housing, travel, get paid for all TV spots and of course the shows...

Best case scenario? I get to tell my kids that Daddy was a German pop star...

Wünschen Sie mir Glück! (Wish me luck!)

12:17am: ......
lost

3:12am: I am definitely feeling blah right now...that is the only term my mind can come up with at this hour...blah...

Random thoughts...

Saw two plays today...one OK...one eh. Hung with an old friend which was nice.

I open my first show this Friday...I have only had 3 rehearsals. Should be interesting.

I am ready for Thanksgiving...my family is heading down for a feast and to see my show.

I had a new headshot made...like this one better than the last.

My great uncle passed away from a heart attack.

Mom and brother both still doing ok with Cancer treatments/checkups.

Though being busy usually keeps me from thinking so much, I can't sleep anymore. I am a walking ZOMBIE. So, I am depressed...of course...

THE END

5:36pm: Halloween
Hey kids...hope everyone had a blast this weekend...I went with a Gothic Punk Rock look...lol...very non-Josh...I actually kinda liked it...haha! Check it out~

Much love,

JOSH

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