14,782

That's how many steps I walked Saturday when I was wearing my new pedometer. :) Went to Target and downtown twice.

Yay, laundry, yay!

So doing laundry has become a weekly routine for me. I do my best to get as many quarters as I can in change over the week. Ha ha.

I'm blogging about laundry because my apartment building finally got new washers and dryers! We used to have two washers, but one was broken before I even moved in. So with one working washer, things were a little crazy. Now we have THREE washers! YAY! The price has increased by a quarter. However, on the dryers (up to three now as well!), you can put one quarter in at a time instead of giving up 5 in one fell swoop.

I'm pretty happy about it all. Ooh, gotta go put my clothes in the dryer now.

I am so there

Josh Groban
Awake Tour
March 12, 2007
Madison Square Garden

:)

My New Wallpaper!

The downside of DVR

I wasn't particularly busy Wednesday night, but for some reason I didn't watch "Lost" when it was on. I just let DVR do its thing.

Didn't watch it Thursday night because I was at the opening-night party of Grey Gardens.

Didn't watch it Friday night because I helped volunteer for Broadway Cares, collecting money at Mamma Mia.

Friday evening, though, everything was ruined when I started to flip through the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, which unfortunately spoiled the episode. Surprise ruined.

Oh well. I'm sure I'll watch it eventually.

Another recap

Got home from watching the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra play at the Church of St. Ann & the Holy Trinity. They sounded good! My co-worker Meghan joined BSO last month.

It rained heavily this morning, so I slept in and watched TAR1 discs 1 and 2 from Netflix. Also finished reading Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony. I am way behind on my goal of reading 25 books this year. Hmmm... oh well. At least I'm trying.

Watched RENT live for the sixth time yesterday. :) It was a great performance. Not perfect by any means, but it sure doesn't need to be. I loved it, and it made me want to work even harder than I already do for the show. And it made me want to go back and see it again. I have my reasons. :) Hehehe.

Attended opening night of The Times They Are A-Changin'. It was fun. Meghan and I sat in the first row, thanks to Anne's extra tickets. I saw David Blaine, Kathleen Turner and Bebe Neuwirth. But the highlight of the day took place while I was running an errand during work. I got to meet Thom Sesma, my first Engineer in Miss Saigon. He plays the father, Captain Ahrab, in Times. Such a nice guy!

It's been a great week. What will the next one hold in store?

Sometimes the best things in life ARE free

Just a recap:

I saw the Actors' Fund benefit concert of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas on Monday night for free. Courtesy of Keith.

I saw the 5th anniversary performance of Mamma Mia! on Wednesday for free. Courtesy of Sara.

I will be seeing the opening night performance of The Times They Are A-Changin' next Thursday for free. Courtesy of Meghan.

I will be seeing RENT next Friday for free. Courtesy of me. (Just kidding.) Courtesy of Laura and Nick.

I got Mom and Dad in to see Company at The 5th Avenue Theatre yesterday for free. Courtesy of Jennifer.

Vacation

Oops! I took the wrong two days off work. But it would have been weird to request November 8th and November 10th off. I will be taking off November 9 and 10, mainly because of Josh Groban.

However, I just read on FOJG that he will be doing a CD signing at the Lincoln Center B&N at 7 p.m. on November 8th. D'oh! I work until 6 p.m. Won't make it in time -- I mean, I imagine that line will be super long hours in advance. But I'll still check it out anyway. After all, I won't be working on the 9th.

Heh heh.

The little things

I mended my pants today! Mom taught me right before I moved to New York. I got to practice on my pajama pants, and it was soooo frustrating. I wasn't sure when that first-time practice would come in handy.

Instead of throwing away my dress pants, I was able to fix it! No frustration whatsoever! Yay!

Thanks, Mom. You taught me well.

An update

I bought a bed! It's scheduled to be delivered tomorrow, so this is the last night of the air mattress that deflates through the night! YAY! I need to buy bedsheets, so I'm going to Bed, Bath & Beyond later on.

I live less than a mile away from Target. YAY again!! This could be a good thing, but it also could be very bad. I love Target. Hehehe. I bought a few things there yesterday. After buying my bed today, I went to Target again and bought a pair of pants, a second laundry hamper, a small sewing kit, The Office season 2 on DVD and these mini Coke cans. They are cute and make for good serving sizes. Yup, you read correctly. A sewing kit. I am going to attempt to mend my pants. Mom, I hope I remember what you taught me!

It's official. The church to the south of my apartment is Catholic. So I have found my new church. Very convenient. It takes less than 5 minutes to walk there. It's big and majestic, but the speaker system could use improvements. Kinda like the church in Vinzons. They had good songs to sing, and I've missed that.

Saw Hairspray last night with Keith. He won the lottery! YAY for the third time in this blog! Diana DeGarmo was fantastic. She wasn't my favorite on American Idol, but she totally nailed her role in Hairspray, so major props to her.

Just a tad bit addicted to the small screen

I'm watching Lost right now. Could be devoting more attention it, that's for sure, but I thought I'd post here and pretend to multi-task. :)

I bought a TV on Sunday so I wouldn't miss any of my shows! However, Ugly Betty and The Office air at the same time. My solution is to get DVR! Ha ha. I know I should watch my spending habits, but this can be budgeted in. I've been dying to get DVR for a while now. Now that I'm living independently (OK, with a roommate), it's time!

I am here

Here = Manhattan. Work is great. Life is sweet. Yay!

Just adding DVDs to my newly created Netflix queue. Yay again!

Was never too fond of packing for a move

Perhaps it's because I never moved as a child. And I'm glad that I didn't. But now I'm just not used to it, and my goal in life is to move as little as possible. I like some sort of "permanence." Stability. Comfort.

Not much new to report

Just kidding! Well, if you are reading this blog, then you probably know all there is to know about this weekend already. Audra concert tomorrow and moving Sunday. Two biggies.

I'm going to sleep after I finish packing my clothes. See ya on the flip side!

Busy weekend

Saw [title of show] and The Times They Are A-Changin' on Saturday.

Volunteered for Broadway Cares at their annual Flea Market on Sunday (today). Got to sell cool stuff alongside Spelling Bee cast members, Circle in the Square students and fellow BC volunteers. All for a good cause. And it was fun working next to the Avenue Q table. I bought Princeton's Mixed Tape and an "Everything in life is only for now" button!!

Time to go to sleep now.

Oh, Seattle

Two hours till The Amazing Race 10 starts! YAY! And living on the East Coast can only be a good thing in matters of TV watching! Hehehe.

TAR10 starts in Seattle. That'll be fun to watch. I miss that city!

23

Being 22 was amazing. This time last year I was wrapping up my internship at The 5th Avenue Theatre. Then I finished my last quarter of college. Became a fan of Anna Nalick and her incredible music. Went to the Philippines for the first time. Wrote a few songs. Worked at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Moved to New York. Started working at TMG - The Marketing Group.

Lots of highlights. Most of the past 365 days have been great. Some not so great.

I hope my 23rd year of living on this planet will be just as great -- if not better.

Oh, and my actual birthday was fun. Went to the mall. Had dinner with Veron, Jay, Alexa and Keith. Then we went to Karaoke 17. Good times. :)

To all who've wished me happy birthday today and celebrated with me, thank you!

Why, thank you

I received this e-mail today:

Hi there,

Happy birthday from the gang at E! Online. Hope it's a great one!

You also share your birthday with the following celebrities:
Alexis Bledel 1981 Houston, Texas
Allen Funt 1914 Brooklyn, NY
Amy Poehler 1971 Burlington, Massachusetts
B.B. King 1925 Itta Bena, Mississippi
David Copperfield 1956 Metuchen, NJ
Ed Begley Jr. 1949 Los Angeles, California
Jennifer Tilly 1958 Harbor City, CA
Lauren Bacall 1924 New York, NY
Marc Anthony 1969 New York, New York
Molly Shannon 1965 Shaker Heights, Ohio
Peter Falk 1927 New York, New York
Richard Marx 1963 Chicago, Illinois

I like the island Manhattan

Smoke on your pipe, and put that in!

I was just thinking: If I hadn't gotten my job at TMG, I would have been moving to New York next week.

But I'm 100% glad that things worked out the way they did. And to top it all off, I know where I will be living as of October 1st, and it's going to be great!

Manhattan, I'm on my way!

Now you can visit me!

X-Press? I don't think so.

Oh my holy freakin' goodness. That's New York for you. Today was a half day at work, so I headed to the DMV office in Manhattan where you can exchange your out-of-state license for a New York one. Wow, you know it's bad when you see people milling about outside the doors. I walked into the tiny space, and the lines were snaking around the tiny place, and people were sitting in chairs with forms and numbers in hand. I didn't know where to find a number, and I certainly didn't want to wait in a very long line. The office was closing at 4. Without a guarantee of being seen, I left.

Will probably have to try one day before work next week. Wish me luck.