You live, You learn

So, before I launch into my "formal" post, let me pose a question:

Is it HOT where you are? 

I'm willing to bet my frozen yogurt allowance your answer is YES. And, similarly, yes, it's hotter than Hell here in Hell's Kitchen, too (pun intended). I may have mentioned in a past blog post that I had sweat more on that day than I had in my entire life. Well, I was a liar and I'm shamefully retracting that. I'm confident I've sweat more this past week than I ever will again in my life. Period. End of story.
And, to make matters worse, my sole surviving roommate/goldfish, Lola? She decided to kick the bucket (or take her Swan Dive, diva she was) yesterday so as not to endure the 100 DEGREE high they are forecasting for Friday. So, it's just me and the AC in apartment 5B.

Anyways..... I digress. I learned a few things in the past week and I'd like to share:

• Playing a drunk who is trying to pass for sober is no easy task. Especially in heels and especially when I'm asked to follow that scene up by reciting my monologue while doing a "primitive tribal dance." Add that to the growing list of "Crazy F-ing Things I've Done On This Journey to Becoming An 'Actress'." Oy.

• Tap dancing DOES get easier if you actually practice!! (Who knew!?) Special gratuitous shout-out to my downstairs neighbors for not strangling me yet.

• The establishments out here called "Blockheads" are not cheesy/skeezy comedy joints like they are back home. Instead, they are great Mexican restaurants with even greater lunchtime drink specials. And dontcha know, they have a location conveniently located a block from our school! "Cheers to the ladies who lunch. I'll drink to that." ;)

• NEVER give your number to a guy named Fernando who you meet on the Subway at 3:30am. He will text you three times the following morning and refer to you as "sweetie." UGH. (Thought I learned this lesson yeeeeeeears ago. Apparently not.)

• "Anything Goes" is an absolutely fantastic musical and totally deserved the Tony Award this year. Getting up early on Friday and rushing for $30 tickets is totally worth it. Especially when you score box seats!! (Oh, and Sutton Foster is a belting alien. She's not human.)

Chelsea and I waiting in line, hoping to get out rush tickets!

My super-sneaky, illegal picture. If my blog is shut down tomorrow, you'll know why.

• I have the most amazing classmates EVER. (I've known this for awhile, but it was re-iterated this week.) I'm so lucky to get to work/hang out/experience New York with such a caring, trusting, encouraging and (insanely) TALENTED group of people. We have a very unique group as compared the other musical theater sections in that we range in age from 50 to 15, and all bring varying backgrounds, ideas and strengths to the table. I'm biased, but Group D is "the top" (to be cliche and quote from "Anything Goes.") :) Here are a few of us on our outing to a hookah bar Saturday night:

• The McDonald's here are STILL serving Shamrock Shakes. There should be some law against this sacrilege. As much as I love these, having them available year-round lessens my sense of  anticipation and excitementwhen they "magically" appear on the menus around St. Patrick's Day. 

• My new-found favorite person, AKA the little lady down on 46th who is tailoring my dress, is the best thing to happen to my self-esteem since I discovered Spanx. 

• My cousin-sister's wedding is 10 DAYS AWAY which means I must start mentally preparing myself for the party of the year. It'll also be my first trip back to Minnesota since I moved out here. I'm pretty excited to see everyone again :)

• Today marked the half-way point of my Circle in the Square training. Bittersweet. Speaking of, we're going to Crumbs Bake Shop tomorrow for a  "comfort" cupcake..... I'll report back on what flavored-miracle I experience later ;)

ALSO - many congrats and much love to Laura and Karl Boleen for their exciting news :) xoxoxoxo

-B