A Broadway Debut

While in New York, my family, Kyle and I went and saw Spamalot the musical. It is the musical spin off of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It was funny--very funny.

One thing that made it even more funny was that my dad ended up on stage with all the actors singing to him about he was the best peasant in all of Spamalot. For this, he got a golden foot trophy and a Polaroid with the very star studded cast. The whole time he was on stage, he had a look of utter disbelief. This was made all the more funny by the fact that he was a good 6 inches taller than everyone else on the stage. It was hilarious. Tears were streaming down my face I was laughing so hard.

Back to the Grind

I'm back from New York. Good times were had by all.

We had a little trouble getting out there. Kyle and I left Thursday morning. We were supposed to get into New York around 1 in the afternoon, but didn't end up landing until 7:30 pm. We spent 4 hours on a plane that we were only supposed to be on for an hour.

My family was supposed to meet us out there later that night, but their flight ended up being canceled all together, and they didn't make it there until the next afternoon.

having no other options, Kyle and I were forced to go out to dinner, order a ridiculously over priced movie off the TV at the hotel and then order room service for breakfast the next morning. Ya, it was rough times for us...

At dinner, we impressed (or horrified) the staff by consuming more bread than should be possible for two people at one meal. Needless to say we got our money's worth out of that meal.

During the rest of the trip, we went to the Museum of Natural History, the Empire State Building, Ground Zero, etc. The most entertains moments, however, were had walking down the street.

A scalper was hustling Kyle for tickets.

Hustler: Do you like comedy?
Kyle: Yup!
Hustler, feeling encouraged by a prospective sale: Wanna go see a show?
Klye: NOPE!

We had a good laugh about that one.

Kyle also had a rather entertaining battle with elevator doors. The hotel we were staying at was on time square, and to keep hobos out of the lobby, they have one set of secured elevators that you have to use to get to the lobby and then transfer to another set of elevators to get to the rooms. The first set of elevators weren't very sensitive to things that were in the way when they closed. Kyle attempted to do a jumping karate kick into the closing doors to hold the elevator so that we didn't have to wait for the next one. It didn't work as planned. Instead of holding the elevator, he was almost eaten by the doors.

More to come later...

Leavin on a Jet Plane

I'm getting ready to leave on my trip to Philly. I'm going to a conference for college newspaper ad managers and editors. I'm excited because I finally have a reason to wear all of the business casual clothes that I for some reason always buy even though I don't have a place to wear them.

It also gives me an opportunity to wear a good percentage of my shoe collection--in other words a small way for me to validate having so many pairs of shoes. I'm going to be at this conference for a total of 5 days. I have six business outfits packed, a formal dress for the formal dinner, and a grand total of 7 pairs of shoes.

I think I'm going to end up having a bag designated just for my shoes. It's sad I know, but it makes me happy. If you really think about it, I just have a really functional collection. Some people have hundreds of little statues that they pay hundreds of dollars for, and all they do is take up space and collect dust. I choose to spend comparable amounts of money on something that I actually use. Granted each pair does spend a lot of time on a shelf looking pretty, but they still get some actual use (most do, I'm sure I have a pair or two that I haven't gotten around to wearing yet but I will I promise.)

I know, I'm a materialistic bitch, at least I can admit it...

I am a Lazy Ass

So, I had the best weekend I've had in a long time. I never got out of my pajama's, I played with my puppies, I slept in and took naps, and I spent the whole time with my boyfriend. It was just what I needed.

Plus I'm on the home stretch to spring break. Two more days of classes and I'm off to Philly!

Light at the End of the Tunnel

Yeah for me. I finished my English mid-term paper, I finished my speech and my article for L Magazine is comming along nicely. I have to give my speech tomorrow, take an exam, finish up the interviews for the article, take a midterm on monday, and turn my article in Wednesday before noon, and then I am officially done until after spring break! It finally feels like things are getting finished. I cannot wait for a week with out homework!

Oh thank you Jebus!