There is a lot in this here post.
I given up on providing excuses as to why I don’t update, I've run out. So...yeah.
I have my first set of graduate school midterms this week and I'm a smidge nervous haha, although I think they will go well. The scheduling does make me anxious and crazy though. I have my first midterm on Tuesday, as in tomorrow, then my parents and Sharon come Friday for a weekend of theatre (Jersey Boys and Daniel Radcliff’s penis Equus) and fun, followed by two more midterms back to back on Wednesday. My parents have some surprise looming over my head, which I am simultaneously terrified of and excited for. I have no idea what it is, but my dad was saying that he might send it...ahead of him...no idea. Still I am very excited to see them, especially my dad, I miss him tons. I mean I miss my mom, but I talk to her daily and…I don’t know, it’s just different. I’m not entirely sure what I am going to do with them or how I am going to balance having them here, with my impending midterms, and the friend time I am supposed to have. Oh well, I suppose it’s best to have too much of a good thing.
I have been doing a lot of fun things here in New York. Unlike Los Angeles I am trying to do everything I want to in the beginning so that I’m, not scrambling toward the end. I know I’ve only been here a few months, but I really can’t see my self leaving anytime in the near future. I mean maybe when it’s time to settle down and have kids or whatever, but for right now I just don’t want to leave, I like it here way too much. I really can’t think of anything that I really don’t like. Okay, that’s not true; it’s unbelievably expensive here and everyone smokes, but beyond that I really can’t think of anything else. I want to say, but it breaks my heart that I probably won’t be able to because it’s so expensive ::flail!!!::
So um, on to fun things I have been doing:
Musicals!
The first to be seen was RENT. Before I even moved here I had heard it was closing so I knew I needed to hustle and get tickets. I was able to get orchestra seats for the 7th to last show. I’ve been aware and semiaware of RENT since I was probably 12 or 13 when my mom-I think-got me the original cast album. When I was 13 I remember loving it, and being moved to no end, etc etc. Since that time I kinda…grew out of it, or what I can best describe as growing out of it. I would listen to the first disc of the recording every so often, but I hadn’t heard the second in lord knows how long. Before I went I did brush up though, but overall it had been a long time since I had had any real experience with the show.
So, upon seeing it again at an age I was meant to see it at I was able to get a new perspective. Was RENT the best thing on Broadway? No, but it was by no means the worst. As I sat there I realized that it really is a dated show. Not just in look, but also in message (although I think the music still works pretty well). There’s a lot of irony in the anthem of “No Day but Today!”. I mean, all these people pretty much ended up where they were because of that: the slogan makes reckless behavior okay because you have to live your life in the now and you might not have a chance to do it again, cause your, you know, dying of AIDS, which you got in the first place from your whole living life with out regrets POV and not using protection. The other issue comes with “selling out” every time a friend is successful and gets a job, see: poor mark. I was able to speak with a few people after the show, one of whom was Steven Sater, and we all kind of agreed. We enjoyed the show, but its message is kind of lost on the current generation (I’m talking intro to B-way 13 to 18) and seems thoughtless and cliché to the generation who were old enough to properly experience it (late 20’s to mid 30’s), and I guess the same to the people in the middle, (Me and others of my age group). I’m glad I saw it on Broadway though; RENT really was a status quo changing event (student rush and lottery!) and is responsible for a lot of the innovative stuff on Broadway today (In the Heights, Spring Awakening, and Passing Strange). So Goodbye RENT, I salute you and will miss you!
I had heard really good things about [title of show], a musical about people making a musical, and I was able to watch a lot of their online series, The [title of show] Show, which was also good and funny stuff. I figured I would see it eventually, but then I heard that it was closing so eventually was moved up to ASAP. I was really surprised by how much I liked this show. It’s only 4 people and a key board, but it just seemed so big. Everybody was giving 100% because they had too, and it showed. The beginning is a little slow and lacking in the musical part of musical theater mainly because they did not have enough time to write more music for it by the New York Musical Theatre Festival’s deadline. Yet, as the show goes on and they movie from the festival, to off-Broadway, to on Broadway, the songs become much more engaging and the fun starts to set in as well as the pain/conflict segments. It really is/was an amazing show, about (Corny alert!) having faith in your dreams, and believing that you can do anything if you try hard enough. I think that’s why people became so attached to it: you could literally see 4 people living their dream on stage. I thought that was so awesome. I would have liked to have seen this show again, but alas it is gone, you never know though, there was 10 months of silence for it between Off and On, so maybe something very cool will happen.
This was the second time I had seen Spring Awakening, however the first time I had seen it with the original cast, and this was with the new kiddies, that means it was different haha. I really love SA, I really really do. Granted, this was not as enjoyable as the first time, a combination of it being compared, and the fact that most of the cast is brand new and very young, but it was still amazing and beautiful. Also, I got to see Hunter Parrish’s (Silas on Weeds ass, twice, as well as his, “Oh my god, I’m coming!” face. The latter of which was one of the most awkward experiences of my life. Oh oh! and as a bonus because I had stage seating, and looked young, I had old people telling me I did a great job in the show Ahaha! Also, the usher thought I was in the show and put me in one of the actor’s seats. These two things might actually add up to the best moments of my life. So yeah, go see Spring Awakening before it closes like everything else :(.
Coming up: Jersey Boys on Friday, Daniel Radcliff’s penis! Equus on Saturday, and In the Heights on November 5th!
Other fun things:
Tegan and Sara concert =ed crazy awesome fun, with a view that actually allowed me to see the show!
Conan O’Brian = Hilarious and had a figure skating reference!
Upcoming:
Colbert Report, holy shit I am too excited!
Bishop Allen, I am seizing with excitement!
Okay, I’m done!
/Later Days!
I have my first set of graduate school midterms this week and I'm a smidge nervous haha, although I think they will go well. The scheduling does make me anxious and crazy though. I have my first midterm on Tuesday, as in tomorrow, then my parents and Sharon come Friday for a weekend of theatre (Jersey Boys and Daniel Radcliff’s penis Equus) and fun, followed by two more midterms back to back on Wednesday. My parents have some surprise looming over my head, which I am simultaneously terrified of and excited for. I have no idea what it is, but my dad was saying that he might send it...ahead of him...no idea. Still I am very excited to see them, especially my dad, I miss him tons. I mean I miss my mom, but I talk to her daily and…I don’t know, it’s just different. I’m not entirely sure what I am going to do with them or how I am going to balance having them here, with my impending midterms, and the friend time I am supposed to have. Oh well, I suppose it’s best to have too much of a good thing.
I have been doing a lot of fun things here in New York. Unlike Los Angeles I am trying to do everything I want to in the beginning so that I’m, not scrambling toward the end. I know I’ve only been here a few months, but I really can’t see my self leaving anytime in the near future. I mean maybe when it’s time to settle down and have kids or whatever, but for right now I just don’t want to leave, I like it here way too much. I really can’t think of anything that I really don’t like. Okay, that’s not true; it’s unbelievably expensive here and everyone smokes, but beyond that I really can’t think of anything else. I want to say, but it breaks my heart that I probably won’t be able to because it’s so expensive ::flail!!!::
So um, on to fun things I have been doing:
Musicals!
The first to be seen was RENT. Before I even moved here I had heard it was closing so I knew I needed to hustle and get tickets. I was able to get orchestra seats for the 7th to last show. I’ve been aware and semiaware of RENT since I was probably 12 or 13 when my mom-I think-got me the original cast album. When I was 13 I remember loving it, and being moved to no end, etc etc. Since that time I kinda…grew out of it, or what I can best describe as growing out of it. I would listen to the first disc of the recording every so often, but I hadn’t heard the second in lord knows how long. Before I went I did brush up though, but overall it had been a long time since I had had any real experience with the show.
So, upon seeing it again at an age I was meant to see it at I was able to get a new perspective. Was RENT the best thing on Broadway? No, but it was by no means the worst. As I sat there I realized that it really is a dated show. Not just in look, but also in message (although I think the music still works pretty well). There’s a lot of irony in the anthem of “No Day but Today!”. I mean, all these people pretty much ended up where they were because of that: the slogan makes reckless behavior okay because you have to live your life in the now and you might not have a chance to do it again, cause your, you know, dying of AIDS, which you got in the first place from your whole living life with out regrets POV and not using protection. The other issue comes with “selling out” every time a friend is successful and gets a job, see: poor mark. I was able to speak with a few people after the show, one of whom was Steven Sater, and we all kind of agreed. We enjoyed the show, but its message is kind of lost on the current generation (I’m talking intro to B-way 13 to 18) and seems thoughtless and cliché to the generation who were old enough to properly experience it (late 20’s to mid 30’s), and I guess the same to the people in the middle, (Me and others of my age group). I’m glad I saw it on Broadway though; RENT really was a status quo changing event (student rush and lottery!) and is responsible for a lot of the innovative stuff on Broadway today (In the Heights, Spring Awakening, and Passing Strange). So Goodbye RENT, I salute you and will miss you!
I had heard really good things about [title of show], a musical about people making a musical, and I was able to watch a lot of their online series, The [title of show] Show, which was also good and funny stuff. I figured I would see it eventually, but then I heard that it was closing so eventually was moved up to ASAP. I was really surprised by how much I liked this show. It’s only 4 people and a key board, but it just seemed so big. Everybody was giving 100% because they had too, and it showed. The beginning is a little slow and lacking in the musical part of musical theater mainly because they did not have enough time to write more music for it by the New York Musical Theatre Festival’s deadline. Yet, as the show goes on and they movie from the festival, to off-Broadway, to on Broadway, the songs become much more engaging and the fun starts to set in as well as the pain/conflict segments. It really is/was an amazing show, about (Corny alert!) having faith in your dreams, and believing that you can do anything if you try hard enough. I think that’s why people became so attached to it: you could literally see 4 people living their dream on stage. I thought that was so awesome. I would have liked to have seen this show again, but alas it is gone, you never know though, there was 10 months of silence for it between Off and On, so maybe something very cool will happen.
This was the second time I had seen Spring Awakening, however the first time I had seen it with the original cast, and this was with the new kiddies, that means it was different haha. I really love SA, I really really do. Granted, this was not as enjoyable as the first time, a combination of it being compared, and the fact that most of the cast is brand new and very young, but it was still amazing and beautiful. Also, I got to see Hunter Parrish’s (Silas on Weeds ass, twice, as well as his, “Oh my god, I’m coming!” face. The latter of which was one of the most awkward experiences of my life. Oh oh! and as a bonus because I had stage seating, and looked young, I had old people telling me I did a great job in the show Ahaha! Also, the usher thought I was in the show and put me in one of the actor’s seats. These two things might actually add up to the best moments of my life. So yeah, go see Spring Awakening before it closes like everything else :(.
Coming up: Jersey Boys on Friday, Daniel Radcliff’s penis! Equus on Saturday, and In the Heights on November 5th!
Other fun things:
Tegan and Sara concert =ed crazy awesome fun, with a view that actually allowed me to see the show!
Conan O’Brian = Hilarious and had a figure skating reference!
Upcoming:
Colbert Report, holy shit I am too excited!
Bishop Allen, I am seizing with excitement!
Okay, I’m done!
/Later Days!