Dave Atkins:
CLASS OF 1972
Bellarmine College Preparatory SchoolClass of 1972
San jose, CA
UCLA- Letters & scienceClass of 1976
Los angeles, CA
St. Joseph School - University HeightsClass of 1968
Buffalo, NY
Saint Lawrence Catholic SchoolClass of 1968
Minneapolis, MN
Saint Philomena SchoolClass of 1968
Pittsburgh, PA
Dave's Story
Life
After Bellarmine, I went to UCLA, was pre-law and on the way to successful middle-class inertia, when I took an acting class. Then I took another; a voice class; stage movement class and more. Despite getting wait listed at a couple of law schools, I decided to get an MFA in Playwriting to stay in theater.
Meanwhile, I was taking lessons in psychic development. Took 15 trips in the Samadhi tanks (like in "Altered States"). Then I got bopped on the head with a peacock feather from Swami Munktananda to receive shaktipat. Developed into a hands-on healer and psychic.
During the late 70's I came out of the closet (still left my conservative clothes inside). In 1987, I began my recovery from alcohol and drugs (May 17 is my program birthday).
During the 1980's I volunteered at the Hay Ride, a support group for PWA's, as an energy worker. Still HIV-, which being sober has definitely contributed to.
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graduating with my MFA, took various jobs to support myself. Ending up as Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at 21st Century Film Corporation. I discovered that I was a shark and if I didn't change, I would die an unethical rat. I quit to study Religious Science (a New Thought Church similar to Unity) and became a Licensed Religious Science Practitioner. I also became a practicing psychic.
At the end of the 1990's I went back into the practical world, becoming a Writer and subsequently a Business Analyst for an Internet company.
That went boom so I returned to acting and have worked as an extra until the SAG Strike. I worked for three years as a customer service rep for an Internet Power Tool company. When they closed the Pasadena sales office, two years ago this November, I came to work at (mt) Media Temple, which I work as a customer service and technical support agent.
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