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Here's the latest goings on:

Friday we had our first person start crying in class, unfortunately it was due to how much of a you-know-what the teacher was being rather than some kind of important emotional breakthrough. Sucky. This teacher is really a butthead. Not naming names. That evening I had a lovely WR with Elizabeth Victoria Joblin during which I was introduced to A Very Potter Musical, aka the funniest thing I've seen EVER. You can watch it on youtube and you SHOULD watch it on youtube. It's amazing!!

Saturday I forced myself to get up and go to the gym, then headed to the park (the Central one) with my breathing partner (what a hilarious title) and buddy Jake to do our Vocal Production practicing. The practicing didn't happen. The park was too dang awesome, and then we happened upon this huge mystery museum and were unavoidably drawn in. It turned out to be the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and begged to be explored, so we gave in and bought a ticket- Did you know that prices at almost all museums in NYC are 'recommended'? You can pay whatever you darn well want to! Score one for the cheap people!

After that it was time for a real adventure: All throughout the day I'd been playing phone tag with this guy named Paul Miller who had a personal assistant position available at his apartment in Greenwich Village. After I finally got out of the museum at 7, he decided to go ahead and just get the interview over with and I could come out there right then. I'd never been to Greenwich Village. I rarely take the subway (read rarely as 'never'). But okay! So I called in a new-guy-in-the-big-city favor and frantically called my friend Alex to find out which trains to take. She wonderfully informed me of a one-train direct route and I was on my way. Well, naturally, that train wasn't running it's normal route on the weekend. Thankfully, I'm not ashamed to ask the random man standing next to me what the hell I'm supposed to do, and it was a simple one train transfer and one more stop. I found the apartment, interviewed/chatted with the guy and landed the most relaxed, come when I want to assistant job for $12/hr. Oh yeah!

So I headed back to the room, but couldn't just sit still! The night was young! So I sent out a text inquiring who wanted to do something chill and The Social Network was seen at 11:55. Fascinating, sad, excellently-made, almost uncomfortable movie. I highly recommend it. It's quite an experience.

Sunday I headed back to charismatic, crazy Times Square Church with my friend Christiaan from school, and he said it was probably the best church experience of his life. After that I had a date with my show buddy (and subway helper) Alex Campbell to see La Cage Aux Folles with Kelsey Grammer singing his big heart out- that didn't mean much. But he's a charmer. Afterwards, she took me to a surprisingly cheap Mario Battali restaurant called Otto that had amazing pasta! Then I headed back to my room on the subway (I'm becoming a regular at this!) and video skyped my family for the first time since I've been here. It was my Mom's 50th birthday, and everyone was there. I would have loved to have been there for it.

But I'm here. And this is where I'm meant to be. This is really happening. And God's got it all under control. What's that verse? 'For I know the plans I have for you... plans to prosper you, not to harm you... plans to give you a hope and a future...' Something like that. I need to learn that one. That one's talking about me.

In finality I would like to say that I find it hilariously awesome that one of my roommate's favorite shows is COPS. He's studying to be a police officer. It's the little things.