War Horse. Amazing.

Today I returned from the very fabulous, very busy, and VERY HOT New York City. There, I sweated through three shirts and all my jeans. Yummy. However, a MAJOR highlight of the experience was seeing the Tony-winning play War Horse. This story follows a young (Scottish? Irish? Well, anyway, the accent was brilliant) boy named Albert who acquired a horse named Joey just before World War 1. I wont give anything away, but Joey gets taken into the war as a riding horse and a wagon puller. The play follows Albert heart wrenching journey fighting in the war to find his beloved horse. This story is amazing, the acting was fantastic. However, the true amazing-ness of this show comes from the horses themselves. Now, of course, War Horse wouldn't have a REAL horse on stage and control it. This is were the puppets come in. However, not a simple muppet puppet, but rather a giant lives size horse -like structure controlled by three people. The movements are SOOO life-like that at times, you forget that this is not a real horse right in front of you!...they are so lifelike that my mother (on the aisle) decided it was a good idea to actually pet it as it exited through the aisle. Oh, Joey. Such a charmer. But seriously...If you are in New York and you have a chance to see War Horse, GO! It with LITERALLY leave you breathless.

Plus, Matt Doyle and Seth Numrich are in it...AND HOTTTTTTTTT.
(sidenote: Seth Numrich, who plays Albert, was th eyoungest person ever to be accepted into Julliard at the age of 16. Holy. Crap)

Hey! Didn't See You There!

I'm back....from my blog hiatus. When school finished, I went to a visual arts program at Boston University and learned a lot. I have been so swamped with college, portfolio, common app, and essay crap that I have to do so SOMEONE ELSE can MAYBE let me into their college. Annnnnd, after one day of new blogging, I am leaving for New York to see shows and that AMAZING Alexander McQueen exhibition lovingly blogged about back in May.


At this program, this song played OVER, and OVER in my head. It's called "Shoop" by Salt 'N Pepa. That's right, not "Salt and Pepper," but rather "Salt 'N Pepa." I enjoy it. And below is a video of Ellen (yes, Ellen DeGeneres) rapping in her "whitest" fashion this beloved song. LOVE! Here I go!

The amazing original below....filled with 90's goodness!

Very Busy Day.

Normally on my blog, I write down a funny story, weird insight, complain, or posts a video that amused me that day. However, today was all over the place. So, I woke up today to the sweet sounds of 10 AM and promptly went to my desk to study for my history final...which I complain about CONSTANTLY to my review packet...and to people on Facebook.

Then, later in the afternoon, my mother went and came back form the library with a movie I had requested, "The Day After Tomorrow." I took a break for lunch then, and popped in the movie for a little teaser before I go back to studying. The movie is essentially about...the world ending through extreme weather conditions. I suddenly thought...I could TOTALLY plan my essay while listening to this movie...cuz I'm an EXCELLENT procrastinator. However, as I was watching...it put things in perspective. "Look what these people are going through....if they can survive their world coming to an end...I CAN SURVIVE THIS ESSAY!!!"...And I did.

Then....we went shoe shopping. Just cuz.

We came home, had an early Father's Day dinner (I don't know why) and in that dinner., my parents start talking about how they want to update their will. This. was. so. awkward. They were wondering about custody if they died. My brother would get me. Awk.

Then, my brother proceeded to give me some weird advice. Did you know that if you have acne, if you put toothpaste on your whiteheads...your acne goes away? Well, I'm trying it now...and I feel extremely stupid for having dried toothpaste on my face...but it feels like its working. Who woulda thunk it?...Apparently my new parental guardian. Yikes!

A weird day indeed.

Phabulous.

Phosphorus. Phat. Philadelphia. Pharmacy. Phantom. Phase.

I had my Chemistry Final today. Never again will I have to work with the PH scale.
This was my homage.
I'm Phree!

SpiderMonster: The Musical?

Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark had its opening night on Broadway on Tuesday and as I stumbled through YouTube, I found this little gem. Sesame Street spoofs Spiderman and the well publicized falls and injuries that have occurred. It's hilarious....there's a muppet dressed like Bono. C'mon.

That Time of the Year.

Finals are approaching and I'm so blinded by the fact the we have finals, that I cannot even appreciate that tomorrow is our last day of school. It doesn't feel like summer. It doesn't feel like this year is over. It doesn't feel like there is a sense of resolution of this hellish junior year. Plus, there's nothing that you receive at the end of this year show what you've been through,and how you got through the toughest year in highschool. Well, here it goes. The BEST WEEK EVER....starts now. great.

The Mutherf**cker With the Taps

I mentioned last night that our beloved Sutton Foster won her second Tony Award for her portrayal of Reno Sweeney in Cole Porter's musical "Anything Goes." During the Tony's, the revival performed the title song of the show and after which, I literally jumped out of my seat shouting things like "YESS!!! YOU GO GURRRLLL!!"

Watch below and you will fall in love.

P.S. Her vibrato on the last note is PURE GENIUS. 

And here is her speech. We'll miss you Julian.