a weekend in the city.....

i'm very glad that I was able to go to NYC this weekend and see The Gates in Central Park.....it was a very cool experience to see them....especially against the backdrop of the remaining snow.....derek and I took lots of pictures and had a great time seeing this amazing Christo exhibit....

we also got to see Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Women, and La Cage aux Folles......all very good shows, but Little Women was really good....especially if you like the weepy family stories.....Sutton Foster is a really great performer and well deserves any of the accolades that she gets.....

but now i'm back at Suffolk University.....trying to make it through the day......sometimes getting to do really fun things has an adverse effect......shows you how little fun you have during a normal day.....that's my goal....to find ways to enjoy the mundane tasks of my day......

shooting for the stars.......

screw fear......screw that i am not qualified.......screw the hurdles......i'm going to at least try!

there was a job posting today for an Assitant General Manager/Human Resources Officer with the American Repertory Theatre. This is normally not a job that I think I would be qualified for, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it does fit with my background and my current education and it's Human Resources, a facet of management that really interests me....so I sent my resume....and what's more....i'm trying to get my current boss (who has mad connections with ART, including a book she just wrote about it's past Artistic Director) to put in a good word for me to see if that will at least get me a foot in the door.......i mean....this is my career....my life......be foolish not to at least try, huh??......

it's really the small things.....

so my boyfriend and I bought the EXACT same card for each other for Valentine's Day........being in sync is kinda cool.....and to make the evening even better he brought home chocolates for us to eat and let me have all the caramel ones =)

tonight i was on break from class and discovered one of the most stressful things......it's that moment between pressing your selection on the vending machine until the "snack" falls safely to the bottom.....i stop breathing and wait with tense shoulders to make sure that everything goes okay and that my food makes it safely to the tray.......hmm....

frustrated and anxious....

let's face it.....i'm a secretary.....a administrative assistant on a busy day......but that's all.....that's all my job at Suffolk University is......and for that reason I hate it...(okay if I'm being honest I hate it for many other reasons, but that's a big one).......I'm in my second semester of graduate school for arts administration and I can't help but feel that I am incredibly over qualified for the job that I do now........and it's just not the education that makes me say that.....its the jobs that I've held in the past......I've done much more than what I am doing now......so you may ask......why am I still here?.......you got fucking me......no...wait.....i'm here because this was how life/fate/destiny/God (whatever you call it) got me to Boston and engaged to Derek.....so for that I am extremely grateful.....but now it's time to go......it's time for me to find another job that can take me to the next step in my career and get me that much closer to my goals of upper administration in New York.....there's only one thing.....THERE ARE NO FUCKING JOBS HERE IN BOSTON.......sigh....

weddings and red wine.....

so derek and i have finally set a date......August 20th......having an actual date makes the whole thing so much more concrete than it has been....in a good way.....i can't believe that in about 7 months I will be a married man.....legally......i would have never believed it would ever happen.....

we also started looking at honeymoon destinations over the last few days....we had initially thought we would to Tuscany and vacation around various Italian cities.....but after looking into vacation packages on gotoday.com and other sites it seems that Italy may be a little out of our price range.....so our second choice (and equally exciting) is London......that seems to be much more into our price range.....although I did tell him that we would not be seeing that many shows while we are there...one or two at the most....i'm not spending my entire honeymoon seeing shows....the foot has been put down......but otherwise the prospects are very very exciting....and I had my Mom send me my birth cert so I could get my passport soon !!! =)

i saw a really great movie this last weekend....Sideways.....i highly recommend going and seeing it if you haven't........i can't really describe why I like it so much except for the general comments like...it has a well written script with great moments and wonderful characters, etc......but i think my connection to it comes through the side plot of the experience of wine tastings and the characters love of wine......in the last couple of years i have really fallen in love with the experience of drinking red wine......i love the taste....the fun of opening a new bottle.....the slight sophistication you feel.....everything.....and seeing that lifestyle portrayed in the movie made it that much more endearing to me.....

sigh....sometimes i fear i have become a slightly boring person in the last year or so.....