Can we just take a minute to freak out about the latest Game of Thrones episode? Not being a reader of the books, I'd only heard rumors about how epic this episode would be. I didn't want to get overly excited and have super high expectations and then be let down (as so often happens w/ movies I see). So I went into it not thinking it would be as epic as tales had told (I also somehow avoided the rumor that people call it The Red Wedding - which would've tipped me off and made it much less epic). Here's my journey in pictures.
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This time last week I had planned a really fantastic new post - great topic, bullet points, lessons learned, motivation, etc. etc. A real Hoo-Rah post. Yeah. Shoulda wrote it at the time, 'cause it's a week later, and I can't even remember what I did yesterday morning. Wah wah.
So, we all know I've been trying to make a go of my face painting as an actual business here in NYC. Last weekend I had super high hopes, but the weather was completely awful and dashed my dreams. I was extremely discouraged and upset. Making your own business is hard - one of the hardest things I've ever done. But I realized I would still rather have been sitting there at the festival in the rain, trying my darndest to make my dream come to life, than working for someone else where I wasn't completely happy. We only live once - shouldn't we at least pursue happiness? Not just let ourselves sit back and settle into something that isn't what we truly desire just because it's "easier"? I think so. At least I'm going to keep pushing. I KNOW there's a living to be made with my painting skills, here in NYC of all places. There's been a massive lack of posting lately because I've been so busy. Which is a good thing for my life, but I do miss writing and pretending that people actually read and care about these posts ;P I've barely been cooking, so no pictures or new recipes to share, either. In fact, before my foray into the rain yesterday down to the meat market for some chicken, I'd eaten popcorn and had Soju Cokes for the previous 2-3days. Yeah. Like I said, I've been busy.
I booked two shows and I quit my job. It's been a busy 3 weeks, to say the least! Thank you for being patient (or not so patient, in the case of my brother :P) while waiting for the latest update. So, where to begin?
What a few weeks it's been! My mom was in town last week and we had an absolute blast. I love my mom so very much and it was great to see her again, especially in MY town :) We walked, shopped, saw 3 Broadway shows, and ate. A lot. Seriously, we spent so much time eating. It was glorious. I took her to my favorite little groceries and specialty shops and went to new restaurants I've been wanting to try for ages (La Masseria and Bourbon St. to name but two that were truly outstanding). We stumbled across the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (a place I'd wanted to take her, but completely forgot about - but God had things handled :P), toured around Greenwich Village, and Chinatown. We even traipsed all the way out to Brooklyn for The Chocolate Room and ended up having some of the best ice cream I've ever tasted. We took in the Macy's Flower Show, Union Square, and copious amounts of wine. She met some of my friends and we stayed up to extreme hours of the morning laying on the couch just talking (and laughing - there was a serious amount of giggling going one). The trip was over all too soon, but I am so very glad she was able to visit for even this short amount of time.
Can we all just take a moment to take a deep breath in together? Alright, hold it. Now - SCREAM!!!
What a whirlwind week it has been, dear readers. I have been pleasantly swamped with so many things - working 2 jobs, building my facepainting business, meeting with friends, over coming hurdles, exploring new places, cleaning the apartment, and so on. I haven't had time to tweeze my eyebrows, let alone write a vibrantly full post! Life gets busy, and important things are left by the wayside. But here we are, together again (feel free to skip to 1.35). Let's dive in, shall we?
So much of being able to stay in this crazy game of a theatre career is not dwelling on the bad/upsetting things.
I've been mulling over what to write about in this post, so many ideas have come and gone. I didn't want to go the angry/depressed route, I haven't really cooked anything new, and I've just been busy working - old news. But something that kept popping up over the last week was my view on friendship.
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