First Blog - woo hoo !

Well I noticed a few people use there blogs to make posts, statements if you will. In effect using it as I would of thought the forum should be used. To me a blog is about something, has a theme or an ongoing topic. I plan to write my blog about my journey into acting. This is my first installment :D This is a bit of a silly story I guess, but it's mine. I'm currently 22, I've lived in Australia since 1999. Originally born in Scotland but moved at 3 months of age and raised in England. When I was 8 my parents decided it was a good idea to move to New Zealand for mine and my younger brothers futures. We lived there for 4 years before coming here, to Perth. I've always been a bit shy and didn't come out of my shell until high school in Australia. So in NZ to feel a bit more comfortable and fit in I adopted the local accent whilst I was anywhere but home. I did the same thing when I got to AUS and didn't stop until early last year, when I started a new job. I'm kind of wandering off a bit here but I'm trying to illustrate how most of my life I've been acting in one way or another. Amongst my friends I've always been the funny guy, playing different characters and doing funny voices. I'm always the one to make light of a tough situation and try to cheer people up. I'm at a point in my life where i've mucked around for a few years since I graduated in '04. Dropped out of 2 tafe courses and worked a few dead end jobs. I still had no idea what I really want to do so I started an apprenticeship with my fathers company. I figured at least its a real job, a career. But now this is bringing me down a bit, spending 3 years doing something I have no passion for. It sounds dumb but late last year I watched the Jim Carey movie "Yes Man" and I had a kind of epiphany. I realized That nothing is going to just come and hit me in the face. If I want something to happen I've got to make it happen, I have to do something about it. Sine then I quit a long standing addiction with a certain video game, I joined a gym, and I'm beginning to follow my newly realized passion for acting. One step at a time. Because I work full time and don't want to drop out of my apprenticeship, my parents would die, I'm going to do whatever night courses I can and see where it takes me. Starting with the Actors NOW adult beginner course, which starts tomorrow. I met Maxine last week and she was great, very approachable and she must of thought I seemed ok because she offered me the position of "lock up" person on the course, which saves me $80! I'm excited and nervous already but I'm sure it will all go well. I'll keep you all updated :) Jamie Nicholson