Day 11

I'm nearing the midpoint of my stay here in New York. It's going really well. I'm learning a lot, being beaten into the ground, finding lots of things to like and not like. The people get cooler and cooler, I'm actually hanging out with some sometimes. Like the other night 4 of us were going to see Merce Cunningham, but ended up getting dessert at Friday's cause we couldn't afford the $70 "cheap" tickets. A big group is getting together to see ABT's Giselle on Saturday, which should be amazing (with Julie Kent, who I happened to see on the street yesterday). For repetoire this week, we learned a 7 minute piece. One group last week did a piece about that long, but it was Esplanade, which is pretty much just running and skipping in cool patterns. Our 7 minutes is really hard dancing, with lots of cool patters mixed in too. Also, the meter is wierd, so the counts are like a 6 and then a 12 and then a 10 and then a 14 and then an 8 and then two 6's and then....it's crazy, but really cool. I hope the showing tomorrow goes well, maybe Paul will come this week (that would be really amazing).
I'm a little bored sometimes here, but that's mostly cause I'm poor. There are tons of things I could go see or do (like The Producers, or a Yankee game, as Rich recommends). But I can't afford it, which is sad. I'm still doing lots of cool things, but there are nights when I am enjoying just being alone. Today I spent 20 minutes just looking out my window, watching the people in the streets and the traffic patterns and the cops and the clouds. It was great. So I suppose it's worth being here even if I don't see a Broadway musical every night.

New Coldplay cd = AMAZING. I absolutely love it. Sorry, random side note.

K, I'm gonna go play a little on Facebook (Mary somehow got me to join, though I've been putting it off for like a year). I refuse to get addicted, but I'm too tired to go wandering around tonight.