O for a muse of fire...

that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention. O how I wished that I would have gone to more Voice and speech reviews last semester and listened to the 3rd semester students constantly running this fantastic piece from Henry V. Instead I grew wary of hearing the first 3 lines, and now here I am having had the piece for about 3 hours and now a mere 24 hours from my Globe Theatre debut. Yes, we are to perform it as though we were in the Shakespeare's Globe theatre. Thanfully I was there just last year so it is fresh in my mind and I don't have to imagine what it would be like... now all I have to do is get the piece memorized and ready for performance. Can we say... not sleeping tonight?

Back in the swing of things

Today was absolutly exhausting... but amazing at the same time. I think I am going to love this semester. Please someone remind me of this post when I write something about not seeing the end in sight and thinking I am drowning. No I am not being a negitive person, that is the reality of the program. All of a sudden everything comes crashing in and you think you can't breathe, but then out of nowhere you are thru and you have no idea what just happened. Scary huh? I am going to attempt to maintain the blog better than before, so here's hoping. I must get some sleep tomorrow is a full day!

An amazing worship experience

So I am in ATL on vacation and I went to 722 last night... For those of you who don't know 722 is a service for young single adults... of which I am one of the older in the group, but whatever. Being in NYC I have not yet found a church that I feel at home at. With classes and everything else my church attendance has been very sporadic, so last night it was nice to be in a good service. They played something from Hillsong United's new CD and it it really hit home so I thought I'd share it with y'all. Enjoy!

Sleeping in Silence

I am on vacation and last night I laid down and realized that I almost couldn't sleep due to the silence. Last night though it was nice to lay down and not hear a siren, or fireworks, or cars and buses, or people yelling in Spanish at all hours of the night. I love NYC but I find that I need open spaces to regather my thoughts and breathe a little.

The Tony's

This was the first year that I have ever watched the Tony's, and it was exciting now that I know so much more about Broadway. The evening was a bit disappointing though in that Spring Awakening seemed to dominate every category. We found ourselves cheering when someone would win that wasn't Spring Awakening which was pretty funny. I think the best part was having my housemates and myself all glued to the TV and cheering... they are all musical theatre people so they knew lots more than me but I am learning and by the end of this year I am going to be singing and dancing all over the place! Just wait and see:)

Ah the good ol Batcaves

I was going thru some pics tonight and found this one, taken quite awhile ago... but it just made me smile to think of the memories created and lessons learned about work back in the batcaves! I can't believe that I got my picture taken with the soundboxes, what was I thinking? But I do remember those things being something I was very particular about at that job and I wasn't letting anyone mistreat them! Look at those shoes! Good ol Texas red dirt can't say I miss it at all! Ah the memories...

Why?

This is the quote on my google homepage.... why?

Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places. - E. Joseph Crossman

7 is the perfect number!

This morning was up blogging and surfing the net until 4 am and realized that I had to sleep a little at least. I woke up bright and chipper and hour and forty five minutes to see that I missed a 5 AM phone call from my little brother (you'll always be my little bro Nate! Love ya!) Anyway it was he and his wife singing happy birthday to me and my brand new niece Hayley born at 1:30 this morning! Here are a couple pics of the little girl I share my birthday with... She held on for like 9 or 10 days to be able to share today with me and be a member of the 7 club in my family.

My Grandmother- January 7
My Biological Mother - July 7
My adopted mother- April 7
My adopted paternal grandfather - April 7
Me- June 7
Hayley - June 7
and I'll add my sister Cherie on July 27 and my best friend Beck on June 27

You are aware that 7 is the perfect number right? I know... Comon P we want to see pics!

Don't Ask!

I have no idea what the heck I was thinking but I wanted to post something this morning just random sillyness, I guess, so here it is. Maybe it's me not being able to sleep because I want to have some deep thoughts about being another year older or maybe I have actually reached my peak in maturity and am on the downward slope. I'm sure there are people in my classes that would actually appreciate a less "mature" me... whatever the case I am happy tonight... yet on the verge of tears... but I think that's only because I have been amazingly blessed in my life and every year that goes by I can look and see more reminders of God's faithfulness to me in everything I do, and on those days I think I want to give up, my next step gets it's momentum from the storehouse of memories pushing me on toward my hearts dream! So what I planned to be a silly post got a little deeper... what can I say I'm an actor emotions are my art :)

I just wanted a Latte

So the other day I was on my way out of Starbucks with my Venti Latte (one of my greatest weaknesses), and like I do every time I turned over the cup to read "The Way I See it". Now it is not recommended to read and walk... it is much like reading and driving.. but when you are walking it seems to be worse because you feel less responsible for the lives of others, at least that's the case for me... anyway I am walking up Broadway and reading this interesting, yet slightly odd, thought on the back of my cup and as I am in the middle of crossing the street.. which because I was reading I was not completely aware I was crossing without the walking man's permission... a car honks, I read who wrote the opinion, and for a split second I get stuck in the middle of the street... car coming... and my brain trying to get around the fact that I actually know the person with the opinion... Not as a close friend by any means... but I have some rather funny memories of my best friend and I sitting in his church trying to figure out his new theology.. but when the contact cards came around we made up completely bogus names so as not to get junk mail. Why didn't we just not fill them out.. I have no idea. So since you are reading this I lived to blog another day... and learned not to read and walk!

It's what's for dinner!

I have been at Mitch's house today catching up on my blog and watching movies. And he made dinner tonight out of the things he found in his New York artist cupboards... which I must say are better than mine ( I only have ramen) So he comes in and hands me his newest kitchen creation.. I'm not sure what it is called... but it's really good! Anyone want to take a stab at a name?

This is a test

...to see how long it takes to get some comments from my friends in GA about their complete excitement that I will be coming to the ATL area for a week next week(the 11th) to get some much needed rest and relaxation and an escape from the city. Not that I am fishing for comments or anytihng i just want to see how news travels!... If I get nothing I will call of course... just thought this would be something fun and potentially exciting.

My last Ikea trip!

When you live in the city it's very interesting to get furniture I have learned. Especially when you are cheap (or just a money conscious student) and don't want to pay to have it delivered. So a week or so ago I found the futon/bed that I thought would work both for my budget and in my 8x8 space I had to work with. So i trekked out to Ikea in Jersey, I saw the Lincoln tunnel for the first time and I really didn't like it... maybe it was because I was in a bus and not driving, but I was feeling very claustrophobic. Once there I was told that the bus back over the GW Bridge was quicker to get back to my part of the city. Excited I got on and made it back to the city with my Futon Mattress in Tow only to find the blasted A train closed from the bridge so It's 10 at night and I hiked with my matress on my shoulder 1o blocks to the next subway station. My last trip went much more smoothly and here are some pics of me and the final result of all my hard work!