Quarter Life Project
taking care of me
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I don’t really want to elaborate on this one too much, but today is the first day I didn’t feel bad about saying no in a specific situation. I’m learning that in order for me to function, I have to keep work and school separate from one another, and the only way for me to do that is to not work and take classes on the same day. I learned this lesson the hard way last semester, when work made my school life suffer.
This time, I’m keeping it separate. I said no, so that I wouldn’t be even more stressed out by the time I got to my early morning class. This semester, I’m coasting!
The Learning Center
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I had a little push from my mom for this particular new thing: today was the first time I ever asked for help. Well technically, she kind of called the school and did it. Because of the fact that my major is journalism, all of my classes are writing-based. I have trouble opening up and writing, causing me stress and further delaying my degree status. I decided to fix that and wanted to talk to a learning coach. However, when I asked my mother if she knew someone she went behind my back and called the college. I don’t know if I should be grateful that she did that or mad because this isn’t exactly what I asked for.
I had an appointment today to meet with someone in The Learning Center in my college. This sort of threw me off-guard, because when I think of a learning center, I think of tutors teaching students the basics, something I don’t really have a problem with. So I met with one of the advisors there, and now have an appointment with a tutor every Wednesday to work on releasing some of that block I have.
Surprisingly, ever since I started this project I find that I have less of a block with writing, and didn’t have trouble writing an observation I’m supposed to hand in next Monday for my Feature Writing class. However, we’ll see how this goes, and maybe I’ll even learn some new writing techniques.
project day 25
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In The Heights set.
I guess you can say I cheated for this one… I went back to see In The Heights today. So today was the first time I’ve ever seen the same Broadway show in two consecutive days. Didn’t win the lottery this time, so the seats weren’t as good. However, I got to see it with a friend of mine so that made it a lot better. And this time, I even bought my camera.
Also, I tried a new Thai restaurant- Yum Yum Too. I had the Mussamun Chicken Curry, which was fantastic. As someone who just eats Pad Thai all the time, I’m having fun trying out these new dishes I would’ve never otherwise tasted.
Yes people, change is good.
In the heights
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So I’ve been dying to see In The Heights for the past couple of days, and decided to take my chances on the lottery again today. So I went down to the theatre by myself and put my name in the bucket. Since I’m supposed to see it with someone tomorrow, I wasn’t really going to be sad if I didn’t win the ticket. As a matter of fact, I was pretty sure they weren’t going to call my name. I was wrong.
I paid $26.50 for a front-row ticket, and hoped that I wouldn’t be in the same spot that I was in when I went to see Chicago. I was also in the front at that show, but I was in the first seat on the left hand side at the end of the stage. At this show I was on the left hand side, but at the end of the row next to the center section. Sweet. The one thing that pissed me off is that I forgot my camera, so I wasn’t able to take any pictures. I did however take pics with my camera phone which came out blurry.
I didn’t know what to expect from this show, and was confused when it started off with a little bit of rapping. I didn’t understand how rap could make its way to Broadway, but after about three minutes I was feeling the Latin rhythms, the dancing, and how everything just flowed together. And there were a number of times that the characters locked eyes with me, which made it even more intense.
At the end of the show, I waited outside in the cold to get some of the cast to autograph my program. I was able to get Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robin de Jesus, and Marcy Harriell, which was awesome because Lin-Manuel is left-handed (like me!), I saw Robin in the movie Camp and have loved him ever since (and he’s funny in this musical), and I’ve seen Marcy on Broadway before; ten years ago I saw her as Mimi in the Broadway production of RENT. I remembered seeing her name because it was the first time out of three times I’d see RENT on Broadway.
Nonetheless, I had an AWESOME time and have some of the songs stuck in my head. I feel like dancing!
scheduling
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Today I decided to work on scheduling. I have a serious problem not writing everything down and sort of winging it, so I figured the best way for me to overcome that is to write down what I need to be doing on certain days. I have to admit, having my classes on just two days automatically makes this a lot easier than it has been in the past.
All I have to do now is follow it.
…and all that jazz.
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I sang the song in high school. I saw the movie with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger. But not until tonight had I seen Chicago on Broadway. I bought a rush ticket from the box office early this morning, and was concerned the seat was going to be bad. I thought maybe I wouldn’t be close to the stage… boy, was I wrong.
I had to back up in my seat to take this pic.
The show had its ups and its downs. I think because I had already been exposed to the original soundtrack and saw the movie, my expectations were at a different level. I’d been so used to hearing it a certain way that I was taken aback when I heard the cast perform it a little differently. I kind of wish I had seen Chicago on Broadway before I saw the movie, like I had been able to do with RENT. With RENT, watching the movie afterward made me able to see how the director had taken the show and relayed it to the big screen, and were similar to thoughts I had about what the movie should look like.
Chicago was not bad, though. What I appreciated were pieces that were not in the movie, things that definitely worked better in the Broadway show like the song “Class.” Quite a highlight.
Another highlight of the show for me was watching the chorus of men close to completely shirtless, wearing nothing but vests or some kind of sheer shirt. It was a woman (or a gay man)’s wet dream, and made the show really fun to watch. Especially when one guy made his chest twitch… *sigh*
All in all, a great musical. Word of advice: if you haven’t seen the movie, DON’T. Not unless you see this first, or unless a movie will not influence your view on a musical.
Ribbit…
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Today was really supposed to be a musical day, as I decided to go down and take part in the lottery for front row seats to In The Heights. Unfortunately I didn’t win the lottery, so I decided to change my one new thing to food. I’ve tried escargot and kangaroo sausage before, but I finally once and for all tasted the one thing I’ve been dying to try since I was little: frog legs.
After placing an order for garlic frog legs (I didn’t feel like eating them in a restaurant by myself), I picked them up and brought them home. I couldn’t wait to see what they looked like. Imagine my surprise when I opened the container and saw something that looked like strips…
Had this been on a restaurant plate, it would've looked a lot better I'm sure.
It looked like fried chicken. And when I took a look at the meat underneath the skin, it even had the color of fried chicken. But the taste was anything but chicken-y.
First off, I wasn’t expecting there to be as many bones as there were. Also, because frogs are small, the bones are sort of tiny. I couldn’t really enjoy the meat without worrying that somehow I would be chewing on a bone sooner or later. Second off, the meat had a strange taste to it. Although I enjoyed the garlic flavor, I was not a fan of the meat so much. I had about one leg while the rest remained in the container. Don’t plan on throwing it out, but I don’t plan on eating it anytime soon either.
I want my $14 back.
Inauguration day
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Today’s thing is something new, not just for me but for a lot of people… I watched the swearing in of a new president, and then proceeded to watch all of the festivities until I fell asleep. I’d never watched the swearing in of any president, nor did I watch the luncheon, the parade or see the inaugural ball after. Technically, I still haven’t seen the luncheon since I wasn’t paying attention, but I heard it.
The inaugural ball was interesting… it seemed more like a televised concert to me. Maybe it was supposed to be. But I’m sure this is one for this history books.
What a tool.
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I never really watched many reality shows, but vh1 always had the most ridiculous ones you couldn’t help but look at. I’d watch Flavor of Love, Celebrity Fit Club, and I Love New York. After a while, they became annoying so I just stopped watching and stopped paying attention to commercials advertising upcoming ones. So it would make perfect sense that I had never heard of the show Tool Academy before. I didn’t catch the show from the beginning, but I did watch most of it.
The premise of the show features a bunch of douchebag guys trying to work through relationship issues with their girlfriends, women who must have low self-esteem for choosing to remain with their guys after some craptastic treatment. One guy was living a double life, and didn’t tell his girlfriend about another girl he was with (and still seeing) for almost six years. That confrontation did not end up well, obviously.
It was an interesting show and a way to pass the time, but I can’t help but feel I want that hour of my life back. I’m sure I could’ve been more productive doing something else.
Parlez-vous… any language?
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When I was 18, I dated someone who was fluent in Russian. I thought it would be an interesting language to learn and started teaching myself, not realizing how hard it could actually be. Maybe it was the different alphabet, or how hard it was to mimic the words exactly. Eventually I stopped trying.
At the tail end of last year I became interested in learning Russian again and checked out Pimsleur courses, but wasn’t impressed with the expensive price tag. Cue the New York Public Library- I checked out all of the language CDs and listened to them on my computer. It’s still hard to pronounce a lot of the words, but I am trying.
Because of Russian and my desire to learn languages that people wouldn’t expect for me to know just by looking at me, I started listening to languages I had never heard before, Twi, for instance. And as of today, I can actually say a few words in not only Twi, but Thai as well.
I’m probably going to get my hands on all of the courses, but I doubt I’ll be fluent in all of them by the end of this year. There are a lot of languages in the world. I can only try my best.
