Priscilla... Queen of the Amazons

I have a stage combat class here and this semester we worked the whole first part on broadswords. I had fun with this section, I have to say that I do enjoy rapiers much more but this was fun.. Here are some pictures from my scene with Clara from the fantastic play "King Lear"

This is about halfway thru the fight.. I get the upper hand

Swinging these suckers is not easy!

Ha! center cut to the head!

A last desperate attempt to stay alive

Thou hast slain me! O, untimely death.

Lonesome for the Lonestar state

I took this picture a while ago from a subway platform in the Bronx. Thru the lens it looked like a train station in the middle of nowhere Texas. I saw it on my phone today and it made me wish for one of those long walks I would take in the woods when I lived in the four way stop town of Garden Valley, TX. Don't get me wrong I love city life, but I could use a little Texas today!

How am I feeling?

This has been me all semester! At the end of a long day I pass out the first chance I have to sit down! Guess it means that I am giving my 120% all the time though right?

Ah... a little piece of home

Last night my cousin Candice called me to tell me she was in the city, so we met up for breakfast at a fun little place called the Applejack Diner on 55th street for breakfast this morning. It was so nice to see and talk to someone from home. It made my day... I left with that feeling like you are smiling on the inside... you know that feeling? I love it! So anytime anyone of you that reads my blog is in town call me look me up! I love visitors!

What you wish for does happen sometimes!

Yesterday was Monday and it happened like most of my Mondays do... with me running behind and finding out during the day that there is something that I have forgotten to do or misprioritized.... if that is even a word. So knowing that I had to find costumes I went downtown to shop a bit.... but of course the cheap stores close early so I decided to chill at the Starbucks on 35th street to work on a project... no sooner had I sat down with my coffee and pulled out my project that I got a text from my roomate that works in Times Square saying Ozzy Osbourne was playing there and there were bubbles! I stopped breathing and jumped into action. I have become quite the Ozzy fan the past few years and there have been numerous times I have walked past the Hard Rock Cafe and wondered if he would ever play there when I was in NY to be able to see. I was out the door of the Starbucks sans the coffee in less than 30 seconds and running up 7th Ave as fast as one can run with a 15lb backpack! 7 blocks later I arrived to listen to Ozzy do three songs... one of them being my fave "Crazy Train"

I knew I should have moved under the canopy I was about 2 ft to the right of this pic! He was playing just above this pic!

I have to say I think he is looking much better these days!

One day I am going to meet him. He is so intriguing to me and I just have one of those feelings you know? Anyway now I can say I saw Ozzy live!

Life as a New Yorker

Ok I know it has been forever since I last posted and it's only becuase I am busier than ever.. but I had to tell you the story of Wednesday trip to school! Same as any other day.. but I was running just about 2 minutes later than usual, but that two minutes can spell disaster when it comes to catching trains so I was already freaking out... Mind you I had looked outside and seen that it had rained overnight but it wasn't raining at the time so I was not overly concerned. As soon as I slid my Metro card and rounded the corner to walk down to where the car of my choice stops, I knew there was something terribly wrong. There were nearly a hundred people down there when on a normal day there isn't more than 25 people. I got down to the front car and ran into the girl that takes attendance for my class and we got to talking... the train came and we crammed on to a packed train which was also very odd.. but it was the only train at the time so we got on... as soon as the doors closed they announced that the final stop would be 137th street due to flooding. Once out of the station at 137th (mind you this is the heart of Harlem) I ran into two other students trying to make the 8AM warm up. It was 730 so we tried to hail a cab to no avail.. so we started walking.... and walking.. the cabs were all full...and walking the bus was out of the question because there were 50+ people at the stops and any bus that arrived was packed to the point of people's faces smashed up against the glass.... so we just kept walking.. 125th, 116th, 110th, still no cabs or buses... the humidity was ridiculous by 86th street I was drenched and was only on schedule to be 15 minutes late for my rehearsal... But upon my arrival at 61st street I was only 10 minutes late and had a fun morning walk to school... Now I understand when my parents/grandparents talked about walking so far to school.... 90 blocks about 4 miles was all though... overall it was a fun time!