Whoa, Update

So I've been slacking on this blog for a whole month! What's been up with me, a lot has been happening this previous month. Most recently I've started a new job. Yay I'm no longer part of that lucky 22%.. I hostess at a Chocolate restaurant in union square. The people are great and yes it is something that I did back in college but I like the fact that I am actually working, you can only sit on your ass for so long. I've been at it only a few days but it's been good to me. I also have been working on another book. It's turning out well, I love it when I have something to work on. The outline is finished. I read "A million little pieces" it was all good until my friends informed me that it was all a big fucking lie. That totally killed it for me, James Grey should have just been like yo none of this happened hope you like the show. It was still a good book though, half way through I was like, yeah none of this happened, weird shit happens every day but if this happened in this order you must have been high through rehab or high while writing the book or both. And how convenient that half the people in the story are supposedly dead in the updates... OK, I'm done.

At least I'm into me...

So I went and saw the movie He's just not that into and then I got the book and I think they both should be retitled to "He's just a fucking asshole, P.S. Get over it." Which is cool because that has been my guy mantra since my last XY chromosome experience went all to hell. Now the movie was cute, I was actually surprised I liked it, I was verrry apprehensive about watching it fearing I would leave the theater depressed or in tears but no I was good. Midway through I was wondering since I have been through nearly all those experiences do I win a fucking prize at the end. Nope, not even a bag of popcorn. Never the less it was worth my $12.50. I don't think I learned anything new though cause I once had my sage-esque best friend explain this shit to me.

So now I am reading the book and I am happy to report that most of these excuses that girls come up with I haven't done since my early college years so I'm good. I am now wondering if anyone has actually used the advice with some success and furthermore, why do women fucking do this excuses thing. It's beyond me. Not that I have never done it. Whatever. This is why I am over it... the whole scene... fuck it

Buy this Book

My friend Shores self-published this really funny book. Called Lotto, Scratchers and Tall Cans. It reminds me of a book a young George Carlin or Bill Maher would write. It's smartly written and sarcastically funny as hell. It's published on Lulu.com you can click on the title of this blog or go to Lulu and search Ryan Shores if you're interested. 

Read a freakin' book...

I'm leaving next Wednesday for San Diego, I am so excited to see my family, friends and dogs again. I'm taking the train which is a 3 day journey, I've heard both arguments for it, some people describe it as almost zen like and others tell me I will be so bored. I am bringing enough reading and movies so I think I'll be good. I went to Barnes and Noble yesterday looking for the new Maya Angelou book: Letter to my Daughter. My God, I am nearly finished with it and it is my favorite book she has written so far. The eloquence of this amazing woman is beyond anything I can hope to achieve. There was a book signing a week or two ago which I missed and am still a little angry about but I have seen her speak before in high school which I will remember forever. As she nears the dawn of her life this book is a treasure that she leaves to us, It makes me think of Kurt Vonnegut's last book: Man without a County (at least it was supposed to be) which is pretty great too.
Lately I've been on a reading kick, It started with my computer being in the shop, I've decided to read the entire Strand 80. I've already read 22 of them which was pretty impressive. I'm getting really into Ayn Rand she's not what I expected at all.

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1. Maya Angelou
2. Anais Nin
3. Ayn Rand
4. Kurt Vonnegut
5. Paulo Coelho

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Too Much Jane Austen Meets Puggy Thoughts:


I finally picked up Pride and Prejudice after years of saying that it wasn't my thing but since I decided to do this whole side study of love and romance I thought I'd give it a chance. I'm actually liking it so far, it's not as painful a read as I thought it would be.
I miss my pugs so much. There was a storm this morning and I missed having them to hug with me under the covers. Stupid New York no pet leases. There's just something about a dog being there when you get home that is comforting. I've never been into Cats. I don't get their personalities and I am terribly allergic to them. Plus I love ugly dog faces, There's something about seeing a dog with a face that looks like it was hit by a frying pan that makes me laugh and smile.

The Countdown & Reading the leaves

During last nights rehearsals it finally hit that we open in four days!! Oh my god that is so crazy. I'm ready for it, I'm excited, I saw the rough copy of the program and I was just in awe. Wow, my bio is in a NYC program. I'm doing theatre professionally this is such a dream come true. I feel like all my hard work and tears are leading up to this and whether or not people like the play or whatever anyone says about it, I am proud. To think two years ago when I gave all this up to just let it reside in the back of my brain as a silly dream that wouldn't happen, all the talks ("well if I ever decided to do this I would go to New York instead of L.A") about "if", has now become I am, and it's a wonderful feeling.



I'm currently reading Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, I'm not going to front like I'm all smart, I'll admit it is fairly difficult for me to understand at times. The poetry is unlike anything I have ever read before and it is not easy to understand some of the ways he flows his words but there are quite a number of points that he makes and descriptions that I absolutely love. I saw a biography on PBS about him which got me interested in reading the book. A very tragic figure, but an incredibly powerful writer.