Day 174/365 (February 8, 2009)

We woke up and headed out by 10 to go to Baltimore, Maryland to see the Grease Tour. We got there and parked the car then took a walk to find Edgar Allen Poe's grave for nicole. After we went and got something to eat at Salsarita's.

Eventually we went into the theater and saw Grease. It was kinda of fun because about ten minutes before the show starts the guy who plays the radio guy comes out and entertains the crowd/gets them in the mood for the show. We danced the monkey, and helped sing a song.

The show itself was lacking in book but Eric did a great job as Danny and made the whole show worth it. Taylor Hicks however has a song that lasts an eternity and then busts out his harmonica... lame! After curtain call he even came out to sing his latest single which just made me mad... i came to see a show, not a concert! so we left while he was singing to head the stage door where we encountered some really rude people.

There was this one guy who pushed nicole out of the way without even a sorry (way to set an example for your children, and the people who interrupted us while we were talking to eric. It was nice to see him briefly, and then we left... no need to wait for Taylor!

we went to starbucks to kill some time until Michelle's friend arrived to pick her up since she was staying for the night. It had the cleanest public bathroom i have ever been in anywhere! i took a picture of that too (its on FB). Then Mark, Nicole, and myself headed back to New York. We stopped at a burger king and i was extremely excited that MArk gave me a ride home and i didnt have to fight my way back using MTA!

Day 173/365 (February 7, 2009)

The day started so early! i got up at like 6:30 to get ready and by 7:30 Michelle, Mark, Nicole, and myself were on our way to see Les Miz. The roadtrip was kind of nice because i ended up falling asleep for more than half the trip and so it went very quickly (thanks to Mark for driving and Michelle for being co-pilot).  We passed through DC and made our way into Arlington, VA where the Signature Theater is and met up with one of Michelle's friends who joined us. We also had lunch at Johnny Rocket's which was really fun and i loved the smiley face made out of ketchup!

We finally went in to see Les Miz, which is one of the shows i really don't like and it takes a special reason for me to sit through it. The Javert was way to angry and i had some problems with a few of the cast but there were also a few that were really spectacular! Andrew Call was just incredible. I have seen him sing before but in pop-y type things and this was the first time i heard him sing a traditional broadway type thing and his voice was flawless, and he acted the part so well.  I was also excited to see James Gardiner perform and he did a great job too.

We spoke with Andrew for a bit and i got my Glory Days poster signed by James, so now it is complete and once again hanging up in my living room. Then we headed off to check into our hotel, the Holiday Inn. It was a nice place and mark gave me my christmas gift which was "make your own opoly" so that will become Altar Boyzopoly. We brainstormed ideas and headed off to the mall to kill some time and get some dinner. It ended up being a pretty early night for us and we were all asleep by 10:30 (well i was everyone else was out by 10).

Day 172/365 (February 6, 2009)

This night began what turned out to be one of the best weekends ever! I spent the first part of the day with Diane and playing with two of the most adorable puppies ever! I then took her back to my place to grab my stuff before heading over to see Altar Boyz.

We got to NWS and met up with everyone that was there to help celebrate Nicole's 18th Birthday. Mark, Michelle, Lil, Mary, Devon, Tim, of course Nicole and Michelle.  Tim had vampire teeth and we had a massive photo shoot. The show was super fun, and even more so by the friends that were there even if the get us into trouble. When travis went to wheel the cart away it didn't squeak and all of us holics in the house couldnt control our laughter whilst the rest of the audience i am sure were clueless as to what was so funny.

After the show Nicole did a little birthday photo shoot and choose the flan scene. Then we all got on stage for a group picture and i felt bad for the random people in the audience that were wondering why we were doing pictures like that, but one was nice enough to take this for me.

We then waited at the SD for a bit and well that resulted in a conversation i did not need to be a part of! Then we headed over by TOL for a bit and helped MAry shoot some footage for her TwiCon commercial. Then our group split up, some went to see Naked Boys Singing and then myself, mary, tim, lil, and devon stayed behind.  TOL was way too crowded so we just hung out on the bench right downstairs. Devon had to leave after only a little bit and that left us to craziness. We ended up telling stories and i told the snake and dog story and because of that poor MKC and Mauricio got dragged into our madness. however by the end of the night we were left with quite the funny stories about escalator mishap and the "SLM" catch phrase. I was even more freaked out by the fact that MKC had heard the dog story before... like really? that was amazing!

Then i headed over to Mostly Sondheim for a bit and was surprised to find some of my friends there! Hope and Erin! and Chelsea that i had met like two or three weeks before. I couldnt stay long since i had to get to Staten Island and luckily i made it there fine an got three hours of sleep!

Day 171/365 (February 5, 2009)

I got my hair cut... it needed it because it was starting to look not so good. It is not a good idea to cut it after a few days of thinking your hair is too long because you say to cut it much shorter than you intended. I absolutely love how it turned out but i had a mild panic attack after it happened at first.

Emma was grooming herself and her claw span was impressive!

Later that night i went to do laundry and even though i wore a hoodie with the hood up two people recognized me! The first was the mother of the cute little boy from the last time, and one was someone i went to school with which was even more amazing since she was outside walking by and saw me through the window. It was nice having the little reunion/catch-up!

Day 170/365 (February 4, 2009)

This was so not a good morning for me but things picked up! I woke up in one of THE crankiest moods i have ever been in. I was so cranky i didn't even bother putting on a fake cheery front for anyone at first. This is what happens when you cant sleep at night and dont get much sleep to begin with (totaling about four hours) when you have been getting about nine hours for the last three weeks, even if it was from weird times.

I met up with Matthew and Sasha in the M&M store to help them lotto Shrek. They won, but somehow after all the names were called there were only two slips left in the spinny tin, and i was ONE of them... oh well.

We then went to their place for just a bit, and went to Chevy's. This tie they had the most amazing Pineapple Lemonade (pictured above) and of course the yummy Guac. The next time we go i am not going to bether ordering real food since i always fill up on chips and salsa, and then the table-sie made guacamole. Yes next time i will get whatever fruit flavored lemonade they have, the guac, and an order of tomalito! (spelling)

Later on in the night i met up with Mikey and we did 20@20 to see Altar Boyz. It was so much fun seeing it with him, even if we were all the way up in Row H!!!! it was nice to see it from a distance because nothing was blocked, but it was "so far" away!

Afterwards we went bak to 3A and hung out some before finally going to our homes.

Day 169/365 (February 3, 2009)

This was the poster inside the York Theatre for Zanna Don't. It was a concert version of the show to raise money for the terrific organization called GLSEN. Although it said Marty Thomas was Mr. Broadway 2008 which technically he is but they arent supposed to use that name because of a copyright issue and seeing it on the poster made me laugh.

I was excited to see this for many reasons, including the fact i had wanted to see it so long ago when it first ran off broadway but never got around to it. After seeing this i really wished i had seen it back then. Everyone did such a great job in it and my favorite character was Candy. It was also nice to see Michael Kadin Craig do something non-altar boyz related and run into so many of my friends there. Mark, Michelle, Jo Ann, Shoshana, Kelly, Diane, Krysta, and Mary. Michael Urie was even there!

Highlights of the evening were them busting out into the Single Ladies dance thing, MT pulling out the Wicked Grimery and using it as the spell book and singing the no good deed allaga whatever, and the Xanadu choreography while singing Love Sleuth lyric, and Marty Thomas' spoof of the Patti LuPone/Gypsy freak out (

Day 168/365 (February 2, 2009)

i finally left the apartment and ate real food after my weekend of being a sick person! Unfortunately life was conspiring against me and turned me into a crazy woman. Everything was sending me into what i call "sensory overload." my hair was hitting my lips, my bag wouldnt stay on my shoulder, my bra was annoying me beyond belief, when i put my hair in a ponytail it kept hitting my right ear, and i needed it to then hit my right ear because of my crazy OCD. A whole bunch of things and when i finally got to the metropolitan room for the Friends with Benefits Benefit i couldnt sit still because i was so irked.

Luckily it subsided almost completely before the show started. We made new "friends" with a random person named Nick who sat with us until he discovered an actual friend who was there for him to sit with.  The event was really great. Even better than the ast one i went to. Highlights included this girl who i cant remember her name who sang this song "I want you back" (not *NSYNC) and she was so funny! The two guys singing the love song medley that had some awesome Xanadu in it, rory o'malley singing some beautiful songs and Ryan J Ratliff singing his song.

When i got off the subway i realized i hadnt taken a photo yet and saw this bike stand. One of my many OCDs is that i like to walk on/over it whenever i walk by if there is nothing on it. Basically i use my left foot to step on the swoop in the middle and my right legs geos over the right loop of it.