Slushpocalypse: PART FÜNF!!!

Captain's log: alright, let me not even try to pretend that I know what that means or that I watched Star...Trek? to know what he'd say next.
Point is, now that the snow has started to melt at rapid speeds, it's ridiculously slush-tastic outside. I have a temp gig around 5th ave and I think that Slush + Tourists rivals that of Umbrellas + Tourists...or, dare I say it, 42nd Street + TOURISTS!!!! Get me outta here!

PS: That bus I took a picture of was still stuck in the snow when I got home that night.

Snowpocalypse 2010

Unless you live in the Center of the Earth you've heard about Snowmaggedon in NYC, and I suppose other parts of the east coast. The problem with snow storms and mass transit is that now matter how many inches of snow fall, the trains are gonna be all messed up. And when the trains get all messed up, people can't get to work. And when NYers can't get to work...all hell breaks loose.
People get all stupid and try to drive in the snow. We don't know how to drive defensively in the not-snow let alone the highly HIGHLY cautious type of driving you've gotta do IN the snow.
The picture above is of the bus that got stuck on the street as I was on my way to work. Poor guy. Where the hell are the plow trucks?

2011 Resolution Challenge!!

I stumbled across an amazing 2011 challenge!Marie @ Just a Mom is hosting the 2011 Resolution Challenge. Here are some deets lifted directly from her page:

"I decided to look at the areas I want to improve (or make more time for) and they are:

Organization
Health
Kids
Money/Finances
Spiritual
Food

Every Saturday (starting with Jan 1st) I will post a challenge in each of these areas. Each month there will be a room that we are working in for the organization aspect. So on Jan. 1st you will see a post that looks like this:

Organization weekly challenge: set a timer for 20 minutes and clean out your messiest drawer/cabinet. On Saturday start with your messiest, Sunday the next messiest and so on.

Health Weekly Challenge: drink 6-8 glasses of water. Water. Crystal light, diet soda etc do not count. You can have as much as you want of the others, but you have to drink 6-8 glasses of water daily.

Now that you have seen what it will look like, I will also post a daily challenge. This will be put up every day and not listed in the weekly post. For example you will see, " clear off the fridge of all magnets, art work etc. Wash front. Put back only what is needed."

I've been telling myself that time is slipping away and I most certainly need to organize my life! Check out her page if you'd like to join!

Meet me on Monday #2

 Meet me on Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Java at nevergrowingold.blogspot.com

Questions:
1.  What are your New Year's Eve plans?

I really wanted to throw a party at my place but will probably end up watching the fireworks at Prospect Park if they have them this year! 

2.  How tall are you?

I am an astonishing 5'3 1/2!

 
3.  What is your favorite pudding flavor?

I guess Vanilla! I'm a plain jane kinda girl in the flavor department!

4.  What room of the house do you blog the most in?

I try not to blog right before bed, but I always do. So I'd say in my bedroom, even though I'm blogging from the study right now!

5.  What is your best physical feature?

I personally think my eyes are amazing. I've heard it said many a time. But I can guarantee that if I took a poll I'd get a much naughtier answer than that. HA! 

Thanks for reading. And head back to Java's page to see all the other Meet Me on Monday participants!

Baby dresses for friends

I have 2 friends in my immediate life that have (is about to have) a daughter. The other day, I ended up in the dress section of a kiddie clothing store. I like shopping for dresses, probably more than average. It's almost essentially the reason I became an opera singer...so I can have an excuse to wear dresses.

Anyway, I just wanna buy all the dresses for the little girls! I picked out like 5 before I realized that neither Angie's baby, Amelia nor Rachel's baby, Rachel-La Toya, will need an 18 month size dress for like, a long time. But when they do, Auntie Toya is getting them dresses!

Extreme deliciousness ahead

My fav Thai place "Mango", completely changed their menu & seating arrangements. It's actually called Remixed(?) now.
But that's not what I wanted to blog about! I wanted to mention that I may have to go on a friggin diet....not may...I must. The doctor is putting me on it. Once that happens, you know it's serious.

The convo went something like this:
Doctor: I need to ask you a few questions
Me: UMMMM, okay...?
Doctor: So, beside being extremely overweight, are there any new health issues that you might have??
Me: -------

She proceeded to schedule me for an entire physical complete with a Metabolism test & Cholesterol and blood pressure..test? Long story short my friends, my Mango Thai, Remixed days are over.
More news on the impending doctor prescribed diet tonight at 10.

Mobile blogging *activate*

So there I am in O Magazine! I think I blogged about possibly going there way back when and this was the outcome!

I had a lot of fun and it seems like a lot of people are noticing that I'm in there haha. Fun fact: the necklace I'm wearing is apparently part whale penis. I didn't find this out until after they put it on me. Yay?

Today should be good.

I've been going to this awesome Vinyasa Yoga Class every Tuesday, except for last Tuesday because it was freezing outside and my car doesn't work to drive there. And there was no way in hell I was going to walk there. But tonight, I'm going to get there somehow.

It's funny to not have a set schedule. You would think that would give you time to think and whatnot, but it's actually kinda odd. For example, I can job hunt for a few hours, but which hours? I could also go workout, but I can go any time I want. If I had something to do between the hours of...oh let's say...I dunno...nine to five...then I'd be able to say okay this is when I workout, this is when I blog, this is when I play video games. You know what I mean?!?!

Meet me on Monday #1

Hey friends. As of late, I've jumped into the blogging scene via another blog that I've been developing [obsessively]. Feel free to check me out there: LazyGirl Reads 





Anyway, there are these things that people do each week to meet new bloggy friends and increase traffic to their blogs called memes. Meet me on Monday is hosted by never growing old . Make sure you check out her super cute blog! I like this one because I get to answer questions about myself!! Because let's face it, talking about yourself is always fun! Exclamation point!


Questions:

1.  How do you order your steak?
Well done!! Mmmm steak.

2.  Are you superstitious about anything?
Omg , I feel like it should be, "Are you not superstitious about anything?!" Seriously though, I'm getting a lot better about it. My entire household was extremely superstitious.

• I didn't step on cracks, 
• I didn't [and still don't] walk underneath ladders, 
• didn't kill spiders no matter how terrifying they were 
• didn't put my hat on a bed, if I did, I would shake out the bad luck [still do that]
• and I definitely didn't say something negative about something or someone for fear that it will happen

There are plenty of superstitions I have to this day. Two of the most neurotic are that I will throw salt over my shoulder when I knock it over, or I will yell "omg throw it over your shoulder, throw it over your shoulder!!!!!!!!" and I do not say "Thank you" when someone finishes washing my hair. I say "I appreciate it". I think that's some old Southern thing from my family. 

3.  Who is your best friend (not including your spouse)? Oh I don't know, I would imagine that if I had a spouse, he'd be my best friend for sure. But I guess my best friend is my brother.

4.  When is the last time your wore a dress (for the guys...a suit)? Definitely wore a dress on Wednesday and if it were warmer, I'd be wearing a dress right now.

5.  Do you have any trips scheduled? In my mind, I'm on my way back to Orlando to go to Wizarding World of Harry Potter. I'm also planning to go to LA. These are things that I did this year that I must do again next year.

Thanks for reading!

Substitute Teachers License

Before my phone completely stopped working, I planned on blogging about the very complex process of becoming a Substitute Teacher in NYC nowadays.

So, since 2008, I've been trying to get my Sub license. At first all I needed was a Physical, 2 Recommendations, My transcripts and some other stuff. Although those aren't things you can just pick up, I got all those things. Then I needed to get my fingerprints. That costs like one million dollars but I got those. So now what? Well, now two years later, you need a principal to nominate you to sub in their school. WHO KnOWS PRInCIPALS?! Actually, my mom does. She got me the nomination. Fast forward to last Tuesday when I got called in for the Sub accessment. We found out that there are many many other steps involved before we can be considered to be subs. Ie:

• Taking a 5 course class online
• Getting a TB test and a physical
• Registering for the LAST exam
• Fingerprints
• 2 workshops
• Give them all your eyelashes and name your first three children after them

A long time ago all you had to do was be an adult to be a sub. Right? Because there was no way in hell the people who were subs for my classes had bachelor's degrees and passed exams and things. Wtf dude!!

xo

Oh brother, where art thou?

This post isn't going to be out that movie, although I wish I knew where it was in my house so I can watch it. My actual brother and I have a lot of quotes we like to repeat from there. Like "HOT Damn! It's the Soggybottom Boys!" or "Dem boys ain't white, hell, they ain't even Old timey!"....ok well, maybe I just like to say that one.

Anyway, my life is so weird right now. I looked back on some of my posts from like a year & a half ago and I was so carefree. Going to Prof. Thom's gorging myself with food and paying for things I didn't need. I was also running my car into the ground and receiving tickets left and right [as pictured above]. And now I have to pay rent, pay various bills, pay those tickets off, buy Christmas presents and find a job. I need to all of those things right this second. So it's weird. I dunno, like I'm an actual adult or something.

I mean, whatever, you know. Hopefully I'll look back at this post a year and a half from now like, "I am a rich person now!"

xo

A very merry unbirthday...to me?: Episode 7: Pillsbury cares about me.

I got an email yesterday afternoon from Pillsbury giving me all these birthday coupons, a sweepstakes and this video with the Pillsbury Dough boy dancing  .Last time I checked, my birthday was in July, but I mean, it's never too late to give me a birthday presents.

Then I got an apology email the same night saying:

We inadvertently sent you a birthday wish email when it's not your birthday.

Since you are not eligible to enter the Pillsbury Birthday Sweepstakes this month, we'd like you to enjoy this free digital magazine. Please accept our apologies.

Cirque du Soleil WINTUK!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't get a chance to blog about this on the day that it happened because I was doing the Ten Day Challenge.

This past Friday, my friend Tanira and I went to see Cirque du Soleil's Wintuk! I got to meet her super cool friends and we also got unlimited supplies of free popcorn. What more could a girl ask for?! But let me backtrack. ::flashback music plays::

Tanira & I are buds because of our mutual friend Angie. Angie moved to RI and Tanira is back in the city. So she friend-jacked me and we do various activities. We started the night at the Disney Store where Tanira proceeded to put every Mickey Mouse hat on her head [and looked super cute while doing so might I add]. We were probably the most excited adults in the store that bring children with us. Then we fought through the insane tourists that I hate and had dinner at Cosi. It was her first time there and I was nervous that she wouldn't like it. Okay so then Wintuk happened and lemme tell ya, it's definitely visually stunning & there are live musicians in these little cages in the air House Left & House Right. I kept looking at them, because well, you know.

Then all this funny & scary stuff happened and it snowed on us inside the theater. Spoiler alert! Oh wait, I should've said that before I mentioned the snow. But I mean come on, when you go, it's really obvious that it's going to snow somehow. I didn't ruin anything sheesh!


xo!

You know you're addicted to blogging when...

I had a dream that I was looking through my blog archives to see if I blogged about my second appearance on Wheel of Fortune [there was no second appearance].

I thought to myself during the dream "Wow, I can't believe I didn't blog about that!".

Then I had one of those flashbacks that you only have when you dream...you know the ones I mean...one minute you're walking down the street the next minute you're flying in an airplane. So anyway, the flashback was of me on Wheel of Fortune again at the rehearsal before the show. But apparently it was some benefit for Pat Sajak who was related to Popeye the cartoon character. We had the celebratory dinner that was sponsored by Popeyes the chicken place and I had probably the most delicious dream biscuit I have ever eaten in my entire life...er..dreams?

Day 10: 1 confession

One Thanksgiving, I ate an entire pie.

Day Nine: Two smileys that describe my life right now

Day Eight: 3 turn ons

I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay let's see:

A great sense of humor! Especially a dry one that isn't too sarcastic. I don't know if that exists.

Hmm what else?

Oh! A non-judgemental outlook on others! Many of us live in glass houses so we should try not to throw any stones. If you know what I mean.


Um..wow, this is the most difficult day so far. I don't even know any other things that I like.

OH! People who can thrive in any social situation.

Sheesh...that was not easy.

xo

Day Seven: 4 turn offs

This should be easy!

1. Ignorance: Ignorance is not bliss.

2. Blatant inappropiate behavior: Attention whores, I'm talking to you. I can't stand it when you do inapprops stuff so people will look at you. I'm not looking and now you can't be my friend.

3. General Immature deficits: I guess I could say immaturity all around. This is of course relative to one's age. I'm not gonna get all upset if a toddler can't talk to me about the meaning of the symbolism in LOST. But by the time the toddler is in Kindergarten...we better be discussing Season 3.

4. Noisy eaters: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Deal breaker omg. Close your friggin mouth, chewy!

Day 6: 5 People who mean a lot (in no particular order)

Mom.

Daddy.

Billy.

Melissa.

God.

Day Five: 6 things I wish I'd never done

Although I tend to live my life with no regrets, I wish I had never:

Stopped taking piano lessons.

Taken out school loans in grad school.

Been afraid to learn how to swim.

Opened an account with Discover card.

Turned my nose up at reading for pleasure for so long.

Uninstalled The Sims 2 on my laptop to create more space.

Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.

Seven things that cross my mind A LOT:

One: What my husband it up to right now [I'm starting to notice a theme in these blog entries from the ten day challenge haha!]

Two: When I'm going to make it in show biz and what I'll say in my interviews

Three: What I should be having for dinner

Four: Did I forget something at home [and I normally have forgotten my keys, my phone, my wallet]

Five: Do I have enough time to finish **place procrastinating thing to do here** before I leave the house.

Six: A better way LOST could've ended, or could it have ended any better?

Seven: What would've happened if I majored in something else.

And...

I just took a look at my blog and I want to eat the screen. The music even makes it sound edible. Just sayin'.

Day Three: 8 ways to win my heart

Okay this is an interesting subject as I'm not sure what you can do as opposed to what you shouldn't do to lose my attention. I'm talking about love interests by the way haha. Well anyway, here goes nothing:

1. Buy me flowers: not just roses, just beautiful flowers that I can put on my table...or hang around the house, or place on the coffee table.
2. Remember various things I tell you: I like to know you're listening. I know I talk A LOT but I mean, come on, that's why you love me!!
3. Tell me as much about yourself as I tell you about myself...but don't drone on and on without stopping like this run on sentence I just made: You gotta know when enough is enough or when you haven't said anything at all
4.  Be supportive of my endeavors: and I'm not just talking about coming to my operas and concerts and things [although that would definitely get you into the bonus round]. I mean, come with me to a midnight release of Harry Potter related things, go with me to LOST parties, come with me to the Nintendo store...you ain't gotta like it, just LIKE that I like it. And then I'll go with you to the baseball thing.
5. Give me my space: I'm not a clingy kinda girl so if I say I'm not feeling like hanging out, do not push the issue
6. Have quiet confidence, there is nothing more attractive than that: If you don't know by now, I have all my bases covered in the confidence area. If you need me to validate you 24/7 [key word in that sentence is need] find someone who needs you to validate them 24/7. I'm also not an attention whore and you shouldn't be either.
7.  Manners, intelligence, polite straightforward-ness & eloquence gets you everywhere.
8.  Be passionate about something of substance: and I will love you for it, no matter what it is.

Day Two: Nine things about yourself

I mean, only nine????

I am a MEGA GEEK. I spent so much of my life pretending that I wasn't supremely into the sorts of things I'm into [ie. Math, PC & Video games, Books of all kinds] I could actually write nine geeky things about myself this instant. But, I digress:

1. I was born and raised in Brooklyn but I went to private schools up until I was in the second grade. Prior to that, I had no "Brooklyn accent" and I did not use slang words. Any Brooklyn-ese that I use currently was the result of outside influences at school. But even then I didn't exactly sound like I was "from here" WHATEVER that means.
2. I didn't listen to the mainstream radio until around nineteen ninety two. The first song I was in love with was M-E-T-H-O-D Man. 
3. I can't understand accents. At least, not at first.
4. I'm incredibly shy. I guess I chose the right career for that whole thing huh?
5. My middle name is Monique.
6. I am a huge gamer. If and when I figure out how to find the time to fit it all in my life, I'm going to go back to playing all the time and wearing Mario related t-shirts
7. The best advice I get is from my brother and he's 17 years old and I really listen to him. He's extremely wise for his age.
8. Speaking of 17, I didn't have my first job until I was 17 [which would explain a lot of things haha]. It was at Godiva and the first thing I had to do was eat all the chocolates so I could find out which one was my favorite. Anyone else would've been overjoyed but I was around a size 2 and I did *not* like chocolate. I wasn't watching my weight or anything but it just seemed absurd to eat like 47 pieces of chocolate in a day. SO I just pretended I did and lied about which one was my favorite.
9. I wish there were more than nine. I really like to talk about myself. But alas, here we are at the ninth and final thing about myself. So I better make it good....here it is....I was on Wheel of Fortune when I was nineteen. My friend April and I were on Best Friends week. We like to joke that we weren't really best friends back then, which is actually true, we had only met a year prior. But we were definitely good for tv. We ended up splitting nine thousand dollars.

xo

Day One: 10 things to 10 people

1. Cristal: It's so funny how social networking can either make you love or hate someone. But even though I follow you on like 643872 different networks, I basically love you and your style!! <3 <3
2. Vida: You are one of the few people who read my blog! I'm glad we could stay in contact this way. You  were always one of my favorite peeps!
3. Sophia: Don't ask me why I am randomly thinking of something to say to you but I'm totally rooting for you and your operatic career! I mean, I know I'm trying to have one too, but you're at that exciting, discovery part and I hope you never lose that excitement :] 
4. Victor: I think I'm only saying something to you because I like, *just* spoke to you a few minutes ago. You're defiinitely one of those friends that I don't have to speak to on a regular basis and we chat it up like we just pressed pause on our last convo. That is a rare gem of a personality trait, my friend, and I do appreciate you and your CRAZY ASS.
5. Xzavier: I know we have JUST been reunited in the cyber realm but I feel like we we started a really excellent friendship back in the day and we should probably get it to the extravaganza level.
6. Gramma: You were one classy dame. Tell Bambi that my new cat Isis is almost as amazing as she was.
7. Jessica: That was really nice of you to tell me about alternate side parking that day. And not just that, I mean, like all the other thoughtful things you hit me up about are nice too.You pay attention to me! That is the most important part of life. Paying attention to ME.
8. Terell: I always spell your name wrong. And you're a great guy. For realz.
9. Kelis: Your milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and you are my idol.
10. Future husband: Wow, you are more handsome than I expected! ;]

10 Day Challenge!!!

So my really hip and exciting friend Cristal from JHS [Like, we went to JHS together 76 years ago, she's not currently in JHS, c'mon!] has a SUPER CUTE blog on Tumblr. And she's doing this 10 Day Challenge where you make all these blogs so that's awesome. And anyway, I'm going to do it too! Come on followers, let's all do it! Here are the guidelines:

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever)
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two smileys that describe your life right now.
Day Ten: One confession

I'm really excited for Day Two. 

xo! 

He did the Monster Mash!

Omg hello.

Where do I even begin? Oh, maybe I should look and see the last post I made to make sure I don't repeat myself brb.

Oh okay, you're basically caught up. I just finished that opera I was telling you about. It was super cool! I made so many new friends and have a new found love for operetta. The apartment is coming along nicely although it's taking a little longer than I was hoping for it to start looking really amazing.

Hmm, guess that's it? I have a job interview on Friday that I hope to God I get for various reasons. Will definitely keep you posted on that. I'm also going to stop neglecting this blog. I love this blog so much! I've just been super humanly busy, working on another blog, reading, singing, living life and alphabetizing [well, not really...just seemed like the next logical thing to say]

I think I'm also going to go back to the gym on a regular basis, what?!

Thanks for reading xo

Won't you take me to..FunkyTOWN

Okay so the only reason I'm mobile blogging is because this really weird person was staring at me when I looked up from my book. I'm like, actually afraid that he's looking at me right now and somehow knows that I'm blogging about him. JEEPERS CREEPERS!

I'm on the train on my way home from Columbus Circle. I went to see an opera in concert but the seat I was sitting in was so uncomfortable that I didn't stay for the second half.

Then I sat in the fountain area of Columbus Circle for a while with my friend and witnessed some Crazy Town bus tour. There was a ballerina in a pink tutu that lit up somehow. She was dancing around the circle for this psycho bus that was circling the...well, the circle. And instead of the people facing forward on the bus, their seats were sideways, facing the sidewalk. Hard to explain just know that it was weird.

I think McCreeperson went to sleep or is closing his eyes while he reads my thoughts so I'll end here.

xo

WAY TOO MANY THINGS

In the past week I've:

1. Finished my work at Modell's Sporting Goods Corporate office
2. When to NY Comic Con where I saw two actors that now know are 2 of the dudes from 30 Rock who are actually writers
3. Acquired my own apartment that I'm doing serious renovation on
4. Started rehearsal for the new opera production I'm in.
5. Did a PHOTO-SHOOT for O friggin MAGAZINE for an Everyday woman makeover that will be featured in their January 2011 issue (whaa??)
6. Worked the door for an opera company's audition where I met a crap load of actors randomly rehearsing for a Broadway reading of The Normal Heart. And their names are: Jack McBrayer, Patrick Wilson and Victor Garber. Took a picture with Patrick Wilson by the way.
7. I mean, what?

ALL THIS HAPPENED THIS WEEK. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT WEEK???

Good evening frieeends

Hi!

I need to go apple picking. Like, seriously. Last year I waited too long and then I was screwed. The funny thing is, when I was literally upstate NY where there are orchards, like, in the backyards of people's homes, I didn't think of going. Not once. And I had a car and all that to travel to it.

Speaking of cars, omg. My car is so ridiculously out of order that I'm afraid to move it for alternate side parking for fear that it will explode.

I decided to start my own voice studio. I had a few friends over this weekend to start me off. I literally haven't taught a lesson in so long that I was afraid that I didn't remember how. It's kinda like riding a bike though. Although I feel like I haven't riden a bike that isn't stationary in like 12 years. Uh, literally.

I am the walrus kukukachoo!

So I'm on the train right now wondering where the hell all these people are going. It's after 6pm and I'm headed Downtown toward Brooklyn (obviously...well, maybe not so obvious to everyone but I thought it was kinda obvious).

Today I did nothing and then went to the shortest rehearsal of my life. I thought I'd be in there for much longer than 10 minutes. On the bright side, I can go to sleep early like I'd like, on the dark side, I couldve just stayed home and rehearsed on Saturday morning. Hmm, note to self.

Lately all I've had time to do is go to work, run a mile at the gym and have occasional voice lessons. I guess it's time for those stellar time management and organizational skills I learned eons ago to kick in. I just gotta remember em I guess...

xo.

Aaah!

I always forget that I can mobile blog. I even take ridiculous amounts of pictures that I say I'll tweet or blog about and then I don't do it.

This pic is of my nails from when I did them the other day. I'm so multi-talented! What will I do next?!

xo.

Hello my baby hello my honey

This picture is from right after my birthday. I took my new Pink Netbook for a test drive at the cafe around the corner from my house. The juice was delicious (Fresh squeezed lemonade w/watermelon) but the internet wasn't working.

And normally that's what I wouldve been doing today. Drinking lemonade and shootin' the breeze outside. Instead, I was at work. Bittersweet end to the Summer I s'pose: I'm making some money but I can't hang on the beach for the last of the 90 degree weather. Bummer!!

Hmm, what else...OH! So I had work, I looked really nice because I was going to the opera tonight (Saw Doctor Atomic O-M-freaking G!). For lunch, I sat in the glorious heat in front of Macy*s like a damn tourist (there's a seating area there now..Bloomberg...), caught up w/some friends (Darrell and Melissa) and ran a mile at the gym (after work, not during lunch).

Today was cool! Looking forward to tomorrow!

xo :)

Heyyy

So anyway. I got a job. And I really want to blog and tweet about but I do not want to get fired. So I'm just saying I got a temp job until October, which is the best news ever.

Along with that, I have been in production for Madama Butterfly with Bleecker Street Opera for the past week. So I've been pulling 13 hours days for a whole week. I haven't been able to read as much as I'd like or blog for that matter!! But here I am folks. And I got nothing to say really. Hehe!

No diggity, no doubt.

I was on the train today and I sat in  a very available, very obvious spot between these two men. One had no pigment on his hands (like that would make me not want to sit next to him) and the other was bopping really hard to his ipod touch.

We go about 3,4 stops and Ipod touch man jumps up to get off the train but yells SHIT!! when he realizes that it wasn't his stop. Then he sits back down next to me and starts singing No Diggity by Blackstreet. Not quietly, not to himself, but really singing. The way you would if you were in your house by yourself, or at karaoke, or driving in your car. He even choreographed when he was going to stomp his foot or point at people on certain parts. Did I mention that I was sitting right next to him? I just tried to read my book.

Everyone seemed to think that he was about to murder us all. I, on the otherhand, was glad that he was singing. And just having a good time. The only thing that really annoyed me was that he was singing the wrong words. If you're going to be a psycho singer, at least sing the correct lyrics.

grammar. opera. job.

I went to the library last night. I ended up taking out way too many books, but stopped myself when I saw that I could've taken out even more than way too many books. I've been going when it's close to closing , mostly so that I don't spend my entire day there. There's just something about books man!! Or um, there are something about books? Wait, which noun is the verb modifying in that sentence? Oh, "something" not "books", duh.

Tomorrow starts the Tech Week for the production of Madam Butterfly that I'm in with Bleecker Street Opera. This has totally snuck up on me so I need to make sure I have everything that I need for the next week!

My temp job is ending here at the downtown law firm and I'm okay with that. I think it's made me realize how much free time I have when I'm not working, and how excellently I can carve that time up into getting things done. So while I'm obviously thankful for the opportunities I've been getting to make some money, I'm also thankful for the time I have off to do what I need to do!

Yesterday

Yesterday I went to work (temp job that will be over tomorrow probably) and then I visited my friend and his new baby. I went with a mutual friend of ours and we got cupcakes from a local bakery in Forest Hills. The only thing was...there was a fly inside the showcase. We tried to tell the woman but she just kept on asking us which cupcakes we wanted. Bleh.

I ate the ones we bought anyway because I'm certain that there have been flies inside of plenty of showcases in plenty of cupcake stores.

In other news, the more I look at the new background for this blog, the more I want to eat my computer screen.

WHAT???

I have severely neglected this blog because, this is my 100th blog post! I wanted to write about something really really important like, My Birthday or the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Actually, those were the two things.

You see, I misplaced the cord to charge my camera. My camera has the most brillant and satisfying pictures of my trip to Florida, as well as exciting video clips. I was going to post all these things and more until the battery died ::insert that music that plays when something bad happens it's kinda like a horn and it goes down chromatically, you know what i mean?::

So my friends, if you're still reading at this point, my 100th blog entry will go down in history as an apology for not writing in over a month. On the bright side, I will give you a quick update on things:
a. I started a book blog about...BOOKS. I just love it. I love it like I love apple pie a la mode.
b. I have a temp gig that I'm at right now.
c. I'm singing with this cool company Bleecker St. Opera (we're in production for Madam Butterfly right now)
d. I had an excellent birthday and am planning to have a birthday party for my cat, Isis. She would like to invite all of you but I told her we can't have too many people.

:)

So much for that!!

Went to the library today to pick up some music that I *must* learn. Unfortunately, this is the one obscure piece the Grand Army Plaza library doesn't have. I'm either going to try to find it at the New York Performing Arts Library tomorrow, or go to the beach.

xo

Today

Hey, so basically I did nothing today.

I was in a concert last night with Opera Singers Initiative and stayed out wayy past my bedtime! So I kinda broke off from my super turbo looking for a job mode. But fear not dear readers, I will continue tomorrow.

After I lounged around for a while, I went to 72nd street for a rehearsal with this opera company [Opus Opera] with whom I'm doing a Summer Concert Series. I went to this coffee shop called Aroma with my friend and got yelled at for asking if they had flavor shots:

Me: So, do you have flavor shots?

Cashier: Wut? I mean like ::looks around to her boss for help:: I don't, like, know what that is.

Me: Hazelnut, Vanilla flavorings, those are some examples of what I mean by flavor shots.

Boss: [with a heavy Italian accent] Dey ownersss believes in de GOOD coffees okay? ::inaudible::...powders, okay? Dere's dey place dat does-a that down the street ::glares at me in disgust::

Turns out, the coffee was not good, okay?

You have GOT to be kidding me!

I haven't posted in a while. I planned on blogging each day that I was in Orlando for the *ahem* GRAND OPENING of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. But I left my phone in my friend's car in NY. There was computer access at the hotel and I was able to send out a few emails here and there, but no access to cool sites. I'll save my HP park review for when I upload my photos.

Some of the funny things that have been happening since then are: I've been singing in some capacity everyday this week (well, actually that's not funny, that's great!) , I've been job hunting like mad (not funny either, that's actually not very exciting) and my birthday is coming up!! Okay so, none of those things were funny but you get the idea.

On Saturday, I was in the park with my friend on a picnic. This young fellow happens past us and asks if he can talk to us. He had some flyers in his hand so I was thinking "NO, I don't want to go to your party dude" But he assures us that this discussion won't require us giving him money. He proceeds to tell my friend and I that he's doing a campaign to save the horses who are hitched onto the carriages in Central Park. It was random but sad. I think it's well known that those horses aren't treated very well so we signed his petition. I also signed for my brother because he's always talking about horses and wants to be a zoologist. The interesting part of this story is that after we were done signing everything, the fellow tells us about how he likes his job but wishes people weren't so mean to him. He wasn't crazy or anything, he was clearly a young guy (no older than 18 or 19) who doesn't get to talk to people enough. He also said that he hopes to make enough money so he could buy some braces to fix his teeth since he likes smiling. He mentioned that we had nice teeth. I don't ever open my mouth wide enough for people to notice my bizarro teeth but I accepted the compliment and told him his teeth weren't so bad.

xoxo!!

Marathon

Today was the longest day ever.

The Census job is over but there are some last minute cases for us to complete. So I had to go and do those in addition to pick up my final check from my other former job. Then I needed to go house/cat sit for some of my friends over in Flatbush...actually, I'm not sure what that neighborhood is called. I also wanted to round out the night by checking out my friend Akie perform with his band. Suprisingly I did all those things. Not without obstacles though.

My car broke down on Classon and Willoughby Street and I had my mom drive over to meet me just in case it broke down again when I drove back home. I had her drive me to the area I had to do my Census taking in, took the train straight to my cat-sitting gig only to discover that I didn't have the proper keys for their house. But the neighbor had the keys.

Finally I got my mom to take me to the train and I caught the very end of Akie's set and hung out with the band and friends. Now I'm on the train going home and I think I just stepped into a musical. This woman is playing guitar and singing pretty well, then this grou of girls started singing along and dancing. And then the people on the train clapped. Okay goodnight.

Saturday-e-ay!

Ummmmm, soooo, today I hung out with friends and saw a concert. That's the long and short of it.

I went to Mandee with my friend and while she shopped, I looked for accessories that I don't necessarily need. The pic above is of a necklace and a glittery pink wallet. I got neither of those things.

I wore my hair in a really cute up-do and I had on purple-ish lipstick. I'd say all in all, today was a success.

xo :)