Sorry for abandoning you LJ friends!
From an update email I sent out last week:
I'm getting settled here in Seattle. I arrived last Sunday after a two-day drive from Long Beach. Jeremiah (one of my undergrad friends) did the drive with me so it was pretty simple, 10 hours one day 7 the next. We saw some beautiful country on the drive and stopped a lot along the way, one of my favorite places was The Olive Pit in Northern Cali. We also stopped for a couple of hours in Portland and went to Powell's a great bookstore that Irene and I went to a couple of times when we were touring through Oregon with MCT. We arrived to Seattle on Sunday night and had dinner with Audrey and her boyfriend Bobby at a great hamburger place. I started work the next day!
My first week has been absolutely wonderful! I love everything about the Seattle Children's Theatre. The people! The Work! The Theatre! I've been learning how to use Tessitura (a theatre ticketing software) and I'm picking it up pretty quickly. The Drama School uses the software to schedule their classes and place kids in classes. I've already learned how to process the Internet orders and I've been doing those daily. All of the other interns arrive tomorrow and I will begin my official intern orientation. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone else.
I found a yoga studio here to practice at and made a friend on my first day! Her name is Megan and yesterday we went to the Fremont Festival and Solstice Parade. Some of you may have heard of this parade before. I believe it's kinda famous. It begins with naked people who have painted their bodies riding on bikes (yes you read that right!). It was pretty crazy to see, definitely a life experience. The rest of the parade was similar to Krewe du Vieux but on a much larger scale. For those of you that aren't from New Orleans Krewe du Vieux is a parade that centers on current political and social themes. The event was very much Mardi Gras meets Jazz Fest. There were blocks and blocks of food, crafts, jewelry, art & music. We had a ton of fun. I took lots of great pictures.
Today we went to the racetrack with Bobby and some of his Navy friends. It was my first experience at horse track and I felt very sad for the horses. I didn't place any bets of course, but Bobby and his friends did well.
I'm getting settled here in Seattle. I arrived last Sunday after a two-day drive from Long Beach. Jeremiah (one of my undergrad friends) did the drive with me so it was pretty simple, 10 hours one day 7 the next. We saw some beautiful country on the drive and stopped a lot along the way, one of my favorite places was The Olive Pit in Northern Cali. We also stopped for a couple of hours in Portland and went to Powell's a great bookstore that Irene and I went to a couple of times when we were touring through Oregon with MCT. We arrived to Seattle on Sunday night and had dinner with Audrey and her boyfriend Bobby at a great hamburger place. I started work the next day!
My first week has been absolutely wonderful! I love everything about the Seattle Children's Theatre. The people! The Work! The Theatre! I've been learning how to use Tessitura (a theatre ticketing software) and I'm picking it up pretty quickly. The Drama School uses the software to schedule their classes and place kids in classes. I've already learned how to process the Internet orders and I've been doing those daily. All of the other interns arrive tomorrow and I will begin my official intern orientation. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone else.
I found a yoga studio here to practice at and made a friend on my first day! Her name is Megan and yesterday we went to the Fremont Festival and Solstice Parade. Some of you may have heard of this parade before. I believe it's kinda famous. It begins with naked people who have painted their bodies riding on bikes (yes you read that right!). It was pretty crazy to see, definitely a life experience. The rest of the parade was similar to Krewe du Vieux but on a much larger scale. For those of you that aren't from New Orleans Krewe du Vieux is a parade that centers on current political and social themes. The event was very much Mardi Gras meets Jazz Fest. There were blocks and blocks of food, crafts, jewelry, art & music. We had a ton of fun. I took lots of great pictures.
Today we went to the racetrack with Bobby and some of his Navy friends. It was my first experience at horse track and I felt very sad for the horses. I didn't place any bets of course, but Bobby and his friends did well.