Harry Potter - The End of an Era

On Monday I finally saw the last installment of the Harry Potter movies.  Yes, I know, you must be shocked that I, Allison, self-proclaimed Harry Potter fanatic and obsessee (is that even a word?) not only didn't go see the midnight premiere but waited a whole 3 days before watching the movie.  But here's the thing.  I just don't care that much about the Harry Potter movies (waits for gasps all around).  I know I know, it's crazy, but the movies always make me a little bit mad.  They always seem to leave out things that are really important while putting in random things that don't make any sense.  Also, I've done the whole midnight movie premiere before and to tell you the truth...I don't find it that exciting unless I'm with a whole bunch of friends.  So there were several reasons why I waited so long to see it.  One, I didn't really want to, Two, I didn't really have anyone who wanted to go with me to see it at midnight, and Three, well there isn't a third thing but lists should be in threes.

So anyway, before I get completely derailed, the point of the story is I did go see the movie and I learned something.  Did you know that if you see a movie before Noon then it is SOOOO much cheaper?  As in a normal movie in NYC that starts after noon costs $13, a 3D film is $17 and an Imax film is $20.  $20 for a movie!?!!?  Now that's crazy.  BUT before noon the prices are $8, $10, and $13 respectively.  You have to wake up early, but the savings are amazing.  With pricing in mind, a couple friends and I decided that if we went before noon we could splurge for the Imax 3D version....at 9am.  So yes.  I got up at 7 in the morning in order to get down to the theatre and watch a 9am film.  Now that's dedication.  The best part was there were barely any people in the theatre (maybe 20?) and when we left the theatre there was already a huge line forming for the next showing.  So basically it was a win all around.

As far as the movie itself goes, I really enjoyed it.  I think the series really went out with a bang.  Of course there were parts of the movie that bugged me, but for the most part I thought they did a good job. And yes, I even teared up a little when certain characters met with their demise.  It's weird to think it's over.  I guess it will never be completely over and I feel less sad at the end of the movies than I did at the end of the books, but it is still weird to think about.  I hope JK Rowling always pulls something new out of her sleeve.

I started reading the Harry Potter books just after the 4th book (The Goblet of Fire) was released.  That was 2000.  That means I've been a part of the phenomenon for 11 years!  That is almost half of my life!  I've been to two midnight book releases (it would have been 3 but we were in DC and couldn't find a bookstore close enough to our hotel that was doing a midnight release).  I've been to one midnight movie release.  I've been to two Harry Potter conferences (one in Las Vegas, the other in Toronto, Canada).  I was a part of Harry Potter Club at Willamette for 3 years, and was a co-president for one of those years.  I've done Harry Potter themed crafts, I've made Harry Potter themed foods, and yes, I own a complete Ravenclaw House Hogwarts uniform including robes, wand, and a pleated skirt (my mom made the skirt).

It's weird to think that the series has come to yet another ending.  But never fear!  It still exists in the hearts of people like me :)  Plus there's always a trip to the Wizarding World at Universal Studios to dream about!

Hair!

On Sunday I went to see the Broadway production of Hair.  It had closed but I guess it was so popular that they decided to bring it back for a limited summer run.  I was happy about that since I never had a chance to see it when it was on Broadway before.  It is actually a really really fun show.  It's definitely a hippie show and the music is awesome.  I had a great time!  During the show the actors come off the stage and dance and interact with the audience.  We were sitting in the mezzanine and they even came up there!  At one point, right before the characters are all going to a rally to burn their draft cards, the actors came up and handed out flyers and daisies :)  (See picture below).  Also, at the end of the show they invite anyone who wants to to come up onstage and dance with the cast!  So tons of people crowded on stage and they sang a reprise of "Let the Sunshine In".  It was pretty cool.

Note to self:  Buy more bell bottoms.

Flower and Flyer from the show

The title song ("Hair") is one of my favorites from the show.  Here it is presented at the 2009 Tony Awards :)

Clamming Adventure!

One quick note before I start this post.  Have you noticed that a lot of my post titles include the word "Adventure"?  I just realized that.  I think it's because life is an adventure.

But anyway, what I'm here to talk about is a little thing I like to call clamming.  While I was in Oregon I was sitting around, minding my own business, when my mother turns to me and said, "Victor wants me to go clamming with him tomorrow morning.  Do you want to go?"  What followed was a very long and involved conversation about what time we would have to wake up (4am), whether or not I had a rain jacket left at home (I did), whether or not I could even go if I don't have a shellfish license (If I don't actually do any of the digging I could go to watch), whether or not I had waterproof shoes (I didn't but I could borrow my mom's).  I was almost convinced but still a little wary at getting up so early in the morning when I was supposed to be on vacation when I was bribed with the idea that I could bring along my video camera and document the trip.  So I packed up all my gear, said I'd see how I felt when it became 4am, and went to sleep.

At 4am my mom and I dragged ourselves out of bed and got ready to go meet Victor.  Now let's talk a little bit about why Victor wanted to drag everybody out to the beach at low tide.  One, apparently he thinks these kinds of things are fun (ok, so actually it was a ton of fun but shhh, that'll be our little secret).  Two, Victor (and Charles) write this really amazing blog call Savor The Taste Of Oregon.  It has all kinds of stories and recipes, all having to do with food and fun in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.  The blog is very cool, especially if you enjoy cooking so definitely go check it out.

Here is the post that Victor wrote about our adventures and while you're there you can check out the rest of their blog.  On it you can see a shortened version of the video I made (see full video later in this post) and you can also see a pretty cool video of how Charles ended up cleaning the clams.  GO CHECK IT OUT!  www.Savor The Taste Of Oregon.com

Anyway, so now that you've read the full description, here are a few photos and the video from our adventure.

Bucket O' Clams

Victor and my mom with their bounty

See...I touched the clams too!

And now, the piéce de résistance: The video I made of our journey entitled The Clamming Caper. Please enjoy.  Also remember that the it was reaaaaaaaaaallllly early in the morning with not much sleep.  So we were a little goofy ^_^

Back to NY

Hi all,

Just a quick note to inform everyone that I did indeed arrive home safely to NY.  My first flight had many many screaming children but at least it wasn't delayed and I had my own little tv set in my seat.  Headphones are remarkable inventions.  The second flight got delayed WHILE they were boarding it!  That's never happened to me before!  They were in the middle of boarding zone 3 when the airline person looked at the board behind her and noticed it had started flashing our take off time as 7:40 instead of 7:04.  So she stopped the boarding process and made a few phone calls.  Turns out our flight was delayed.  So the people who had already boarded I guess just sat there on the plane while the rest of us sat in the terminal for another 30min or so.  Oh well.  The rest of the flight was ok, it was a little bumpy as we neared NY and the landing was the roughest landing I think I've ever had on a flight.  It definitely went kerchunk and hit the ground really hard.  I guess the pilot didn't want anybody sleeping?  It took a long time to wait for my luggage to come out on the conveyor and then the line for taxis was really really long.  So even though I arrived a little after 11pm, I don't think I actually go into the taxi until about 12:20am or so.  Then there was so much traffic because of all the construction.  But I finally made it close to 1am!

I can tell I'm definitely jet lagged lol but hopefully that will go away soon.

Today my goal is to unpack, see some friends, and hopefully the boxes I shipped will arrive today.  I do have an adventure to talk about from my trip to Oregon but I'll write about that later after I wake up a little more.

Cheers!
Allison the tired traveler

Family Seattle Trip

I've had a lovely visit to Seattle this last week!  We've been celebrating my grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary.  60 years!  That's a long time!  So basically we've been doing all of the touristy things that one does when one visits Seattle.  It's definitely a cool city.  Here are the highlights:

The Pikes Place Market

The Space Needle

View from the Space Needle

Another view from the Space Needle.  That funny looking building is the EMP

Sculpture inside the EMP - The EMP is the Experience Music Project
Basically it's a huge museum for music and sci-fi

I got my fortune told!

Me with my grandparents :)

My Grandma got crab...mmmm

On the ferry to Bainbridge Island

View of the city from the ferry

And that's the trip!  I still have a few days at home before heading back to the big city.  It will be nice to relax a little!

Candy and Rock & Roll

For one of my lunches with a friend this week we ended up going to the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square.  The only other time I've ever been to a Hard Rock Cafe was when I visited Spain in high school.  We didn't end up eating there because it was so expensive, but I do remember I bought a t-shirt.  :)  So anyway, this was the first time I've ever eaten inside a Hard Rock and it was actually pretty cool.  They have a lot of really neat rock and roll items up on the walls and the food was actually quite yummy.  It's not somewhere I would want to go all the time but on rare occasions it is a pretty fun place to go.

The inside of the restaurant

On the Sunday before I left for Oregon my friend and I decided to check out Dylan's Candy Bar.  This place was AMAZING.  It is a giant candy store owned by Ralph Lauren's (the clothing designer) daughter.  It has two floors full of candy and the 3rd floor is a small cafe where you can get ice cream and other treats.  Basically it was awesome!

The stairs were actually made of candy!

This was on the landing of the stairs

Ice cream!

The booths were shaped like cupcakes!

The rest of the cafe

And then, as a random side note.  During the day when I've walked past Columbia there have been these giant inflatable rats set up.  It has something to do with someone protesting something about Columbia but I don't really know specifics, I just thought the rats were kind of creepy so I should share :)

Creepy, right?

Concerts and Glee

This has been such an insane week. Not only did I get to see How to Succeed again on Saturday and then the Tonys were on Sunday (see previous post), but the entire week was such a wonderfully fun and exciting week! I got to have lunch with several friends which is always a good time. Then, on Wednesday, I got to see Darren Criss perform live!! For those who may not know, Darren Criss plays the character of Blaine (from the Warblers) in the tv show Glee. Darren Criss is also adorable and seems like such a cool, funny, down to earth, and extremely talented guy. So anyway I found out a couple weeks ago that he was going to be performing so I got tickets and went with a few friends! The line turned out to be crazy and it was a standing concert but it was completely worth it!

Waiting in line

The line outside the theatre - it actually wrapped around the block

Darren Criss!

Here is a clip of Darren Criss from the concert that somebody filmed and put on youtube. This was taken from a heck of a lot closer than I was standing haha!



Funny story - after the concert my friend and I were taking the subway back and we saw one of the actresses in How to Succeed! She was heading home (I presume) after the show that night. Having recognized her, we decided to talk to her and she was the nicest person ever! She said how much fun she was having in the show and she seemed to enjoy the fact that we recognized her and were gushing about the show. It was Ellen Harvey, who plays Miss Jones in the show. She's the one in the Brotherhood of Man clip who sings and goes back and forth on the table. So that was very exciting!

Then, on Saturday was the Glee Live tour!!! Now that was a blast. We were pretty high up in the arena but we had a great view of the stage and could see the actors close up on a big video screen, plus I brought my binoculars.  The show was at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island so we had to take a train to get there.  But we figured it out and everything went off without a hitch!

On the train to Long Island

The stage before the show

Me!

So long story short......I love Glee and they are all amazing performers and singers and put on an incredible performance!

Tony Update

First of all the Tonys were AWESOME this year!  Neil Patrick Harris makes an awesome host and this time was no different.  Many of my predictions were correct, and many were not but it was still a great show!  I thought in this post I'd share some of my favorite moments from last night.  At first I thought I'd also include the clips to all of the nominated musicals...but there are too many good moments and I don't want this post to be unbearably long, so I'll just share the highlights.

Starting off, Neil Patrick Harris was great.  He performed an opening number with several chorus members of the different nominated shows. He even got the audience involved! Brook Shields may be about to perform 8 shows a week in The Adams Family, but apparently she can't read a teleprompter :P



My next favorite Neil Patrick Harris moment was a bit between him and Hugh Jackman. Hugh Jackman has also hosted the Tonys before as well as won a Tony for his role in The Boy From Oz. So in the middle of the show the two ended up having a dance/sing/host off! It is all kinds of awesome.



As you may have noticed from my many posts about it. I really liked How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and may have seen it a total of 3 times (You have to love rush tickets!). So no blog post about the Tonys would be complete without the clip from How To Succeed. It may have only won one Tony but it is still a fun musical to see and sing along to.



The musical that just about swept the board last night, winning 9 Tonys (it was nominated for 14) and taking home Best Musical was The Book of Mormon. I definitely want to see this show. It is also sold out until late August so I think it will be around for a while. For those that don't know, it is the brain child of the two South Park creators paired with the guy who wrote Avenue Q. So...don't go if you are easily offended. But, if you like South Park and you like musicals, you may just like this musical. I've listened to the songs online and they are pretty risque, but it seems like a very funny smart musical. So here is the song they performed at the Tonys called "I Believe"



The two plays that won quite a bit were War Horse and The Normal Heart, both of which I now want to see :) I may miss The Normal Heart though because I think it will close before I'll have a chance to see it, it was a limited run anyway. Sad, but that's how these things go sometimes.

Two more clips.

This show was not nominated for anything and I'm not really sure why they performed but it is just so much fun I thought I'd include their clip anyway. So here is "It's Raining Men" by the cast of Pricilla, Queen of the Desert.



And finally, Neil Patrick wraps up the whole show...with a rap of course!

It's the Tonys!!!!!

Tonight is the Tony Awards and I will be watching along with the rest of America (or the ones who love theatre I suppose) on tv all the while knowing that they are taking place roughly 50 blocks from where I am sitting :)

So since it's Tony day, I thought I'd share with you my Tony predictions for tonight.  Keep in mind...I'm usually wrong and I tend to favor the shows I've seen and I've only had the chance to see one of the nominees (How to Succeed).  My choices are based on what I like and also who I think will probably win based on what I've heard in the news.  But just for funsies here's what my ballot would look like!

Oh, and on a side note I saw How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying again last night....for the 3rd time...hehehe

Back to the Tonys!  My picks are highlighted in green.

Nominations for the 2011 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards®
Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing

Best Play

Good People

Author: David Lindsay-Abaire
Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove

Jerusalem

Author: Jez Butterworth
Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Stuart Thompson, Scott Rudin, Roger Berlind, Royal Court Theatre Productions, Beverly Bartner/Alice Tulchin, Dede Harris/Rupert Gavin, Broadway Across America, Jon B. Platt, 1001 Nights/Stephanie P. McClelland, Carole L. Haber/Richard Willis, Jacki Barlia Florin/Adam Blanshay

The Motherf**ker with the Hat

Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis
Producers: Scott Rudin, Stuart Thompson, Public Theater Productions, Oskar Eustis, Joey Parnes, Labyrinth Theater Company, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Mimi O'Donnell, Yul Vázquez, Danny Feldman, Fabula Media Partners LLC, Jean Doumanian, Ruth Hendel, Carl Moellenberg, Jon B. Platt, Tulchin Bartner/Jamie deRoy

War Horse

Author: Nick Stafford
Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten, National Theatre of Great Britain, Nicholas Hytner, Nick Starr, Bob Boyett, War Horse LP

Best Musical

The Book of Mormon

Producers: Anne Garefino, Scott Rudin, Roger Berlind, Scott M. Delman, Jean Doumanian, Roy Furman, Important Musicals LLC, Stephanie P. McClelland, Kevin Morris, Jon B. Platt, Sonia Friedman Productions, Stuart Thompson

Catch Me If You Can

Producers: Margo Lion, Hal Luftig, Stacey Mindich, Yasuhiro Kawana, Scott & Brian Zeilinger, The Rialto Group, The Araca Group, Michael Watt, Barbara & Buddy Freitag, Jay & Cindy Gutterman/Pittsburgh CLO, Elizabeth Williams, Johnny Roscoe Productions/Van Dean, Fakston Productions/Solshay Productions, Patty Baker/Richard Winkler, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., Warren Trepp, Remmel T. Dickinson, Paula Herold/Kate Lear, Stephanie P. McClelland, Jamie deRoy, Barry Feirstein, Rainerio J. Reyes, Rodney Rigby, Loraine Boyle, Amuse Inc., Joseph & Matthew Deitch/Cathy Chernoff, Joan Stein/Jon Murray, The 5th Avenue Theatre

The Scottsboro Boys

Producers: Barry and Fran Weissler, Jacki Barlia Florin, Janet Pailet/Sharon A. Carr/Patricia R. Klausner, Nederlander Presentations, Inc./The Shubert Organization, Beechwood Entertainment, Broadway Across America, Mark Zimmerman, Adam Blanshay/R2D2 Productions, Rick Danzansky/Barry Tatelman, Bruce Robert Harris/Jack W. Batman, Allen Spivak/Jerry Frankel, Bard Theatricals/Probo Productions/Randy Donaldson, Catherine Schreiber/Michael Palitz/Patti Laskawy, Vineyard Theatre

Sister Act

Producers: Whoopi Goldberg & Stage Entertainment, The Shubert Organization and Disney Theatrical Productions

Best Book of a Musical

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Alex Timbers

The Book of Mormon

Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone

The Scottsboro Boys

David Thompson

Sister Act

Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

The Book of Mormon

Music & Lyrics: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone

The Scottsboro Boys

Music & Lyrics: John Kander & Fred Ebb

Sister Act

Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Glenn Slater

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek

Best Revival of a Play

Arcadia

Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Roger Berlind, Stephanie P. McClelland, Scott M. Delman, Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Disney Theatrical Group, Robert G. Bartner, Olympus Theatricals, Douglas Smith, Janine Safer Whitney

The Importance of Being Earnest

Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy

The Merchant of Venice

Producers: The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, Andrew D. Hamingson, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Debbie Bisno & Eva Price, Amy Nederlander, Jonathan First, Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Merritt Forrest Baer, The Araca Group, Broadway Across America, Joseph & Matthew Deitch, JK Productions, Terry Allen Kramer, Cathy Chernoff/Jay & Cindy Gutterman, Mallory Factor/Cheryl Lachowicz, Joey Parnes, The Shubert Organization

The Normal Heart

Producers: Daryl Roth, Paul Boskind, Martian Entertainment, Gregory Rae, Jayne Baron Sherman/Alexander Fraser

Best Revival of a Musical

Anything Goes

Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Producers: Broadway Across America, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Joseph Smith, Michael McCabe, Candy Spelling, Takonkiet Viravan/Scenario Thailand, Hilary A. Williams, Jen Namoff/Fakston Productions, Two Left Feet Productions/Power Arts, Hop Theatricals, LLC/Paul Chau/Daniel Frishwasser/Michael Jackowitz, Michael Speyer-Bernie Abrams/Jacki Barlia Florin-Adam Blanshay/Arlene Scanlan/TBS Service

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Brian Bedford, The Importance of Being Earnest
Bobby Cannavale, The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart
Al Pacino, The Merchant of Venice
Mark Rylance, Jerusalem

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Nina Arianda, Born Yesterday
Frances McDormand, Good People
Lily Rabe, The Merchant of Venice
Vanessa Redgrave, Driving Miss Daisy
Hannah Yelland, Brief Encounter

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can
Josh Gad, The Book of Mormon
Joshua Henry, The Scottsboro Boys
Andrew Rannells, The Book of Mormon
Tony Sheldon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Beth Leavel, Baby It's You!
Patina Miller, Sister Act
Donna Murphy, The People in the Picture

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Mackenzie Crook, Jerusalem
Billy Crudup, Arcadia
John Benjamin Hickey, The Normal Heart
Arian Moayed, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Yul Vázquez, The Motherf**ker with the Hat

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart
Edie Falco, The House of Blue Leaves
Judith Light, Lombardi
Joanna Lumley, La Bête
Elizabeth Rodriguez, The Motherf**ker with the Hat

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Colman Domingo, The Scottsboro Boys
Adam Godley, Anything Goes
John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Forrest McClendon, The Scottsboro Boys
Rory O'Malley, The Book of Mormon

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Tammy Blanchard, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Victoria Clark, Sister Act
Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon
Patti LuPone, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Todd Rosenthal, The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Rae Smith, War Horse
Ultz, Jerusalem
Mark Wendland, The Merchant of Venice

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Beowulf Boritt, The Scottsboro Boys
Derek McLane, Anything Goes
Scott Pask, The Book of Mormon
Donyale Werle, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Best Costume Design of a Play

Jess Goldstein, The Merchant of Venice
Desmond Heeley, The Importance of Being Earnest
Mark Thompson, La Bête
Catherine Zuber, Born Yesterday

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Martin Pakledinaz, Anything Goes
Ann Roth, The Book of Mormon
Catherine Zuber, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Paule Constable, War Horse
David Lander, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Kenneth Posner, The Merchant of Venice
Mimi Jordan Sherin, Jerusalem

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Ken Billington, The Scottsboro Boys
Howell Binkley, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Peter Kaczorowski, Anything Goes
Brian MacDevitt, The Book of Mormon

Best Sound Design of a Play

Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Simon Baker, Brief Encounter
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Jerusalem
Christopher Shutt, War Horse

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Peter Hylenski, The Scottsboro Boys
Steve Canyon Kennedy, Catch Me If You Can
Brian Ronan, Anything Goes
Brian Ronan, The Book of Mormon

Best Direction of a Play

Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, War Horse
Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart
Anna D. Shapiro, The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Daniel Sullivan, The Merchant of Venice

Best Direction of a Musical

Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys

Best Choreography

Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw, The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys

Best Orchestrations

Doug Besterman, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Larry Hochman, The Scottsboro Boys

Larry Hochman & Stephen Oremus, The Book of Mormon
Marc Shaiman & Larry Blank, Catch Me If You Can

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Tony Nominations by Production

The Book of Mormon - 14

The Scottsboro Boys - 12

Anything Goes - 9

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - 8

The Merchant of Venice - 7

Jerusalem - 6

The Motherf**ker with the Hat - 6

The Normal Heart - 5

Sister Act - 5

War Horse - 5

Catch Me If You Can - 4

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo - 3

The Importance of Being Earnest - 3

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown - 3

Arcadia - 2

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson - 2

Born Yesterday - 2

Brief Encounter - 2

Good People - 2

La Bête - 2

Priscilla Queen of the Desert - 2

Baby It's You! - 1

Driving Miss Daisy - 1

The House of Blue Leaves - 1

Lombardi - 1

The People in the Picture - 1

Air Conditioners Are Amazing

Big news!  I just got an air conditioner :)  It is a magical magical thing.  I just couldn't handle my hot room anymore so the other day I went out and bought one.  It makes my life so much better!

That was really the only news I have.  But also I had to read this article for class today, well actually I've hard to read it for other classes as well, and thought some of my readers might find it interesting.

http://tv.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/magazine/24TV.html?pagewanted=4

It's about how television is actually awesome and it is based on a book by Steven Johnson called "Everything Bad Is Good for You"  It's an interesting read at any rate.  So Enjoy!