About to get busy

I know I haven't updated in a while but I've been busy, and I'm about to get busier.  On top of class and homework, I'm going to be the new intern at Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. and the new employee at Emack & Bolio's (Ice cream for the Connoisseur.)  Starting Monday, I'll be trekking up to 36th Street at least three times a week to work in the fairly new (2003) and fairly small publishing house.  As the internship is unpaid, I'm waiting to here back from E&B about training hours.  So things are looking up.  Thanks to everyone who's been saying prayers for me.

Not much has been going on as the semester is now in full swing.  I've attended a few plays including the Broadway show Billy Elliot, a student production of Closer and a post-modern opera called Mosheh, which is the story of Moses but instead of the Nile, he floats down the Hudson.  Let's just say it was super weird and I'm pretty sure a couple of people left in the middle because they couldn't handle it any longer.  I was close, but I was in the far corner from the door.  But hey, it was an experience.  The last play I saw was today called Dead Fish.  It's a coming-of-age story of family, love, and an obnoxiously suicidal girl?  It's hard to explain but it was my favorite so far.  It was really funny, the writing was excellent, and the acting was phenomenal for such a small theater.  I could definitely see it becoming the new indie rom-com.  So far, I haven't paid for any of these shows, which is fantastic.  Next Tuesday, I will be enjoying the opera La Boheme.  For $25 I will be sitting in prime orchestra seating, which means bottom floor center, aka $200 seats.  Being a student is so nice.

I'm so over this weather though.  It's not that much different than Ohio but it's so dreary all of the time.  I miss the sun.  And I can't wait for it to get warm.  I also miss stars.  That's one of the first things I'm going to do when I come home is go out to the park at night and just look at the stars.  I think I've seen like 3 since I've been here.  Having said that, I was blessed today to go to an art exhibit called the Park (I think.)  Essentially it's an indoor park with fake grass and fake trees and fake sunlight.  It was so nice just to go in and have a picnic and pretend that it was spring.  They also have giant pillows that you can lay on and take a nap, read a book, or mack with your boyfriend, which was going on a lot.  There were a bunch of kids running around, playing with balloons and being adorable.  It was nice.  But it's only open through this Monday, so I'm going to hopefully go back tomorrow and get some homework done there, just because it's much less depressing in there than it is outside.

And only because some people (ahem... my father) have been begging for pictures of me, 

here is one of Amy and I from the park.  Clearly nothing has changed.