Vivid Imagination

The Mouseketeer

     That fall I started watching the Disney channel and the rest is history. Combining kids my age that are talented, creative, famous, rich this was the perfect next step for my character to go. Of course I would just take my character from where I left off, just ending the Chet and Andy Show to getting my next job with Disney. Being obsessed with the Mickey Mouse Club, I formed friendships already in my head with many of them.
     When school started that fall, I would imagine my character going to a special school for privileged kids who were always traveling or acting. This became about the time that my imagination created something different for everything in my reality. So, instead of going to get pizza for dinner with my parents, I imagined going to the boardwalk to get pizza and be signing autographs with my managers.

    I was always very aware of my surroundings and was able to put myself back into reality whenever I needed. I never acted strange in public, I always was very good at blending the two worlds together. Now , the minute I was alone, is a different storey. If someone were to watch they would find me pacing back and forth , talking, having conversations, over and over, singing, over and over , crying, laughing, over and over. I would find myself exhausted after hours by myself but then finding every moment I could to be alone.

This next part, I want to tell it like I saw it. Like a story, so this was what happened to me after the Chet and Andy Show was over .....

     I knew today was different, there was an excitement manifesting in the air, the building of anxiousness caused by explosive excitement. I worked so hard to reach my personal goals and being a child star in the making was no easy task. I was blessed to have had the friends I had. For them being the same age as me and already on  a national television show was exciting to watch them progress into their future careers in show business. I myself was busy doing nothing when they all decided to audition for Disney. I was a little disappointed in myself when in fact 6 months later they were leaving for  Buena Vista, Florida to start filming the new season.

      I was lonely, of course my fame came from the Chet and Andy Show for so many years and now that my contract was up I was out of work. Cory, my best friend and well a love interest who made it to Disney was gone and this was the first time we were apart.

      For the next week I was playing around in the studio singing different tunes because I wanted to record an album and start making my music career soar. I could hear my answering machine come on and to my surprise I could hear Cory's voice as I quickly jumped and leaped to pick up the phone

"Hello, hello, I am so glad to hear your voice!!'

'I bet you will be even happier when you listen to the sweet song of great tidings I have for you' he said. Corey always knew how to say the weirdest things and make them sound so sexy and believable.

"I miss you, say you are coming home or the Disney channel is moving to New Jersey right down the street from me, anything like that...". Cory didn't say anything, I could hear him breathing and suddenly a whimsical chuckle.

"Well, you kind of have the idea... how about instead of Disney coming to you, why don't you come to Disney?"
I wasn't sure what he was talking about but I liked where this was going.
"One of the guys that made it on quit and they need someone like yesterday and I got you an audition in Buena Vista on Tuesday. They know who you are, they are big fans and think you will be perfect."
I knew this is what I wanted. Things were just falling into place at the right time. I must be doing something right because I know that things just do not happen like this for everyone. Everything I did, everyone in my life, my relationships are cherished and mean the world to me. I trust everyone around me and if the trust for some reason is altered, there is no room in my life for you. I don't think of myself any better than anyone. I am very lucky and grateful to be the one to have played Andy on the Chet and Andy Show and especially blessed to have the opportunities given from it.