Day 315/365 (June 29, 2009)

what are the odds of this fruit snack assortment? i opened up a little packet and did what i always do: eat the ones i dont like first. after eating only one grape and one orange i looked down to see what else to eat:and i was left with one pink and NINE reds! craziness! too bad there werent any peaches in there... of this brand they are my favorites! (and the only ones that actually taste like a fruit)

i cuddled with emma, played and snuggled a bit with tucker, picked up tucker pee, baked banana bread, had grilled pb and j sandwiches, had the fruit snacks, and watched lots of tv. i also chatted briefly with judith on gchat. i did a ton of dishes in between and was on a bit of an emotional roller coaster for myself. On one of the shows i watched today (The Closer) Barrett Foa ended up being on it (yay) and it resulted in my happiness at him being able to show a really emotional side of his acting and once again thinking he should be singing on some stage in NYC.

as far as my emotional state i was happy at some points which resulted in my cleaning out my scary inbox and stuff, but i was also unhappy in other ways that resulted in not good things (did you see what i ate today?) and thinking about things in general. i have always known i didnt want to physically live in NYC  for the rest of my life, but not that i have any idea where i would be willing to live. today (and yesterday too kind of) i wished i were some place else. i know i am a long ways away from leaving the city because i am not at a point in my life where i can just go someplace else. i am not ready to part with the friends i have close by, and dont feel like making new ones... so hopefully this feeling passes since i do not know what i want out of life any more... i am just sort of floating through with no aim or direction and that scares the crap out of me... i used to be so ambitious, and have so many plans, and now well i have nothing... i just cant deal with certain things anymore and am sick of keeping up appearances ya know? i need something but i just dont know what? there is so much going on in this head of mine that i just cant express... partly because i dont know how to and partly because i dont have anyone i am willing to unleash it all on... not because i dont trust but i just dont want to open that can of worms... though i am midly by this very public post, oy!

Day 314/365 (June 28, 2009)

what a slightly weird day! i met with michelle at the courtyard to hang out for a bit and to meet with travis to give him his birthday goodies... we felt kind of like a stalker sitting where we were but whatever, we had made arrangements to do so! anywho after a while michelle had to leave to see the show so i started to leave... i got about as far as starbucks and paused torn between if i should go home or stay and read. well after about a minute debate i saw mackenzie walking towards me! so anywho after he said he was going to the courtyard so i decided i was staying. it was nice chatting with him, but eventually he had to leave and i decided that i was going to stay and read... which i did for SEVERAL HOURS!!!! (which that was strange enough) anywho i finally decided i needed to leave because i was hungry and needed to use the bathroom and prefer my own... well what are the chances that i would run into mackenzie again as i was leaving? well i did and matthew this time too! so we walked to 42nd street and then parted ways. i came home and ate and chatted with krysta about our weekends. we watched some tv and that was the basics of the day!

Day 313/365 (June 27, 2009)

considering the time i had got home and went to bed i was surprised i was able to get up so early to help michelle with the hair lotto. luckily she won and was able to see it with mark. after lotto we got some yum at chipotle and then stayed there for a while... i hung out reading and almost (or maybe actually) falling asleep in the courtyard. then i met them at stage door and we headed down to pick up tim, and spent time at a street fair. i got this awesome pretty necklace that has a real four leaf clover inside of it! (so perfectly me).

then i went home and i dont remember the rest. oh yea i baked a bunch of cookies for travis for his birthday!

Day 312/365 (June 26, 2009)

i decorated the cupcakes i baked with sunshine and equality! anywho i dont remember what i did besides that during the day, but then i headed out and began craziness amidst random rain.

i helped chris with wicked lotto (we lost) then i traveled to three different pinkberrys to sample the free new flavors! then i needed real food so i got subway.

then i went to sasha and marty's and watched some pirates of the caribbean 2 and hung out until going to mostly sondheim. it was fun as always especially with marty and sasha there... marty sang willingly and then bribed sasha to sing. my cupcakes were a hit and some guy bought my table a round of drinks he was so grateful... lol! then home i went.

i dont know if this was the day or not (but i suspect it was) i went on a crazy cleaning spree of the floors, the bathroom, and my room... and did a bunch of dishes!

Day 311/365 (June 25, 2009)

well i ended up doing another overnight rush for next to normal... this time i slept a tiny bit more than last, mark ended up showing up and mary was able to get a ticket. after i got my tickets i went home and slept for a while. eventually i went and met krysta to drop off tucker and that was the last time for a while because he ripped my pants and almost pantsed me!

then i met up with mary and devon and sasha and marty. after some time there mary devon and i went and filmed some stuff for mary's demo reel for twicon with allison case.

then i went to next to normal and met up with jo ann there too! and finally shoshana. we had an excellent time at the show and meghann (natalie u/s) was FANTABULOUS! all of us hung out after the show for a bit at SD chatting with each other and what not and had a lovely chat with Kyle Dean. then mark and i headed back to my place and i baked cupcakes.

as we were leaving next to normal i stepped in some gravel and it got stuck to the bottom of my flip flops until i pried it off!

Day 310/365 (June 24, 2009)

it was a very long, but very much fun day! i woke up early to get ready to meet my cousins and walk Tucker. I left earlier than planned because paula had texted to say they were looking to get there earlier. i ended up getting there way earlier than i meant to and sat on a bench to read my book.  ya know i lived over there for a year and never did that!

anywho i et up with my cousins Paula, and her clan... and also my cousin Mo and her kids. 3 adults, 5 children... phew!

we hopped the boat to liberty island and then we waited in line forever to get in... by the time we got to the observation decks of the pedastool it was raining! not hard but enough that my pants got soaked and i was slipping in my flip flops! that gave me quite the bit of stress. but we had lots of fun and then i left to go home.

i got home and went straight to the tub to clean my now extremely dirty feet from all the yuck of the streets on NY and then i washed my jean bottoms in the sink since they soaked up all that yucky water! then i took a much needed respite to re-gather myself and get pack my overnight bag to head to sasha's so i could get some more sleep before heading to rush for next to normal.

i got there about 11 and met with marty and fred. i laid down to try and get some sleep and then i got a text saying there were already people in the next to normal rush line... i thought about it and then away i went... not so much sleep, but at least i was close by and got a quick hello in.

Day 309/365 (June 23, 2009)

oh the day... so anywho i only got three hours of sleep (ok not quite that much but rounding up) before i had to get up and go do the rush for next to normal. i headed out and met mark there and we waited until 10 to buy our tickets. it was not as much fun as last time since we didnt have a ton of other people we were being all chummy with, but it was nice having the company.

krysta brought tucker to the rush line before heading to work and he attacked her poor skirt/shirt pretty badly, but she was able to sew it up on the spot... and then he did it again! everyone seemed to love him (of course) then we went home... i took a nap! i woke up with really cold feet since i was hot when lying down and didnt get under the covers and by having a dream that flies were biting me and i was bleeding because of it. obviously flies werent actually biting me, but man oh man i was itchy for a little while after because of the dream!

i ended up with another nap at some point and some quality time with emma and tucker, then i brought tucker to meet krysta at josh's. i was quite pleased at myself for even remembering his apartment number on my own! then i stopped for a 99 cent slice of pizza before going to the theater. i met up again with mark, his friend jess (i think is her name), and diane.

the show was really quite good and i had lots of fun even if i am emotionally dead inside. we had a nice little chat with kyle dean after then we all went our separate ways. i got home and chatted with krysta for a bit and down loaded drew seeley's new version of her voice from the little mermaid.... it sounds quite awesome and pretty and i dig it as a stand alone song, but i cant wait to hear him sing the actual version of it in the show when i go to see it. that song is just so beautifully written!

i also have been really into reading my book Angel's Tip... so good!

Day 308/365 (June 22, 2009)

a day of nothing turned into an evening of fun! i thought my only activity of the day was going to be buying someone a ticket for altarholic appreciation day, then i found out Sasha and i were going to Born for Broadway, a benefit in support of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.

i got to the apartment and spent some time with Marty and Fred while Sasha got ready... then we slowly made out way to NWS. it turned out to be quite the awesome event and i wish i had recorded it. Richard Kind was the host and he was hilarious and there were some standout performances, and some "not so much".  Noah Weisberg (with one S) did a cute and funny number (with Krysta R.). Steve Rosen and awesome music director guy came out and did their absurdly amazing broadway medley and i really have no idea how Steve is able to remember all of those lyrics! Then Grandpa Vanderbilt (from Gossip Girl) who is actually a two time tony winner sang two songs and one was Elvis so he could say "thank you very much" and the other was i've been everywhere complete with fast paced town rattling off lyrics and he was um fantastic! aaron lazaar sang a really great original song and it even had a lyric in it about where is grandpa vanderbilt (except it was with his actual name which is something naughton). i would also like to point out how Grandpa Vanderbilt was introduced Richard was like blah blah blah, gossip girl, and sasha and i were like who is he? then he walked out, we saw him, and were like OH! then there were some not so great ones... one of which (i think his name is adrian bailey) is the guy who fell through the little mermaid trap door. he came out using a cne and he sang his song and he sounded pretty terrible actually, not worthy of having been in 20 broadway/touring shows and then PEOPLE FREAKING GAVE HIM A STANDING OVATION! just because you have a cane doesnt mean you deserve a Standing Ovation for an inferior performance! (that is my soap box anyway). i am so glad i was able to go and that i went with sasha.

another awesome moment of the night was when people were sharing stories about the Reeve and one of their friends recounted when Dana had called to say she had a date with someone and when she finally told him the name of her date he said he was like "you're Fing dating superman?" that was pretty funny.

anywho it went until 11 and i needed to get home ASAP since it was an early day to rush for next to normal, so i went home and was in bed by 12:03!

ps we took this picture in one of the fisheye mirrors before leaving NWS

Day 307/365 (June 21, 2009)

emma has been my cuddle buddy since i got back, especially today! she just kept curling up all cute like on me! anywho last night i actually got in bed before midnight and was asleep by 12:30ish which was monumental! this resulted in me waking up around 9!

the morning started off quite nice with yogurt, and yummy sausage made by krysta. we watched way too much tv and all that jazz.

eventually i got myself together and headed to run an errand and meet up with the family. i met my cousins (paula, clare, and winnie, and their awesome Aunt Ming) at Vynl for lunch. it was nice hanging with them in "the city" and they enjoyed the food and restaurant, because duh it is amazing! clare and winnie kept going to check out all the bathrooms. then after we finished i escorted them over to see wicked, and then headed to the NWS box office to buy my AA Day ticket. then i went to the courtyard and read for a bit. while there i checked my twitter app and saw they were still looking for phone banking volunteers for the marriage equality bill in NY State. so i said i was willing to help. it was quite fun and kayla was there! (someone pointed out how humourous it was that everyone who was doing the phone banking were single and we were calling about marriage! the interesting thing was the day really turned out wonderful complete with clear blue skies and white fluffy clouds...

well as i was walking from the courtyard to the human rights campaign office it all of a sudden turned gray and not so pleasant looking. it began to rain just as i got the building (it was mere droplets when i went in). well i was in there we could see out the window the downpour that began... then just before i ended up leaving the rain stopped! i was able to get home without rain, and then when i got home it started opening up again! i was a pretty lucky girl for sure!

ended up having chinese food for dinner and feeding tucker more peach than i intended! i also worked on fixing the next to normal audio someone sent me and creating album art. i didnt fix the bad splicing, but i did put the songs in the correct order, AND give them all the same type of nomenclature. though i feel i should add a little something special to some onf them, but we will see if i ever do that. oh yea i also did a bunch of dishes...

also i woke up in the morning having the strangest dream... it was about my dad, which is kind of fitting on father's day EXCEPT in my dream my "dad" was kind of a non-formed being (as in i never saw him even though i was looking at and speaking with hom... and to make a long story short he told us we were moving to brooklyn and i in my dream i started to cry because i didnt want to move to brooklyn and i was freaking out about how long of a commute it would be to get back and forth from manhattan and brooklyn... then i woke up

Day 306/365 (June 20, 2009)

i got up early, and made some pancakes for breakfast... they didnt hit the spot i was looking for... then i went out for the rainbow rehearsal/meeting.

it was in a lovely room and i helped with rehearsal and then we had the initiation... wow there are so many differences from MA rainbow it will take some getting used to but everyone did a great job and at the end they did this friendship circle thing that i loved so very much!

then i left pretty quickly because it ran late (started late) and i was meeting Zina... but sadly she had already left to go home... i was sad but i knew i could have some fun with sasha and marty...

so i headed up, ran into some altar boyz flyer-ing TKTS area while i was walking... then went and got some subway and hung with sasha, marty, fred, and pip for a bit. i ate some interesting pickles (one was a cinnamon raisin tasting one) and we watched an interesting theater documentary thing on "the golden age"

then i went to path mark and did some grocery shopping and came home. the night ended (after much tv) in krysta helping me change my lightbulb in a death defying set up since we do not have a ladder... the sight of her getting off the two chairs, two speakers, 2 taped together shelves contraption was HYSTERICAL... she dove onto the mattresses/clean laundry pile near by to get off... 

oh also there are harry potter movie posters everywhere in the times square subway stop! like every where and it made me all crazy excited! and at some point i did a crazy cleaning of our living room and my bedroom floors.

Day 305/365 (June 19, 2009)

i woke up in new rochelle and thankfully it was not raining! i spent some time with the cousins before heading out, and then rode the train home... i decided to take a cab with all my stuff... great decision in theory but he didnt stop where i told him to so i ended up having to walk quite a distance with my stuff anyways!

i got in and somehow got that almost 90 pound suitcase full of laundry up the stairs... i estimate it to weigh that much since that is what it weighed when i came back from SF and it was filled to the seems! then i said hello to emma (who has been all over me anytime i sit still... she missed me! even now as i type this she was just curled up on me, then moved to the side of my hand) then i said hello to tucker by taking him out for a walk,,, he was so excited to see me and perked up and when i took him out of his crate he was trying to wag his short stub of a tail and licking my face all over! i took him for a walk then eventually he ended back up in his crate because he wouldnt stop biting me.

anywho while outside i noticed the time (12:45) and was like oh i should enter the virtual line lotto for twelfth night (shakespeare) tonight, which meant i had to do it by 1... well by the time o got inside and turned my computer on i signed up for it around the 12:50 ish mark and waited, then i checked like 5 after and 1 and it said i had won them! so i called sasha up and of course she wanted to go!

i then spent the time watching tv (um luther was in an episode of the unusuals), eating lunch, and making myself presentable, also saw krysta for the first time since last thursday, and went on my way.

 i was quite proud of myself for getting to the theater in the park on my own... like i didnt get lost either! fin-a-freakingly! after sasha made her way to the theater (some troubles) we got the most unusual pickles and pickled green beans that were yummy.

the show was actually pretty good for the most part, despite my uninterest of shakespeare. act two was certainly funnier than act one (well parts i should say) i thought everyone was great in the show (except julie white... i felt like she was acting and not actually her character). and some were superb. Anne Hathaway was absolute brilliance (and my reason for seeing the show). she carried it so well and the few times she got to sing can we focus on her gorgeous voice? The guy who played Sir Andrew (Hamish something) was the next best thing... he was so perfect as that character and at one point he (and anne) had me in tears from laughter. i had also never seen raul or audra in anything before but they did not disappoint... really casting was on point! and audra especially she really embodied olivia. sasha gave me cliff notes as the show went on to help me out. and the guy playing sebastian looked like anne from where we were sitting.

anywho after it was over we went to do the stage door thing, and to my complete happy surprise i found hope! so we all stood and chatted and totally fan girled when anne came out. i know i might seem " a fan girl" many a time but in all actual fan girlness there havent been that many OHMYGOD moments... Anne walking out was one of them (maybe 4 total fan girl moments). i was like OMG its anne hathaway and to make her even more rockstar she took the time to chat with everyone and take pictures AND sign autographs... when she was with us we were like you broadway musical, now! and she was like um ok write me one and i will do it! (if only!) yea i was so flustered that when i wnet to hand her my playbill to sign i handed her the camera because my brain just couldnt process life correctly at that moment... and she was all i cant take the picture of us (not in a diva way, but in a it wont work way)... anywho AMAZING!

we also spoke with audra, and had to move ourselves down the line again so we could get hamlish.... SO AWESOME! i was like i love him the whole show. then we asked about raul and was told he sneaks out pretty quickly after and we headed home... after an obnoxious train wait i came home and ate chips and fluff for dinner, yum, but not good at 1 in the morning!

anywho i am so happy i saw it and i need to see it at least one more time.... ANNE HATHAWAY!!!!

Day 304/365 (June 18, 2009)

RAIN RAIN RAIN! all today was was RAIN! so gloomy and miserable. my cousin dennis and i went to trader joe's and got some stuff, then we went to a yummy bagel place and had some breakfast.

eventually came back to the house and did lots of hanging out with the cousins and also getting some personal space. i also did the catch up on this blog for the last 11 days of my slacking (oops)... rain makes for frustrated children man, but it was still a good day... i decided to hold off and go back home tomorrow since tomorrow is the only day in the forsee-able future that doesnt have rain predicted... so hopefully i can get home without a downpour!

ps i didnt do laundry today but did A TON while i was here!

Day 303/365 (June 17, 2009)

once again in new rochelle... i was going to go home but paula asked if i could stay another night because she could use my help, so i said yes! today they released the new updates for my iphone and well it was like christmas! i cant explain how happy they made me... we are talking copy and paste, text forwarding, landscape keyboard in texting/email, better fast forwarding/rewinding in itunes, the SEARCH feature, the voice memo, and s may other awesome things! i sent matthew this text because well i love him and i screen capped the copy option because it is my favorite of the updates!

i would also like to point how how over the last several days i have been listening to next to normal whenever i get the chance (even play it while going to bed) and i just love the music so much! yea, wow, yea! i mean dennis can even sing parts of I'm Alive now!

also the cousins all love icanhascheezburger and get an insane kick out of them!

it should also be noted how upset i was at missing the spring standards in hobeken since the show sold out before i could buy a ticket... i ahvent seen them in ages and my heart is breaking more than a little because of it!

Day 302/365 (June 16, 2009)

it should also be noted during my time here in new rochelle i have been playing with their wii like crazy! and doing lots of baking... but today i helped clare finish decorating her cupcakes for her class party... she put some dye on her tongue... 'twas the result, so we remember my picture from a little while ago of tongue art? (http://mysticmeow.blogspot.com/2009/05/day-264365-may-9-2009.html) yea i was quite proud! but as a responsible adult i was all don't do that again blah blah blah!

i also spent the morning at their schools talent show... it was two hours long... it was for the most part pretty torturous, but my cousins two acts were great and some of the other kids were good... some... not so much! but one little boy sang you raise me up acapella and well he sounded pretty great for a 3rd grader and i think his parents should put him in voice lessons!

Day 301/365 (June 15, 2009)

another good day... i hung with the cousins, and then paula headed off to MA so i was the babysitter for the night. it was good times. i also changed the wallpaper on my phone to this because well lets face it i am vain and well my hair looks great and i look happy so change i did! it is me and kyle dean after his first performance. sadly the only picture i took on this day was this screen cap on my phone from facebook so i could use it as my wall paper. yay new rochelle!

also baked some chocolate chip cookies with dennis

Day 300/365 (June 14, 2009)

another day in new rochelle... such fun... even if my little cousin insists on jumping on me, and trying to pick my nose, and well slap my bottom... the major activity of the day was shrinky dink making mayhem.... it was fun! i was obsessed with trying to recreate a butterfly someone else had made but in my color choices... this was the closet i came.

also i baked some yummy banana bread

Day 299/365 (June 13, 2009)

got in late from mostly sondheim... and didnt sleep until 6! then i got up at like 11 or 12 and got ready... i begun my journey to new rochelle and it was raining!

this is a picture of dance your a** off with marissa jaret winokur... i took it because her fb status had asked if someone could snap a picture of one if they saw it... so i did :D

it was nice to get to new rochelle and see my cousins.

i also baked brownies with them.

Day 298/365 (June 12, 2009)

day was pretty basic... except no tucker because krysta had him in jersey... so it was just me, him, and emma... we napped a little all three together (rock on!) and finally i headed out. pip and i went to times square and blew bubbles for a bit with everyone else who was doing it (so cool!) then we went and helped out cheryl and jake at the rock of ages lotto... then we went back to pip's home... i was really quite sad to give him back since he was so much fun!

anywho then we all hung out with sasha, marty, and fred! we played some hardcore wii (super mariokart) and i just had a lot of fun, then i headed out to mostly sondheim. there were so many people there and i was irked because i kept getting hit and having to get up for a girl to go in and out of her seat. but it was another night of fabulous music and entertainment that ended earlier than usual... and besides a seasons of love sing along we had a la vie boheme a sing along... thou that was mostly me, brian, and Dom. then i went home!

Day 297/365 (June 11, 2009)

so the day was pretty good, tucker, emma, pip, and i all hung out... we went on walks (well not emma) and they played so beautifully together... pip is pretty strong and beat tucker at tug of war by pulling him across the floor repeatedly.

unfortunately this ast week was one of tamra loses everything and i couldnt find my metrocard and it really pushed me over the edge of life and was upset  i couldnt go to karaoke that night with kim and susie. i did end up finding it quite sometime later wedge between the kitchen table and wall... really? destroyed my life just a bit! i ended up watching lots of tv of course and i dont remember what else but i was having so much fun with mr. pip and i loved the bed he had made for himself in my room.

oh yea pip and i took tucker to meet krysta at penn since she was taking him to jersey... yea i am really too pro at two dogs on the subway!

Day 296/365 (June 10, 2009)

the nigth before sasha asked if i could watch pip for a few days... of course i said yes! well after my crazy lack of sleep from my rushing endeavor the day before and my typical lack of sleep anyway i couldnt wait to go home and get in bed... pip is a quiet puppy... no real barking... until he gets to my place i guess! he and tucker spent the whole night barking at each other and i didnt really get any sleep. they were barking while playing, then barking when we seperated them, then barking to bark... i yi yi yi yi!

and he would bark every time someone would pass by our door since i think he was trying to protect us. i still love him though! anywho pip, tucker, and myself went to help tracey with hair lotto. we lost (i am pro at taking two dogs on the subway!) then the three of us set off to the dog park for a bit... it was quite the walk at that point and it was CLOSED when we got there for something! i was so aggrivated, then we started walking to the 72nd st subway but jordan asked if i could meet her outside of the barrymore theatre to give her the lotto money... so we headed there... did that and finally headed back home... by the time we got back the dogs had walked about 41 streets and 8 aves worth! and i got stopped lots because of their cuteness. originally i was offered a 12th ight ticket but i had to say no because after the nigth before i knew i couldnt leave the Pip alone... its ok i needed the sleep!

but we had a really fun and good night together and although emma is not a fan of other animals, she actually would let pip sniff her! (Actually by the time i took him home, she would even come up and sniff him... yes pip has an awesome personality!)

Day 295/365 (June 9, 2009)

tuesday was an incredibly amazing, fun, and LONG day! i ended up sleeping for 30 minutes outside the booth theatre and then only 45 minutes at home. Mark and i rushed from 10:30 pm monday night until 10 am tuesday morning. it had tremendous rain, thunder that set off car alarms, frigid winds (that turned me into a superhero, and awesome new friends. i met this new person Joe and well he was so freaking awesome, and jake and tracey were also in the line, sasha swung by with pip at one point and i dont think i actually ever left the rush line except after they handed out the bracelets i took a tiny bathroom break! (jordan even stopped by for a bit) it really was lots of fun and we played a game of UNO and i kicked butt!

it was all for me to see Kyle Dean's first night in next to normal and it was worth it! after we left i went home and baked cookies for him and stuff, had my little nap, showered after the crazy long night, then met mark at build-a-bear to help him make a bear for kyle dean. i also scouted out the finishing stuff for the abe bear from last year's AA Day scavenger hunt. then we headed to the amrriot and put the bear's clothes on and stuff, got some food, then met with michelle at the theatre. it turns out Alice Ripley was sick so her understudy was going on and a bazillion people got refunds for their tickets including some of the people who had camped out overnight with us and i was like wow that is crazy! and sasha got one of our extra tickets but got hers refunded so joe ended up sitting next to me for the show and that was fun.

Kyle Dean did such an incredible job and i know it sounds weird but i was so terribly proud of him. i have seen him grow as a performer over the last three years and this really was amazing, he finally is able to show the rest of the theatre community how freaking amazing he is on a nightly basis. best part? i actually like this show so it wont be painful to sit through and watch it many times! (though i did love xanadu by the end) he played Gabe so well and well i just cant say enough ... yea and all the people who freaked and got their tickets refunded? you missed an incredible show i thought Jessica was leaps better than Alice Ripley (yea i said it) her voice was so pure and her acting choices made me appreciate the character more... jessica phillips is amazing!

special thanks to tracey for helping unwrap all my reese's for the cookies and jake who was in line with us

Day 294/365 (June 8, 2009)

i watched tucker, i went to open mic night at TOL, i got there early to help raise money for a walk, i drank something called Purple People Eater... it was yum! i also got my stuff together to get ready to rush next to normal. i got there at 10:30 and two minutes later two other girls showed up... turns out one of them is the cousin of one of my LJ/ALtarholic friends... such a small world huh?

anywho mark and i rocked rushing... more on that on tuesdays entry

Day 293/365 (June 7, 2009)

i woke up and cleaned my room hardcore! i also bought the final supplies for making of the cake, and bought some drinks and chips for the party. then i waged war! i made the rice krispy treats for the medallion and then the rest for us to just eat. i cut the cake and frosted it. I wrapped the wire in super awesome gold ribbon and when the rice krispy was hard enough i wrapped the ribbon over the parts of the dowel that would be exposed. then i frosted the treat and sprinkled the glitter sugar on it, and then after it refrigerated to firm it up i used the glitter gel to do the details... then i waited. ps i succeeded greatly because my bad boy cake never actually fell over! it did fall apart because the rice krispy treat medallion broke in half after 25 minutes (it got real hot and i think the marshmallow in the treat loosened up and SPLIT!). but i said i would be happy if it lasted at least 5 minutes and it surpassed that greatly!

i did so many dishes throughout the course of the day to keep the place clean and watched lots of tv until our guest arrived. we ended up with so much food and we ate a lot! there was amazing fruit (watermelon especially) and veggies and chips with onion dip, and raspberry iced tea, and i dont know what it was but fruit on some spongy thing with ice cream, and duh rice krispy treats, and my cake!

sasha, amelia, and her roommate nicole came to celebrate. we watched the TONY's which was pretty not great... the performances were weird (especially the opening number) and the sound was terrible, as in someone wont be working this event next year! billy elliot took almost every thing they were nominated for which was so freaking wrong! no way should the three billys have one best actor in a musical! and sieber lost best featured actor... CRIMINAL he is the best part of shrek and just embodies the character so well, not to mention the psychical aspect of it. Neil patrick harris did a great job hosting,t oo bad they didnt let him onstage/screen more!

anywho after the show ended krysta and i did a quick cleanup and i didnt go to bed because i am a fool, but i caught up on the last four days worth of blogs!

Day 292/365 (June 6, 2009)

anywho by the time i got home and settled in bed, and did some pant cleaning because of tucker pee and something else i saw my toes that had been in pain and it is hard to tell in this photo but man my middle three left toes were infinitely swollen compared to my right toes. they hurt wicked badly! thankfully when i woke up the pain had subsided a little bit and the swelling had gone down.

i got up and got ready and headed to a rainbow meeting for the first time in ages, and the first time in new york. everyone was super friendly and made me feel not awkward. the assembly is still pretty new and i got to help and fill in as hope, bad i know but whatevs! there were some differences and stuff but everything sort of comes back to you! then after the meeting they held rehearsal for initiation, they balloted this meeting, and i got to pretend to be the clueless candidate. by the end i eneded up being there for about 4.5 hours but it really didnt seem like that long and it was something i really needed and i am looking forward to getting more involved with this assembly and learning more about the NY differences and sharing my experience!

after it was over i walked and met up with sasha, then we met with krysta (after i got some good quality fred cuddle time!) and we headed out for food. i got subway and they got cosi and then we went to the courtyard and chilled there while eating... then i finally had to part ways.

i met up with diane for her 200th show celebration and shared in our excitement for kyle dean in n2n. then we saw altar boyz... the show was super fun since it was a double wunderstudy show... joey was on as luke (he is so great as luke) and mitch was on as mark (and he was super freakin' awesome!). the show was going so fine until something about you. ya know all i want to do is be pulled up on that freaking stage as the something about you girl, because when i was so very long ago they didnt take pictures and i want one! i understand and respect the rue of not being allowed t pull up altarholics but by golly it still sucks and is uncool when you are sitting next to an altarholic and THEY get pulled up onstage for the second time in less than a year. i wouldnt have been upset (well that upset) if i hadnt been at the show but i was sitting right next to HER! upset isnt the right explanation of the emotion i felt but i know i lost control and made some sort of face of shock/horror/jealousy/anger/???? and i keep telling myself to "let it go" tamra but its hard because i am naturally a jealous person. and well it just isnt fair... yes 200 is a big milestone but you know what so is freaking 100! how many people have seen that show more than 100 times? not that many... i am not asking for a pull up everytime but really i think i have earned it! 121 is a big number and do you know how many people i get to got and see the show? i mean i get alot of people there... i should sign up for the affiliate thing but would rather people see the show than profit from getting them to see the show (i am weird i know)... so that is my soap box and i am going to be not pleased about this for quite sometime... 

moving on! after the show we went to TOL to celebrate and ended up staying until just before midnight... i also let someone in on my true level of crazy... still trying to access if that was a mistake or not... then home i went... but i didnt stop there! i decided that i should bake the cakes for the tony award cake i was making before i went to bed so that i wouldnt heat up the apartment in the morning or be rushed for it to cool in time... then i went on a cleaming mission to help make it much easier for krysta to do her finishing cleaning touches... then to bed i went at like 4 am ish!

Day 291/365 (June 5, 2009)

anywho i didnt get much sleep since i had gotten in so late from karaoke and had to get up early to meet krysta at next to normal rush. she had been so insistent that i see aaron tveit in it before he left , she worked it out that she rushed the first part, then i would finish it out. it was drizzly and my pants and shoes got wet and the wind ended up making me really cold! i also had tucker with me which was totally fine and fun until he had to go potty and i had to move him to the wet street to go and he wouldnt and ended up with a very wet dog with a full bladder (paranoia now). anywho there was a person behind me in line that when i saw him he wicked familiar but i couldnt quite place him. well after i got my ticket and was just at the subway i realized why he looked so familiar... he was zeke (the baker guy) in high school musical that i saw out in texas!

anywho i got home and did a bunch of stuff... i took a much needed nap at one point... i would also like to point out that at some point during my sleep that night i did something and my toes were in pain! so eventually i headed out to meet up with krysta and steph. i chose to wear my boots since my sneakers were still wet and it was still raining. anywho i met them at a yummy place called rice and beans. after dinner krysta left us and steph and i walked for a bit until we ended up killing time inside the marriot marquis.

we got to the theatre and what did we find on the cast board there was an understudy on for aaron! how am i supposed to let go of my i really dont think aaron is a good performer if i cant see him in the role he is supposedly amazing in? well i didnt care so much since i dont really care and i was glad i was going to see what the story was about. steph and i took our seats and i saw jo ann so went over to chat for a bit. during intermission i ran into hsm guy and asked him if i was right... of course i was and that was pretty random and weird! at SD i also ran into someone who knew who SJ was! that night they also FINALLY announced that kyle dean was taking over for aaron in the show and well i started getting lots of people sending me links about it, which i appreciated so much :D

anywho the show: i thought it was great and i liked it as a better choice for best musical, but i didnt think it was as amazing as everyone had been saying and although the cast really was great i didnt think they were as great as everyone had been making them out to be (highly critical o know) and everyone kept telling me i would be nervous sitting in the front row because someone was so fierce and the story was so emotional i would be in tears like crazy... yea not scared at all and well it just didnt touch me emotionally. i decided i was like the tin man because we both apparently have no heart! well anywho the understidy that played gabe i thought was extremely good and i dont think there is any way aaron could have done a better job than him... he worked that character! i think overall in the show my favorite character (not actor) is the doctor... the "second" rock star one more so

anywho i headed home!

Day 290/365 (June 4, 2009)

so the day started out with finding out softball was once again rained out... which turned out to be a good thing because i didnt feel like having to get ready for the day that early. anywho i found out during the day that mitch was going on for luke in altar boyz and even though i have been really good about not seeing it too often i wanted to see him as Luke since that is my favorite character. i also knew i would only get a ticket if i could get what i consider a good seat since i am a seat snob. i also made plans with kavin and he knew i would only go if there was a good seat.

well anywho my plan was to go to the box office then help mary lotto hair. i got to the box office and was not given very excitable seat options so i was going to hold off until i could talk to kavin and help wit hair... so i high-tailed it over to the theater just in time for the lotto and found mary, sasha, matthew, mackenzie, and zuri.  luckily mackenzie was called right away so sasha and i peaced out! (later i found out my name had been called... yay?)

Sasha and i went on a mailbox hunt, and did a little bit of walking then i went to the box office to buy the tickets. well just s i was about to give th discount code i was told it was going to be a wunderstudy show and that mitch had been switched to mark and joey was going to be luke. so i ended up not getting the tickets because i knew i was seeing mitch as mark on saturday. (i have already seen joey do all 5 roles!) then we went back to sasha's and hung out for a while.

later i headed to NWS to meet kavin for the final round of karaoke idol. i made a random friend for a few minutes waiting for kavin, who it turned out was inside the whole time seeing The Toxic Avenger, and i chatted with Michael for a tiny bit while he waited for someone.

anywho finally met up with kavin and i got to sing twice during the night and watched the final round of karaoke idol... i wasnt happy with the winner but whatevs! it was so nice hanging with kavin and it was one of my favorite nights i have spent at karaoke because he is so fun and i havent seen him since january and we danced around and all that fun stuff... we left at seriously like 2 in the morning!

Day 289/365 (June 3, 2009)

this was how i found emma when i woke up for reals this morning. Before i fell asleep emma did the cutest thing, she came up along side my body, flung herself onto me, curled her head on my arm, and then wound her body down the rest of my arm, then purred like crazy while i pet her. i kept waking up in the middle of the night and i guess this morning i finally had my share of joni mitchell... i am sorry but i dont think her voice is all that great and dont understand the attraction people seem to have for her music.

an idea forms, plotting and planning: a while back emily sent me a link for hunter bell's tony award cake recipe. i read it and laughed but felt as if it were a challenge. i am not saying i am going to attempt to make it, but i will say that i just spent the better part of an hour figuring out a way to modify his directions so that if i do it wont fall over. and mine would be more like it, since his recipe seems to lack the middle part the plaque actually goes on... it just means if i do make this it would be bigger than life size and i need and impressive dowel that will be big enough to go through the cookie and the cake and down below what the cake will be on so it wont fall over. i figure if i do it it will either be a photo op for hunter bell or a photo op for cake wrecks! (http://www.titleofshow.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1736)

i left the apartment and met up with krysta to drop off tucker, then i headed for some cake related errands. i found some great things and bought supplies at home depot... how hardcore is that? anywho i also brainstormed another idea i might do instead of using the black and white cookie. i also got glitter gel and it looks so cool but since i got special sugar i am afraid it might not show up, or it might drip... oh well, i look forward to this challenge!

it began to rain and i was getting soaked so i was glad to get home and change into dry clothes and am now wasting the night away!

Day 288/365 (June 2, 2009)

i paid more bills, and i went on a cleaning spree. i wiped down the surfaces in the bathroom, including the tub, and i did a bazillion dishes... practically all our silverware! i also wiped down and organized all our surfaces, i just couldnt get to my bedroom... will stay messy for a while!

then i met mark at barnes and noble, and ran into kelly :D

the story of my life did a performance and CD signing. it was nice to see will chase and malcolm gets sing the great songs again. then mark and i did some walking and ended up chatting in the courtyard before i came home. i finally had the penne a al vodka i had been craving for a few days, a TON of asparagus, and topped it off with the last half pound of cherries!

ps i also had such a happy dream at some point last night... i cant share it but it put smiles on my face!

Day 287/365 (June 1, 2009)

i went out on an errand with tucker for krysta. it was so frustrating because tucker just flat out was not cooperating in the walking department and i had to carry him most of the way. anywho i finally found the drop box i needed because krysta had given me the address it was by. so when i couldnt find it i went in the building who had the address she gave and CARRIED tucker. well anywho i asked the security guy if he knew where the ups drop box was and he told me it was right over there by the other security guard. (about twenty five feet away). anywho i told him thankyou and he said but you cant go there because no dogs are allowed in the building, then asked if i had someone else who could go drop it off for me, and i was like no it is just me and him and i am carrying him, cant i just drop it off? he once again said there are no dogs allowed in this building and i was like well i am going over there now pretend you dnt see him and he was protesting to the other guard like i told her no dogs and he looked like she just is trying to drop off a package, no big deal! really that guy was one stupid person.

on the way home i finally stopped and bought fruit from the street guy and got so much yum! i mean look at those cherries and peaches! i even bought a super yummy tomato and a fresh avocado to eat. i came home and ate the tomato and avocado, two peaches, and like half a pound of cherries!

anywho mark had called and said he was coming into the city to try avenue q lotto, and i said i would come meet him and help. krysta asked if i could bring tucker then and she would help, so i did. i ended up being the first name called and well afraid my lotto luck is maxed out right now. then mark and i headed to next to normal to try and buy tickets for him, michelle, and i think nicole... but there lady there wasnt so cool so we failed. then we got some yummy chinese food. since i had sweet and sour chicken not too long ago i got chicken and broccoli... i really LOVE broccoli!

then we hung in the courtyard until he went to the show. i headed home and watched part of i'm a celebrity get me out of here... i can sense this will be a new guilty pleasure! then i went back out and met him at TOL for some open mic night. we stayed for a while and had fun and i was skeeved out at one point and also made really happy by something mark had done for me... yay!

i missed kate pazakis' cd release party which made me really sad, but i just couldnt spend the money on it... i am getting more careful with the use of my money... and yea i know it totally ricked and had a great turnout and thankfully sasha didnt end up being there by herself.

also on my way to meet mark after Q let out i had a showdown with a rat... i was brave and stood my ground... the subway people cheered me on!