Happy Birthday to Daddy and Pat!

Yesterday was my Dad's birthday! I called him in the morning  and he was on his way to visit his brother in GA. Later on yesterday, Elana saw Alexis Bledel walking down Broadway just 2 blocks from our dorm! And I'm jealous. 

Top Shop opened yesterday in SoHo. Apparently Kate Moss was there to cut the ribbon at 9AM and I was... sleeping. Gets me every time. Cassie and I are going to shop there either tomorrow or Sunday though. Which reminds me: Cassie is coming to visit for the weekend today! :) :) :) 

"Move Over, Mrs. Markham" closed last night. It was a really great run. After helping with the strike, Melissa and her friend and I went out for a little bit to celebrate :)

Now to today- I just got back from breakfast with my lovely roommates (Downstein had vegan pancakes. Yum.) It's a rainy day out today. Perfect weather for staying inside and cleaning the dorm for Cassie's arrival :) In a couple hours, though, I'm leaving to go to summer internship interview number 2! Later tonight, Cassie and I are going to see the Tisch mainstage, "Ti-Jean and His Brothers." 

Oh, and Happy Birthday to Pat! 

Happy April Fools Day!

I love the first of the month. It gives me a whole fresh perspective on everything.

But I am so sore this morning! It's probably a result of a combination of the free hip hop class Allegra and I took at Crunch (which incidentally reminds me so much of Globo Gym<-- Dodgeball, anyone?) on Monday and the hours of walking yesterday. I thought going to yoga would be a good idea to stretch out my muscles, but I've decided to donate blood after class so I'll probably take today and tomorrow off from yoga.

My mom is coming downtown to meet me for lunch after class and then we're going to give blood at the campus blood drive. I used to be completely terrified of giving blood. I heard horror stories from my friends about nurses missing their veins, how big the needle is, etc. This past summer, though, my mom helped me get over my fear when we went to a blood drive back in Tampa. She talked to me throughout the whole process and when the nurse put the needle in, my mom yelled, "You're saving a life!" to compensate for the pinch. It really was a virtually painless process. Since that day, I've given blood twice on my own at up here at NYU blood drives. I think everyone should give blood, if eligible. There always seems to be a shortage and just 30 minutes of your time could save someone's life.

Speaking of good things, I went to Karen's today (the coffeeshop where I just quit my job) to get a vanilla latte before class. I had every intention to pay for it because I don't work there anymore, but Fred insisted I take it for free. He is so sweet to me and I feel awful for leaving that job because of him. Fred and Felix were really the two guys keeping me there, but in the end, I was going to school, trying to keep up with dance, voice, writing for the paper, and promoting MOMM Monday - Thursday and then working 20 hours Friday - Sunday. I was getting burnt out and couldn't give the energy I wanted to give to anything. Something had to give. The good thing is that Gal, my manager, said I could come back to work whenever I want, so everything ended on peaceful terms.

So, this morning I applied for 4 more summer theatre internships, and have been frantically checking my e-mail for my studio placement/ Tisch advisement appointment. I'm so anxious to find out and start planning everything!

Now I've got to get ready for my last class of the day. "Move Over, Mrs. Markham" opens tonight, so that's exciting! Hope to see everyone there.

:)

So I've decided to start blogging...

It's past 11 p.m., which means I should be asleep (I have an 8AM Bio class tomorrow), but instead I'm sitting here, munching on my "Healthy Mix" I bought from Upstein and making my very first blog post. I'm not exactly sure why I'm starting this, but I'm starting it nonetheless. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what becomes of it. :) 

I suppose I'll start with what's current in my life. I was accepted to the drama department at Tisch last Friday and I can't stop smiling about it. I haven't been told which studio I was placed in yet, but hopefully I'll be hearing that soon. I am so excited and only wish I could start classes tomorrow instead of five months from now! But there are only six weeks left in this semester, which means only six more weeks of trudging through academics and then relaxing for the summer until my new classes start up in the fall :)

What am I doing this summer? Good question. I've applied to a few internships with some theaters in the city and still need to apply to a few more. I've heard back from one so far, but it hasn't really gone anywhere yet. I know I'll be staying in the city for most of the summer so I'll probably take a lot of dance and voice classes and maybe even take some gen eds at school. What I would really love to do is travel somewhere (Maybe go back to Cadiz, or visit Italy or Greece :)

Today I decided to start being vegan again (at least for the most part). I managed to last the whole day (and hopefully will last at least a whole month :) This is going to be very hard though because Elana's mom just sent her some delicious chocolate fudge brownies. Temptation anyone?

Other things that happened today include catching up with Lindsay F. at Starbucks while simultaneously having a newfound appreciation for vanilla lattes, finding out that I did well on my social foundations and writing II midterms, quick lunch with Jessie, poster posting for "Move Over, Mrs. Markham," in the east and west village, talking to my sister, talking to Cassie, and watching the dress rehearsal for "Move Over, Mrs. Markham." Basically, a lot of walking in my barbie boots (my ankle high brown boots from Mudd that I love, but definitely make my feet go numb after an a couple hours worth of walking.)

"Move Over, Mrs. Markham" (MOMM) is a show that I'm doing publicity for. It's put on entirely by a group called Tisch New Theatre (TNT). It's playing at Skirball on April 1st and 2nd only. It's a hilarious British sex farce and the show it's 100% student run. Tickets at $10 with an NYU ID and $20 for general admission. I think everyone should see this show because TNT is completely brand new and is going all out for its first production... which is really exciting! 

Sorry this first post was a little all over the place. I'm going to try to be more creative with the future ones and they probably won't all be as long. I hope everyone reading this has a wonderful night and a good day tomorrow :)