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| Adam Grise | |
| Gentleman, Comedian, Music, Just Hanging Out | |
| Actor | |
| 26 | |
| www.youtube.com/kyoopihd | |
| www.myspace.com/adam_grise | |
| Dakota Communities, Inc. | |
| St. Paul | |
| MN | |
| United States | |
| 7633008681 | |
| Entertainment in music and performance arts has always been my biggest passion. I've always dreamed of being a successful musician or actor - who hasn't?
Music and theater were the major things I was involved in during high school. I always had fun, and I loved the community. I participated in choir and marching band, and got involved with every show in theater that was available to me all through high school. I had hot plans to graduate high school and move straight to New York city to try to find work in entertainment; I was completely prepared to live from day to day, getting paid horribly from some night job and living in a small loft apartment with 6 other people, eating Kraft Mac 'n' Cheese and Ramen noodles 3 times a day while keeping the heat set at 55 degrees so we could afford the bill. A minimalist lifestyle while trying to pursue something I loved sounded like the greatest thing I could do. Then... I met a girl - Rachel. I was extremely happy to cut off plans to move to the big city because, quite frankly, I loved Rachel. It's a story for another place (or another website or whatever), but after graduating high school in 2001, I decided to go to a local college instead and try to prepare for a more financially reliable future while she finished high school (yeah, "cradle-robber"... whatever! She's only 2 years younger than me *wink*). Before I move on, I'll elaborate that this was a very good trade-off - we got married last year, and we just bought our first house. I won't want to do anything with my life anymore if she's not with me, and I'd have virtually nothing left if something happened to her (sorry, that's the end of the mushy part). My love and passion for entertainment (mostly theater and acting) instead was channeled into college - I quickly became the drama club president and retained that position for two years (it was a small community college... but hey), and I was also the lead singer for a local rock group called Standard Tragedy for a couple years, which was an amazing experience and helped me cope with my teenage angst that existed into my 20s. I concurrently worked at the local Culver's restaurant part-time. I finished my Associate in Arts degree in the spring of 2004, fulfilling the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum so I could transfer my degree to a University somewhere. Rachel and I moved closer to the twin cities with a couple friends and I got a new job at a group home, where I worked with people with developmental disabilities. I wasn't in school because I couldn't find anything I was particularly interested in that would give me job security, but this new job sparked my interest in a new direction for a career - I loved the field. The problem was that I wasn't getting paid enough to support a family, but if I were to work my way up to attain a position where I'd get paid more, I'd be doing more office- and meeting-work and have less contact with the people. Not what I wanted! What other options were there...? Well, the nurses that they hire through the company get paid a lot more and are always in contact with the people - I'll try that! So I then applied to the nursing program at the local community college (which was an accredited and well-recognized program, as well as very competitive for admission) and I got accepted! I was pretty pumped because most people have to wait at least a year before getting in. As my life took a new direction, I was losing interest in music and theater, and participating less in them. I was preoccupied with my job and school - but it was okay; I just didn't have the time. If you're interested to hear how my interest declined through school, I actually have a video blog (vlog) I put together for my professors and classmates and it's available on my YouTube channel titled "To my friends and faculty at ARCC." (www.youtube.com/kyoopihd) Since I withdrew from the program ("omg wtf adam u withdrew from teh program?" Yeah, watch the vid!), I've considered my other career options - I'm good with science and math, but it's bloody boring unless you have some interesting medium to work through. I've considered architecture, nutrition, speech/language/hearing sciences... But the closer I get to applying to a program, the less interested I become in it. I'm also afraid the same thing will happen as what happened with nursing. I considered actually trying school for music/theater, but... I don't want to go to school for music or theater because I don't feel it's going to pay off. I'd have to either: 1) Take a job as a teacher/educator somewhere, or 2) Be a very successful career musician/actor. With the former of the two, I probably would not get the job I wanted - I'd be lucky to find a school that had job openings, it would be 50 miles away, I'd have to jump through all the loops that the education system makes you jump through and there'd be the ever-lasting conflict with the administration. It just wouldn't be worth it to get paid somewhat decently to put up with all the fuss. With the latter option, I'd have to be extremely lucky to earn enough money as a professional actor/musician to support a family - I'd need as much luck as I need right now without a degree. May as well save myself a step. So here's where I'm at right now: I'm looking on the internet for work-at-home jobs so I can basically be a stay-at-home dad, since I don't want to go to school and I may as well make myself useful for my future family (we're definitely having kids, by the way - thinking about trying after Rachel finishes school, which, by the way, is this Spring). I'm content doing that because I love my wife as a sugar mama and I can't wait to have children, but I want to do so much more - I still feel the fire going inside me that wants to perform on TV, in movies, on stage, or whatever I can do. I really don't want that fire to die. I just need a way to show the world that I want to make you laugh like George Carlin. I want to make you cry like Armageddon, which makes you cry no matter how many times you watch it. I want to take you to a far away land like The Princess Bride. I want to... well, you get the picture. *Smile* |
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