This one is going to be fun.<\/p>\n
I have a chat window open as I type this. In that chat window is Michael C. McGreevy. \u00a0Just as he has been for the last five or six years.<\/p>\n
Fun Fact: I’ve directed Mike twice (Picasso at the Lapin Agile\u00a0<\/i>and as an assistant director on\u00a0Playing With Fire – After Frankenstein<\/em>) and performed with him twice (Night of the Living Dead<\/em> and\u00a0Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead<\/em>). In that time period I have killed him with a fire poker, ridden him like the pony I didn’t get for Christmas, and yelled from the back of the theater “Act gay! I need more gay in your character!”<\/p>\n Ah, live theater.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n Mike is my devil’s advocate. Mike is my rational mind. Mike is my thoughtful place. \u00a0Mike talks me down. Mike picks me up.<\/p>\n He is one of the most insightful and compassionate people I know. \u00a0He is a good man. For a long time, he was a blue print for the kind of man I kept telling myself I should date. It should be no surprise then that Crawford and Mike became friends early in the social media days when you found like minds in other people’s friends. I was the hub of their friendship. Good men with good senses of humor and keen wit, they would often banter with each other on my threads. I liked that they were friends, it made sense. \u00a0They were categorized in the “good guys” file in my brain.<\/p>\n Mike has helped me through some tough times, I have returned the favor. Ours is a friendship forged backstage, onstage, and in the bar after a show. Ours is a friendship that has evolved past lines, and costumes, props, and auditions. It is a friendship that has seen tattoos and tears, laughter and beers. \u00a0(I’m a poet).<\/p>\n I have learned a lot about Mike because he’s open with who he is and what he believes in. If you aren’t used to people being blunt and shooting you straight, then I could see where Mike might be a little discombobulating. I feel like I know and understand Mike because of his writings on Live Journal<\/a> (Remember that kids? If you don’t, ask your parents) and later on his blog<\/a>. He’s done some amazing things. First of all – he’s half the man he used to be. Truly. His open battle with losing weight has been a theme in his writings. He’s realistic and determined and it’s been pretty remarkable to watch him shrink over the years.<\/p>\n