Day 286/365 (May 31, 2009)

i love how emma always curls her tail up on her body like that when sitting or laying down.

anywho this was not a good day for me. i was in a really depressive mood, like one of the worst i have been in a long while. i know what came over me, and i wish i had someone to talk to and i know what i need but cant get it. (calling this life woes in my tags). i am thankful krysta had volunteered the night before to help sasha and autumn get the little mermaid student tickets because really the thought of getting out of bed (ok well off the couch) for more than a few minutes was painful... enough that i didnt even go to path mark because it was "too far away" i meant to go down eventually and hang for a bit, but well emotionally and mentally i couldnt even though i am sure hanging would have helped.

i spent the day watching lots of tv, including the cute maneater on lifetime. i also finally cleared my inbox and even paid lots of bills... boredom in the highest.

at one point i went grocery shopping and bought some stuff. i made a real dinner of terriyaki beef and yummy mashed potatoes. i ate a lot but it was good. i also did a bunch of dishes

Day 285/365 (May 30, 2009)

by the end of the day i did a lot of walking to and fro. basically i took tucker to meet krysta and mark and i met at the in the heights lotto. tucker passed out next to me on the street at one point and i got some happiness news about next to normal. i somehow won the in the heights lotto (last named called) a la the same way the final time i saw rent from lotto when mark was all i guess we didnt win.

anywho by the end of the night i ate some subway and hung in the courtyard, then hung out with sasha, autumn, fred, pip, tucker, and krysta at sasha's. 

pretty good day

Day 284/365 (May 29, 2009)

the day didnt start off to great... i almost used body wash instead of shampoo, then almost lost my balance completely and fell in the shower... can you say heart attack? well then it got better (not) when i was taking tucker ona walk and he got a hold of a chicken bone and even trying to swap him pupperoni for it didnt work and resulted in my hand in his mouth, and then my other hand attacked while trying to free that hand. in the end i had at least 15 scratched and puncture wounds bleeding from it and two swelling bruised fingers that hurt like nobodies business for the next two days. (we call him demon puppy for a reason)

then the day got better. i accomplished a goal i had set for myself sometime in march as soon as the weather got to a point that was ideal for me and i walked from 141 and lennox to 46th street (richard rodgers theater). anywho the walk was great... i had my music and i walked there in the time it took to listen to the Xanadu OBC and *NSYNC's No Strings Attached (UK Release) all the way through. it was nice having time for myself and stretching those legs. the only stinky thing about it was sometime when i was at 72nd street where broadway and amsterdam sort of criss-cross i thought i had put myself on broadway to finish the walk but i guess i wasnt paying attention because i stayed on amsterdam. but i wasnt really thinking i was just listening to my music and walking and i mean flags werent raised for me that i was on the wrong path at first because i walk along those lines quite often! i needed to be at in the heights in time for the lotto at 6 and when i realized i was on either 10th or 11th ave i had to high tail it and ended up running the last 5 streets to make lotto in time. i dont run and it was painful and not a cool way to end my serene walk, and they ended up calling lotto 2 minutes before 6, and i was ticked off... though not too bdly since sasha did win but still i was mad!

anywho so i met up with sasha, marty, and autumn and then we evetually headed to Vynl for dinner... got the turkey burger this time and then autumn and sasha went to the show, and marty and i went to the apartment. he did someunpacking and i did some fred time. we played with pip for a bit then marty set up his wii and played that for a while, so much fun! and fred spent the whole time like that on the coffee table.

then i met sasha and autumn at pinkberry and we headed to mostly sondheim. it was of course another great night of fun there and the two of them sang for good, and did a great job, and there were FOUR hosts for a while since marty thomas, brian nash, danny calvert, and a tricky Kate pazakis were there (kate left after an hour or so). they began singing aquarius and let me tell you the sound that came from them was way more powerful and fierce than the whole of the broadway cast. it actually made me enjoy the song for once (i am not a big hair fan).

the rest of the night had fun moments including MT and DC doing the whole of omigod you guys from legally blonde. i made my way home and crawled into bed at 5 am since it ran until 4!

Day 283/365 (May 28, 2009)

it says: "You have a potential urge and the ability for accomplishment"

so the day started with me waking up relatively early and feeling really down about the job thing, the last few weeks have been a sort of slow spiral and then the last few days i have been just a complete emotional plummet. things keep happening that give me temporary good times but they dont seem to be enough, and my throat was still killing me! peppermint is a life saver and i will miss my peppermint sticks when they are gone

then to make matters worse i started feeling really queasy and even though i had lunch at like 1 around 4 i could still taste the fluffernutter stuck in my throat it seemed and it was so disgusting! i wont be eating those for a while to come now!

anywho i got some happy news karolina asked if i would come with her to rock of ages since sadly karen couldnt make it. of course i jumped at the chance since i hadnt actually seen her in some time and i do enjoy the show.

emma has unfortunate timing and chooses to cuddle with me when i have to get up and go! anywho krysta came home and after the long day with tucker too we left, and i parted ways. i met karolina at ollies intending not to eat since i felt like vomiting but the food is so good so i had some edamame and chicken dumplings (YUM), and some of her chicken fried rice. then we headed to the theater. the show was even better this time and first time i saw the whole cast. karolina loved it and with the exception of the gigling fan girls in front, the girl giving lap dances in the box, and the most obnoxious theater goer i have encountered who did everything wrong except have a cell phone go off, including having a full dinner during the second act, it was just an awesome show.

anywho so we headed to stage door after and karolina got almost everyone in the cats, but the funniest moment (she will kill me for this but oh well) happened when she got her picture with james c. so it went a little something like this, though i am sure they are not exact quotes but they were pretty close to it, and he might go see it! (i am so good!)

Karolina held up peace sign while he held up rock on sign

Him: what is that
Karolina: what?
Me: oh that's from another show we see alot
Him: oh hair
Me: no altar Boyz
James: is that a good show, should I go see it?
Me: yea, I've seen it 120 times
Him: really how about this can you make it a 121?
Me: we're working on that

anywho then we finally went our separate ways and i got home to find a wonderful youtube video that i spent 2 hours trying and failing to rip audio from

Day 282/365 (May 27, 2009)

i woke up pretty early on my own thanks to so much sleep the day before, but my throat was still kind of hurting. i checked my email and saw mark was coming in so i gave him a call and we made plans.

i met up with him at wicked and we put our names in the lotto but then took a peek at the cast list and when kyle dean's name was no longer listed there i was like i have no interest in seeing the show if he isn't in it, and he thought about it and decided he didnt want to see it either (mainly because i dont think he wanted to see it by himself) so we left... and i have no idea if either of us was called, oops! any who we ended up at the 9 to 5 lotto to help sasha and matthew. we ran into penski so she hung around to help too. after sasha won we all went to vynl for some yummy food... i love my BLT but next time i will get the mac and cheese that sasha had gotten... so much yum!

then we parted ways and mark and i did some more walking and ended up in starbucks for some time. i finally parted ways with mark after a great afternoon and went to path mark to do some grocery shopping. a stupid crazy lady began following me around saying "oh honey. you're so pregnant" (tho she was so stupid she probably thought your so pregnant) and saw my shoelace was untied (what else is new) and kept saying she would tie it for me if i wanted so i wouldnt trip and hurt the baby. ya know i might not be a decent weight but i do NOT look pregnant and it irked me every time she said it, so i had to ditch her by weaving up and down a few aisles!

Whatever i ended up home and did another successful bathroom walk outside with tucker. then it was time to try and not feel so sick anymore from my poor throat and the sinuses filling up. which isnt helped by emma's insistence on cuddling up on my face, this picture is of tucker misbehaving as usual!

Day 281/365 (May 26, 2009)

it is wrong how excited i am that tucker will now pee and poop consistently outside! so anywho i woke up after a ton of sleep (like 10.5 hours) actually feeling good for once... little did i know how far down i would go! so i also had a sore throat and began my battle with that. well eventually throughout the rest of the day i ended up falling in and out of sleep. like i slept way more than half of the day. which made me groggy and miserable. the only picture i took was a screen cap from my phone reminding me to check out pics taken from the rock of ages today show performance

Day 280/365 (May 25, 2009)

after like 3 hours of sleep, and a really scary nightmare that almost made me not leave the apartment i conquered the temporary fear of the nightmare and headed out to RockefellerPlaza for the Today Show. i was surprised that even that early and on a holiday the train came pretty fast and even ran express, i got there in record time! anywho we began our wait, then they finally let us into the area around the stage. i never got any of the free stuff that was being handed out despite my best efforts, i almost got a pin but someone stole it from me as the kid looked directly at my face while trying to hand it to me! anywho after hours on our feet, and numerous amazing sound checks we got a rocking performance. poor constantine almost wiped out when trying to stand on a speaker, then tried it again and mouthed "watch this" before attempting and succeeding! i now know the blocking and choreography of those performances hardcore! Rock of Ages did such a great job and it was so worth it!

then i came home and stayed up for quite some time before i finally crashed into a little nap. eventually i woke up and did a little tv watching before crashing at about 10:30

Day 279/365 (May 24, 2009)

the day started off kinda hum drum, then got really good, then ended really bad. i did take an actual picture this day, but this was the most important one, which i screen capped from icanhascheezburger.

it was a lazy morning, and i could have used the car but i didnt... then eventually we got stuff ready and eventually people came over. It was a lovely afternoon/evening with family and friends. we ate lots of food, and i even found hummus i actually liked! the kids put on a dance party show for us, and even though we kept going in and out because of the rain or lack thereof it was just a really nice day and i am happy i stayed the whole weekend.

then i left and took the train back even though i didnt want to because i didnt want to ditch mary for seeing rock of ages on the today show the next morning. well sometime in transit i have no idea when it happened but my emotions took a crazy downward crash. i was so unhappy and cranky and it just wasnt good. when i saw this particular icanhascheezburger i almos cried when i saw it because it was so cute and i guess i needed a hug i never got at that moment. eventually i put away all my clothes and went to bed, not that i got to sleep for too long!

Day 278/365 (May 23, 2009)

woke up early, and went to dennis' baseball game. it was super cute and fun. it turned out to be a great day weather wise! then left and clare continued on working on her science project. eventually clare, winnie, and myself went to see hannah montana (the movie) at the cutest movie theater. it looked like it was an outdoor theatre put inside. the movie was super cute and had fun catchy music! so what if i enjoy hannah montana!

then i was dragged to church, which i know made clare and winnie happy. then we came home and i did some babysitting. even though alot of tv was already watched i let them watch the first part of the second star wars... but i occupied myself with my phone since i had no interest in watching it... i can still say i have never seen star wars! then i showed paula some stuff on my computer and she had fun with photo booth... eventually to bed i went!

this picture was a stuffed animal i found on clare's bed and thought it was cute... then i looked at the tag and it said it was the common cold... yes they make stuffed animals out of what virus molecules look like (really, why?) later i found winnie's... hers was the kissing disease, LOL!

Day 277/365 (May 22, 2009)

the day was good... i woke up, showered, went to TARGET!!!! i didnt spend too much time there but the time spent was glorious, even if i couldnt get the flip-flops in the size i needed. later paula and i began our project of hanging up different pictures. With the exception of these last four it was pretty simple and easy... we just had to find the right spot for them. these however required much thought and then planning... but i busted out some awesome math and logical skills and we hung these bad boys! they dont look it from the angle of this picture but they are spaced evenly and the two larger ones ended up being the same level! i was quite proud :D

i even got to drive a bit and took a little driving tour of CNR, and other parts of new rochelle, and i never needed to look up directions to get from the different places!

Day 276/365 (May 21, 2009)

Success! after how many weeks of trying i finally made it to a game of softball in the park!

i woke up on the early side and did my usual emma cuddle time, then got ready for the day. tucker and i left for central park to meet mark and got there right on schedule! I ran into neil which was nice and he showed us how to get to the field since well i suck with directions and got way lost last time! bumped into steph and carina, which was nice! the weather was perfect and we got a spot in the shade and were able to watch the game and chat and all that fun stuff... after tucker even went pee outside! he didnt walk as much as i would have liked him too but he did enough that he fell asleep on my lack the second i sat on the subway.

then i got home and got the last of my stuff together and said bye to emma and tucker and made my way to the train station, new rochelle bound. i received a very joyous welcome from my cousins and headed to their place. it was an enjoyable afternoon with the little ones watching a tiny bit of tv, reading, having yummy pizza, and playing games... phew let me tell you i played "kickball" and tag with my cousins and boy did i get a workout... i ran so much i got all itchy and sweaty and so red! but the proudest moment was when i outran my 6 year-old cousin dennis around the whole house because let me tell you that kid moves quick... so yea i was very pleased!

i also helped krysta through email which was difficult since she left her phone at work so she would email me and i would contact the different people through text and phone call then email her back! thankfully she was able to get her phone and it was not lost.

Day 275/365 (May 20, 2009)

the day began with a rough start because of troubles falling asleep the night before and tuckers barking waking me up.. then i couldn't even sleep after to catch up because i had decided to volunteer at the NYMF offices for a few hours. (side note i also really love having time to be all snugly with emma in the morning when i wake up before getting out of bed.)

you know you would think doing basic data entry is boring and not something to look forward to, but when i haven't been doing anything in the past few months that gave me a sense of purpose or that i was being useful it was just really good. the time actually flew by much faster than i thought it would! it was also kind of cool because well at one point there ended up being like 4 of us and we all started talking theater... and it wasn't a "oh we have a theater question so lets go ask Tamra because she is crazy" conversation... it was a "these people genuinely love and appreciate theatre as much as i do and can have a worthwhile conversation about it without making me feel like a crazy fool because we share the same passion" type of thing.

anywho because tucker was in his crate the whole time i was gone i knew he would have some energy to burn off, as well as go potty. we ended up taking a good walk around out blok and at one point i guess he got "all tuckered out" (nope it will never get old) and just dropped to the ground to lay for a bit. finally he got up again and we went on in. he even knows what building is ours because as soon as he got to it he led me up the first few steps on his own!

anywho the rest of the night was spent watching tv, and getting myself ready for my new rochelle trip which might be one night, or it might be three...

i watched the season finale of american idol (only episode i have ever watched of that show except for season 2, and the first couple of season 3 when i lost interest.) it was pretty boring and i ended up switching to Criminal minds of my dvr once enough was recorded i could watch without commercials... though i did switch over to see the announcement of who won in real time. criminal minds was quite good and the end had me all ahhhhh i dont want to wait! (job well done.)

Day 274/365 (May 19, 2009)

i cleaned alot of tucker's pee, didn't get much sleep because i was up late reading the night before and tucker was whining early this morning. but i eventually got up and went about the day, and gave emma some good attention.

Later i went and i met karolina and karen at a "dress place" to try on a potential bridesmaid dress and it was really fun and really pretty... i have a sneaky suspicion we found our winner. then we headed uptown and chatted for a bit, they went to a restaurant for dinner and i went to sasha's.

on the way i ran into matthew who had startled me a bit but it was nice to do a quick catch up before he had to leave, then i headed to the apt. i was greeted very nicely by the excited pip and sasha... and fred was a little more chill... his welcome to me is running to the bathroom and waiting for me to turn the tub on for him.

anywho sasha gave me really pretty smelling hand sanitizer and we chatted while she worked and i was put to work by pip. i got a little good fred time in but pip was always quite excited and would jump in with us. i love catching up with the animals and residents of 3A!

then i came home and got some dinner that i ended up not really liking because well at that point i was hungry and i guess i didn't cook the pasta long enough... it was actually the perfect consistency for al dente but i like my pasta super soft. (sacrilege i know)

i watched Glee which i had been waiting for (and i really love this subway ad) but i was really sad because for some reason the DVR didnt start recording it right away so i missed the first 15 minutes but i liked what i saw!

after i worked on a fun personal design project... i kinda like it but i wish i could get rid of a color box around something and it is giving me difficulty, but i will conquer it!

Day 273/365 (May 18, 2009)

the day began with me waking up to emma next to me, and then some time with tucker... biy can he pee! eventually i left to go see the taping of jimmy fallon. it was not as fun as last time and one of the guests angered me, and JF did a tiny bit. but yea afterwards i met up with the birthday girl (emily). we decided to eat at blockheads and had to wait forever for a table but we got one and it was yummy and then we sat in the courtyard talking forever before moving down to TOL's open mic night. we stayed there for a couple of hours then it was time to go home, where i let tucker out for a run and he must of emptied his weight in pee... on my floor!

main reasons it wasnt as fun the wrist band they put on me cut off my circulation, and my friend was super late and i got a crummy seat, and well i think the house band for fallon is stupid and lame!

but the reason i was angered was because one of the segments was jimmy and his guest simon baker (total cutie, that amused me very much, perhaps i will watch the mentalist) "surfing" on this moonwalk blown up type surfing thing and they both got on the board together at one point and JF was like this isnt too gay is it? so that angered me a tiny bit, but then the next guest came one Carly whatever her name is from watchman and the broadway play desire under the elms... yea havent seen either of those... andwho when she came out she was like dont worry you guys are man enough to pull that off... i am sorry does that mean she was implying people who are gay are not man enough because i mean rude right... so i basically hated her whole segment because i spent the time being outraged that she said something like that! then the "band" was like method man or red man or both idk and well they are not exactly good so yea next time i hope for good guests

Day 272/365 (May 17, 2009)

got up early, ate some breakfast, then packed and got all my stuff together.

we began our really long roadtrip home which wasnt as easy because we got some traffic and didnt have anything exciting to look forward to. 

we ate at a friendly's and i got one of the best burgers i have ever eaten... so much yum! and then i had to pee because i drank 2 root beers and 1/2 a glass of water and i called it extreme regreat knowing i would be very far away from a bathroom.

i got dropped off at the strain station and made my way back to NY, then the subway, then home and PEEING! then some TV and bed... which was funny too

so i tried watching some tv but between krysta coming home and talking about her day, and then trying to watch it i failed... i finally got to  point where i could and emma began meowing hardcore again.(ps she was on me like glue once i got back since she missed me) and i got up to see what she wanted and realized that she wanted to go to bed, and wanted me in bed now... so i was put to bed by a cat, because as soon as i laid down she stopped meowing and hopped up in a ball next to me! so i gave her some TLC, then i got up and got ready for bed, then went to sleep... it made me happy!

Day 271/365 (May 16, 2009)

i have decided that the bulk of the days of this trip will be written about in livejournal (if i ever get around to it)

the basics of the day, got up and had breakfast, eventually went to the columbus zoo even though my vote was for cedar point.

we saw lots of animals including my favorites which are tigers and otters oh and we found the cutest tiniest baby ducks and i kept saying oh my god its a ____ then inser whatever cuteness i was seeing... basically i behave like a 5 year old child in the zoo.... i just love animals so much!

then we had dinner at cracker barrell which is just so much yum and literally for one of the most filling meals i have had in a long time it was scary/refreshing to see our dinner check for the two of us combined was about the same price as 1 person in NYC

then spent time in the hotel online and watching ever after and reading the princess diaries.

Day 270/365 (May 15, 2009)

crazy day! so i got minimal sleep (but good sleep) and then i woke up and diane and i embarked on our trip... we left behind schedule but that is ok... we left at 7 and after a long roadtrip that resulted in almost 8 hours of me singing and a short stop for gas and food we made it to our hotel a little after 4. i got to play rock DJ... oh yea!

i unpacked then i fell asleep for a bit, then showered and got presentable.

funny observation there is a bank i need to get a picture of called fifth third bank... but here is the thing above it it says 5/3 which should be pronounced five thirds... epic fail if you ask me! there wwere so many horses we passed by and my throat got a little hoarse from all the singing, but it was so much fun and we barely hit any traffic.

we had some dinner at Panera then went to the Palace Theater... it was nice to see it again and we were seated by the usher because here they have to escort you to our seat. we were right in the front row and the show was just awesome. he sang some many songs and had a great band backing him and a great musical guest (jeanette). it was just good music by a talented guy (woot woot Ryan J. Ratliff). we made nice nice with the random woman beside us and i got to throw underwear up on stage during its not unusual... i wish i had screamed oh my god so much louder than i had, but the frilly yellow and floral undies were hilarious!

the show was recorded live for a CD so of course i preordered that bad boy! afterwards we all went to the Tin Duck which was a cute local tavern that had lice music playing... though we were away from the bands but heard their music. we chatted and it was fun... however i got a drink called the reverend (or the rev for short) and well it didnt taste it but boy was it strong...i i am at this point a little intoxicated but proudly didnt proclaim my life story... instead i just failed at flirting with a cute boy, told someone they had really pretty eyes (which is totally true) and may have used someone for balance at one point... the worst part/best (who knows) is i cant help but think my father would be quite proud of me right now... you know i created so many rules for myself growing up and live by them and some are good some i dont know why i am such a stick in the mud but i am kinda glad i stepped off of my high horse on this one because well there is nothing wrong with fun when in the company of people you trust, and i might be saying things i dont mean to, but i still have control over my physical actions so it is all good right? free! but here is the thing i only had two... and phew have only been like this one other time before... may 6, 2008... matthew knows what that was! (GD party!)

anywho once again voices of vegas was just a really great time and i am so happy i came and all that jazz... now i sleep! it was also nice to decide there was a cute boy (ooh two how could i forget cute boy buying food in burger king, and my eating fries with vanilla shake getting funny looks! story... i am the king! yes i took a crown!) who actually liked girls... he will never know i thought he was cute... but woo~hoo it can still happen on occasion... though rare!

ps i still am without camera so i bring you this yet another iphone picture from voices of vegas... surprisingly it actually is pretty decent quality for my phone!

Day 269/365 (May 14. 2009)

blargh!

major "events/milestones" of the day:

woke up on the early side for softball... i got rained out, but at least this time i didnt go to the park first!

did laundry... first time i had to go to the laundromat in like 3 months, it was so horrible! i had to use the large machine that takes forever because of all the sheets and towels and stuff from our house guests, there was a smelly guy drinking some brown bagged alcohol next to me for a bit because there werent many other seating options, then after he left the same mother and child from the krysta, lizzie, and i laundry experience showed up. she once again did no active parenting with him and he took to me like glue and wouldnt leave me be and insisted on helping me with putting my clothes in the drier.... yea, so frustrating! i was able to read some more of Forever Princess (final princess diaries book) while there, and am back into reading so hopefully i will finish it on the sooner side!

packing... i have been packing for my roadtrip... i hate packing and always over pack, but now i am finished

i voted about 110 times for the vgl gay boys on logo's now next awards or whatever it was

i did quite a few dishes, though there are still more to be done

tucker was with josh today, and emma could tell i was getting ready for a trip so this is her protesting that

i am really bummed i cant go to The Mercury Lounge with everyone else to see The Spring Standards tonight. i havent seen them in quite some time and have no idea when i will be able to catch them again, so it pains me to not be there... but everyone so often i make a decision based on responsibility and maturity opposed to a selfish me me me choice and this has to be it. i have a very long (and early) roadtrip ahead of me and if i go see them tonight by the time they finish and all that jazz and i get home, then would have to get up for new jersey i wouldnt get any actual sleep and since i have to drive part of the 9 hour drive, and be awake when i am not driving... i just cant stay out like that, so instead i am going to swing by karaoke ever so briefly at TOL and then head to NJ tonight so we can leave bright and early in the morning (before the sun even rises!)

I also went to hang with sasha for a bit and marty was there and they were working on a figure out how they did that project and it was nice hanging and spending some time with them and fred and pip.

Day 268/365 (May 13. 2009)

The day began relatively hum drum. Emma was cuddled up on me as always but sadly that had to end. i had a bunch of stuff i knew i needed to do today so i put together some of my to do lists so i could begin.

i started with my battle with a lame credit card company who had tried to tell me i missed a payment when my bank clearEly has my cancelled check. so i was told to fax the copy to them... well they had given me the wrong number and i had to call the inquiry number i was given... well that was wrong too and four numbers later and three separate royal wenches (saying i had the wrong department then giving me a different number) until the fourth person was actually helpful and gave me the right number... now next week i have to call to make sure it was processed. it caused me so much stress, oof!

Tucker and i also went on a nice walk/run around the neighborhood, and eventually i went to meet karolina to get my speakers back. then we went on a quick shopping trip since she needed a new pair of work pants quickly, then i went home. On my way i stopped at the grocery store and picked up some yummy tomato and avocado to have as a snack, and yummy it was!

later i paid some bills, and did some cleaning on the laundry front since i have to do it tomorrow so i can ack since i couldnt bring myself to do it tonight. i also rediscovered the nanny, since i saw it playing on nick at nite... good times because i enjoy the show greatly!

also and what is with the everyone ring our door buzzer day today? at least 5 times today, it is wicked annoying!

ps i was also proud of myself because i needed to get to the post office before the week finished out to mail dawn some stuff she accidentally left behind, and well i went before thursday which would have been the last day i could until monday which would have been ridiculous! the best part was i thought it would take forever and even though there was an insanely long line, there were a lot of workers and i was in and out in 15 miuntes! that is a record for all of my post office trips, score!

Day 267/365 (May 12. 2009)

I woke up and the biggest accomplishment was cleaning out my email inbox which means my stress level went down quite a bit! Eventually i made my way to the Barnes and Noble in Lincoln Center to see the cast of next to normal perform before their CD signing. even though it was on 66 i just walked to and from the 72nd St subway because i could and i was so nice out!

I got there and chatted with Jo Ann and Mike and some other girl for a bit, then found Chris and his friends in line. eventually they let us in and we got great seats in the front on the side. They sang three songs and made me kinda want to see it on the sooner side, but since i am almost pretty sure i am going to be all about n2n soon i might hold off. i took a bazillion pictures, especially of Aaron since he sang in all 3 songs and well i had sasha's awesome camera so i was using this as a play around with the features opportunity.... yea i think i took almost 120 over the course of those 3 songs, oops!

then i left since i wasnt getting a cd signed and did some more walking and a little grocery shopping, then i came back into the aprtment and put it all away. tonight was a roommates night in and krysta made a yummy dinner for us and we chatted and watched some tv, much needed! eventually i worked on updating this, and major facebook picture uploadage, and then we also had some vanilla ice cream with samoas in it for dessert.

One of the shows i ended up watching is The Phone, now i think it is interesting, not only does it have "suspense" in it but my favorite part is the end of the show when it is a test to human character. After the teams finishes the task they are told only one of them can get the money based on a quiz. After the person who won the quiz gets the money they have to not only decide if they will keep the money or split it, but they have to tell their teammate too. of the 3 episodes i have seen two people have split it, and 1 has not. I mean you just went through a day of all hek and you did each challenge with a teammate and probably wouldnt have been successful without their help so it is pretty selfish to not share it. i think the show would have been better if the person who won the money decided not to split it they would lose it and all the money would go to the other teammate. but yea so that is my thought.

i also did a bunch of dishes, and did some cleaning in the kitchen/livingroom... and on my way back home i found a box of newborn kittens... 5 of them and they looked like they were only a few hours old, and probably had been born within the last 12 hours of my finding them. their faces were so tiny and they were huddled together, mom wasnt too far away, but mom was a street cat so i suspect the kittens probably wont survive (or maybe already gone) but i have no way of knowing what happened to them since i dont talk to the barber shop guys who kind of look after the neighbor hood strays, and since i dont want to know anything bad, i will choose to live in ignorat bliss and believe they are on the way to becoming healthy kittens that want to play and will be adopted by people.

Day 266/365 (May 11. 2009)

The day started off with me being excited that i wasnt going to do anything tonight. i watched a bunch of tv and ignored my email. Then i got a call from Diane and ended up making plans to go see Broadway's Leading Men at Birdland which was a benefit for BC/EFA.

Later on i got ready and headed out. First i made a quick trip to Sasha's and picked up her camera and gave Fred and Pip a little love, then i headed to Birdland. I dropped Tucker off with Krysta then headed in. we got a great seat right in the front circle in the center and had some yummy food. the evening was so nice. everyone sounded great and it was just enjoyable. 

Michael Kadin Craig sang a new song by Michael Patrick Walker and it was really cute and funny. i wish i had audio. it was about this guy that liked this girl but she liked someone else so he was trying to convince her he was better, and my favorite lyric was "he's edge and i'm 3G."

I had forgotten that Groff was to be a part of the evening so that was a pleasant surprise and he sang a medley from the sound of music and the main element was the goat herder song, and he yodeled with his heart and made me so happy since that is still one of my favorite dance recital songs.  I was also amazed by Kevin Earley. i had ever seen him sing before but what a voice! my eyes literally popped at one point because it was that good and that doesnt happen often! One of the pictures above was the producer, Wayman, blowing out his birthday candles and i thought it looked nifty so i included it.

This was day 2 of running into Jo Ann. which was nice since its been so long since i have seen her! so she, diane, and myself hung out and chatted after and failed at speaking with Groff since our waiters took too long with our checks, then we headed home. I also chatted with Mark for a bit on the phone too.

Day 265/365 (May 10. 2009)

it was anther good day! i got some rest after the last night of fun, then i headed out. I met up with Ewa and her friend, and her friend's boyfriend at a Pinkberry on bleecker st. (i finally let myself get some) and we hung there for quite a while. then we walked to their car and they dropped me off on their way to their hotel. i walked to the courtyard and waited for a bit until the macdonalds were done seeing ABz

Tim gave me the tickets i needed for Broadway Loves the 80's (volume 5), and then we went down and met up with Michelle and Nicole. After we headed to Cosi's and got some yum, then walked to their car and krysta popped out of Josh's so they could meet Tucker. I am so happy i was able to spend that time with them since they are a big part of my new york family. (this was day 1 of running into Jo Ann by the way)

Today was also the day of literally running into everyone and their mother! (although no actual mothers except michelle herself) i even got to speak with mark on the phone for a while. but so many of my friends i ran onto and that was nice and another sign of the good weather being here!

Then i had some time to kill and needed to charge my phone and didnt want to go inside, and as i was heading to starbucks i noticed an outlet on the wall in the courtyard! so i chilled there for a bit letting it charge and ran into more people then i walked to Joe's Pub from the courtyard because i had so much time. when i got there i did my favorite thing to do before taking my place in line which was going to wal-green and sitting in their massaging display chair for about 20 minutes.

Then i got in line and Hope joined me and we were seated. i was so excited because i had only made my reservations that morning and they had said the cushions were taken but when we got there we were on the cushions!  so sad my camera was dead but hope got a few pictures and videos!

This one was so much fun! the theme was movies from the 80's and well it was just an evening of good music, good friends, and great performers! this time there was some good choreography! danny calvert performed thriller with zombies and everything that danced aboive my head and in front of me, and there was YMCA with original cowboy guy who came into the audience and sang to the guy next to hope before heading back and being joined by 4 delightful looking men, and many other great people. Ran into Dom there and we all hung after for a bit.

i also would like to say Mo Rocca is the king of random knowledge and should be on my team if ever we were to play trivial pursuit and made me happy i am not the only person who has never seen a bunch of movies that are "80's classics"

Day 264/365 (May 9. 2009)

this was kind of a day i just needed really badly. I had so much fun during the week but i was just on the go ya know?  well after we all woke up (yay for my first dose of real sleep in a while, and sending dawn on her way back home sadly) i ate a little "breakfast" with ewa before giving her directions and sending her on her way. then i spent some time relaxing before i headed over to the Trump Tower apartments on the East Side. It was a trek but so worth it!

I was the first to arrive at Hope's boss' apartment and we hung for a bit while playing with Erin's Wii. I still felt like my right arm was missing without having my camera to take a picture of the amazing view! We played some American Idol KAraoke Revolution, then played Smarty Pants for a bit... i dont like that game! Eventually Emily arrived, and with my supplies she was able to add her final touch to the thesis cake she made Megan... i ended up with that colorful tongue because of it... i call it tongue art.

Megan arrived an then Erin came... Hope ordered pizza, i brought pretzles, and chips and salsa, megan brought soda and stuff and then the fun began! i ate sooooo much stuff and had sooooo much fun playing karaoke idol for quite a few hours! eventually we finished it up by watching the last half hour of the traitor justin timberlake hosting SNL which i didnt find funny at all, but i was with my friends so i didnt mind.

then i walked all the way across the island practically to the subway and went home and slept. i was very happy ewa didnt mind me staying with my friends instead of meeting her right after she saw 9 to 5... she is a good cousin!

Day 263/365 (May 8. 2009)

I left NWS at 2 am and instead of going home i went to meet Hope waiting in line to see NKOTB on the Today show as part of the concert series.she had chairs for us which rocked hardcore! eventually Dawn came and joined us and brought arts and craft supplies and we made posters... ok mine wasnt so much a NKOTB poster, but a drawing.. i ended up snoozing for about 20 minutes, and they helped me pry off my boots that had literally welded to my socks! my feet were swollen and in pain. i also learned that i love NKOTB, but old school them. i was no where near excited or as obssessed as most the people but it was fun being in that atmosphere with friends.

they finally let us in and the standing began! during soundcheck the crowd revolted towards the people in the front with signs, i witnessed a 10 year old girl that needs anger management tools, and admited defeat. i was so tired and in so much pain i couldnt wait the next two hours on my feet to see them, so i was hppy with the two full soundcheck performances and dawn and i left. i got home and got an hour nap in before getting ready and heading out.

i went to New Rochelle to help with my cousin dennis' 6th birthday party (star wars theme). i frosted the super amazing lego cakes and helped set up and all that. 13 6 year old boys in a contained area is work! but the party was fun and a sucess. the only sad thing was i had taken my camera out to snap a few photos of party was it was set up, and my camera i named after the immortal Duncan MacLeod died! i guess he wasnt immortal after all! his lens wont go back in and i cant use him any more and i feel like i have lost my right arm! (bonus i got 9 boxes of samoa girl scout cookies (my fave) and a box of trefoils (my 2nd fave).) i need to spell better!

after i got back into the city and met up with Ewa from her bus from Boston then we went home. i was so excited that both of our annoying houseguest had departed and found a disgusting mess when i was changing the sheets to clean ones for ewa. i mean really... if you are going to have your period and have an accident (ON SOMEONE ELSE'S COUCH) then dont leave it and not tell them... so i found dried period gunk on my couch that went through the (now thrown out) sheets and onto the mattress... yea tossing that too!

anyway ewa freshend up then we met dawn at the seinfeld diner and got some good eats, then we headed to mostly sondheim (dawn went home to pack). got there on the early side so ewa and i strolled for a bit before heading in. we got there and found lympus, collen, and michael from NWS so we sat with them and it was nice. Marty and Brian ended up hosting alone but it was of course still fabulous and fun times! ewa even sang, and i was sad we left t so early, and missed lots of fun, but she didnt want to stay out too late, and quite frankly if she hadnt of made me leave i may not have made it back in one piece because i was so tired!

i then crawled into bed and slept for a few hours... it was beyond needed!

Day 262/365 (May 7. 2009)

This photo was "stolen" from TONY Lounge's FB Page

So began my massive lack of sleep, but fun doom! As became usual we went to bed around 3/4ish in the morning and right beforehand Dawn was like let's try getting standby tickets for Jimmy Fallon. SO she left earlier than me, and then i got up at 7 and joined her in the standby line. After they handed out the tickets we grabbed a bite to eat and headed home. I wanted to go to the softball games which i am beginning to think i am not supposed to, so instead of sleeping i took a tiny 20 minute nap and got up and got tucker together and headed to central park. (keep in mind i checked the website before i left and in hindsight have realized that page was loaded offline) so i get there to the field i wanted and nothing! as i make my way to the other fields with lots of walking and frustration over confusing central park i get there and see nothing! i walked for almost two hours with a 6 pound puppy that only walked the equivalent of about 10/15 street blocks the whole time. then i check my phone and on my phone it said the games were cancelled due to rain... awesome, not!

then i get home and no time for napping, i change into my clothes for the night and see it has started to rain slightly so i put on my rain boots.  we walk outside with umbrellas and it was a slight rain... we get about a block away and MASSIVE downpour the rest of the way. it was also windy so basically our umbrellas did nothing and we got soaked from head to toe! we checked in on the standby list then went to a bathroom and used the driers to try and dry off a little.. didnt work so much with me! then we took our place in line when we were allowed to.

they ended up pulling us from the regular line and putting us in the band line and finally still wet we took our seats in the extremely air conditioned studio... just the thing in soaking wet clothes! the filming was pretty fun and we saw martha stewert, some stupid comedian, and got to be on stage when a band played. after it was over we ran out to get to the birthday party and when i did i saw a girl get hit by a cab (nothing serious, a little roll and she was totally fine as exhibited by how quickly she whipped out her cell phone and rolled her head around in anger) so i was like "let's not be good samaritans and just go!" so we did... (and ended up meeting martha's dogs)

eventually we got to chevy's to celebrate matthew and mackenzie's 21st birthday and of course dawn's 22 nd birthday, since today was her birthday. we had a nice meal and chatted with everyone (sasha, marty, amelia, zuri, todd, and brian at one point). then i rushed over to new world stages so i wouldnt be late for check in for karaoke idol.

i was already in a state of panic experiencing slight stage fright before i got there since they wanted a headshot (like i had one of those), but then i got there and the place was bursting at the seems with people, so many of them, the check in line was long, and i saw the performances would be happening down stairs and was being projected on the TOL tvs for anyone who wanted to stay upstairs. then i found out who the judges were... yea i have never been nervous like that before. i mean my pulse was racing, i was on the verge of tears, and at times had a hard time breathing. people tried to make me feel better like dawn, lympus, mkc, and mitch... yea it didnt help! finally i was able to calm myself down enough to pretend like i was ready... and i ended up having a great time and felt so good about facing my fear!

i hung around the whole time standing mostly in my painful rain boots (mistake) and dawn had left to do some shopping then go home. it ended at 2... i still havent slept at this point but the rest makes sense on next entry for the date of it all.

Day 261/365 (May 6. 2009)

once again i don't remember all the fine details, but here is what i do remember...

Dawn and i ended up doing a reconnaissance mission to find the "seinfeld diner." we found it and it turns out it was only the exterior and never the interior. I never watched Seinfeld so i had no idea, but it was still exciting and we decided when we had time we would go eat there.

As we left we walked a bit before we got on the subway and found a Pinkberry and i began my impressive will power of not getting it... i walked in a Pinkberry a couple more times this week and didn't get any... well until i did... but once out of like 4 is pretty good right?

then we made our way downtown and did some more walking and ended up getting tickets to see 17 Again (after a failed sunglass hunt attempt.) Let me tell you I LOVED THAT MOVIE!!!! i dont see movies often anymore and i dont usually leave with a feeling of wanting to see it again or owning it, but i suspect i will own it once it is released on DVD. Dawn makes a good travel buddy.

Day 260/365 (May 5. 2009)

once again i cant remember everything i did during the day (really need to keep up with this!) Dawn and i got some Pinkberry before heading to The Eatery.

i know we had stayed up late and slept quite a bit. Eventually we made our way to The Eatery for Karolina's birthday dinner. It was nice having a big group dinner someplace that has such great food! After we all headed over to Bar Nine for some extra time with each other and of course the birthday girl! it was a good evening for sure!

i especially loved the gift i gave her complete with lemons, pretty blue liquid, and a card with a monkey

Day 259/365 (May 4. 2009)

Dawn arrived from Canada via her trip from LA!!!! I dont remember everything we did, but i know that we went to Sasha's and spent some time with her and Fred and Pip and Nick. (i can't remember if matthew was there.

Pip and Fred were having lots of fun playing with each other and i wish i had been able to take a few more pictures! my allergies also flared up which was not so cool but some good medicine kicked it back into gear!

Then Dawn and I headed over to see Altar Boyz. I had made sure to get her an aisle seat close to the front (front row actually) and before the show started i looked around and there was only one other person with pull potential so i had a 50/50 shot of having my evil plan work... it totally did! She was pulled up onstage during Something About You and as michael extended his hand to her she looked at me and said "i hate you" yea that was a great moment haHA!

It was just really nice seeing it with her because she had never seen it before so when she laughed and all that stuff it was natural and reminded me of how much i love seeing the show and that was pretty hip! the last few times i have seen it i mean i liked it but it just sort of felt like i was there for a reson (which i was) and not because i wanted to see it, so it was nice to watch it and have total fun and not playing little games i have created in my head to make the show go faster. (this is why i had taken my hiatus from seeing it, i loved it too much to end up hating it... it helped with rent, and it helped with this). 

i know a big part of our random time together we spent looking for a bag for Dawn.

Day 258/365 (May 3, 2009)

i woke up feeling alot happier which was nice, and after some good puppy time i made my way out. It was raining, and he the streets were so water filled. i ended up getting soaked on my 25 minute walk tot he life cafe. sneakers were a pool, and my pants got hit so bad, it went all the way up to my knees!

Anywho Emilie wanted to celebrate her birthday at Life Cafe, so that is where i went. Emilie, Jennifer, Carina, Steph, Vicki, Jerri, Some other girl, and myself stayed there for like 2 hours (maybe a little more.) They very nicely didn't kick us out even after we payed. I really don't like the food at Life Cafe, yeek! my turkey burger was plain and burnt! Then we walked to Crumbs by union square and i was proud of myself for no breaking down and buying a cupcake! then we all headed uptown. i went to the NWS Box Office to buy tickets to ABz for dawn and myself. Ended up with great seats for tomorrow night! while there i ran into Ravi very quickly, and MKC and group of his friends holding up the line buying tickets. (not really holding up the line) then i got my tickets and headed back to kim's. i was able to finally make the pizza and do the dishes that i have made since i was here. Soon i am going to make sure i have all my stuff and head home, since Kim gets back tonight. I am watching a cheesy movie on ABC Family called Taking 5 and enjoying it quite a bit!

I also got bit by the organization/cleaning bug! i decided my closet needed sme work so i switched out the winter stuff and put in the spring stuff and i also reorganized it back into sections... it took a long time but felt wicked good!

Day 257/365 (May 2, 2009)

The day started off as a lazy day. Me and the puppy spent quite a bit of time playing and keeping each other company, whilst watching a lot of tv. Finally i realized i needed to swing by my apartment even to drop off my laundry so i could be able to bring home my pizza making stuff easily on sunday. Even though i was in a weird mood i got up and headed out. It should not have taken that long to get home, but alas between the subway running local this weekend, and the construction happening around columbus circle, it took close to 45 minutes just to get from 14th st to 59th st! once past there we zipped along at a normal pace.

Going home ended up being the worst thing. between the long uncomfortable ride home, my already weird mood, my OCD in full effect, and severe discomfort at the clothes i was wearing, walking in and seeing the place a complete and utter disaster while smelling right foul of animal urine just sent me on overload. there was new furniture we dont have room for strewn about with other furniture like things, and a BIG mattress on the floor in my room interfering with the air mattress set up for our guests, and blocking the walkway to my bed leaving barely any floor space, and i couldnt get in my closet to put my laundry away. instead i made my bed and laid the clothes out on bed to get them ready for hanging when i can get in. stressed was an understatement, and a tizzy i was in!

this all sent me into a downward spiral of an emotional mess. i just wanted to get my pizza dough, get to kim's, and make pizza and crash. Well i got out at 28th to go to Whole Foods and the only dough they had left was frozen solid which meant no pizza for me and then i got to kim's and was starving! i ended up ordering a very yummy cheeseburger and onion rings. After more puppy time and tv i finally fell asleep. On the subway back i eneded up randomly listening to Scott Alan's Dreaming Wide Awake and it helped me calm down a little, which was nice.

Day 256/365 (May 1, 2009)

I woke up and got myself together. Eventually i made my way to Kim's apartment to move in for the weekend to play with the puppy and take care of her. Somehow my name disappeared of the list so i got stuck in the lobby for about 45 minutes until Tom was able to call and straightened things out. The doorman was trying to be helpful but he was just annoying the crap out of me!

I understood completely he couldnt give me the key until they called, so i waited quietly on the couch calling and texting like crazy. he kept asking me if i got a hold of them, and after the 4th time i was like i will tell you as soon as i do. (like i would talk to them, then not tell you? idiot!) and he also kept trying to explain to me "i cant let you up there if your name is on the list.... blah blah blah AS IF i was making a big deal about it... i wasnt i said its ok let me try calling then sat on one of the lobby couches... it just ticked me off because i was being so nice and not making a big deal and it was almost as if he was looking for a big deal!

I finally got the keys and settled in. It is so much fun and easy playing with Kim's puppy. she greets you with a toy and gives you kisses and you can just pet her, and she doesn't bite! she also knows exactly where to go potty at and you just have to feed her and clean up the wee wee pads. no messes on the floor!

I left to go to Mostly Sondheim, even though i knew brian wasnt going to be there, but hey it is still fun no matter who is there. I met this nice couple, and one of the girls from last week. we had fun and this week there was a word game also, platypus. so i sang mama, i'm a platypus now. i as also kinda surprised that i saw cole and MA there. The fill in piano guy (john) was super nice and did a good job. it was also nice getting "home" so quickly after i left.

Though the only "sad" part of the day was during one of the times when they were trying to fill space. Kate asked Danny if he knew any monologues and he was like yes, and begun doing Mark's pre-Epiphany monologue from Altar Boyz. Well he kept getting hung up every so often, and despite my best efforts to run it in my head and help i failed! the moment of truth and i couldnt do it, but i know i know it... when i think about it i can recite any part of the show, though i try not to as that is just a bad sign at how many times i have seen it. AT one point Kate was like Tamra help him out you've seen it like 122 times... she was close, i am at 119, though monday will be 120!

Day 255/365 (April 30, 2009)

this was a busy day. Tucker and i went and met Judith in central park and had lunch, tried contacting Krissy and her friend, then i rushed home, met up with Krissy and her friend Stephanie i think,  got them settled in, showered, and headed out. i went to sasha's and said a quick hello to her, fred, pip, and marty. I borrowed her camera then headed to the marquis to meet karolina. She gave me my necklace back then we met up with diane.

Diane and i went to the opening of 9 to 5 where i ran into kelly, then later we went to the part, and i saw kate there too, i have some good friends. then they shut the kinda lame party down real early and i went home.