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Sorry for lack of blogging lately!  In the past month, I've worked on and put up Cloud Nine at school, went home for .2 seconds for Spring Break, got a haircut, pet-sat a puppy, visited family in Jersey, threw an Easter bash at my apt for cast & crew, drank more alcohol than I care to admit, had my roommate drown my laptop in rain water, miraculously dry out my laptop and have it make a full recovery, attempted to find a job in NYC and VA, and get offered an Assistant Directing/Understudying gig with my favorite director lady til June on an Equity Showcase production (HOLLA), acquired some strange shoulder injury that makes my right arm almost immobile, and done almost ZERO SCHOOL WORK! :D

Like I said...busy! :)

But I am back now and wanting to keep up with my bloggity-blog!  Summer is fast approaching and I'm trying to figure out my life, as usual!

Here is a cute picture to end this post:  Me with my baby cousin, Eliana

I'm at work, and bored...

Get to know a little about me!

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER SOMEONE? My middle name is Cecilia, which was my grandmother's name.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Sunday actually, at rehearsal. My friend is an amazing actress and totally made me cry! Haha!

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? It gets the job done...lol!

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Turkey

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? No way!

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Probably, I'm kind of cool sometimes!

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM? It's my second language.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No freaking way! I would shit my pants! Haha!

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Raisin Bran Crunch...I'm an old woman!

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Nope, most of my shoes don't have laces actually.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Mint Chocolate Chip or any chocolate/fruit combo.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? The vibe they're giving off.

15. RED OR PINK? Red (I'm not really a pink person)

16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? my pudge

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? my mother and brothers :(

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST? it's on my blog...so no?

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? dark denim jeans and ugg boots

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The sound of "The Price is Right" on the TV in the lobby...someone is yodeling?

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? i always enjoyed midnight blue

23. FAVORITE SMELL? really clean, sexy-smelling cologne ;)

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? text-wise: my step-sister, on the actual phone: probably my mother

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? yes i do, she's wonderful

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? BASEBALL!!!! (it's really my ONLY sport I watch!)

27. HAIR COLOR? brown

28. EYE COLOR? baby blues

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? nope

30. FAVORITE FOODS? cannolis, green beans, sweet potato pie, and really anything my grandmother makes!

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDING? Happy Ending--I am PETRIFIED of watching scary movies! I have a very overactive imagination :/

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? I just read the screenplay of "American Beauty" and supposedly I'm getting it in the mail via Netflix today :)

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? white

34. SUMMER OR WINTER? SUMMER!!

35. HUGS OR KISSES? both ;)

36. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF SOMEONE YOU LIKED ASKED YOU OUT? Say yes to them?

37. HOW ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? smile and say "yes" haha

38. HOW ARE YOU LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? throwing up on the spot LOL

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Just finished Frankenstein and American Beauty, so now I'm on Chinatown and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (for Screenwriting) and either Catcher in the Rye or On The Road (depending on what my prof assigns for Romanticism)

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? the comp in the lobby doesn't have one :/

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? My roomies were watching "Real Housewives of NY" or whatever it's called

42. FAVORITE SOUNDS? people laughing, sound of running water (ocean, rain, river, etc.) and people who can SANG

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? THE BEATLES

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I sing? I can pretend to play four different instruments? I can make my tongue into a CLOVER!

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? West Islip, NY

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Nobodyyy

48. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER? SINGLE and ready to mingle ;)



So that was fun...hahaha!

I Felt Like This Needed Its Own Post?

Is it possible to feel tired, apathetic, horny, depressed, excited, anxious, nervous, nauseous, worthless, optimistic, content and OLD at the same time???

it's probably because i'm at work and it's only 1:30am :/

FML todayyyy...I WANT WARM WEATHER NOW!!

Romantic?

So I'm taking this class called Romanticism & the Modern World, and its taught by the head of the English Department at my school (whom I LOVE!) and basically, thus far, we've read and discussed the "Big Six" Romantic English poets--Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Keats, Byron, and Shelley.

Now, I grew up in the suburbs of Northern Virginia, literally walking distance from Algonkian Park, a car ride away from the Skyline Drive, the Shenandoah Mts/Valley/River, the Blue Ridge Mts (my fav growing up), and all of the parks and monuments of Washington DC. I think it's safe to say that I've had my fair share of nature. My dad used to take us camping, hiking, exploring, and at one point, we even had a cabin ON the Shenandoah River. I always considered myself to be a "city girl"...and hey, look at me now! :)

But here's where I start to stray...when forced on these nature outings, I always resented them. Whether I was just being a 13 year old girl, or because I wasn't getting along with my dad (or his gf at the time), or because I actually DID NOT enjoy myself--I'm not sure, it was probably a combination of the three. But recently, probably now that I'm living in New York City where City Hall Park and Battery Park are the only types of "nature" that are within walking distance of my building, I'm beginning to WANT to be in nature?

When I go home (and even during my senior year), whenever I wanted to retreat somewhere, AWAY from people, I would go to Algonkian Park and just sit in my car or on the benches and think. It was quiet, depending on the time of day, there weren't too many people there, you could usually find a deer or two grazing around the fields--it was really peaceful. When I went home after Tia passed away in September, I found myself spending more and more time on this dirty little bench, just watching the river...for those of you who know me, that is kind of out-of-the-ordinary.

While I'm thinking of it, I admire my cousin Brian SO MUCH! He lives in California and before he got a Facebook earlier this month, I probably talked to him about once a year on the phone, and saw him in person about 3-4 years ago! EEK! I almost began feeling like he was this estranged, mysterious person whose life I only imagined. After being his Facebook friend, I finally feel as though I've solved the mystery and now I'm DYING to be part of his almost picturesque, Romantic life. He spends his free-time climbing mountains, exploring deserts, and learning how to conduct mountain rescues for hikers, etc. I feel as though he is living this peaceful, happy, lets-go-commune-with-Nature, Romantic lifestyle and compared to my micro-managed, NYC, go-Go-GO, superficial, theatrical lifestyle...well, it's something that I really want to experience and share with him!

Anyways, whether I'm on some pantheistic kick right now, I don't know...but here are (what I think are) the reasons why all of a sudden I want to pack up my suitcase, jump in a car and "be 'On The Road' like Jack Kerouac":

-LIT212R: Romanticism & the Modern World

-Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (I read the book AND watched the movie)

-Twilight series (odd, but it takes place in the Pacific Northwest)

-My cousin Brian (an all-around outdoorsmen...I think the ONLY ONE in our family)

-My aunt Kristin (from Portland, OR/also runs along the Twilight vein)

-Life/College/Stress (who doesn't just want to pack up their shit and hit the road at 20 years old?)

-Dorm Room--Maybe I just need to live in a room that GETS SOME SUNLIGHT! :/

Well, whatever it is, I unfortunately must conclude, because it is 3:45am and I have work in the morning (Why must I get philosophical late at night?) but yeah...who's up for a roadtrip across the Continental US??

Snow Day = :D

So according to weather.com, we are going to receive approximately a foot of snow in the NY Metropolitan area, so thankfully Pace University cancelled classes for tomorrow! YAY! :D

Of course, the jury is still out on whether or not I'll have work tomorrow morning--I love PALS, but I would love a day to SLEEP (since I forgot to do that this weekend).

Speaking of...

This weekend, my HS Drama Dept. came up to NYC on their annual field trip, which was GREAT because I got to see my brother and all our friends!  I am supremely jealous, however, that my brother got to see Guys & Dolls, West Side Story AND In The Heights all in one weekend (when I still have not seen any of them!).  Not only was my brother (and all his HS friends) here in the city this weekend, but also my two friends Joe and Gabe were up looking at colleges AND my friend Stephany was visiting from Harvard!  So basically, my whole hometown was in the city ALL IN ONE WEEKEND!  Insanity!!  I constantly beg and plead with my friends back home to come and visit me in the city, and they all separately decide to come up on the same weekend?  Like I said, INSANITY, but soo much fun!

So now I'm sitting in my dorm room, being completely unproductive (which is BAD because I'm way behind in my Screenwriting class right now) but for now, I'm relishing in my Snow-Day Bliss, listening to Billy Joel, and just enjoying my 2:40am-ness!

Speaking of the Piano Man, my mother is the most amazing woman on Earth!  She texted me this morning and told me that she purchased us tickets to the Billy Joel/Elton John concert this summer in DC at the National's Ballpark!!  Now, I've been fortunate enough to have seen Billy Joel in concert already in my lifetime, but I have never seen Sir Elton John before, and I was reading an article that I found on Google that stated that they could be sitting at adjacent pianos ON STAGE--two music LEGENDS on the same stage performing TOGETHER, their own separate stuff, and then TOGETHER AGAIN at the end!!  Needless to say, I am so incredibly excited for this concert and so incredibly grateful to my mother for buying these tickets for us!

So since I have not slept at all this weekend (and had a blast while doing so), I am going to go to sleep now.  Enjoy your snow days East Coast!  I hope everyone's school is as cool as mine and gives you a well-deserved DAY OFF!!

:)

A Thursday Night at the John St. Desk

So I'm working again tonight.  I really hate this job, and would have quit a long time ago if it wasn't such easy money.  PAY DAY TOMORROW!

But more importantly, practically all of my friends from back home just so happen to be coming to New York this weekend!  This list of favorites includes:  my brother, all of my HS Drama friends, and my asian from Harvard!!  This weekend is going to be SO MUCH FUN!!

My asian is staying with me in the dorm, and my brother/HS people are staying uptown on their field trip, and a couple of my senior friends are visiting Hofstra, then hanging in the city!  It's going to be so good to see all of them!  I miss my friends back home so much (and I love it even more when they come up to the city to visit me!)

This Just In:  The printer at the desk just ran out of paper, so I now have to handwrite all of the passes...JOY! :/  (It's only 12:16am at this point in time--approximately two more hours to go!)

I'm gonna play around with the look of this blog some more!  It's better than doing homework! :)