OMFG!
Oh my, what a day! Where do I start? Hmm...well, late this afternoon, I decided to take a walk from 34th Street to 49th, to see if I could find the Eugene O' Neill theatre, and not too long after leaving the apartment, the rain started falling. Luckily I had left the apartment with an umbrella, unlike most everyone else on the street,lol. But anyway, when I made the turn on 34th, after find the theatre, with the Spring Awakening logo emblazed proudly above, I saw a crowd milling around in front, and the first person I recognized even from a short distance away was none other than Skyler Astin! I was like OMG! I realized that I had picked a great time to be looking for the theatre, since it was apparant that everyone was doing the stage door thing. There was a bit of a crowd around, but I walked right past Skyler, and then I saw little Matt Doyle(little because he looks much shorter in person than I thought he would be) who's understyding Melchoir, rush out the stage door, and through the crowd of fans, making a quick getaway. I guess he must have been in a real hurry, but he seemed soooo shy and adorably awkward. I got the same feeling when I saw him up on stage with the entire SA crew when they accepted the Best Musical award on the Tony's. And seeing him in person, I saw almost the exact same expression. I was like awww...So anyway, I know, I'm such a chump, I should have stayed to see who else would come out, but there was just such a crowd, and I was so shy and nervous already, that I decided to keep on walking. I know, I'm an idiot. So I walked around the Broadway district awhile, before deciding to walk back to 49th, to see who else might be at the stage door. By this time though, the crowd had dispersed, but there was still a few people still out, waiting to get some face time, with none other than the only member of the cast that was out in the rain at that time...which was none other than Mr. Tony Award winner John Gallagher Jr. himself! I was like ahhhh! He seemed so nice and warm and welcoming to the people he was talking to. I mean, it was raining, and he was there all smiles, so so freaking handsome in this gorgeous long-sleeved white shirt, with his hair all damp from rain. He looked hot! So I walked down the street, before crossing over to the other side and walking up again to get one last view of him. I didn't want to appear all stalkerish, lol, so I refrained from walking back again. But I so wish I had the guts to go up and say hi. *headdesk* Geez, why am I so pathetic? I'm gonna try to work up the courage though before I leave...But ah, how great was that?! I got to see 3 cast members in person before even seeing the show?!:)
Then after that, while walking through Times Square, this guy was handing out these cards about The Church of Scientology, and he asked if I would like to come check them out and catch a 15 minute movie. I thought what the hell? I really didn't feel like returning home to my family's awkwardness, so I decided to go see what the whole thing was about. I thought it might be an interesting way to pass a couple minutes,lol. Well that couple of minutes turned out to be what seemed like a couple hours, because not only did I watch the 15 minute film(which I really wasn't paying attention to, because I was still on a high from seeing John Gallagher Jr), I got talked into taking a 200 question survey, which supposedly would tell me about my current state of thinking and life, or something like that. Apparantly my survey results showed that I was depressed and living a stagnant life. Yeah, tell me something I don't know. But still I thought it was somewhat interesting about those graph results. I mean, I am always depressed all the time, and to think that they could decipher that in a matter of few minutes from some A, B, and C questions was somewhat intriguing. But then they tried to convince me to take their classes, even though I had told them I was only in the city for a week. But that didn't deter them. They actually insisted that I ditch whatever plans I have for the rest of my week here, and commit to their classes. I was like, um, that's okay. I mean, the whole subject matter is interesting and definitely thought provoking, I may not agree with some of it, but it does bring up some revealing thoughts. But that didn't mean that I was gonna waste my whole trip studying the matter. So I ended up just buying the Dianetics bestselling book instead, because I didn't want them to feel like I was totally wasting their time.
So yeah, I guess judging from my day today, I'm making most of the short time I'm here. Right now though, I'm a bit down, partially because I have a splitting headache at the moment; partly because I forgot my Pond's Clarant cream back home and not a single store in NY seems to carry it and I feel like my face looks awful; partly because I didn't stick around to talk to J Gall, Skyler or whoever else from the SA cast would have come out if I had stayed to see; and partly because I don't know, I'm just in a weird mood myself,lol, like my sister I guess, but the good news things are looking up just a tad bit between my mom and sister. I mean, they're not carrying on full conversations just yet, but they're taking baby steps it seems. Hmmm...I wonder if my being here has something to do with that. I'd like to think so:) Being the bright light in their dreary situation,lol. But yeah, so that's a good sign. But I'm still seeing SA by myself on Tuesday, and I'm still disappointed by that. So I'm not exactly talking up a storm with Vani at the moment either. But I'm also gonna try not to let that deter me from hanging out and spending some quality time with my sister either. But still, it's hard not to hold a grudge somewhat. Yeah, I know, I can be just as stubborn. Guess it runs in the family,lol.
Then after that, while walking through Times Square, this guy was handing out these cards about The Church of Scientology, and he asked if I would like to come check them out and catch a 15 minute movie. I thought what the hell? I really didn't feel like returning home to my family's awkwardness, so I decided to go see what the whole thing was about. I thought it might be an interesting way to pass a couple minutes,lol. Well that couple of minutes turned out to be what seemed like a couple hours, because not only did I watch the 15 minute film(which I really wasn't paying attention to, because I was still on a high from seeing John Gallagher Jr), I got talked into taking a 200 question survey, which supposedly would tell me about my current state of thinking and life, or something like that. Apparantly my survey results showed that I was depressed and living a stagnant life. Yeah, tell me something I don't know. But still I thought it was somewhat interesting about those graph results. I mean, I am always depressed all the time, and to think that they could decipher that in a matter of few minutes from some A, B, and C questions was somewhat intriguing. But then they tried to convince me to take their classes, even though I had told them I was only in the city for a week. But that didn't deter them. They actually insisted that I ditch whatever plans I have for the rest of my week here, and commit to their classes. I was like, um, that's okay. I mean, the whole subject matter is interesting and definitely thought provoking, I may not agree with some of it, but it does bring up some revealing thoughts. But that didn't mean that I was gonna waste my whole trip studying the matter. So I ended up just buying the Dianetics bestselling book instead, because I didn't want them to feel like I was totally wasting their time.
So yeah, I guess judging from my day today, I'm making most of the short time I'm here. Right now though, I'm a bit down, partially because I have a splitting headache at the moment; partly because I forgot my Pond's Clarant cream back home and not a single store in NY seems to carry it and I feel like my face looks awful; partly because I didn't stick around to talk to J Gall, Skyler or whoever else from the SA cast would have come out if I had stayed to see; and partly because I don't know, I'm just in a weird mood myself,lol, like my sister I guess, but the good news things are looking up just a tad bit between my mom and sister. I mean, they're not carrying on full conversations just yet, but they're taking baby steps it seems. Hmmm...I wonder if my being here has something to do with that. I'd like to think so:) Being the bright light in their dreary situation,lol. But yeah, so that's a good sign. But I'm still seeing SA by myself on Tuesday, and I'm still disappointed by that. So I'm not exactly talking up a storm with Vani at the moment either. But I'm also gonna try not to let that deter me from hanging out and spending some quality time with my sister either. But still, it's hard not to hold a grudge somewhat. Yeah, I know, I can be just as stubborn. Guess it runs in the family,lol.