I Can Act... I Do

I Grew Up In A Conservative Small Town, And The Gay Characters I Saw On Tv And In Movies When I Was Growing Up Were All Flamboyant And Obnoxious And Sometimes Kind Of Annoying.

From This Day On, I Refuse To Let Anyone Bring Me To A Point Where I Can't Take A Horrible Situation And Spin It Into Something Beneficial. I Will Never Let Anyone Make Me Feel Anything I Don't Want To Feel Again Or Rob Me Of The Passions That Make Me Who I Am.

But One Of The Big Lessons I Have Learned From My Journey Is You Can’t Please Everyone, So Don’t Try.

I Kind Of Did This Thing In High School, A Spoof Of 'sweeney Todd' Called 'shirley Todd,' And I Had A Great Time Doing That.

What Grinds Me The Most Is That We’re Sending Kids Out Into The World Who Don’t Know How To Balance A Checkbook, Don’t Know How To Apply For A Loan, Don’t Even Know How To Properly Fill Out A Job Application, But Because They Know The Quadratic Formula We Consider Them Prepared For The World?