Okay, I am gonna try and get you all up to date as fast as humanly possible as I race against the clock. You see I am sitting in the same damn coffee shop, no eye candy in site, and they are closing soon. If only my computer and my hotel would just have a little makeup session this wouldn't have to happen, but the love life between one technology and another is a sensitive thing...AH! Updating. Begins. NOW!
1.) Saw my first piece of New York theatre that blew me out of the water. It even dried me off and left me all warm on the inside. Matthew Lopez's
The Whipping Man a play about jewish slaves on the eve of the end of the Civil War and their relationship with the son of the man that owned them. Now, if only that description did it justice. Layered with rich religious information as well choke full of devices placed perfectly by the author, this play was perfect in every way of the word. Set, character, story line, even the open ending was perfect. My first theatregasm. OH, and they cut a leg off onstage! Bloody good!
2. Went to the ballet. I couldn't stop singing the lyrics from "At the Ballet" from
A Chorus Line...now if only I enjoyed it like I enjoyed
A Chorus Line. Ballet, tights, masses of muscle and all it still didn't thrill me. Stop the yard is more my kind of style. ;)
3. Saw my first opera! That's all. Ugh.
4. Internships are going at full blast. Doing the usual lowly intern stuff, coffee (a real task still, people kill for that stuff!) running errands, but I think slowly but surely I am making friends with my coworkers. Whipped out a
Heathers reference and wouldn't you know it that movie was one of the office managers favorite movies. And why wouldn't it be? It rocks the mean girls genre to the maxi pad! Total bonding happened I think, which is good because she seems like a fun person. That is kind of how I am basing my days now. If I do all my errands without getting mugged or lost (the latter happens every so often) and if I get a laugh or smile out of the people around the office then the day turns from okay to goooood. Oh did I mention I got assigned a book! A 241 page book to read and do coverage on for my friday internship. Totally intimidated at first because 1. It was nonfiction (not my thang) and 2. 241 pages?! Fast reader I am not...specially on nonfiction books about mennonites. But guess what, the book is HI-effin-larious and I want to be the authors best friend. Now just to finish it.
5. Best. News. Ever. Well in two parts. One, my bestie Jenni just found out she won SNL tickets. For this saturday! Russel Brand is hosting *happy dance* And Jenni is flying in and staying with me! Gonna be a regular old Urbandale party in my single! Then on Sunday, right after Jenni leaves my theatre-sista from college is coming to stay with me for a few days as well. And she has lived in the big apple before so can you say Par-tay! Because I can. ;)
I have been in the city for a total of a month and one day! Crazy! I feel like I haven't even gotten out to really see all of it yet. And by all I mean at least some of it, cause all is like a lifetime of walking. To say I love it here is an understatement, and maybe with a stroke of luck I can land a summer internship. One that pays! Work and money. What a life! We shall see. We shall see. Till next time, here's to hoping my internet works in my room next week. Later Yo.
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