“And, then there were none” – Spring Awakening 4/29/09 Colonial Theater

“Still I know
To trust my own true mind,
And to say: there’s a way through this…”
I truly love theater. Great theater, such a subjective term but still, has the ability to go beyond your surface enjoyments of music and storytelling to your deepest, at time darkest, emotions. When that happens, you and and the music, the [...]

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“Call in three months’ time”

“And I’ll be fine, I know.
Well maybe not that fine
But I’ll survive anyhow.
I won’t recall the names and places
Of each sad occasion
But that’s no consolation
Here and now.”
For twelve years I’ve found a disturbing comfort in that verse from the song “Another Suitcase in Another Hall” from the musical Evita. It was 12 years ago today [...]

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Yellow Shirt Day

It’s yellow shirt day. Again. It took me until 9pm to realize that it was. Amazing. I don’t know how I feel about that.
And if that was cryptic, it was supposed to be.

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Good News/Bad News

Good News: Got to go shopping for new clothes today.
Bad News: Didn’t buy anything but a new bra, though admittedly I’ve been wanting a yellow bra for ages. Don’t ask me why, I have reasons.
Good News: Got to see a few towns such as Medford and Lawrence today that I’ve never seen.
Bad News: Because I [...]

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“There’s no crying in baseball”

So I’ve been really getting into baseball this year. I started following the sport midway through last season but mostly as just a filler for the boring late days of summer. This year I’ve been paying more attention and really surprising myself on how much I enjoy this game. It isn’t as boring as I [...]

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“Oh, to change direction and be the person that I’m meant to be”

Serious props to anyone who knows where that lyric is from.
Oh this is SO one of those days! I think it is a combination of being really tired and really tired but I just don’t have the umph to get through this day. Lunch helped a little bit but I just want my nice, [...]

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“I think this line’s mostly filler”

Had a flashback to my early days in college last night. My good college buddy is staying with me this week and last night, instead of watching some high-class movie like we had originally planned, we opted for more lighthearted, nostalgic fare. Yep, we watched the Buffy musical.
“Wish I could play the father [...]

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Columbine 10 Years Later

Yesterday was Today is the 10th anniversary of the Columbine shootings in Littleton, Colorado. I can’t believe it’s been a full ten years. I think in everyone’s life there are events that happen where remember exactly where you were, what you were doing. 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing, President Bush ordering the go ahead into [...]

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“Can the child within my heart rise above?”

Eesh, can 3:30 come soon enough?

Spent all of last night cleaning my apartment, frantically. I love how I knew all week I needed to clean and dust and take the trash out and do dishes and I saved all of that until Thursday.
I did take a brief break to watch Parks & Recreations and The [...]

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“I dreamed a dream in time gone by”

I emailed most of you the link for this video so if you haven’t watched Susan Boyle sing “I Dreamed a Dream” on Britain’s Got Talent yet, do so RIGHT NOW!
For my part, I can’t stop thinking about it. The performance is so powerful, the lyrics never rang truer. I’m tearing up just writing this. [...]

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