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Darnit. I started out SO WELL.

I just discovered this new layout... which I really enjoy. I can't change the colors/have my gadgets/anything pretty... but I still like it. Maybe they'll make it more customizable soon.

The good news is that the reason I've been so absent is I have been a whole lotta busy. Bulleted list to fill you in? Ok. If you insist.

• I successfully completed my 30 day Bikram Yoga challenge, and I truly feel amazing.
• I bought a new computer which will make my entire life so much easier.
• I am currently developing a web series with a new friend I met at an audition.
• I was cast in a new dark comedy which will run at the end of October.
• I completed my first season with The Actors Project NYC and had a very successful showcase. No, I still don't have an agent, but I was asked back for another season and am going to MAKE IT A PRIORITY and really put myself out there.
• I chopped my hair off.
  
• Since I chopped my hair off, I am getting new headshots done tomorrow with Peter Hurley.
• I am working on designing the logo for the new bar "Hair of the Dog" opening in December.
• I am still going to yoga almost every day.
• Still working at my damn bar...
• Designing a series of yoga shirts.
• My mother came to visit and we had an AMAZING TIME.
• Started a new 10 week monologue class at The Barrow Group Theatre Company.
• Sleeping when I get a chance... or if the following bullets don't distract me:
  
• Dating/making poor decisions about men(boys).
  
• ALLY MCBEAL IS STREAMING ON NETFLIX
• XFILES IS STREAMING ON NETFLIX
• The return of Modern Family, Parks and Rec, Community, How I Met Your Mother, 30 Rock, Dexter... etc.
  

So... I know everyone is busy, and I need to prioritize things a bit more. Like... maybe those last 4 bullets aren't so important...

I promise to pop in more often. I'm so bad at this... but I will try harder. Thanks for stopping in. Next post will be way more awesomer (grammar). And just so you feel reading this wasn't a complete waste of your time, enjoy this awesome article:

http://gizmodo.com/5843117/scientists-reconstruct-video-clips-from-brain-activity

Armageddon...?

Well, August wound down in a very dramatic fashion. I kinda feel like August had an identity crisis and thought it was March... coming in like a lamb and going out like a lion. Between the earthquake and the hurricane making headlines in NYC within a few days, I was certainly searching the skies for the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse.

Honestly... New Yorkers are SO dramatic. I mean... I'm pretty sure that New Yorkers believe that NYC is the center of the universe. No. Not pretty sure. 100% sure. So much so that a mere few hours after the earthquake happened (which was really just an aftershock of the earthquake that actually was in VA and caused actual damage there), there were already t-shirts for sale which read "I survived the NYC earthquake." Really? REALLY PEOPLE?

Then came Hurricane Irene. The entire situation reminded me SO MUCH of Katrina. The way the media was acting like we were all surely going to die, and the way the public was half concerned, but mostly just excited for the excuse to drink away the weekend. I must admit, I got a bit nervous. When things like this are being shown on television, it's hard not to:



I mean, 1 of 2 things could have happened. What occurs in the above mentioned video (worst case scenario) and what really happened. Honestly, I feel like NY has gotten a lot of flack for over reacting, what with evacuations and shutting down the entire MTA service for 2 whole days... but... having seen first hand the devastation of Katrina (in a city that was a little "laissez faire" about the whole thing)... I'm glad NYC was overly prepared. Because if it HAD been bad... well... lotsa people would have met a soggy end.

However... Irene actually did cause a lot of damage and death and devastation along her path... but just like the media focused on New Orleans after Katrina, NYC seemed to be the main focus of Irene. Maybe that's just because I live here, though. Was it like that in the rest of the country?

And now we come to a day that actually DOES involve NYC, and actually DOES deserve all of the media attention it garnered in the past and will continue to receive. It's September, and although September 11th is my beautiful sister's birthday, the 2 year anniversary of my moving to NYC, and the first day I'm allowed an alcoholic beverage after having given up the juice on August 9th... it's most importantly the 10 year anniversary of the tragic event we all refer to as "Nine Eleven". I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little nervous. Every September 11 since that fateful day has been a little nerve wracking to the general population. But this year... the 10 year mark... I don't know... it's just a little scarier.

Do you think people felt this way in the years following Pearl Harbor on December 7th? I mean... these days I'm willing to bet that at least 1/2 of the US population doesn't even know anything significant happened on December 7th. In 50 years, will the US population feel that way about September 11th? Crazy to imagine.

However, I'd like to leave you on a little more positive note. Here's an article I found after googling "Come on Irene." You know the song "Come on Eileen"? Well, at my bar, the entire weekend of Hurricane Irene, "Come on Eileen" was mistakenly requested as "Come on Irene." It's an interesting little article which may help to explain why I hate talking on the phone so much, and yet enjoy Skype. Just l'arn somethin' new ever' day, y'all!