OK, let’s try this again! I really do want to get back to blogging regularly, things just seem to be a little unorganized at the moment. However, as I am about to tell you, that will soon change.

First off, I’m transferring to a new store . . . today was my last shift at the Starbucks that was “my Starbucks” as a customer, and my first Starbucks home. Our new store is said to be opening on August 4th, but sometimes these things get pushed back a bit, so we’ll see if that actually winds up happening like it’s supposed to. It was sad today though - MANY regulars talked about how they will miss me, and there was a banner and a cake . . . it was really sweet. Oh, and I hit 6 months with the company on the 5th of August, so woo hoo!

OK, enough sadness, onto the AMAZING news! I have been accepted into grad school for next year! This whole things has come together very quickly. A former director of mine (I stage managed Marvin’s Room for him) got me in touch with his wife who is apparently very well connected in the theatre community in this region. I spoke with her on the phone, and she told me about this new program (just graduated their first class this year) that North Carolina School of the Arts is offering - it’s an MFA in Performing Arts Management. Not only is it right up my alley, but it’s right down the road (NCSA is in Winston-Salem). So I contacted the head of the program and went in for what I thought was an informal chat, but wound up being my first interview. We discussed the program (which is set up very similarly to the FSU program), and the possibility of me jumping into their class for this fall at the last minute. This was just over a month ago. Things were left very much up in the air, and then he had to leave town for a couple of weeks.

After much back and forth trying to arrange a time for me to meet with him and the other full time faculty member (who I had not met previously), we finally set a meeting for this past Wednesday. We sat down, talked, reviewed my application (which I had submitted while the head of the program was out of town). They told me that they couldn’t officially tell me if I was in, the admissions department had to do that, but they could tell me if they were recommending me for admission, and they said they would get back to me in the next few days to let me know if they were, in fact, recommending me.

I was quite shocked to check my email Wednesday night with an email saying that they were going to recommend me for admission! So, unless I fail the background check (like that will happen), I’m in! I am currently an unofficial member for the NCSA grad class of 2010! I will be here in Winston-Salem for the next two years, and then the third year of the program is spent in an internship . . . somewhere. They have some people that stay nearby, some people in NYC, some in Boston . . . it just depends.

So yes, I have a life plan, I am SUPER pumped about it, and I can’t wait to get started in September!

Aside from that, my family is doing well, AJ is great, my new apartment is slowly coming together (did I mention I moved 2 weeks ago? - living by myself for the first time EVER - eek!), and I’m loving my job with E. Webscapes. Yay!

Now if only I could convince my mom to let me get a kitten like I want . . .

Oh yeah, almost forgot about the kittens! About a month ago, I helped AJ remodel his condo (repainted EVERYTHING, ripped out the carpet and sanded down and refinished the hardwood floors, picked out all new furniture, the works)! While we were waiting outside for the Chinese delivery guy, a very tiny and very cute little kitten came up to us! We figured he was just a kitten that got loose (actually, at the time we thought he was a she), so we pet him, gave him some water, and then were going to go about our business. Well, the food came and we walked across the street to the park so we could sit at the picnic table to eat. And the kitten followed us! He played in the tree the whole time we ate, coming to us every once and a while for a bite of chicken, and then he followed us back across the street when we went back to AJ’s. At this point we realized he was a stray, so we took him in for the night. The next day we took him to the vet and found out that he was a very healthy 10 week old kitten that we decided to name Jazz.

He is such an awesome cat - so lovable, and playful! I have always always ALWAYS been a dog person, and never in a million years would I think of getting a cat. But Jazz absolutely won my heart over, and I will never feel that way about cats again. Here’s a picture of Jazz when we first got him (he’s grown a lot now) - he’s got really cool markings, including spots on his back:

Well, after about 3 weeks we decided Jazz needed a playmate. So we went to the Humane Society and got another little kitten. This one is even tinier, and we named him Ninja (well, AJ named him . . . I disapproved of that name because it doesn’t suit him, and we never call him that, we always call him “the little one” . . . so there). Here’s a picture of him giving me kisses (bad pic of me, but he’s so cute) - he is COMPLETELY black . . . no white at all:

Anyways, they’re technically AJ’s kittens, and they get to live with him, and I love them so much and they act like I’m their mommy, so I think they’re mine too. But I really would like one (or two) to have at my own place. So, must talk Mama and Daddy into this . . .

Oh yeah - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows? AWESOME!!!!!

Thirteen Things about LINDSEY

1. Moved into the new apartment this week! It is freakin’ huge - it’s awesome. It almost feels live a small house instead of an apartment. Matt and Ben haven’t moved in yet (well, most of Matt’s stuff has, but that’s because it was at my apartment since he’s in Europe right now), so I’m trying to get all the kitchen stuff put away and the living room in order so that when they are ready to move in, it will be ready to go!

2. On Monday we leave for our European cruise! We are all sooooooo crazy excited!

3. Since I will not be in the country on a Thursday until mid-July, this may be my last Thursday Thirteen for a while. I will probably still be able to blog (there is wireless on the ship), but I doubt that I will have enough computer time to make up my TT, and it’s even less likely that that time will be on a Thurday. So . . . we’ll see. Don’t think I’ve abandoned you ;-)!

4. I’ve been trying to get more active in Bookcrossing.com. I always thought that it was a neat concept, but I never really got into it because I didn’t want to get rid of my books. I’m a bookophile (is that a word?), and the thought of leaving my books places was just terrifying. Then I sorted through a ton of my books and found some that I was going to give away anyway, so I released them. I think I may be addicted now - it is soooo rewarding.

5. In my process of rediscovering Bookcrossing.com, I learned that there is a huge community within Bookcrossing.com of people who trade books back and forth. What better way to get rid of one of your old books than to ship it to someone who has a book you want! You get a book that’s on your wishlist, and all it costs is the shipping price of your old book! One site dedicated solely to this is BookRelay. You must be a member of Bookcrossing.com to join, but I’ve already traded 3 books on this site - sooo cool.

6. As a part of getting the new place set-up, I finally got . . . my new computer. Yes, I still have, and primarily use, my laptop, but now I have a pretty shiny new Dell XPS 200 desktop PC! This completes #65 on my 101 in 1001. The PC is the center hub for all our networking in the apartment - not only is our wireless and networking for the 3 laptops run off of here, but it will also network our printers, the TiVo . . . it’s awesome. And, while it is definitely my computer (and Sims 2 and Star Wars KOTOR II will be installed soon), it is also the unofficial MagicMouth computer, so that we have a central place for all of THAT stuff! I’m excited ;-)!

7. Also as a part of the move, I’m sorting through all the papers, notes, and textbooks from my undergraduate classes. This completes #52 on my 101 in 1001.

8. I finally got my email all sorted out and organized. I did this a few months ago, but I’ve kept with it, so now I can cross off #63 on my 101 in 1001.

9. My mom bought us a table and set of chairs for the apartment . . . I mean, a really nice one. Pottery Barn. They are soooo gorgeous, I am in love. Look at them in the mahogany stain!

10. Ben has a pet ferret. His name is Bocephus (which also happens to be my little brother’s childhood nickname, how coincedental is that?). Bocephus is coming to live with us. Any suggestions on keeping my sanity? I’m very concerned about the smell . . .

11. I think I may have to try and convince my family to go to P.F. Chang’s once I get home tomorrow. We had it the day before I left home a couple of weeks ago, but the craving is strong already . . .

12. Does anyone know of any good websites to get rid of old textbooks? I know that you can do it on Amazon and Half.com, but I was wondering if there is some secret place that is good that I don’t know about. I have many that I really want to get rid of . . .

13. Today I will be spending the rest of the day sorting/organizing/cleaning the kitchen. If I’m not too exhausted by the end, perhaps I will work on my room some more. Wish me luck ;-)!

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Well, we went to Winston-Salem last weekend! And now I have all but one piece of furniture up there, which I find very exciting! I still have to finish putting everything away, but it looks significantly better than it did. My bed is soooooooo comfortable! Gotta love that new Stearns & Foster mattress.

Now I’m back here at home getting my room here put back into order. Did some major reorganizing of my CDs, so now that they’re all in order I think I want to do my DVDs, haha. Once I get everything put away I will get that update to my member’s area taken care of.

On Saturday I leave for Winston-Salem again, and I’ll be up there for my birthday - 21, woo hoo!!! I’m so excited. Until then, I think I’ll catch up on my movies and blog reading ;-)!

OK, everyone quit yelling at me to update my blog, I’m updating it now, LOL!!!

Soooo much has happened in the past month or so. This is probably why I haven’t been updating like a good little internet nerd.

Let’s see, the last time that I updated was right after Tales of the Lost Formicans closed. Since then I was the sound board operator at the dance concert and I costume designed a one-act called For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls. It’s a Christopher Durang take-off of Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie. So I had two shows going at one time, and life was really hectic.

Then, once those started to wrap-up I entered Hell Week. Not exam week - the week before exam week. For some reason all the theatre professors decided to make everything due the week before exams. This would make sense if we all had other exams to take - they’d want us to get their stuff out of the way so that we’d have less stress during exam week. However, for the junior theatre majors, all of our classes were theatre classes this semester. Literally, 4 out of my 5 classes were theatre. So this meant that all of our projects, papers, presentations, etc. were all due at the same time. I pulled 3 all-nighters in one week. Let’s hope that the next time I’m that deprived of sleep it’s because I’m on my honeymoon.

So I had a huge scene design project, a paper for my theatre management class, a scene to direct for workshop (and paperwork to go with it) and my prompt book. Oh the prompt book. It’s a ridiculously indepth analysis of the one-act I will be directing in the fall (The American Century, by Murphy Guyer). We turn in our prompt book 3 times - once at the end of junior year, once at the end of the summer, and the final time right after our one-act is performed. So, I turned in almost 100 pages of analysis during this last week of classes when I had all that other stuff due. I have about another 100 pages to do this summer. Yay.

Then, since I had hardly anything to do during exam week cause I was finished by then, I moved into my apartment. Yay, I have an apartment! I just couldn’t deal with living on campus anymore - I needed more space, my own bathroom, and a kitchen. So, I have those things now, and a fireplace. Lindsey is happy! So I moved all my stuff to the apartment all week long, by myself for the most part. But I didn’t mind that too much, cause it was nice to be done with classes.

Then, at the end of exam week, Living Parables left for our annual Florida tour. We went to Jacksonville to my condo for half a week, then Rachel’s house in Orlando for half a week. We only had 2 performances, but it was really nice to just take a week off and hang out with fun friends. We had a spectacular time, I’ll have the pictures up on my Webshots soon.

Then we drove back up to Winston-Salem and I hung out for a few days until graduation. Which was really depressing. A lot of my good friends (including my best friend) graduated, and it didn’t really sink in that they were leaving me until I was at graduation, sitting with my best friend’s family, and I realized that next year she’ll be gone, and I’ll be hanging out with her mom, but without her. This made Lindsey very sad, and she proceeded to invite herself to spend the night at said friend’s house and eat her mommy’s food. I love the Hills.

Then I drove home (tooooooo much driving between NC and FL) on Wednesday the 18th and made it back just in time to go to the 12:01 AM showing of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith! If you haven’t seen it yet, please do, cause you’re really missing out. It was AMAZING! Also depressing, cause this means that its over, but it was a phenomenal movie. Also, Hayden Christensen needs to meet me and marry me. I think that would be a good plan for my life. If you wanna see it, let me know - I’m interested in seeing it again. And again. And again.

So now I’m here at home, getting all my furniture ready to go up to NC next weekend. I’ve also been working a lot on Living Parables stuff, trying to get things ready for next year. I’m really excited about being the Coordinating Director for next year (somewhere I hear Stephanie Hill mocking me for my enthusiasm). The next big plan is to update my website because it’s been so long that I think my members have probably forgotten all about it :-(! I’m hoping to get it updated either tonight or tomorrow night, depending on how fast I can crank out this stationary (and it’s gonna be a huge update, believe you me).

So, I think that’s enough writing for this novel. Expect more updates in a more timely manner. Hopefully I’ll have internet access up in Princeton. Oh, BTW, I didn’t get the job with the theatre department. I’m really not sure why, and it actually upsets me quite a bit, cause I thought that I was a shoe-in. I mean, this job is perfect for me, and I thought I was perfect for it. But, I guess not. So I’m gonna apply for a job with Teach For America’s recruiting staff at Wake Forest (yes, I really am turning into Stephanie, but she’s encouraging it!).

To all my seniors - I love you and will miss you, you better stay in touch or I will hunt you down.
To all my real-life friends - next year will rock, please prepare now ;-).
To all my internet friends - I have so not forgotten you, please forgive me for being away for so long, I can’t wait to hear from all of you.
To the world - go see Star Wars. Also, I will be 21 in 16 days . . . brace yourselves!