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Showing posts with label Hamilton. Show all posts

June 1, 2017

Month In Review: May 2017...


♥ Seeing Hamilton: An American Musical for a second time on Broadway with Justin.
♥ Going to Las Vegas for my sister's bachelorette party.
♥ Spending Mother's Day with my family and then with Toni & Day's family.
♥ Attending "Favorite Page #2's" wedding.
♥ Trying Dole Whip for the first time.
♥ My sister's surprise 30th birthday party.
♥ Having random breakfast and lunch dates with Toni.
♥ Planning things to do while in Colorado for Phil's bachelor party in August.
♥ Spending a lazy Sunday brunching and drinking wine at the vineyard with my friends.
♥ Getting beach passes for the season.
Forgotten Photos From My iPhone: Brooklyn Street Art
Remember Me? | Chaotic Mini Life Update
Adventures In Asia | The Other Half Of Our Trip




 

♥ Talking With Chris Hardwick (2017 - Present)♥
♥ Charles Manson: A Life Of Scandal (2016) ♥
♥ Bong Appétit (2016 - Present) ♥
♥ BBQ Rig Race (2017 - Present) ♥

"Alex and Eliza: A Love Story" by Melissa de la Cruz

May 22, 2017

Remember Me? | Chaotic Mini Life Update...

Hey, remember me? Sorry I haven't been around much, my life has just been an utter ball of chaos between prepping to go to Las Vegas, actually going to Las Vegas, getting sick from all of the smoking going on in the casinos, Justin being sick, dealing with a coworker who has cancer, work being under staffed, getting a bunch of parking tickets and fighting those, Justin's grandmother being in the hospital, etc. Total life cluster fuck.

So I thought that I'd hop on here and just do a little photo recap of the sprinkle of good things that happened this month among the chaos.
So yeah, hopefully the chaos will begin to subside soon so I can go back to my normal-ish life. I'm leaving for Spain with Justin a month from today, so I'm viewing that as the light at the end of this cluster fuck tunnel.

I hope you've all had a better month of May than I've had! If you have, I'd love to hear about any wonderful things that have happened to you guys this month. If you haven't had a great month like me, let me know. We can bitch about May together.

July 1, 2016

Month In Review: June 2016...

♥ Justin getting us tickets to see Hamilton on Broadway before Lin-Manuel Miranda left the show.
♥ Seeing Beyoncé at Citi Field with my sister.
♥ Random evenings in with my friends.
♥ Spending an awesome Father's Day with my family.
♥ Celebrating Andrew's 30th birthday.
♥ Finally getting to the beach.
♥ Having a dinner date with Phil.
♥ Buying tickets to see Hamilton on Broadway again next spring.
♥ Being told a very awesome secret that I can't share just yet.
♥ Planning parties with my friends.
Mexican Food & A Concert | Beyoncé At Citi Field
The Story Of Wednesday Night | Hamilton On Broadway
Life Update | Personal & Library Life
 

♥  Princess Mononoke (1997) ♥
♥ Against The Grain (2016 - Present)  ♥
♥ 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) ♥
♥ Vintage Flip (2016 - Present) ♥
♥ American Gothic (2016 - Present) ♥

June 28, 2016

Life Update | Personal & Library Life...

So I've realized that I've been very much so missing in action since the beginning of the month, if not longer, and because of that I feel like I need to write about what has been going on in my life.

That being said, this post is probably going to feel all over the place and I apologize for that because I want to catch you all up on various things that have been going on in my life but I don't remember what I've told you, plus I got some upsetting news today (I found out today that someone that I used to be friends with died. And I'm not gonna lie, it fucked with my emotions a lot. Especially since we found out that she died over a month ago and we're all just finding out now. She had a small child. No one actually knows how she died. It's all overwhelming and upsetting). So yeah, here's a break down of whats been happening in my life since God knows when...

In terms of my personal life, things have been pretty good. Only a few minor life hiccups... Justin hurt his foot while we were at a friend's house and has been wearing a boot for a few weeks which put a hamper on our social life for a little bit but he is starting to feel better. We went out to dinner and such Friday night with Day, Toni and Amanda. Then we went to the beach on Sunday with Day, Erin, Alana and some other friends, so I'm glad he is feeling up to going out and doing stuff despite his bulky boot.

Last week I thought I ruined my LASIK flap because I rubbed my eye too hard and had to go in for an emergency eye doctors appointment. Thankfully that was not the case and I just irritated the crap out of it.

Aside from those two "bad" things everything else has been pretty good. Justin and I got tickets to see Hamilton again next May, we've been planning things to do while we are in Japan & Hong Kong in August/September, I went to Lisa's husband's 30th birthday party, I had a great Father's Day with my family, I had a best friend dinner date with Phil, I've been planning things to do as soon as Justin is bootless, etc. So things have happened but none of them have been blog worthy, plus I've been crazy busy at work. Which brings me to my library life...

I don't think I've mentioned this but we've been going through crazy changes. I may or may not have told you (I honestly don't remember) that our Director retired and we got a new one. Well the new one quit and we have another Director and things have just been a bit chaotic.

In addition to all new changes not even six months after our last change, I've entered my busy season aka reading club season. So I've been spending the majority of my time at work getting ready for our summer reading club which started today (Thank God!). And the other little bit of my time I've been dealing the teenage son of a friend of the library that donated money towards the library's new 3D printer. The kid is super nice, helpful and enthusiastic but the kid wants to come in ever damn day to do stuff with the 3D printer and teach me things. Which is super cute but I don't have time for it everyday, so I'm going to have to try and figure out how to tell the kid to chill out a bit without pissing him, his dad or our board members off. I'll keep you updated on that...

On top of those things, our new-ish librarian decided to apply for a grant and I some how got sucked into helping with it. So I am literally spending tomorrow re-writing whatever she and my Department Head wrote because they write like shit. So wish me luck with that.

But yeah, those are the main things that I've been dealing with at work. There are other little bullshitty issues; crazy patrons, one of my coworkers causing me to get into arguments with other coworkers. iPad drama, exterminators, so on and so forth...

I hope this post kinda made sense and give you all a glimpse into why I've been kinda-sorta missing in action for a while now.

June 14, 2016

The Story Of Wednesday Night | Hamilton On Broadway...

Last Wednesday night Justin and I went into New York City to see Hamilton on Broadway. Yes, yours truly got to see the pop culture phenomenon that is Hamilton before creator, composer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda left the show and we are so happy we did.

So, how did this Hamilton journey begin? Let me start from the beginning... After listening to numerous Still Untitled podcasts where Adam Savage gushed about Hamilton, Justin (Not me) decided to listen to it and instantly became obsessed with it. He became so obsessed that one night in bed, after an evening out drinking he lamented over how impossible tickets were to get and how much he wanted to see the show -- It was so funny that I found the need to tweet about his first World problem (Which you can read here).

Fast forward to Friday, June 3rd... Lin-Manuel Miranda announced he would be leaving and his final performance would be July 9th. The news just sent Justin into Hamilton madness (Like he called me while I was at Toni's house going "I think I'm going to do it... I'm going to do it..." and me I'm like "Do what? Kill yourself? What are you mumbling about?" and he finally said "I'm going to do it! I'm going to buy us tickets to see Hamilton for this coming Wednesday" and that was that) and he "spent more than he is willing to admit" on a pair of rear mezzanine tickets for us to see Hamilton before Lin left the show (And I'm not going to lie, I'm so happy he did).

Prior to Justin purchasing the tickets I refused to listen to the cast soundtrack because I saw Justin's twitchy obsessed behavior. But once he bought the tickets I decided that I should become familiar with the music before seeing the show and that is when I realized what all the fuss was about. The soundtrack is absolutely amazing -- I've honestly been listening to it everyday since he purchased the tickets.

Fast forward to Wednesday... Justin and I went into the city early to meet up with Day to have dinner and drinks at BEA in the theater district.
After an awesome dinner and another round of drinks at Señor Frog's (Because we are classy like that) we parted ways with Day and we headed over to the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Where once inside we spent a glorious three hours enjoying the awesomeness that is Hamilton.
Since seeing the show I've had a bunch of people come ask me if it's worth the hype or what-have-you and I can honestly say yes, yes it is totally worth it. I am absolutely in love with Hamilton, I cannot wait to see the show again (Which we will be doing again on May 10th next year) and I will be listening to the soundtrack for a long long time.

If you you've seen it, I'd love to talk about it with you. Or if you haven't and have any questions about the show, feel free to ask because I've been getting tons of questions from people I know and people who have overheard that I've gone. 

FUN FACT: We have friends who are bragging to people that they know someone whose seen Hamilton. Which is just the funnest thing ever.