Day 310/365 (May 23, 2015)

The day was pretty epic! Got up super early and Sasha and I put our color run temporary tattoos on and then headed out. Sadly Karen couldn't join us, but we met up with others on the subway along the way. When we got there I ran into Michael (Gioia) and after taking some pictures I ran into Sydney... I mean what were the odds?

Eventually we made our way to the start and got to run down into Citi field (The Mets) and out along the perimeter of the outfield... I may not like sports but I know that was pretty cool! I am shocked that we ran almost the entire way, i did't think i could do that but I guess adrenaline kicked in! It was so fun going through all the colors and the glitter. we finished in about 33 minutes! The Pro Camera caught me leaping over the finish line! We had some fun at the color throw party and I shattered my phone then we bought stuff and headed back to Manhattan.

We popped into the Apple store to try and get my phone fixed, then walked home stopping for fun pictures in Bryant Park and the TKTS steps in Times Square and Duane Reade. When I finally showered oh man! the glitter also just came pouring out of my hair as I brushed it!

We got Burrito Box for lunch which was yummy, then later I met up with Hope to see Pitch Perfect 2 after I went to the UWS Apple store to get my phone fixed and I ran into Lil as I was leaving.

Fred is so cute.

Day 346/365 (July 30, 2009)

it was quite a morning with emma curled up on one side of me and pip on the other side of me. pip loves attention and is not afraid of plopping himself in front of you for some belly rubs... but unfortunately for him i am cranky in the morning if i dont get to do some quality cuddly petting time with emma so after a few moments of moving him to my other side he learned :D  my atomic clock decided it was going to be thirty minutes behind when it was supposed to so i ended up being very late to meet up with chris in bryant par.

at the subway entrance i ran into mike and we headed down together and found chris holding lovely seats for us even though bryant park was a swamp because of the rainfall that had happened yesterday! my new flip flops ended up looking ancient and i got a sunburn on my face that looks like i applied to much red blush! broadway in bryant park this week was by far the worst of the weeks i have seen. the shows were naked boys singing (which i have never had a desire to see and after seeing this i know for sure i wont ever see it... LAME!) chicago (which was just dull and lackluster which is unfortunate) jersey boys (yea i love the mucis but it was just eh to see everyone sing it and i dont understand why every ensemble members name was read and they dont do that for the other shows such as shrek or the other ones i have seen this year, not fair!) and shrek. shrek had the potential to be awesome but not so much. the best part of the day by far was haven getting to sing for Fiona in I Know It's Today. she sounded amazing and was rocking some shrek ears with a tiara. (hard to see but that is her on the far left). unfrtunately having that be the first song that was sung made the rest of the day torture since ya know it was just bad. i mean Freak Flag had the potential to be awesome the song is great and the choreography they di was fun and funky but this is BROADWAY in bryant park not lip synch in bryant park. even though i know they had at least 7 hand held mics since that is how many naked boys had, only 3 people had mics to use.so john tartaglia and two others actually sang their parts live but the others were forced to li[ synch over themselves and well i felt it totally detracted from the enjoyment of the performance because part of the magic of broadway is the live singing part!

anywho after i headed home and made a pitstop at the store to pick up a few food items and came home and tucker and pip were playing along so nicely it was amazing!

eventually i went out to meet joey and we went to composer exposure part of the SPF festival (it was free) and they had cocktails for us also i ended up with a yummy prickly pear something or other... and we ran into Lil and Emily!

we got lovely seats and it was an enjoyable show even if the host was just terrible! i wish i had a recorder for all of the songs! one notable cute one was by the composers of taylor the latte boy. it was a song about "love" in the big city but it was so funny, omg! and my favorite was this song about two people trying to talk to each other on cell phones about their relationship but due to a bad signal it resulted in ther break up, really i wish i had a copy of that!

then after joey and i went to karaoke at the lounge and when we got there i discovered the escalator was working... for the first time in several months! i was really shocked! we headed downstairs and it was pretty much dead. i sang walk away thou and we stayed for a tiny bit before heading ut. however chris was back so it was nice to say hello.

i had thought i was just going to walk to 72nd street instead of having to transfer from the local to express since it was nice out, but right before i got to 59th st i was so overcome with exhaustion that i felt like iw as going to fall asleep where i stood so i just hopped on the subway there.

at some point during the day i finished reading harry potter and the deathly hallows and was quite pleased with this. i cant believe how much i had forgotten had happened in it, and all the stuff i did remember.

when i got home watched tv for a bit and went to go to sleep... however i would discover that it would not be so easy. i walked in and saw lots of poo on my floor! some was pip's knocked off from the wee pad and a big pile that was clearEly from tucker. so i cleaned up the yuck and thought i was done until i discovered emma had puked on my floor by the bed. so i cleaned that up and as i was leaving the room to throw that stuff out i stepped in dried tucker pee! so i cleaned that i was so furious because i was so tired and it seemed like every time i thought i had finished i had found more! but then i was finally done and the room didnt smeel anymore once i got rid of all that yuck and i was able to go to sleep!

Day 234/365 (April 9, 2009)

the day was well spent in my opinion... after taking lots of cute pictures of fred i went on a carzy job application spree... like twice as much as i usually do! i also took a little nap at some point and showered and headed out and about.

i went to go meet mary and susie for a night of fun and as i was climbing up the subway steps i saw mary pass by, so we walked and as we did we were like where are we meeting susie and a few seconds later we saw her before we got our answer. we went to Vynl and got some yummy food... instead of getting the BLT i love so much i branched out and got a turkey burger that was just amazing, it has apples in it and some spices... yum! i met Lil for a hot second and she gave me a cute easter card and little easter goodie cup. i wish i had my act together like her to pass that stuff out! I was also quite surprised/pleased to hear someone call my name in Vnyl and look over and see Laura! unexpected friend encounters are quite appreciated.

After dinner we went and sat in the courtyard talking for quite sometime until we got really cold so we "moved the party" to starbucks. the great thing about starbucks is they dont make you buy anything and so yea we stayed until we moved to TOL. it was too early for karaoke which we knew but it was kind of nice being there with almost no one there and being able to chat still and catch up with dakota, drew, and michael/george.

Karaoke started off quite busted with microphone and sound issues but then worked out and we found a Carlos 3.0 and there were some other musical theater "kids" that were singing and having a good time. Mary also knows me far too well from when i started laughing while singing a song... and it was nice having such lovely times with susie. we finally bounced on the earlier side because we were all tired and Mary had to get to Jersey.

While on the subway i found my camera in the outside pocket of my purse which i had checked several times but the pocket never seemed deep... guess it was really deep and i found out on accident, i was quite happy! i also got really sad/reminicent (spelling blarg!) over Rent because i saw a pretty boy and he made me start singing one song glory and then next thing you know i was all missing it.

i got home and krysta was excited about her new dog and well right now it is 3 am and we are still up... i also came to a realization about "my list" i really didnt think this would happen but the order has changed ... there is a new number 1 to which krysta said she has known for a while but i didnt until tuesday/tonight. i also scandalized mary while simeltaneously making her proud by "growing up." and at one point both krysta and i have hoisted fred up to the ceiling because he is after something imaginary... but whenkrysta was doing it fred ended up trying to deshirt her.... and he and emma were having serious play time... well play for fred, not so much for emma!

i also have been trying for a a day or so, but now really trying to add wicked back into my vocabulary. Growing up in MA (and well new england i guess) wicked is an adjective that is used often. I did not realize that it wasnt a regional thing until i went to school in NY and people would chuckle when i would say something was wicked awesome or whatnot... so slowly it left my vocab, but i want it back in because i love it so, i also feel like people might think i am using it because of the musical but gosh darn it that word was there long before the musical (or even the book) was so by golly into my vocabulary it will go again! besides i am not a bog fan of the musical... sure it has some great songs, but it also has some boring songs, and yes the costuming and set is beyond stellar and i think everyone should see it but man oh man i just dont so much like the show on a continued basis and am kind of sad about the amount of times i have seen it... ending tangent and watching bones before going to bed even though i should just go to bed... or maybe i wont, i have no idea!

Day 231/365 (April 6, 2009)

i got up, and i cleaned the kitchen. then baked the cookies to give to lee and mitch, went to NWS to buy my ticket for the night to see altar boyz, and then i did some pretty hardcore job hunting.  Then jordan and i went to try our luck at the avenue q lotto since she has never seen it... we literally put our name in the bucket then they called the names... she lost sadly so we went and she bought her ticket to see Rooms that night. then i went to sasha's and got food with her, found the house of ews, and then went to her place for a bit and borrowed her awesome camera.

Then i headed to NWS to see altar boyz and drop off cookies, jordan came and met me and we hung before going into our respective theaters. i also ran into jenny, logan, and chris who i met in texas. the show was great and i enjoyed seeing lee as luke. i was really saddened that they didnt offer BC/EFA pictures for that night, but afraid that i had noticed the stage was different since it turns out it was prepped to be painted that night. then i met with jordan, and lil and we went to TOL for open mic night for a bit... it was good times, then lil left, jordan and i returned the camera to sasha and went home.

Day 219/365 (March 25, 2009)

the day was so much fun. Lil and i headed to the Bronx Zoo since on Wednesdays it is donation day. we roamed around the zoo and saw lots of fun things, our first official stop was to see the tigers and they were right up next to the glass so we took lots of pictures. we also spent a lot of time watching the sea lions and really it was just a really good day of fun and i realized that old habits are hard to supress. (spelling?) I packed a bag filled with water for me and lil and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches so we could have a snack while we were in the zoo. i guess i will always be programmed to take care of little kids.

When i got home we were having severe internet problems and i finally called time warner and they had to schedule an appointment for a technician to come out and fix it... NOT PLEASED!

i also worked on a ton of cards for various reasons and it became an arts and crafts war zone!

i had also swung by NWS again to buy more altar boyz tickets for mark and i to see the show to celebrate his birthday.

Day 157/365 (January 22, 2009)

So Lizzie decided to stay longer for her job hunt and we spent the day applying to places online, and then we headed over to TOL for karaoke night where we met up with Lil.

There wasnt that many people here this week (which was kind of nice) but it was still lots of fun. By the end of the night i had seen two people sing that i never thought i would see sing (RL and "george michael") and i had sang a bunch of songs... there was my favorite which ended up being the maureen part to lizzie's joanne of take me or leave me, techno its gonna be me with the wrong words on the screen (good thing i knew the right ones), the shoop shoop song, and walk away by kelly clarkson.

Lil even sang! i also was a little offended because a drinking club approached me and assumed i was a drinker and asked if i wanted to join there club, i was like dudes i have been drinking like 4 shirley temples and they were surprised... just because i sing karaoke in a bar doesnt mean i am a drinker! i just like to have fun!

i also was involved in a conversation with some people that made me a little sad but i kept a straight face when in my head i was saying TMI TMI TMI.... need to leave. It wasnt bad but we all know how i am easily scandalized and it doesnt take much...

i also learned this evening i need to get my happy self to Texas in March... i will make this happen somehow, if it is the last thing i do!

Fred and Emma were also being really cute!

Day 151/365 (January 16, 2009)

Things to Ruin got temporarily side tracked because of The Zipper Factory's immediate and surprise closing. Joe Iconis and his peeps aren't ones to just take something like that and let it side track them so they decided to throw a pep rally at Dalton's at the time things to ruin would have started playing. I went inside and found AnneMarie and her friend Caitie there and Becca and her friend Grant Lil joined us a little while later. It was fun sitting and talking, and eating pretty yuck chicken tenders. Jason was sporting a camera and he was filming people talking about joe iconis/things to ruin and what not and we got into a lovely conversation about New Jersey and its suckiness, LOL!

After it was over Lil and i went to Pinkberry... it may have been 10 degrees outside but it is never too cold for Pinkberry!

I then hightailed it over to The Duplex to meet up with Hope and her friend Chelsea to be at Mostly Sondheim, which started way late, but was way fun! and Hope's friend can S-I-N-G!!!!

Day 135/365 (December 31, 2008)

New Year's Eve was truly great! I met up with Hope and Kayla and we had dinner at Brother Jimmy's BBQ (so good), then we headed over to Urban Stages and met up with Tara. We made a brief stop at a Starbucks to stay warm, then went into the theatre and eventually met up with everyone else we were planning on meeting... Lil (at Starbucks though), Alicia, Billy, Angela, and Meggan. Rewrite was a really different show and i enjoyed it alot, then we all left and had a little food they had set up in the lobby and down the scary spiral staircase (too many brownies!)... then we headed back into the theater and were treated to Joe IConis and his talented friends singing... just before midnight they put up a digital ball, and we counted down and sand Auld Lang Sang. (How do you spell it?) They finished singing and then we all just goofed around with each other. This was the super amazing cake they had (i took this shot before midnight). It was not only beautifully decorated but it represented the night and Rewrite. We are talking Marzipan, and Eggs Benedict, and a piano keyboard, with Joe Iconis, and New Year's Stuff. It also had a ginormous 2009. It was the best way to send off 2008 and ring in 2009 (amazing friends and kickin' music)