just so you know

sorry that it's been so long since i've posted. i think i'm moving on from the blogging thing, at least for now. i have two more weeks left here in nyc. i've accomplished most of what i wanted to do here...i had a great internship - learned a lot and made some good connections. i finished my cd, 918 Heart Inn/Anthem, and it will be available on CDBaby.com and iTunes on June 22! I spent the whole semester recording and re-recording my first batch of original songs ever. I'm pretty happy with the result, and I hope that if you're reading this you will buy it! This is the track listing:

1. I Can Be There (feat. theGreatScott)
2. Two-Faced
3. This Is Not A Song For You
4. I Miss You
5. Do You Ever Wonder (feat. theGreatScott)
6. Escape
7. 918 Heart Inn/Anthem
8. Cocoon

I'm taking the moment to be thankful for how fortunate I am - I need to make myself do it every now and then because I bog myself down in my own thoughts and worries so much. I really, REALLY have very little to worry about, and unfortunately I don't realize this until I DO have something to worry about. Part of it is also my longing to be more successful...my ambitions consume me too much sometimes. But, I am enjoying my life and am grateful that I am doing a good job with all the things I've "signed myself up for."

Next month, I'll be at Young Life's Lake Champion in upstate NY, volunteering on Summer Staff. I'm excited for it because I know that it will force me to grow, and hopefully make me more aware of the world that I'm living in. I need something to spike up my senses a bit.

This fall, I'll be directing my 3rd musical revue for Northeastern...we are doing our version of Rock 'n Roll Revival, the show I did in high school. I'm already doing my best to make it the best production I've ever had a hand in...we'll see how it turns out in December.

see ya!

hi

my latest desk at jive...and some allison iraheta wristbands

chili!

chili from our balcony

office again

latest CD collection...still growing

dog

dog

dog

from the top of the rockefeller center

central park

sony from the top of the rock! its the one that looks like a dresser

Empire State Building

just some buildings

the MetLife building on Park Avenue

"I Can Be There" feat. theGreatScott

This is a song off the CD I've been working on this semester...check it out!

wearing a brown polyester shirt

From Northeastern University's Battle of the Sexes

It's been a while! Besides being busy, I also spent last week in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, with my entire immediate family - mom, dad, erica, as well as jason, diane & their two girls lily & elle. it was a very relaxing week. pool, dinner, sleep, repeat. it was great to be together, since erica & i are both live hours away from maryland.













new york is starting to wear a little thin on me...i think i have realized that i'm not a city kid, especially when i am poor & have very few friends in the area. six months is a long time to be like that! it doesn't mean i won't want to work here when i graduate, or even that i won't want to come back to intern again...just that it's not the most beautiful place in the world to me.

my last trip to boston was at the end of april...in addition to the production of "Seussical," the musical theatre group had its own "Mini Tony Award's" event.
I won awards for Best Showstopping Number (direction of "It's Raining Men") & Best Actor (for my performance as Burrs in Wild Party last spring.) The latter turned out to be one of my favorite roles ever - a dangerously bipolar part-time clown, part-time party guru.





Broadway Through the Years, the show I directed at NU in the fall, was honored during the months of April & May by the school. They blew up 5 pictures from our production & hung them next to the auditorium it was performed in.

sign next to the display

My Body. the "diva number" from last semester.

rhythm nation

puppy

hi there.

the weekend before last was our 3rd trip to boston - this time to help put on NU's musical revue. i put a lot of energy into developing the musical revues during 2009, and i've continued to be involved. here are some videos from the show i directed last semester. this year, in addition to consulting for the show, i directed one of the songs (the "diva" number - it's raining men). it turned out to be my favorite of the 60+ numbers we've done so far.

the song was 5 minutes, 30 seconds - it needed a lot of visual & audio dynamic in order to keep it from getting boring. they started out in these ponchos...

then literally tore them off about half way through to reveal these dresses.

the "diva" number we do every semester is based off a concept created at severna park's "rock n roll revival" over the years. they don't really do it anymore, but the point of it was to put the best talent of the girls together & help them exude as much attitude and audience control as they can...the result is a really exciting live performance. i will post the video here as soon as it's available.

this is the esplanade in boston - dock on the charles river. i used to run around it in the fall, before my knee ruined normal mobility & the whole being a 19-year old with a healthy body thing.

me & lindsay

this weekend, we went to see an off-off-broadway show on friday evening...it was very interesting. unsurprisingly, it appears that NYC has a great abundance of talent, but a major lack of resources when it comes to the arts. on saturday, gretchen came to visit (3rd time!), which was fun as always. it was good to be in NY for the weekend. on sunday, my parents & homer (animal) came to visit (1st time...). they brought me my spring clothes & took away the winter. they also stocked up my fridge & pantry :). we went to see sondheim on sondheim, a musical revue that featured stephen sondheim speaking about his life & works. although i am not the biggest fan of sondheim's music, and although listening to the same types of songs gets tiring, it was very well put together & featured some great singing. for dinner, we went to maz mezcal, a delicious & unique mexican restaurant just around the block from my apartment.

reunited with my animal

random picture of the met...also pretty close to my apartment, right on the eastern edge of central park

but they still turn me inside out

easter basket from my friend katie's mom. i probably should have taken the picture before i tore it apart.

salutations!

it is wednesday april 7 & i am in the middle of my typical work week. typical for me means like 75% usual stuff, plus 25% new stuff that usually either leads to be "moving up" a little when it comes to my co-worker's perception of me, and/or me learning something new. a lot of the time, the "learning something new" is really just me getting better at handling situations, getting stuff done, and solving problems. jared (supervisor) told me this within the first 5 minutes of meeting me in november, and he continues to expect it: he wants to be able to send stuff my way, often stuff that he hasn't himself figured out how to do yet, and have it taken care of, preferably without my asking him a billion questions along the way. i like doing this, and it earns me respect roun' these parts.

in other news, i'm upgrading my microphone soon. possibly to a blue bluebird. guitar center has an awesome program that allows me to put the full amount of my original purchase (mxl .007) towards the new microphone, plus i get to keep the old one. not that i want it though.

this past weekend, i celebrated easter in new jersey with my friend katie. this was my fourth time visiting her house in three months, and i really enjoy hanging out with her family & friends...they all take good care of me. sorry...i only have a few pictures

we dyed easter eggs

we made a BUNNY

i cut the bunny with SCISSORS

original bunny design, wasn't approved

first beach trip of the year

my favorite flowers...forsythias. we had a bush of em on the side of our house & there is a picture of me hugging them on easter (when i was 7ish).

right so this weekend it is back to boston for TGWW's spring revue. even though i've been in ny, i'm still serving as the secretary of the group this semester & i've put a lot of work into the thing. i still feel a little off about leaving nyc so much, but it's always something to look forward to...i love going away to see other people on the weekends.

peace out