8.10.2010

Daydreams

So my morning at work has been completely awful, and I thought I need something to cheer me up. So something that always make me smile is daydreaming. I'm so bad about daydreaming in classes when what I really need to do is pay attention, but at work it doesn't matter. I like thinking about my future and all the different possibilities I have. I will think about living in SoHo in an apartment that is the size of my current bathroom and is four times the amount of rent I pay for my current four bedroom apartment, but I'll love it and make it my own. And I'll work in a hospital somewhere in Manhattan (or maybe the bronx I'd get a lot of experience there!) I'd ride the subway to work everyday in my scrubs (don't worry I look good in scrubs) and then go to shows everyweekend and go to the rooftop bars with my friends. Oh and of course I randomly meet John Gallagher Jr. when I'm jogging (in a very cute jogging outfit) through Brooklyn and we fall in love and live happily ever after. My trip to NYC this summer made me even more excited about this dream of mine.

But something that suprised me was that when Em and I went to see our beautiful friend Brenna who lives in Jersey (we stayed with her the last night we were there) was how much I fell in love with that garden state. I guess I had always kinda just assumed Jersey was similar to New York and never expected it to be so beautiful. But I absolutely loved Brenna's precious house with her huge backyard with trees and flowers. And she just was deer that hang out in her yard. Me being from Texas, I have never experienced that! So now I've added to my NYC daydream. Now I imagine that after I work for a few years and save up some money, I will buy a sweet little house in Jersey just like an hour away from the city. It will be a light purple but so light that you question if it's white or not. And I will have this big beautiful garden in the backyard with a spot in the center of the garden where there are blankets and pillows so you can lay on the ground and read a good book. And of course there will be a little storage box you can put the blankets and pillows in so the rain won't ruin them. It won't be a huge house, I mean John and I don't need a lot of room. It will be my little get-away for when I want some quiet time outside of the hustle and bustle of the big city. Just writing this has already made my in a much better mood. I won't let mean, angry people ruin my day! I'll just continue to daydream about my small apartment in SoHo and my sweet little home in Jersey.


My Sweet Little House in Jersey:


My modern little apartment in SoHo:


8.09.2010

I'm an Idiot (well an American Idiot)

So I haven't posted since I had my wonderful trip to New York City with the beautiful Emily Chapman. So I figured my post should be somewhat related to that. We saw 4 shows on Broadway while in the city and I am going to talk about the one that was probably my favorite (although it is extremely hard to pick, they were all wonderful) which is American Idiot. In all honesty I don't think I had listened to a Green Day song before in my life, I mean I had heard some on the radio but thats about it. So I didn't go for the music, I went because I wanted to see John Gallagher Jr. He was in the original Broadway cast of Spring Awakening (another one of my favorite musicals) and I have been in love with him ever since I heard him sing in that. He plays the lead in American Idiot. So we ended up going to see it the first night I was in the city. To say the least I loved it! The music is AMAZING! Who knew I loved Green Day? I bought the soundtrack and have been listening to it nonstop. So many of the songs are simple, but have the most powerful lyrics. And they are just beautiful! And some others are great to dance around in your underwear to. Also the set was so cool. There were tons of TVs of all different sizes put into the wall and then the rest of the wall was covered in this huge newspaper collage. They used the TVs a lot to add to the show and then the lighting was awesome. Then I absolutely loved the choreography!!! It was so modern and punk, but was perfect and fun. I will say it didn't have the strongest book in the world, but everything else totally made up for that. Oh and of course my future husband, John Gallagher Jr, was unbelievable!! I'm just so glad I got to see him perform live. All the other actors were awesome too, an extremely strong cast to say the least. I would have gone and seen that show every night I was in the city, but I didn't think Em would go for that :) But I do hope I get to see it again someday and I will keep enjoying the music for a very long time.

Also I'm putting up some videos I found that MTV did about American Idiot. I love how involved the band was in the making of the show. And how happy they are that people wanted to make a show out of their music. These videos made me love this show even more!