We have a schedule at my job that allows everyone to have two days off in a row to simulate a weekend of sorts and it is really amazing. For the past month or so Wes and I have had the same two days off (this could be because the managers know we are dating and don't want to be responsible for the downfall of our relationship due to the fact that we are on opposite schedules or it could just be the universe doing us a huge solid) so we get to do fun things and look into each others eyes for a really long time. Monday and Tuesday are our Saturday and Sunday. Which is actually crazy helpful when you have things that you need to get done on a weekday...LIIIIIKKKEEE getting all of the insanity done so that you can go on your new exciting job in the middle of the ocean. I am super excited about this adventure I am about to go on, don't get me wrong. But DAMN it's stressful. I have to:
-Get passport (never had one. never needed one. need one now...fast) CHECK -Get all of the records of my health since, like, birth. CHECK -Get medical examination to prove that I am healthy, not a drug addict, and to make sure that I don't catch any diseases (I was supposed to get this last Monday but the power went out in the facility? You would think they would have a back up generator...but whatever. They did not. So I have to go back next week) NOT CHECK -Get new ID for NYC just so that I have an ID that has my correct address on it (that doesn't really have anything to do with the job...it's just to make my life easier lol) CHECK There is just a lot of waiting and loose ends to tie up. I will sigh a big sigh of relief once I leave for rehearsals May 24th. I got most of this done on Monday and I was really proud of myself. Tuesday, Wes and I had a picnic in Central Park and then went to go see Beauty and the Beast. Guys? IT WAS SO GOOD!!!! I was really weary at first because Beauty and the Beast is my favorite stage musical and I am very protective of everything Belle because I wanna be her. Overall the movie was wonderful, very beautiful, very Disney. I will say, however, that Emma Watson was WAY over auto tuned and I hated that aspect of it. If they would have just let her voice sound like it sounded I would have probably liked it better ( I say probably because who knows? She could be tone deaf and then no one would want that). There were moments where she legit sounded like a pop singer and I don't want that in my movie adaption live action Disney remake. But other than that, like I said, everything else was phenomenal. Disney SHOWED UP with those interracial couples and the gay characters. I am so happy to see Disney reflecting the world that we live in today. It was so freaking refreshing. The visuals were beautiful and "Be Our Guest" made me cry...a lot like the rest of the movie did. Do yourself a favor and see it. That's all for this post, my friends. I worked a double today and I am ready to hit the hay. I hope you had a wonderful Wednesday and I hope you have an even better Thursday.
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According to the musical "In Transit" (and I am sure those writers got it from somewhere reliable), the average New Yorker's commute to work takes about an hour one way. So you spend two hours per day, ten hours per week, forty hours per month on a train (check my math? I failed it in college...) To battle this demon of public transit I made a really sick (relatively speaking..) playlist on Spotify when I moved here. However, a person can only listen to Ed Sheeran and the soundtrack to S!NG so much, ya know? I decided that I needed another pass time whilst on the daily grind to and from Washington Heights; so I started reading "You Are A Badass: How to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life". And let me tell you, Oh. My. God. This book is amazing. I can't say enough good things about it. It is the perfect book to read if you are a performer and you are struggling in audition season, trying to get seen, trying to book, trying to follow through from that callback to the contract (Hi, hello, this is my struggle, please help me), or just plain needing a little boost because life is happening to you and you are feeling unsafe. I have not finished this book even though I have been reading it for quite some time and it is not because I am an incredibly slow reader. It's because you can't skim through it. You have to take the time to read and re read and re re read exactly what it is telling you. This book tackles so many important things such as: self perception, self doubt, when exactly we were taught to be ashamed of our bodies and if we were worthy of love/who was appropriate to love/ lots of other positively awful dumb things that as children we are raised to believe just because that is what our parents believed and their parents believed and their parents believed...it's never ending...just like this sentence. This is one of those books where (much like many acting classes in college) you will read it and you will say, "oh, why didn't I think of that before? Obviously that is why I was feeling that way". It's the kind of book you want to take notes in (which I do) and highlight in (which I REALLY do because I love color) and pass on to a friend. Which is what I am going to do. In the hopes that it will continue on to other people who need to read it.
Something you need to know: This is absolutely classified as a "Self Help Book"...did I ever see myself picking up a self help book after work one Tuesday afternoon (I don't actually know what day I bought this but Tuesday fits the scenario) when I was 25 years old? No. I didn't. I really really didn't. But, damn, I am really glad I did. I am not reading this book because I am depressed or particularly unhappy with my life. I love my life and the things I get to do and experience, but it has given me a little bit of insight. There are many things that I want to do in my life, ie: get into better shape, start doing yoga, create things on a daily basis: such as a youtube series where I explain how to play select board games in normal and easy to understand language because some of these strategy games are absolute gibberish...and instead of jumping in head first I have been procrastinating and just letting life pass me by...and for what? I am not waiting on anything. I am just letting life happen to me instead of me happening to life. I need to live more. I need to do more than work and audition. There is more to life than that (other than hulu and netflix). Guys, I know this seems very random and maybe a little scattered. But this book is important and could do a lot for many people in my life. So, if your light is looking a little dim, you're bored, or you spend half of your life on a subway going to and from a busy, exhausting, and incredibly stressful restaurant job pick. up. this. book. Also, my washer and dryer got fixed and so now I have all the clean clothes and I feel like a champion princess. I smell great and I happy. Look out world. "You are the only you in the world. Don't deny the world your greatness." - Amazing book i have been going on and on about. READ IT. |
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