So many people...
I went to Manhattan to escape Bloomfield. Where do you go when you need to escape Manhattan?
I saw Next To Normal this evening; it's truly brilliant, so go see it if you can, but hit a smidge close to home for me (there was an overachieving kid who really wanted to go to Yale, a messed up family situation, and a boyfriend dealing with his girlfriend's issues with her mother's issues.) I decided to walk back downtown from Times Square, because it was a nice night, and not spending $2 on a subway ticket makes me feel better about spending $65 dollars on a show.
I really love walking alone at night. I go for walks almost every night at school, anywhere from 11:00 PM to 3:00 AM. But when you're in NYC, you're never really alone, because there are people everywhere. But they're almost always in groups, or more commonly in gross PDA-y couples (seriously, in a park I saw this gross making-out couple where the guy was wearing a YARMULKE. Even the Orthodoxy gets to canoodle here). And this just makes me feel more alone. So this city manages to make me feel both crowded and isolated - this is maybe not so good a place for an introvert with social self-esteem issues.
Don't get my wrong - I actually love it here, and I can't believe it's already almost time for me to go (I leave for Boston Saturday at 1:00.) I'm just a little worried that, when I move here in a year-ish, I'll miss my solitude.
In other news, I think I'm going to write a whole musical this summer. An original musical. I have an idea for a plot and everything.
In other other news, I've seen lots of good shows. Other than Next To Normal, I saw South Pacific (ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL), Everyday Rapture (amazing), Exit The King (Geoffrey Rush is a god), Hair (so much fun), and August Osage County. Seeing real theater is so nice, and so inspiring.
I saw Next To Normal this evening; it's truly brilliant, so go see it if you can, but hit a smidge close to home for me (there was an overachieving kid who really wanted to go to Yale, a messed up family situation, and a boyfriend dealing with his girlfriend's issues with her mother's issues.) I decided to walk back downtown from Times Square, because it was a nice night, and not spending $2 on a subway ticket makes me feel better about spending $65 dollars on a show.
I really love walking alone at night. I go for walks almost every night at school, anywhere from 11:00 PM to 3:00 AM. But when you're in NYC, you're never really alone, because there are people everywhere. But they're almost always in groups, or more commonly in gross PDA-y couples (seriously, in a park I saw this gross making-out couple where the guy was wearing a YARMULKE. Even the Orthodoxy gets to canoodle here). And this just makes me feel more alone. So this city manages to make me feel both crowded and isolated - this is maybe not so good a place for an introvert with social self-esteem issues.
Don't get my wrong - I actually love it here, and I can't believe it's already almost time for me to go (I leave for Boston Saturday at 1:00.) I'm just a little worried that, when I move here in a year-ish, I'll miss my solitude.
In other news, I think I'm going to write a whole musical this summer. An original musical. I have an idea for a plot and everything.
In other other news, I've seen lots of good shows. Other than Next To Normal, I saw South Pacific (ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL), Everyday Rapture (amazing), Exit The King (Geoffrey Rush is a god), Hair (so much fun), and August Osage County. Seeing real theater is so nice, and so inspiring.