Day 82/365 (October 7, 2014)

What a day! First I woke up to Charlie sleeping like that by my leg, and Fred sleeping like that on the pillow next to me. I got ready and headed out to Pippin rush. Rush was uneventful which is always good, then I went to work. Afterwards I went to the gym for a bit and met up with Jess' friend Avi.

We are planning her NYC bachelorette party next year so we wanted to get together and start brainstorming and pick a date. Obviously I can't discuss what we are thinking but if we can make any of our ideas come to fruition it is going to be SO FUN!!!! He is a pretty cool guy (duh he is a friend of Jess) so we chatted for quite sometime after we were done then I headed up to Trader Joe's so I would starve until Friday. Then I came home and had dinner and took a shower before heading out to see Pippin. There was a bunch of understudy action happening which is always fun. Colin was on for the King, and Sam was on for Colin and Lara (i think is her name) was on for Berthe the first time ever. I enjoy Colin as King Charles so it was nice to see again. Lara did an excellent job as Berthe but it is funny because she is no way near a grandma age. She altered her voice, altered her posture, and did her makeup in a way to appear older but as soon as she took off the robe there was no hiding the fact she is quite young! I found that pretty funny. So much better than Priscilla! Orion was still in the show which made me happy (and finally got a picture with him even if it is blurry). There was a moment early in the show where Pippin has the sword and hits the floor with it as he is trying to convince Charlemagne to let him go to war and the sword BROKE! the piece went clanking onto the ground and KDM had this look on his face and was just like oops. it was pretty freaking funny, then he kicked the piece of stage and the show went on but it made me chuckle quite a bit!

When the show was over it was starting to drizzle and I had not brought my umbrella so I was not looking forward to walking home but ended up walking with someone who was a lovely gentleman and he held his umbrella for the both of us so I stayed dry woo~hoo!

Karen also made Charlie a scarecrow halloween costume and they did a photo shoot with the boys as the cowardly lion and scarecrow

Day 75/365 (September 30, 2014)

I rushed Pippin again this morning for my 15th time to see the show! The woman who came in line behind me was very friendly. She is from Germany and when her friends started to show up she pushed each of them to the back of the line.... someone else just like me... woot woot!

Then it was off to work for a bit before coming home to bake cupcakes because well why not?!?!

I made these lovely cupcakes in honor of The Spidey Boys. Sasha's aunts were over for a bit so I got to chat with them while baking. I had training at 6 so I eft and made my way there. Once it was over i headed home as quickly as possible. In the span of 35 minutes I stuffed my face with dinner, showered, delivered cupcakes to Penski and made it to Pippin by 7:59! Cutting it close, but considering I left my apartment at 7:55 I did real good!

Pippin is always fun but I realized tonight that I am no longer another face in the crowd... I was getting a lot of nice to see you agains... oops I was trying to keep my anonymity! I ended up waiting at the SD for far longer than I should have because I met this girl and we were chatting so time flew, but the good thing was I was able to see Colin Cunliffe come out. He is one of my favorites in the show... everything he does is so spot on and hilarious, and his dancing is so incredible. every time I am just amazed! Then I chatted with KDM for a bit on my way home, man oh man will I miss him in Pippin! I am still shocked over the casting choice, if you are going to stunt cast could you maybe do it with someone is is actually a star or at least seems to fit the part?!?! I am guessing he won't be used to the rigors of the Broadway schedule so I will go back when I hear an understudy is on for him, unless he is surprising and people say he is doing a good job. I just don't want to taint my love of Pippin with an amateur.

Day 33/365 (August 19, 2014)

The morning started with a wake up call by Lola. We did some arts and crafts, then she helped me make pink pancakes, and she got to decorate her special cupcake. She then went in my room and started singing Bring It On so I turned the song on and she was dancing to it with pom-poms. Sadly I had to leave for work and she said she would miss me, but thankfully I am watching her on Saturday!

Work was usual, except one of our people is leaving us after several years, so Ted wanted us to all go out for a goodbye dinner, which is why I made that chocolate and peanut butter cake, with the Reese's!

Dinner was lovely except the stupid waiter who brought out the cake i made cut for us. before he set down the first slice he said "you know what the problem with homemade cakes is right? they dont look as pretty as our when cut" then he plopped down and unidentifiable piece of cake. They had trouble cutting it he says... dude it was a super soft chocolate and peanut butter cake i have made and cut before... fail!

I went home after dinner for like 2 minutes and went back out. it was a night of running into people (or creeping from afar). I saw two different people pass by me that resulted in my sending a text that said "I see you" and then i ended up at Pippin because there were a bunch of understudies on. Ari was on as Leading Player and I wish she could just take over the role full time, then Erik was on as Pippin, Colin as Lewis, and a bunch of ensemble people. I really just like Colin in every role I have seen him in, and Erik did a decent job. I thought his best moment was the final a cappella song he sings and then extraordinary even though he didn't do the back flip. I was glad to see John Rubenstein one last time before he leaves since this is his last week. The wonderful thing was I ran into Zach while getting a standing room ticket so we stood next to each other during the show and he kept me company while I actually stage doored the show. Then i also ran into Shoshana and Ben... after Zach and I left Pippin he walked me home and we stayed outside my apartment until like 12:30 chatting and had no idea how late it had gotten, and even ran into Shoshana and Ben again as they passed by my apartment. It was nice chatting it has been a while, though i was holding my playbill and one of the signatures transferred to my palm... it is going to be there for a while, ink just doesn't wash off.

The other fun thing about the show tonight was the fact that John had an issue when he was throwing his knife and it fell into the audience after making a loud noise. He went over and was like hand me back my dagger, and the person did and the whole audience was laughing, then he looks out into the audience with al serious and says SILENCE! i mean every one kept laughing but it was one of those moments that were just funny and I was glad to be there. (like when Annie Potts bounced too high before her song and missed her song entrance and was like "Charlie let's do that again i was bouncing too high."  Then when it was Erik's turn to throw the knives he also missed and he picked up the dropped one and then stabbed John's face with it, and the others as he was delivering his lines. it was a great way to recover from a flub and almost made the moment a touch more intense.