meh, new york.
So last week did not go as planned. I was sick for most of it, so we did NOT get to see Rock of ages with Betsy and Katy and did not get to do much else, either. Wednesday I felt ok for a little while and we decided to get student rush tickets for 39 steps, which was hilarious, but by the end of it i had a massive headache and all kinds of other aches.
Thursday consisted of a miserable and slow drive up to boston, arriving at a hotel room which mysteriously had two single beds instead of one bed (um dad, hes my boyfriend.) and then going to the most agonizing thanksgiving dinner at my brothers with his boring friends and their miserable screaming brats. I am not thankful for very much this thanksgiving season, thank you very much.
Friday was actually nice, we escaped into boston and went shopping as one is prone to do on black friday,. I found some cute stuff. Then we found a fabulous little restaurant in Little Italy and ate pasta to our hearts' content. Saturday, when we finally got back, we went to see Roadshow at the Public with Bret. I was a little concerned about bret and Stephen interacting because Bret has expressed to me before that he doesnt like stephen, but thats because Bret's former roomate had a fling with stephen and wouldnt leave him alone and when he told her he didnt want a relationship with her she flipped and told a lot of people that they were in a relationship and that he did all this mean stuff to her. Where does he find these crazy people? but thats another post. anyway bret and stephen got along really well actually.
Roadshow, formerly called Bounce, is probably the last musical Sondheim will ever write. unfortunately so, but lets face it the man is 73 and hes got a big thing on his head. (what IS that thing??) the show has gone through many incarnations to get to where it is now and it really is a very lovely piece. I wouldnt say that John Wiedman is my favorite collaborator for Sondheim but they definitely wrote a great show. it reminds me of Passion in that it seem to be just one long Rhapsody without definitive showstopping songs. none of the songs stand out but they certainly make a wonderful whole. The music is very reminiscent of Assassins in its American nostalgia style. Michael Cerveris will get another tony nom and not win. Alex Gemignani is wonderful, and he might get a nom as well.
Sunday we slept. all day. period.
yesterday, we went to this AWESOME store I read about online called Video Games New York. they have all this vintage gaming stuff INCLUDING Super Nintendo games and N64 games! I bought Aladdin, Lion king and Super Mario World for SNES and Banjo Kazooie, maybe one of the hardest but most fun games for N64. Today has mostly consisted of me playing Super Mario World. My mother has employed Stephen to paint the dining room.
I wont go into too much of an emotional rant except to say that I am in a really confused state right now. I dont know where my life is going, Im not even done registering for classes next quarter, nor do I have any interest in finishing school besides the fact that my father would kill me if i told him i wanted to transfer (and basically start all over again) to NYU. I just dont feel inspired anymore. I got a D in my Scenic Design class. that was me trying very hard to do the work, and I just was not good at it. Any thing in 2-d i got an A or a B in but any 3-d models we had to build he would give me a very low grade on. it just sucked a lot. Its difficult for me to even get up in the morning or feel motivated to do anything, I know I have all of winter vacation to get it together I just dont see it happening.
Also there was a Kaitlyn hiccup. shes apparently going to be participating in the winter show that stephen is doing at the theater. theyre not in any numbers together- on purpose- but I just dont feel comfortable with them being in the same room together or spending that much time rehearsing in the same place. It makes me very uneasy. stephen offered not to do the show but wasnt really sincere about it- i know he really wants to do it and i dont want to keep him from it, i really dont I just dont want this very very awkward and uncomfortable situation, and i dont want to feel like maybe i dont trust him in her presence. i just dont want to think about it..
I feel so Meh. about everything. blah.
Thursday consisted of a miserable and slow drive up to boston, arriving at a hotel room which mysteriously had two single beds instead of one bed (um dad, hes my boyfriend.) and then going to the most agonizing thanksgiving dinner at my brothers with his boring friends and their miserable screaming brats. I am not thankful for very much this thanksgiving season, thank you very much.
Friday was actually nice, we escaped into boston and went shopping as one is prone to do on black friday,. I found some cute stuff. Then we found a fabulous little restaurant in Little Italy and ate pasta to our hearts' content. Saturday, when we finally got back, we went to see Roadshow at the Public with Bret. I was a little concerned about bret and Stephen interacting because Bret has expressed to me before that he doesnt like stephen, but thats because Bret's former roomate had a fling with stephen and wouldnt leave him alone and when he told her he didnt want a relationship with her she flipped and told a lot of people that they were in a relationship and that he did all this mean stuff to her. Where does he find these crazy people? but thats another post. anyway bret and stephen got along really well actually.
Roadshow, formerly called Bounce, is probably the last musical Sondheim will ever write. unfortunately so, but lets face it the man is 73 and hes got a big thing on his head. (what IS that thing??) the show has gone through many incarnations to get to where it is now and it really is a very lovely piece. I wouldnt say that John Wiedman is my favorite collaborator for Sondheim but they definitely wrote a great show. it reminds me of Passion in that it seem to be just one long Rhapsody without definitive showstopping songs. none of the songs stand out but they certainly make a wonderful whole. The music is very reminiscent of Assassins in its American nostalgia style. Michael Cerveris will get another tony nom and not win. Alex Gemignani is wonderful, and he might get a nom as well.
Sunday we slept. all day. period.
yesterday, we went to this AWESOME store I read about online called Video Games New York. they have all this vintage gaming stuff INCLUDING Super Nintendo games and N64 games! I bought Aladdin, Lion king and Super Mario World for SNES and Banjo Kazooie, maybe one of the hardest but most fun games for N64. Today has mostly consisted of me playing Super Mario World. My mother has employed Stephen to paint the dining room.
I wont go into too much of an emotional rant except to say that I am in a really confused state right now. I dont know where my life is going, Im not even done registering for classes next quarter, nor do I have any interest in finishing school besides the fact that my father would kill me if i told him i wanted to transfer (and basically start all over again) to NYU. I just dont feel inspired anymore. I got a D in my Scenic Design class. that was me trying very hard to do the work, and I just was not good at it. Any thing in 2-d i got an A or a B in but any 3-d models we had to build he would give me a very low grade on. it just sucked a lot. Its difficult for me to even get up in the morning or feel motivated to do anything, I know I have all of winter vacation to get it together I just dont see it happening.
Also there was a Kaitlyn hiccup. shes apparently going to be participating in the winter show that stephen is doing at the theater. theyre not in any numbers together- on purpose- but I just dont feel comfortable with them being in the same room together or spending that much time rehearsing in the same place. It makes me very uneasy. stephen offered not to do the show but wasnt really sincere about it- i know he really wants to do it and i dont want to keep him from it, i really dont I just dont want this very very awkward and uncomfortable situation, and i dont want to feel like maybe i dont trust him in her presence. i just dont want to think about it..
I feel so Meh. about everything. blah.