Winter Wrap-Up

Sat dec. 5th was the first snow of the year. Sally, Nick, Kelly and I all wanted to go ice skating at The Pond in Bryant Park. As we made our way over to 40th, we discovered that snow wasn't really sticking which made the precipitation pretty slushy. Unfortunately, these conditions are unfit for ice skating. The attendant told us we could skate at our own risk and should we fall, it would be like going swimming. We decided to save the ice skating for a nicer day. Instead we wandered around the shops and headed over to Rockefeller since Nick and Sally hadn't seen the tree yet. I was getting quite miserably soaked and cold, and frankly annoyed by how many time I was carelessly smacked with an umbrella! There were so many people, many of whom, could not maneuver through the streets of Manhattan let alone manage the common courtesy of lifting your umbrella when your practically about to decapitate someone with it!
Anyway, we made it home, soaking wet, but in one piece.
That wed. my dad arrived. He made sure to fit in all the sight seeing: Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Central Park, Grand Central Station, etc. But I think the highlight came on sat. night. My friend, Fallon, who works at Saturday Night Live mentioned that if she had an extra pair of tickets to that week's taping she would call me. I hadn't heard from her by 9 pm, so I wrote it off. I was in my PJ's by 10:00. But at 10:30 I got a phone call from her informing me that if I could be at 30 Rock by 11, she had 2 tickets for me. Dad and I hoped in a cab and took what felt like the slowest cab ride in the history of the world. At 10:58 we were a couple blocks away and stuck in traffic. I figured it would be faster to run. I took off, and after asking a couple people where to go, got our tickets just in time at 11:02.
Oh, did I mention that this also happened to be the show that was hosted by TAYLOR LAUTNER??! And musical guest Bon Jovi! The show was awesome! I was so intrigued by how perfectly choreographed all the set changes were. As one skit was going on, another was being set up on the other side of the room. They have room to potentially set up 5 scenes at once. And all the computer images were synced perfectly. The show went seamlessly with out a glitch. It was easy to forget the show was being taped live. The audience wasn't that big and it felt so intimate like the performers were putting on a show exclusively for us.
Anyway, on to my last week at BRS. I'm going to miss them, but I'm ready to focus my energy on my career and auditioning. Mom's coming next week and it might be a little hectic with finding a day job and trying to move, but the new year will be a whole new beginning for me, and I can't wait to find out what it has in store.
Also, on one last note, I would like to mention an aspect that has come full circle in the Fall '09 NYAP. Nick, Amy and I went to see Kevin and Sally's show at EST last night, and come to find out, it was written by an actor who was in Race Music, the first show we saw as a group together. Granted this show was loads better than Race Music (“The nicest thing I can say about the show was that if this is considered Off-Broadway Theatre then I should have no problem finding a job.”) Anyway, regardless of the show's content or quality, I thought it was a funny little button on the end of the semester.