Awesome Tuesday!

Mathieu arrived last wednesday and we kinda just bummed around and got organized the first couple days. But on Tuesday we really did stuff. We had tickets to go see RENT with Lauren in the evening but we took the day to do stuff in midtown. We met Ariella at NBC studios and got a special insiders tour a-la-Ariella which was amazing! We went with the NBC discount of $4 to the Top of the Rock which was amazing! and after that we walked around 5th ave until RENT at 8pm. I dragged Mathieu into Tiffany's and then made up for it by letting him play at FAO Schwarz for a while. lol.





Quick review of RENT: HOLY SHIT. ok 1. i felt like i was at a backstreet boys concert because everyone was screaming and cheering which was insanely bazaar at a broadway show - but i kinda loved it because it was Adam friggin Pascal and Anthonly mother friggin Rapp! It was absolutely amazing! Lauren and Mathieu loved it too. but afterwards, there was a HUGE rush outside to go and see them and dude - there were barricades set up to hold back the crowd and a car waiting for Anthony. there was a 10 year old girl behind me who was crying and screaming "ANNnnnnthoonnyyyyyyy".....i laughed. but dude, SO good.

Spring Awakening

I saw Spring Awakening on Broadway last night and its been on my mind ever since the curtain closed! it was SOOOO good!!! the music was GREAT! and the most amazing and powerful voices come out of those kids on the stage! Also, i have never seen a cast filled with such beautiful people! it was amazing and i HIGHLY recommend that everyone go see it - just be prepared for the hot ass shot and the thrusting......which in my mind just made it even better! lol.

HARRY POTTER SPOILERS BELOW!!!!

Wow so i just finished the book - HOLY SHIT! Here is the rundown:

- Hedwig and Dobby so didnt need to die. that was just cruel! i couldnt believe she killed Hedwig!!! argh.

- Snape dying was both genius and disappointing. i really was hoping that he would give it one last fight against Voldie - like one las "i did it all for Lily" horrah. BUT the memory thing was really genius.

- My sister almost totally ruined it for me over the phone when she said that ppl were saying that Ron died .... i almost died when she said this. and while i am SO happy that Ron isnt dead, i really did think that someone closer to Harry would have died - my bets were on Neville or Ginny. and i do LOVE Harry and Ginny together - so i guess i cant complain.

- The epilogue??? really good idea and it was cute and all but dude - she didnt tell us ANYTHING! like what they are doing? is Harry and auror, is McGonagall head of Hogwarts? what is Hagrid up to? so many questions never answered.....

- the fight scene at the end with Harry - AMAZING!!! while it is a little lame that Harry magically came back from the dead, i knew that he couldnt die - these ARE kids books afterall, AND that part with Dumbledore was really important, it brought closure, etc, Harry's whole "pretend to be dread until i can duel and kill Voldie" thing was crazy awesome. oh, and Mrs Weasley saying "BITCH" made my day.

le sigh, i cant WAIT for this movie.

my bike :(

i woke up thismorning, a day when it was POURING rain outside, walked downstaires and realized that my new bike was stolen from INSIDE my building. i have no idea how they got through that lock......i hate NYC right now.

omfg!!!

i will be off the internet and guarding my ears for the next week.....or until i finish HP!

i love me some bikecycles

so today i bought a bike from one of my co-workers at PB&Co. i have been looking all over craigslist for a cheap but good bike that i can leave on the street and then last night at the employee dinner, Carrie was like "hey, just take mine. Ill give it to you for $40".....done deal!

i went and got a bike lock today and rode it home from work which was one of the most frightening moments of my life....mostly because the seat is a little too high and i kinda forgot how to ride a bike. hehe. but it got better and i made it home safe.

then i heard about this crazy awesome thing thats going on in Paris called velib where you can pick up and drop off bikes all over the city and ride them anywhere. its SOOO cheap too! like 30euros for a whole year. and there are tons of pick-up and drop off points like every couple of blocks or so....genius.

tomorrow im off to lower the bike seat and put a basket on the bike....he needs a name i think. any suggestions?

full body sunburns are not so fun!

Yesterday Court and Alexa and I went to Jones Beach! We took the LIRR and then the shuttle buss from Freeport station - so easy! it only took an hour or so. The weather was perfect and the water wasnt too cold - Court and I actually went in quite deep! The only down side was that we got SO SEVERELY burnt! literally, my WHOLE BODY is burnt and oh-so-painful! Im sitting at work right now, glowing, and not wearing underwear or a bra because that was too painful. oh, and this morning i almost fainted. i think we have mild sun poisoning because headaches, nausea, and dizziness are happening.....what did we do??

Yay for Alcohol and Rooftops!

Last night me and the roomies threw an amazingly successful party to welcome Courtney back form the land of the dutch....and to celebrate Friday 13. It was pretty much a shitshow that involved the discovery of our rooftop. we have decided that we are going to bring a kiddy-pool up there, fill it up with water from the brita filter, and tan all day!

All and all, a very successful party. sorry to those of you guys who left early or didnt make it....i.e. Diana (and Callan and Andrew), Keith, Pooks, Tyler and Gabs.....you guys missed out! here are some highlight pics:
yea....they fell down.

Harry Potter and the OOTP

last night me Lauren and Court went to the midnight IMAX 3D showing of HP and heres the run-down:

AWESOME:

- Helena Bohnam Carter playing Bellatrix
- Luna Lovegood = GENIUS
- Umbridge was awesome
- Ron is as hot as ever
- 3D fight scene at the end was SO INSANE!!! the glass exploding from everywhere and - vs Voldie was soooo amazing to watch!
- Voldemort was, once again, incredible.

WHAT SUCKED:

- Dan Radcliffe for the whole first half of the movie
- The director SUCKED....he didnt capture why Harry was so angry throughout the whole movie and under dramatized it so the movie up to the fight scene was just bland
- there was no quiddich....i.e. Ron never made the quiddich team (wtf?)
- they left out the whole part of the prophecy where it could possibly be Neville who would be the boy tho was to kill Voldie....lame.


The fight scene at the end in IMAX and 3D made the movie for me. The whole first half, however, was sped through too fast and was not as dark and amazing as it should have been.

What happens when drunkards try to write emails...

this is an email i wrote Mathieu on Saturday night after I tried to call him. my phone wouldnt let me call and kept saying that the number could not be completed as dialed, so i wrote him an email instead:

ive been tryingto call ou all night.......im so f=druns u==umer cainnot be completed as dila.ed



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top pick-up lines of the week

so im starting a new weekly post about the top pick-up lines people have said to me throughout the week.

this week, while i was completely drenched walking home from work on wednesdays, some guy walks by and says "mmmm, i like my girls wet"

i vomited a little in my mouth.

then, yesterday i was wearing a little bead necklace and some guy standing on the street goes "are those anal beeds?"

no. what? .... just no.

birthdays and waxes!

So today is Glenna's birthday! wOOt! tomorrow we shall all get retartedly wasted on the beach in NJ to celebrate!

In preparation for the beach im off to go swimsuit shopping with Gabs after my amazing bikini wax that i got at this adorable place like 2 blocks away. next up is the brazilian wax in preparation for mathieus visit....gotta physically prepare myself for that one. its gonna hurt.

Skwashed Update!

First of all, a shout out to my lovely drunken roomate who speaks in questions when shes drunk and says amazing things like "Taxi! Honkey honk me, you?" <3 you!

Secondly, still loving Lauren and the boyf Mathieu for coming to see RENT with me! We will be face-to-face (well....with A-M rows of heads between us because we waited so long) with Adam and Anthony....le sigh.

I have finally finished the third season of house and holy fuck! next season best not be losing any characters because we all know shows go way down hill once cast members start dropping....well, all cept for 24. Dont even get me started on Grey's without Addison too. just not cool. Anyways, i think ill be moving onto the world of Heroes, ya know, since i need another TV show to watch. Im counting the days till the Weeds premiere....with MK (god help us)

Ok so thats it for this random, unfocused post....

why am i the only true RENT fan?

Look at these two beautiful talented men....why is it that Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal are returning to RENT for 6 weeks and no one will go see them with me?? pff, you call yourself RENT fans. I am ashamed of you....thats right. you know who you are....

i want-uhhhhh

someone wanna buy me one??


God, why is apple just so effin cool! (....and expensive????)

l'appartment

en fin.....we have finally settled into the apt. we got internet and tv installed yesterday (LOTS of channels. i shall cease to do anything with my life) and all the furniture is in and everything. so, as we do, we throw a party. hehe. so here is the grand tour:

As you walk in, there is a hallway that leads to the living room. Off the hallway as soon as you walk in is Lauren's room that I have yet to get a good picture of. Shes just too messy for the delicate eyes of my camera. Once through the hallway, you can see Court and DT sitting on the couch in our living/common area.

We found an adorable little fold out table that has the potential to seat four, or be used as a corner table that sits next to the couch. We have a good size kitchen in the corner and the bathroom is that door that is flung open next to the kitchen.

If you follow DT's nose you will find Court's room and her executive desk that she bought and didnt fit anywhere but in the middle of her room so when she sits in it you feel like you are being interviewed. She also had to dismantal her closet door because it would open with her bed situated where it is. I wish we could just put it up in my doorway because i have yet to get a door installed in my room.

My room is right next to Court's room. I have two nice windows that look out onto the street which was really bad until a couple days ago when i got blinds installed (thanks to Court's dad). The quilt that is on my bed was made by my parent's really great family friend, Laura Hill. She made one for me and Gabs and then one for my parents as well. Shes a pretty incredible person, i must say...

Anyways, there is the grand tour of our little apt. We are really happy here and today we ran into the Amandas at the gym and they live right down the street in Styvesant Town ... so we will have to chill and see their apt too. w00t!

In other news, Court left today for Amsterdam so Lauren and i will have to get drunk every night to make up for the fact that her beautiful face isnt here to entertain us. Also, we went to the gym this morning which was um, painful, to put it lightly. Laur and i had some real trouble since we havnt been to the gym in um....7 months? yea, we shall inspire each other for the rest of the summer to loose the baby bellies we have grown thanks to french bread, empanadas and excessive amounts of alcohol. le sigh....

ok, off to the B Cup Cafe to start my internship portfolio....

I <3 NYC

just a little something that i thought was post-worthy....

I was walking home just now from a long day of work at PB&Co. when I saw a large crowd of people standing on a corner watching some sort of spectacle. As I get closer I see a Chinese woman in a gold dress screaming "PRAY WITH MEEEE" and as I was about to put my headphones back in and continue walking, all of a sudden, I realize why the crowd was so large. There, standing next to the woman, was a man....completely naked except for his penis, which was wrapped in nothing less than plastic wrap. ...oh, and he was also wearing silver high-tops and white socks.

made my night. I <3>


p.s. - pics of the apt coming soon!

airports....sigh

So its 9:24 and my flight from NYC to Chicago should have boarded an hour ago, but due to thunderstorms in Chicago, I am stuck at Laguardia (which is btw the most boring airport in the world) for another hour, paying $7.95 for an internet connection and listening to the top story on CNN: “Paris Gets Out of Jail!”

Anyways, welcome to my new blog. I just started an internship at Next New Networks (check it out: www.nextnewnetworks.com) and on the first day six different people asked me if I had a blog and if i posted my own videos on YouTube. I was inspired and have now, as of this moment in Terminal B, Gate D7 in Laguardia airport, begun my exciting days of blogging!

What I forgot to mention is the reason for my trip to Chicago. My Grandmother, Anneliese Urban died in January and her memorial service is this weekend. In honor of her amazing life I have created a slideshow which I hope to post later but until then here are some pictures: