Back in California After a Minnesota Summer

Hey there!  I've been back in Los Angeles for a couple weeks now and just wanted to touch base with those who still check my blog periodically.  Just in case I never told you, I went back to Minnesota for July and most of August to attend T-Bone and Jeremy Larson's wedding and be in K-Smooth and Joseph Z's wedding.  In fact, I got back 30 minutes before T-Bone's wedding started.  I would have been back sooner if my car didn't refuse to start on me just outside of Gallup, New Mexico (lovely town under different circumstances).  12 hours and a $30 hotel room later, the second best auto mechanic in Gallup (according to the tow-truck driver) diagnosed the problem: my radio suppressor was shot.  My Uncle Paul (who is also an auto mechanic) told me the guy was screwing me, but, hey- I had no choice- T-Bone's wedding wasn't going to wait for me.  So, I put the ol' 1992 Camry in gear and drove 24 hours straight- only stopping a few hours for a little shut eye.  Anyways, I made it back to Minnesota safe and sound in a car that didn't even have any brake pads left on it.  Once back in good old Fridley, I tried meeting up with as many friends as I could.  But, fortunately and unfortunately, I accepted the great opportunity of doing summer programming for CLIMB Theatre.  Thumbs up: I got to work with kids this summer, be a part of CLIMB again and make a little extra dough.  Thumbs down: I didn't have enough time to see everybody I wanted to.  But that's what Facebook's for, right?  Talking to an old friend in person will always be better than poking them on an internet social networking site, but I have to admit, I do catch myself taking a stroll down memory lane every now and again by clicking through pictures of old memories.  It kind of makes me sad.  It makes me wish I was still back in high school or college.  It makes me wonder what would have happened if I remained close friends with the person whose photo album I'm looking at.  If it feels right, I may shoot an old friend a message, letting them know I was thinking about them.  They should know that they were important to me.  

So, I'm back in LA!  I've got a new car (a silver 2002 Honda Civic),  a new apartment (in Filipino Town- which is right next to Koreatown where my old place was), have had a few auditions (including one for an Orbit Gum commercial) and am going through the process of becoming a substitute teacher as well as looking to do a part-time internship at a casting office.  And one more thing!  I now have my own radio show!  Yoshi will be missed, but I will try my best to make this show just as super, fantastic, happy, and fun as Yoshi and I did back at KGSM (Gustavus' hidden gem).  I will be on Blog Talk Radio every Friday night from 8-9:00 pacific time (10-11:00 central time) starting on September 10th!  Here's the link:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/michaeljsielaff     

Hope you have a chance to listen live- but even if you don't, each show is archived for your convenience.  Until next time- remember: reduce, reuse, recycle (in that order)!