I need...

Life to go at 20 mph instead of 90 mph

A blog makeover...any takers?

To find a monologue

To get more sleep

To see a musical asap

The Gala to be over and done with and never come back

Time to sit and think and just be

NYC You are where I want to BE!

 As I write this post I am on the way back to Boston from NYC.  I just experienced NYC  in a completely new and different way and I am more obsessed and in love with this city than ever.  Let's just say that a couple of weeks ago I decided I would most likely move there in the summer of 2010 and now I want to move there as soon as possible...if I had it my way and could find a job it would be the end of this summer!  Don't get me wrong I LOVE Boston and I absolutely enjoy every second of living in that city but there is just something about nyc that i can not express in words that makes me want to live there right this very second!!  I think I want to live there right now because I finally think I can handle it...mabye the below stories will shed light on this new realization...

So this new york york trip was really good for me because it was my first trip to the city where i really was on my own in every possible way.  I had very little structure for the trip and no expectation of what was really going to happen.  I planned it very last minute and I did not even know what show I was going to see when I got down there (HUGE deal for me!).  The past three times I have been to the city I have had a consistent buddy/buddies by my side the whole time and this time it was just me navagating myself around the city from place to place meeting up with friends.  I guess i really got to experience what it would be like if i really did live in new york.  I understand the subway/bus system and everything else a lot better now because i had to figure it out all by myself! (Al I know that blue line now I swear!).  New York City usually overwhelms me and it makes me question if I can really handle it or not but this time I was not overwhelmed in the least bit and the city felt really familiar. 

Friday night my bus got in 30 min late and I failed at meeting my friends for dinner and putting my stuff away so I would not have to carry it around all night long.  As they headed off to see a show I hung out with a high school theater friend I had not seen in over 4 years.  It was so surreal and random to see him again and in all places new york city?! We walked around the city, got a bite to eat, grabbed a drink, and watched the midnight show at stand up new york where my friend does stand up sometimes.

The next day I met up with a zta friend at the TKTS booth to see a show.  I am a little obsessed with that booth and the entire experience because you have no clue what show you are going to end up seeing and what is really going to happen until the last second.  Nicole and I decided on our top three shows and when we got up to the booth the guy made our decision really easy by telling us our first choice was sold out and our second choice had two AMAZING seats open for 50% off!  We saw Avenue Q and it was extremely funny!  I've always wondered how this show beat Wicked for Best Musical in 2004 and well now (even though I may not agree) I now have my theories on why it did.   I also realized that I have almost seen every show that has won Best Musical at the Tony's in the past 5 years.  The only one that I have left to see is Spring Awakening and that will happen next month! YAY!

After the show we put our names in for the lottery to see In the Heights.  Even though I have already seen this show I would not pass up a chance to see it on the front row for $25!  We did not win but I would not trade in that hour of my life for anything.  When people's name were announced they would scream as if they had won a million dollars! When we did not win we headed down to a bar to watch the Baylor game.  The trick was every bar in Time Square was packed and by the time we found seats at one of them the game was half over.  But we did get to support the Bears and say Sic Em a few times even though we lost!  Good try Bears!  I'm still proud of you!

And now it is back to Boston for the opening of a show at my theater.  I'm half alive from the weekend so this will be interesting...

Burst of Inspiration

I am not sure why I have just had a random burst of inspiration to update my blog at 12:07 am.  Maybe it is because I just realized I have not blogged for two months and I never meant to be such a slacker.  Well since it is late I will leave you with a top 5 list of my life.

1.  I just experienced a little bit of Waco in Boston.  How is this possible you may ask?  Well CFCF (my church in Beantown) had its mission conference (World Mandate East) and several people from Antioch came up to be a part of it.  It was a really weird feeling because I felt like I was in Waco.  I also realized how different CFCF is from Antioch.  I kind of forgot what Antioch felt like until this weekend.

2. 46, 38, 49, 51.  These are the HIGH'S in Boston this week!!  Can someone say SUMMER?!  Because after the past two months these temps feel like summer.  A girl can dream that these temps will stick around for the rest of winter right?  I would also like to say that this Texas girl can handle winter better than these Bostonians can.  

3.  I refuse to call my self in a tourist in NYC anymore.  In order to receive my official local stamp from a new yorker I have been challenged to know the best sushi, greek, Italian, and asian restaurants are in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.  I can handle that.  I'll let you know when I pass the test.  I also think I should know where every stop on the blue line is.

4. I got a new haircut today.  It is my favorite short haircut so far.  Someone told me today that every time they see me I have a new haircut.  I never meant to turn into "that girl," but I have had 5 different hairstyles since June.  I think I am "that girl."  

5.  I love coffee shops.  I am obsessed with discovering more and more coffee shops around the city.  It is my favorite thing.

Bonus:  Oh you did not think you would be so lucky to get a Bonus now did you?  Well I just thought I would put in a plug for "He's Just Not That Into You."  It was the chick flick I feel like I have been waiting for.  The past few chick flicks I have seen were awful... Bride Wars?!  Ick!  That just did not hit the spot for me.  But HJNTIY was wonderful!  It had all the right elements for a quality chick flick.  Have you seen it?  What are your thoughts?

Begin tagged me and I am being a good blogger and responding!  I guess the rule is just one word answers...here it goes!

1. Where is your cell phone? dead
2. Your significant other? unknown
3. Your hair? funky
4. Your mother? lovely
5. Your father? dorky
6. Your favorite thing? theater
7. Your dream last night? musical
8. Your favorite drink? coke
9. Your dream/goal? love
10. The room you're in? bedroom
11. Your fear? cockroaches 
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? nyc
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you're not? blunt
15. Muffins/donuts? muffin
16. One of your wish list items? boots
17. Where you grew up? euless
18. The last thing you did? workout
19. What are you wearing? legwarmers
20. Your TV? gg
21. Your pet? fernando
22. Your computer? mac
23. Your life? wonderful
24. Your mood? dramatic
25. Missing someone? yup!
26. Favorite pastime? reading
27. Something you're not wearing? makeup
28. Favorite Store? h&m
29. Your summer? warm?!
30. Your favorite color? purple
31. When is the last time you laughed? tonight
32. Last time you cried? monday
33. Who will re-post this? al
34. Four places I go over and over? work, church, home, gym.
Four people who e-mail me? boss, colleagues, stagesource, playbill
36. Four of my favorite foods? fruit, avocados, cheese, reese's
37. Four places I would like to be right now? aldo, europe, broadway, beach
38. Four people I tag? al, celina, amy, katie

Out with the old in with the new!

Drum Roll Please...I have a new hairstyle.  Don't ask me why I am changing my hairstyle every other month...maybe we can call it liberation from having long hair for 6 years!  Once you take the big plunge and cut off all of your hair nothing really feels risky again.  And here it is:

This is my attempt to get my hair out of a bob.  I mean a bob is so 2008 time to move on!  Ha!  Just kidding I really love the bob...just time for me to move on.  So in order to get out of the bob I had to go shorter...the inspiration behind the cut was a bit longer, but the stylist assured me it would grow into that look.  And just for fun here is the inspiration and what the hair will be growing into:

But I am very excited about this current style while it is at this length!  So stay tuned...the hair will now be growing out a little in order to experiment with new hairstyles at other lengths!  

And because I feel like this haircut could be kinda emo I decided to leave you with my attempt at "emo"

Hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving!  I will blog about life in general very soon! 

Leg warmers and Vampires

Hello all! I can't believe I have not blogged for a month. The thing I don't like about not blogging for a month is that when I do blog I can't decide how to blog about the past month! That is why I decided to call this post leg warmers and vampiers. Two un-related things...yet they have a part of my heart right now...and now you might be getting a feel for this intresting blog post.

Well I have lived in Boston for 2 months now. I think I am starting to get the hang of life here and I am loving every bit of it! I love what I do for 8 hours + a day. I am house managing right now...we are currently in act two and I have nothing to do! I am starting to feel like I am not an "assistant" because I am doing so much and have a voice in projects and get to do a lot of things with no instruction when my boss is swamped and says oh ok why don't you just take a stab at it! LOVE IT! So today I got to see the first "big" thing I "designed" up close and personal. I worked on a donor brochure for like 3 weeks and I wanted to punch my computer because I was so frustrated with design work...but it was such a great feeling to see something I had spent so much time on in my hands and know that it will go to over 2,000 people. I feel like I am in 3rd grade and want to show everyone what I made in arts crafts...don't be suprised if you see a donor brochure show up in your mail box! Next week The Lt. Of Inishmore opens...I can't wait to see this show...it is a dark comedy...very bloody....read the script....can't even imagine how they can make this work on the stage....there is a live cat in the show...a cat...who can train a cat? There are also a lot of dead and bloody cats in the show....intrested? haha!! Come to Boston! Ok one more story and then I will sum up my life in bullet points like Al! (Yes Al, YOU are AL!) So I usually make a curtain speech when I house manage but tonight I was told that a board memeber would make the speech...so I did not even look at what I was suppose to say...and then 5 min to curtain I find out I have to make the speech! So I was a little disoriented to say the least...I thought I did a bad job...but this man came up to me during intermission and said your speech was fantastic...you have such fantastic stage presence...we were all glued to what you were saying...he was so sincere and I was so flattered...but it really was like the Lord speaking to me in a funny way and giving me this new sense of confidence in acting...I have been debating auditioning for a show (content wise) and I basically made up mind last night that I was going for it and then with this comment today I was just like YES! I can do this...if I can captivate people when I tell them to turn off their phone then I can translate that into a monologue...I know this is random but it made such a difference in my approach to this upcoming audition. It really was a burst of confidence that I really needed!

Ok BULLET POINTS start now!

*I went to NYC last week! It was great but lets just say a lot of things went wrong on this trip and a lot of things happened that I can't write on this blog...so if you want to know details...you should call me...it won't be a disapointing story...besides the mishaps it was wonderful...I saw Ann Hathaway on the street...said Hi! Paul Shaffer walked into French Roast on Saturday when I was having brunch with friends...In The Heights was AMAZING!!! Please see this show if you can!! It is some of the BEST dancing I have seen on Broadway yet! One of my favorite parts of the trip was spending the entire afternoon in Central Park with Erica and eating breakfast the next day with Christina...I LOVE that park! If I lived in NYC I would go there every day. I did public transportation by myself in NYC which is a huge deal for me...I decided the Boston subway is WAY nicer than New York...their subway is gross! It makes Boston's look like a million bucks! It was nice to get back into Boston...for the first time Boston really felt like home when I came back...and I was like man I can't wait to get back to a slower pace of life...only NYC can make Boston life "slow." I love NYC more than ever and I know I will live there one day but I am glad that day is not today.

This bullet thing is not working...I just wrote a book up there....ok these next two will really be bullets....

*I bought a pair of leg warmers in NYC and I want to wear them everyday...I want 10 pairs in every color for every outfit...I belong in the 80's!

*I am also currently obsessed with the Twilight series...bought the first book this weekend and all I want to do is read it!!! Yes it's about vampires...but it is about so much more...it is a beautiful love story and I look forward to any time I am on the T or Bus because I get to enter this wonderful world that Stephanie Myer has created...let's just say I think I found my Harry Potter! haha!! Please tell me someone else out there is reading this series or knows about it....I got on the band wagon way late...

And now we are back full circle...leg warmers and Vampires!

Until Next Time,
Dez!

My Boston Adventures Thus Far!

So I can't believe I have not updated my blog since I got to Boston!  I have now lived in Boston for 3 and a half weeks and I feel like everyday I fall in the love with the city more and the city feels a little bit more like home.  So let me try and hit the highlights!  

*Work-I love work!  I work for three people and that can be a challenge at times but really I can't complain at all.  I love what I do and I wake up everyday excited about work!  I love working for a theater that produces their own show because I feel so much more connected to the artistic side of things which I feel brings new life and vision to what I do for the theater.  I have made a couple of friends that are working on the play my theatre is putting together right now.  Actually one of the best moments in Boston so far has been running into people I know on the bus!  Also, are they're two other assistants who are right around my age that just started working at my theater and I have loved getting to know them.  One of them even lives really close to me so we get to commute together on the way home!   So work has been so fun and I our first show opens next week...Eurydice!! I can't wait to see it...it is going to rain on stage!!

* Exploring-  I have seen a lot of Boston and these are my favorite's: 

1) The North End-it's the little Italy and it is right by the harbor and it is beautiful.

2) Beacon Hill- has the BEST pizza shop every call Upper Curst and it's so close to the river....I am dying to go run around the Charles!

3) The Boston Commons- it's like Boston's Central Park...I hear the pond on the commons turns into an ice skating rink in the winter so I am so excited for that!  

*Acting-So I said I was going to start auditioning for shows once I got to Boston and well I went to my first audition last week!  It was so much fun to get to perform (even if it was for 3 people!) and go through an audition process again...I did not make the show BUT the director said "that was really great" in a very sincere voice when I finished my monologue and it made me feel really good.  I mean when I was reading the show I could not see myself as of the characters....sooo...I guess it was a long shot from the beginning!  I also went to a hip hop class on Monday and I loved it and I will now go every week!  I feel as if I am doing the things that I use to LOVE but did not have much of an opportunity to do in school now in Boston!  There is just so much opportunity here to do that kind of stuff!

*Also an interesting thing to note is that I have read 5 plays in 3 weeks.  I love reading on the T and my work has a bunch of plays laying around so I feel like I will I always be able to read a play at any given moment!

*I went to my first Red Sox game tonight and it was such a great/new experience!  It is completely different from a Rangers game.  The stadium is so so much smaller but that is the beauty of Fenway! You feel like you are so close no matter where you sit!  It was such a fun game and I watched more baseball tonight than I ever have at any other baseball game!  I wish I could go to 10 more games.....too bad the season is ending!  I do have to say that I feel as if that was my initiation for living in this city!

Well I hope you enjoyed this update on my life.  I feel bad because I have been stalking blogs for 3 weeks and I have not given anything back...I just takin and not givin to our little blogging community...so I know there are more of you out there that are just reading and not writing and I am here to say you better be givin if you keep takin!! Ohh boy that was my random tangent and now it is very late and I must rest my head!