Hello everyone!
Time is seriously flying by. It's getting difficult to wrap my head around the fact that this place that I've only known as a getaway and land of greatness is where I live now. Even more difficult is knowing I won't be back in Ohio for at least a few months. But things are becoming increasingly more comfortable, I must say. The subway system has always been a place I have understood how to navigate, but now I know how it all works without really thinking about it. If someone stops me on the street and asks how to get from point A to point B, I'm actually pretty good as articulating the best routes to take and maybe even give them a few landmarks to ensure they're on the right path. I guess I'm really becoming a New Yorker.
Oddly enough, New Yorkers are actually not mean. This terrible misconception is consistently proven wrong. Yes, they are a gruff people with heavy accents and big chips on their shoulder. But if a tourist asks a New Yorker directions, you bet your ass that New Yorker is going to give the tourist the best directions in order to get the tourists OUT OF THE WAY! Thankfully, the NYC government got really keen on this tidbit about tourists and have shut down car traffic on certain areas in Times Square. These strips of Broadway are now pedestrian walk areas with lots of seating for tourists to stop and enjoy the view while staying out of the way of New Yorkers on their hurried way to wherever they're going. BRILLIANT! It's also just a nice place to sit between shifts, grab a drink, and enjoy the fact that this is where you live.
Nothing all that interesting has happened over the last week other than my move to the new apartment that I will call home through next August. I have lots of thanks to send out to Katie's parents and two brothers for making this quite possibly the easiest move of my life. Seriously, all I did was bag up my bed, box up my crap, then Mark and Thomas just came in and got it all into the van or walked it over to my new place. No joke, it's that close. (Side note: I've been meaning to take some pictures around here, but I need new batteries and I keep on forgetting. My plan is to take said pictures over the next week and make next weeks post a "Picture Post".) As a "thank you" I took everyone out for pizza after the move...or at least tried to. Katie's dad snuck up to the counter and paid without my knowing. I still owe you all a dinner, at least as an apology for being in the way during the move.
Anway, the new place is great! Very spacious overall, even though my room is quite little, but manageable. In order to fit all my stuff in the room, I have once again taken the doors off my closet and put my dresser in there just to free up some other space. Lord knows I don't have enough clothes to take up an entire closet, so why not make use of that space, right? So now I have my bed, piano, and a folding table (serving as my desk) in my room.
The weather is actually been pretty nice over the last few days. As you may recall from earlier posts, it was nothing but hot and sticky when my brother moved me in at the beginning of August. This past Saturday it rained a little bit which cooled everything off and made the move surprisingly comfortable. The temperature dropped a little bit last night and I slept fairly well and didn't wake up drenched in sweat. (All together now: "Ewww...")
Yes, I did just write a paragraph about the weather. Sorry.
You'll notice on the right hand side of my blog there is a new feature: the Poll. I haven't officially decided how often this will occur, but right now you can vote on what my first Adventure will be. I've taken some suggestions from those of you that commented on last week's post and narrowed it down to a few I think are completely manageable. Sorry, Kristina, I haven't seen the Naked Cowboy out yet, so I figured that wouldn't be a smart option to put up. Fear not, I'll save that idea a later date. This adventure will take place on Friday, most likely. Don't worry about whether or not the one you want me to do doesn't get the most votes; I will eventually do all of these. Keep in mind also, this will probably be an adventure spent alone as everyone else will be working on Friday... But please check out the Bar Hop suggested by the lovely ksneyer in the comment section of last weeks post. That is something that will definitely happen at some point in time. Additionally, feel free to send me more suggestions. You can e-mail at NickOlas1225@gmail.com, send me a message on facebook (if we're friends), or call me (if we're REALLY good friends).
Whatever I end up doing on Friday will happen during the day and will be topped off with dinner and the theatre with the lovely KTD. Our show for the night: Dolly Parton's 9 to 5! The show is closing after only 24 previews and 148 performances. This is one of those very strange situations where I just do not understand how this show did not do better. You can dissect this by starting with the composer: Dolly Parton. Who doesn't like Dolly Parton? She's pretty much the closest thing we have to a real life Barbie doll. She's an American institute of music and has a heart of gold, well, probably cheap, fake gold, but gold nonetheless. Then there's the cast: Allison Janney (three-time Emmy winner for The West Wing), Stephanie J. Block (Elphaba in numerous productions of Wicked), Megan Hilty (the world's best Glinda in Wicked), and Marc Kudisch (three-time Tony Award nominee). Sorry, that's pretty damn impressive. It started out in Los Angeles and made the transfer to Broadway in the fall. Here's where it gets a little less fantastic a dream: it opened to mixed reviews. Once award nominations came out, it nabbed 15 Drama Desk Award nominations (the record for the DDA), but only 4 Tony Award noms. Everyone I know that has seen the show thinks it's awesome. But it's attendance hasn't been all that stellar. I don't think it has ever played to capacity. Maybe it should have opened in a smaller theatre? It's playing at the Marquis Theater which seats more than 1,600. Whereas Next to Normal, a show about a family dealing with a mother diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, plays at the Booth Theatre which seats half that. N2N has been playing to anywhere from 85-95% capacity since it opened and doesn't seem to be letting up anytime soon.
This whole situation begs the question: how can you properly plan out the course for a show based on so many factors? I'll explore that at a later date. I feel like I'm getting a little too long-winded for one post.
I hope you're all doing well. Don't forget to do your part as a NAiNY reader and VOTE! Check in next week to find out what Adventure I go on...
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