Some Crazy Weather and Crazy Friends Too!
Wow, I haven't written in a while. I'm real sorry about that, it's been a crazy few weeks around campus. Where to start? Well, last Friday was payday, so I took advantage of that, and the beautiful weather and went to the City. Saturday after work, I went and saw Lestat, the new Elton John musical. I'll save you all the agony, don't bother going to see it!
That evening, I was determined to go see Disney's Tarzan but the lottery wasn't on my side so I jogged up to Studio 54 to see The Threepenny Opera instead. I was happy with the decision to go see that. Cyndi Lauper and Ana Gasteyer were simply amazing, I got their autographs after the show. Cyndi Lauper even signed a special autograph for my sister Ashley, she is a big fan.
When I woke up on Sunday, I decided that I wanted to finish off my list of Broadway shows I hadn't seen which only consisted of Jersey Boys. I was glad I went because the show was excellent. Totally worth every penny of the $25 I paid.
This past week around campus was a very busy one and was also filled with some crazy weather. It was 60 degrees on Tuesday and snowed on Wednesday. On Wednesday, I went to the opera! I don't usually go to the opera because it is very expensive, but I handed out flyers for the City Opera earlier in the year, so I got free tickets and the show seemed very interesting. Since I have connections at the Opera, I got to go backstage after the show, that was super fun! After that, it was still early, and I was happening down 51st Street, when Jenna Leigh Green was exiting the Gershwin Theater, so I took a picture. For those "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch" fans, she played Libby!
Friday night, it was Campus Experience, when the incoming freshmen get to spend the night on campus and go on a boat cruise around New York. During the day, it was raining, but just as everyone was getting ready to board the buses to the boat, the sun came out. The cruise was spectacular, dinner, dancing, old friends, new friends, I couldn't ask for anything more. Saturday was Open House, and even though the weather was awful, it was our most successful open house to date.
That afternoon I went into NYC to see "The Color Purple" for my Live Performance Art class. I cried almost the whole show, it was that good. After a jog down Broadway, I hopped on the PATH back to school for dinner. After dinner, I jumped on the bus over to NJCU where I saw "Anything Goes." A cast member I really like invited me to see the show. The production was excellent. After the show, I patiently waited for the cast to come out just so I could plant a huge congratulatory kiss on that special someone. I did just that, and then we walked around the campus for a little while, holding hands. Eventually the bus came, and we got on it. When we got off in from of SPC, I extended the invitation to hang out in the dorm. After a while, it was getting really late, so we walked up to the corner of Montgomery and Bergen where we said goodbye before going our seperate ways.
Sunday morning I woke up to find a text from Megan. She was entertaining a Presidential Scholar from California and they went to Palm Sunday mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral. They invited me to join them for a show that afternoon. I went in to hold their spot in line, and they got tickets for The Pajama Game. I strolled around the city during the show, and met them afterwards to get autographs. We got Harry Connick, Jr.'s autograph! His mean security wouldn't let us take pictures though. :-(
On the way home, we saw Andie, Erin, Tricia, and 2 of Tricia's friends from back home who had gone to the Mets game. You never know where your going to see a fellow Peacock!
I am getting ready to go home for Easter Break, I think my family really misses me. I miss them too! Summer work plans have been floating around my head lately, but I don't know what I'm going to do. Since I was most impacted by The Color Purple, that's where this quote comes from, and it really summarizes me! " I'm thankful for everyday that I'm given, both the easy and hard ones I'm living. But most of all, I'm thankful for loving who I really am. "