what a day!
in Thoughts and Feelings
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Today was an undeniably good day.
I met David, a friend of mine who I have not seen for some time, and together, we strolled the High Line. It was once an elevated train here in New York, but has for some time just been empty. But now it’s renovated and planted all over with gardens and a lovely, among-the-highrises stroll. And the weather was absolutely perfect.
A little too perfect. Because now my shoulders and collarbone are sun kissed. Okay, more like I look like the sun made-out with me. I am, in a word: burnt.
And then I went and did about four hours of martial arts. Whoa. I am exhausted. But feeling pretty happy. There is nothing like moving about. It puts me in this heightened state; it solves my problems. I am not sure why, but the world seems a far friendlier place when I am moving.
Oh, and I auditioned for this DVD exercise/vocal thing last week, called The Broadway Warmup, and I was offered the job today. Nice.
In other news, the stranger with whom I unprecedentedly agreed to go on a date last week has been texting me. I did not, however, text him back today. I need to just say that I am not really interested in what he is interested in. Or I guess I could just not respond, but that sounds mean. Anyway, a pretty sad part is that I cannot, for the life of me, remember the guy’s name. So I refer to him among my friends by his area code. “I think I need to tell 917 that I am just not interested in any kind of romance,” I told David.
“Just don’t respond; 917 will get the message,” he replied.
But 917. How pitiful. Kind of funny, though, too.
Charlotte.
in Funny Stuff, Thoughts and Feelings
as adorable son, amish kids, charlotte north carolina, chorus line, converse, footage, friend kate, friend rita, hand, ipad, lancaster pa, life, lunch pails, rita springer, road, side, time, watch, weather
Life is wonderfully surprising sometimes.
Yes, that’s right: wonderfully.
I am in Charlotte, North Carolina right now. I came here with my friend Kate, to visit her dear friend Rita Springer and her son Justice. I have been moved by Rita’s music for a long time now, and it’s really fantastic to get to meet her. Converse with her. Watch footage of tornados on the ipad with her adorable son. And perform something from A Chorus Line in her living room. Which I managed to do without breaking anything. Hold for applause.
And the weather down here. Oh my. It’s wear-a-dress-without-tights weather. And I’m not talking long Amish skirts, either. Though if you walked by me in one of those, I wouldn’t hold it against you. However, I might think you were trick-or-treating. At least, I have before, though probably not about you, specifically. Once, I was driving with my friend through Lancaster, PA, and, after seeing two adorable Amish kids walking along the side of the road, lunch pails in hand, I actually said, “Look! They’re all dressed up for Halloween!”
It wasn’t even the 31st of October.
And I wasn’t even joking.
But yes, it’s lovely here. All around lovely. Good for the soul. And the dresses. And the Amish.
peace.
in Thoughts and Feelings
as everything, fingers, gloves, hats, Heck, iphone, January, kind, life, meantime, moment, poetic license, promise of snow, scarf, sky, snow, sort, tomorrow, weather, zipper
It’s weather like this that makes me wish the zipper on my jacket worked. But other than my broken zipper, I actually really love the winter. I love what it looks like. The branches, all bare and proud. A full sky, grey with the promise of snow. I even enjoy the accessories of winter. My [...]
when life is good and you feel it.
in Funny Stuff, I Lift My Eyes Up, Loved Ones, Thoughts and Feelings
as car, deep sense, denim leggings, dj tanner, Fame, friend elizabeth, Full, full house, GRE, life, love, mock seriousness, new castle, pair, sister, sister jenna, squiggle, way, weather
I have a pair of denim leggings, though my friend Elizabeth referred to them just tonight as jeggings. And the weather was cool enough this evening to wear them. So I shimmied them on. I mean, they’re tight, you know; they require a dance just to pull them all the way up. But anything that [...]
thoughts and a song for you tonight.
in Funny Stuff, MP3, Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
as bathroom, Fair Hill, God, Guy, hold ups, Jesus, Shane, song, time, uofd, warm weather, way, weather, weather baby, weather reports
I think that I like weather reports very much because, in a way, they are a small glimpse of what my life will look like in the future. And yes, I realize it’s the very near future–and a faulty prediction at that. But, still. At least when the ladies gather round me in the church [...]
