[Parker]

6 years ago today, I hit Seattle, sight unseen, after taking my last final at ISU (I skipped my graduation) and driving with my (then) 2 dogs across the country for 3 days. I had never been to Seattle, I just picked it out of all the places I could live that had a good sized theatre community, packed up my stuff, and went for it.

Took me about a week to line up an apartment and another week to find a "regular" job and to get gigs in a couple of theatres, namely, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center and Freehold.

I remember when I found that apartment, I couldnt move in until the 1st of June and I couldnt afford to keep living in the crack house they called a hotel so I put an ad in Craigslist and a lesbian couple just south of Seattle answered my ad. They had a house with an extra room upstairs - they also had 2 dogs, a few cats, and a fenced in backyard so I could bring my 2 babies. Their only stipulation was that I do some manual labor in the yard to earn my keep - they found a buried pond in their front yard and wanted me to dig it out.

This is actually the longest I've lived in one area since I was a kid living at home. lol