Day 360/365 (August 13, 2009)

i barely had gotten any sleep when i had to wake up to get ready to go to bryant park to save seats for a bunch of people. when i got out of bed i stepped in a big puddle of tucker pee!!!! the weather was pretty fab and slightly chilly actually! (except the impending threat of rain). anywho i got there and was ticked to find suze already there i mean i got there at 7:30 in the morning what time did she get there and she had taken the spot i like to sit in but we still had really fabulous seats (just as great as hers) and i learned how much i really and truly despise that beyond evil and wretched woman! the lawn was sort of swampy because it had rained slightly and because of it i ended up slipping on the library escape hatch at some point well that evil wench couldnt even be bothered to ask if i was alright and even though i know she isnt nice i asked if there was anything on the back of my pants because i had fallen and she didnt even flinch just flat out ignored me. i thought that was the most upsetting thing of the day little had i known. anywho eventually chris and lon showed up to help save seats and keep company. i went and picked up sasha's camera and awaited everyone to show up i was saving seats for. it was nice having lynette, nicholas, mark, his nephew zachary, diane, annemarie, and jean there. it was like a mini altarholic reunion! anywho when diane had arrived she too had slipped and fell but here is the thing before i realized that someone had fallen i heard suze laughing and saying someone had just fallen and she was so pleased with it then i saw the person stand up and it was diane! i was like it is wrong that you laugh at someone like that in general but especially wrong when you used to be friends. so i have never hated anyone as much as i have hated her in my life and that is actually a pretty strong statement for me to make because it surprises me that that is true. she is the most foul and horrible person i have ever encountered and i wish that she would just stay far far away from me and those i like/love. ( i dont wish her any harm but karma is a bitch baby so you better watch out because the world will turn against you at some point). end rant.

the performances were blah! boyz were fun, billy was stupid and only performed one song because they couldnt dance in the rain, but they still could have sung them! matthew morrison performed a song and i got glee pins. mamma mia lip synched to a song (trecherous), south pacific was boring but well down. it rained during the show at one point and john stamos came to promote bye bye birdie. he wa on stage far too long saying the same thing but whatever it was still amusing and well i took a bazillion pictures. i felt as though i was pleasing the inner fan girl of my sister who used to have a crush on him quite a long time ago. i have no idea if she ever had a fan girl side but i suspect she had because i remember finding clippings of photos of him once when i was looking through some of her old stuff. so basically those pictures are for you! (also when i went to go get the camera pip was so excited to see me and when he flipped so i could rub his belly he was so excited that he ended up PEEing! on me, i was like dogs 2, tamra 0... it was not a good moment for me)

then i dropped stuff off with sasha and met mark and zachary at dave and busters. yummy food and a good time and lots of tickets later we headed out. i hung in the courtyard for a while charging my phone and fell asleep at one point. then i met chris and lon at avenue q lotto to thelp them. they lost, then i went to 9 to 5 lotto to help sasha and marty. sasha won!. then sasha, marty, matthew, zuri, and myself headed off and got some most yummy thai food.

they all rushed off to their shows, then i went to pick up the other camera from sasha and i gave some love to fred and pip. then i went to TOL for what i thought would be a few minutes of karaoke until i had to go to brooklyn. well karaoke was cancelled but that was ok because it gave me some time to catch up with michael (box office guy) who i havent seen in ages! then i headed to the public assembly in brooklyn and got there way too early despite my best efforts and met up eventually with megan, laura, and emily. the show started an hour late and i didnt get home in bed until 4 am. but the time spent with those girls and seeing the band perform was beyond worth it because it had been so long and well i missed them! the show started after midnight so i cant post pictures here, but i hadnt fallen asleep so that is why i wrote about it here. i even had a lovely "dance" with someone at the end of the night.

Day 337/365 (July 21, 2009)

What the crap? last night i fell asleep on the couch shortly after midnight... close to 2 am i was woken up by emma who called me to bed. it is pitiful to be put to sleep by a cat, but much appreciated since my bed is more comfy than the couch! anywho i basically stumbled to the bathroom then laid down and was out like a light again. when i woke up this morning to emma curled next to my body and head and one paw draped on my arm i thought how cute and i wonder what time it is. it was kinda on the darker side outside and i knew i fell asleep pretty early so i was like i bet it is around 9 am... boy was i wrong! i looked at my phone and it said 2:24! i thought it was wrong since my phone sometimes displays the wrong time... no it was right which means i slept for just about 14 hours! i had no idea i was needing that much sleep, and now my day is wasted!

i did the massive dishes that some how appeared and that was at least productive.

eventually i got ready and headed to the 9 to 5 stage door since they had tweeted about wanting people there to be in a sing along video... so of course i went! "have camera, there is a tamra!" is my camera whore mantra. it wasn't done as i had thought (just everyone singing along) the producer guy was picking people who wanted to be picked, he sung them a line from the song 9 to 5 and then you sang it back in the camera... fun! the stage door guy was also pretty funny and very into making the lion king attendees jealous they werent at 9 to 5!

after i headed over to therapy for broadway sessions because marty thomas was one of the guests and joey was there... and he had a friend josh with him that was just fabulous, and eventually mike showed up. it was an interesting evening with "great" musical trivia... like i would know who the original Boq was... i could care less about wicked, lol! Marty sang his mashup of Single Ladies by Beyonce and Dont Rain On My Parade... and his one man Omigod You Guys from legally blonde. both complete with dancing and spectacular lighting. twas late so i went home.

Day 332/365 (July 16, 2009)

this is my clock, it puts time on the ceiling... the only way to see what time it is at night! In fact i am so used to loking up sometimes when people ask me what time it is my first instinct is to look at the ceiling, no matter where i am.

i got up and headed out to Broadway in Bryant Park... today The Little Mermaid, 9 to 5, Toxic Avenger, and Pure COuntry were performing. IT was a sunny day but i was armed with a bottle of water and a thing of sunscreen. I am so fearful of the sun and burning so i put more on like every thirty minutes and kept asking if my face was turning red! I was excited when i got there and saw Chris saving a bunch of seats so i joined him and he was very good company to have. the morning was lots of fun but really? OK so 9 to 5 was exciting but they only sang two songs (beautifully done) but why didn't they sing 9 to 5? I also think it is awesome allison janey came and did the park since some people are too diva to do it, however i wish her understudy had because i would love to hear the songs sung by three outstading vocalists.... i do love her acting dont get me wrong, but she just cant sing. pure country is supposedly coming to broadway in the spring, i dont like country so it wont be a show i will see (unless casting dictates otherwise) but the guy who performed had an incredible voice and was cute to boot! the girl had to read from the sheet music but sounded great.

Toxic Avenger, this was my first exposure to it and it seemed like it must be the fun musical everyone says it is but two of the songs sounded the same and some of the same lyrics so i was like huh? but the guy who co-wrote it and is part of Bon Jovi was there to introduce them, then joined in the last song towards the end and i was like oh i wish dawn were here. the other show that performed was the little mermaid... once again this year brian d'dario (spelling is wrong there) stole the show, there is no question in my mind that he has a bright career ahead of him i mean how many others are that professional and killer at such a young age? Let's talk Drew Seeley. i was excited to see him perform because um hello CUTIE! and he does have a nice voice... in the end he did sound amazing but i was so dissapointed because he sang the new popified version of her voice. yes it is a fun song, but in the musical Her Voice is one of the most beautiful songs and if that is what i was going to hear i would have wanted to hear the musical version not the pop version... and this is broadway in bryant park after all, not pop concert in bryant park! i understand reasoning behind it... i am sure disney spent a ton of money producing that one song so why not use it, but STILL!!!!

after it was over chris and i took a walk to the times square visitor center because he wanted to pick up a few of the show fliers and stuff and i was able to look in a mirror there and be reassured that i had not gotten sun burnt!

then i headed home and got some lunch, where i cut my gums on a peach pit, and there was blood and it hurt! it was a tame sort of day at this point, though i did a bunch of dishes. WHen krysta came home she cooked us a truly scrumptious dinner and we had a yummy dessert of brownies and ice cream. Eventually i got ready and headed out to TOL for some karaoke.

the nights was lots of fun and it was very exciting to have had some many friends there at one point or another. Kim, Susie, and Jo were there when i arrived and shortly thereafter Joey turned up. Before the night ended Andrew had even popped in! (and a few others). The night was filled with lots of karaoke from me... best part is i made it through the night without singing any britney spears even if there were protests about that. it was just a fun and lovely night :D Kim and i walked to the subway together and then i went home and fell asleep!

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.

Day 247/365 (April 22, 2009)

I had originally planned on getting up early and heading to rush 9 to 5, but I had been up so late that I decided there was no way I could rush it. So I set about my usual daily activities. I should also note that when I woke up Emma was curled so cutely next to me.

 The best part of the early part of the day was watching Fred and Tucker. They played so well with each other and it was just so cute to watch them chasing each other, and licking each other, and tucker trying to bite Fred, and Fred gently telling him who was boss and that biting was a bad idea!

Eventually I toyed with the idea of rushing the night show of 9 to 5… I flipped back and forth if I should, or waiting until Sasha was back from CA since she hadn’t seen it yet either. Finally I decided that I wanted to see it, even if that meant going by myself, and that I should do it when I was in the mood. I got ready real fast and went on down. I have no idea what the rush crowd is like so in true “Tamra form” I got myself there a good two hours before the tickets were going to be on sale. I was of course the first one there and as I got ready to take my spot to wait a woman at the window asked what the best seats they had available for next Monday were and when the BO guy told her like 8^th row center I was pretty upset since he had told me the last time I was there so not the same thing! I then decided I should just see what they had for best available since I still have the code printout sheet. He told me 4^th row center! I was like “um buys it please!” It cost more than rush seats but at least it wasn’t partial view and it was super close!

 

I then saw how much time I had and decided I was going home before the show, and since I had so much time I was going to be able to bake Neil some brownies for his birthday. (Which was a few days ago.) I was so pleased in the grocery store because I found the most perfect yummy large avocado. So I picked that up and some tomatoes.

 

I then headed home and made the brownies right away and while they baked I did the dishes, ate my tomatoes and avocado, and made a card. I really do quite enjoy arts and crafts… which reminds me my cousins birthday is soon I should make him a card.

 

Anywho then I headed back downtown to see the show. They let us into the theatre wicked late, and I hate waiting! My seat was perfect… I wasn’t front row but because the seats are slightly raised my row was sort of the perfect spot so I never had to look up, I could just look straight ahead. If I had been in the front row (which I had wanted) I wouldn’t have been able to see al the way to the back of the stage.

 

The curtain is really all kinds of awesome and innovative. It is a bunch of phone cords dangling, with random phone headsets strewn about, and then it has really pretty colorful lights on it. The show also started way past usual start time, and finally as the lights went dim “the voice of god” came on and I was like what emergency understudy is going on? But the voice was all like “please welcome Dolly Parton,” and well she came out from the side and walked to the front. She was so tiny and my first thought was Hannah Montana (I should be ashamed I know!) but anywho she just wanted to give us a little welcome, and told us that today was administrative aide day (formerly secretary’s day), then she said they would never let her on the stage and she had to leave so the show could get started… every was all excited!

 

I had never seen the movie and only knew the bare minimum basics of the plot line so I had no idea what to expect. The show was pretty fun and entertaining and some great costumes and choreography. I didn’t feel like one person in the cast was a weak link, which I usually have at least one or two in large casts. I thought everyone from lead to ensemble did well. If it weren’t for Dolly coming out and speaking beforehand I would not have realized just how dead on Megan Hilty nailed Dolly’s accent. There were moments when I kept thinking Dolly is speaking now. It was nice to see Neil do some crazy dancing, and he was so spot on! I just wish he ya know had even a teeny tiny speaking and singing part!  However it is my best guess that he is not miked and that is why he doesn’t get to say boo even when he is the cop and listening to the detective.

 

So while I was waiting to be let in, whilst waiting in crowded “lobby” who should plow into me?  One of my “favorite” people ever, and by favorite I mean someone I despise very much and the right people know whom I am talking about. My only satisfaction in seeing her is knowing that she is probably as repulsed to see me, as I am to see her vomit much? (though I never did anything to deserve her hatred.)

 

Intermission was quite eventful! Instead of staying in my seat I decided to go walk around. As I was leaving the doors I heard a man very angrily say “I didn’t hit her!” and a woman was all “he did hit me, he should be removed from the theater” and I looked over and saw them with security… I wanted to know what was going on but realized it was best to just keep moving! As I did so I saw more security coming towards! Then as I went into the hotel area I ran into Luther (and Jared), then I kept walking and playing with my phone and ran into Gary who is I guess my new stalker… I guess if I am going to have a stalker its nice to not have him be someone I don’t like! (as an aside for anyone who knows who I am talking about I recognize he is not actually a stalker and I am just saying that because of something else). Then I kept going and who did I run into? Nick! It turns out he rushed the show… so then we, and his friend, chatted the rest of the time.

 

It was wicked crowded at stage door but I had a good location next to some random really nice people. I took that picture with Neil myself but it came out pretty badly so someone else took a better one, but this one amuses me because I look like I am 10!  I miss him over at ABz, but I am just glad he is being put to good use here and that I liked the show so it won’t be painful to see again… like les miz. Um Megan is entirely sweet… I took a picture with her with me and it came out bad and she was like we can take another and I was like no its ok I don’t want to be that annoying person but she was like no its ok, so a stranger took it for me. Stephanie was also helpful in helping the stranger take a good picture of us by removing the camera strap from the lens. I am also happy Maia is in the show since she was always (excluding Gwen who is in a league all her own) my favorite soloist in Rent.

 

I got home and finished the leftover brownies here since it turns out my roomie didn’t realize I left them for her, and I wrote this long thing, while watching TV, and made plans with Judith for tomorrow…. Which I hope actually happens! This means I need to be heading to bed so I can get up and get ready… sadness I am not sleepy!

Day 240/365 (April 15, 2009)

The day started off pretty basic for these days. I woke up and gave fred and emma some good love and attention then i let Tucker out of his crate. I created a path for him to move freely between the living room and krysta's room and that made him happy. i was also proud of him for actually going potty on the newspaper twice today! Right before i went to take my shower he fell asleep on the floor next to krysta's laundry and i felt so bad having to move him to his crate but i couldn't leave him unattended for twenty minutes while i showered.

Then i got ready and headed out to meet Josh who was going to puppy sit. On the subway strangers were all over him and his cuteness and from 72nd st until my 50th st stop he actually got this quite gorgeous looking boy, who was straight, to turn his attention to us and we chatted the whole time about puppy things and what not, of course i didnt get any personal info but it was kinda nice to be all chit chatty with a very nice looking straight boy! I got out of the subway and learned Josh was running late and i ended up waiting for 30 minutes by a duane reade until he got there. This was not bad because well anyone within a 20 foot radius was drawn in by him and he got some great attention. I ran into Caleb who i had seen in Forever Plaid in Ohio too. i kept waiting and waiting and then he came and i safely delivered Tucker to him, then i went and ran my errands. I got to the 9 to 5 box office and was pleased that crabby guy wasn't there and it turned out to be a really nice and helpful guy, too bad i am a seat snob and had some problems so i didnt end up getting any tickets, so i need to regroup with sasha and go with her to make things work out very soon! then i hoped over to NWS to pick up my rooms tickets, but they weren't processed yet so i chatted for a tiny bit with my favorite box office staff (no other place has the awesomeness that works at NWS) and then went to Sasha's.

I wasnt there for too long before we headed off to her voice lesson with kate, and the puppy play-date. While she was having her lesson i was to be puppy wrangler and make sure everyone was ok, and take pip home if things weren't working out. well oscar (her puppy) and pip loved each other and got along fabulously well! they were running like crazies and oscar can do some amazing couch leaping and it was just a good time. there were a few times they needed to be seperated because pip kept getting tired and oscar was all no no let's play, and pip was all no no ima gonna sleep on her lap for a bit. I ended up with quite they itchy splotchy neck that sasha's wonderful face wash took care of after i was rubbing soothing grapefruit peel all over it... hey it made it feel good! we also ran into this cute 4 year old little boy on the way back who clearEly watched too much TV but he loved pip and told sasha all about the special dog claw trimmer thing. ANywho after getting back sasha got ready to g out to next to normal opening, and we ran into kelly and matthew, and nick who startled us when we got back. We also ran into Travis on our way out... oh LOL sasha... i guess i should have introduced them when we first stopped!

I went and got my rooms tickets, then much needed food from over done subway... i ate then went to a pet shop for a bit to look at cute kitties and met jake at starbucks and eventually krysta came. jake had never seen rooms before and i am glad he liked it and krysta was with too... then krysta went and got tucker so jake could meet him from Josh, and i ran into Gary A (ABz) as i was leaving... hehe... oh also you know you have a problem when you walk into a theatre and one of the nice staff goes "i thought you said you werent seeing the show anymore" and i said "i did but there are other shows here" and then they are like oh rooms, that is a good one... see i see more than just ABz!

i am doing good with my hiatus! anywho i really still liked rooms this time around and jewish scottish princess is still my favorite song although i really like the one where they are the diabolicals for the first time!

then i came home and gave the kitties some love and worked on clearing out my insane facebook inbox that just kept growing and driving me batty, and writing this!