bananaberry

I havent posted in a while because I was in Maryland with my mom and her family.  When I say Maryland - we actually went to DC and Pennsylvania as well - visit my bro in DC and some Amish people who make INCREDIBLE zucchini bread with walnut and icing and applebutter - YUM!  I would say it was nice to escape the city - but in all honesty - I'm in love with the city and missed it.  At this moment in my life, I TRULY prefer big cities to small towns.  Small town seem to make sad.  Perhaps it just exemplifies what a spoiled brat I am, but it seems so strange to me that people get super excited about a Sonic or Chipotle getting put into a local shopping mall.  Shouldnt they be hoping for a Bobby Flay restaurant or Melting Pot?  Anyhow, it was nice to hang out with my mom  - even if my head was in the clouds - or under the sea the entire time.

I came back on Sunday and met up with German roomie, JP, Kat, and Cara to go see the Broadway Understudies concert which Starfish Pastie girl was performing in.  It was a really enlightening concert because all of these Broadway understudies performed songs they use to audition.  It was really interesting seeing the songs they chose and how they performed and "blocked" them.  I was thinking - OOOOOOOOH! That's how they do it!  Most excellent!

Monday I went to a crazy cirque de soleil esque contemporary dance audition - I was of course - cut - because it was a dance call and I am ALWAYS cut.  I must actually really suck at dance.  Or at least all forms that arent Jana --- THen - JP, Amanda, Kat, and I had all you can eat Indian food and discussed the life of an artist! I believe this can best be summed up in a passage I read in my encyclopedia book:

"but we were born of risen apes, not fallen angles, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irrconcilable regiments? Or our treaties whatever they may be worth; our symphonies however seldom they may be played, our peaceful acres, however frequently they may be converted into battlefields, our dreams however rarely they may be accomlished. The miracle of man is now how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses

It was Amanda's last day before she left for Buffalo for three weeks.  SNIFFLE!  I'm gonna miss her so much!  My ballet buddy is gone!  Now I have to fend for myself in life --- 

Today was my big audition day of the week!  THREE AUDITIONS!  And I was seen for all of them!  I sang PART OF YOUR WORLD for the first two - 101 Dalmations and Once/Twice - it went very well and I got very positive feedback!:)  Most excellent - all practice for my eventual takeover of Mermaid!  Then I went to the Met for a DANCE AUDITION - and SURPRISE - I was cut immediately.  What is with this?  I think is my thighs.... grrrrrrr - but who knows...

Then --- some girls (yay new friends!) from the audition and I went to take Tressor - because that was the only available class at that hour - and guess who is there in all his glory!?  BATMAN!  GAH!  All these people asked him where he's been and he said "I'm not telling you."  Which is remarkably odd - but not out of character - but then everyone kept telling me. BLARGH!.  Anyways - ballet class sucked - but Jana's was awesome and the ego boost I needed.  We danced to a beautiful song - and the combination was beautiful - and Jana had me stand in the front for all the groups (we normally switch lines) - so I was happier.  After class - me and this guy who just moved here from Iraq of all places, named Fadi, had a conversation. he is in Batman's partnering class and wanted to know the story.  He actually had some really fabulous life insight - and seems like a really fun guy - so Kat and I are gonna try to go out with him on Friday for drinks and adventures.  

Anyhow, that was basically my past few days - thrilling I know - 

Oh and I learned that a banana is a berry...fascinating!:)

Hope all is well!:)