Quick Update!

So my code is working at work, which means I can start to roll it out to customers and move on to other things, woo hoo! A great way to end a Friday and a long work week. We interns also had to perform the secret thing we've been practicing for the week today, twice. I'll reveal it: a flash mob dance to "Let's Get It Started" (The Black-Eyed Peas). The first time was a flop, and the music didn't play loudly enough. By the second time, everyone had heard and we had an audience waiting for us, with like, cameras... Erg. Anyway!

TOMORROW IS THE SUMMER PARTY SO PSYCHED. And then a comedy show. And then maybe a gay bar! And then probably Pride Fest on Sunday, and maybe seeing another Broadway show!

I say another because I saw one tonight spontaneously! Next to Normal, which was a good script and score - thought-provoking, tear-jerking plot - and nearly flawless. The only problem which really took away from being able to enjoy the piece was the lead actress' singing! Alice Ripley is apparently well renowned as a singer and has won awards for her role in the show that she has portrayed since before it hit Broadway, 2 years at least. So I knew something must be up, and I learned in fact that she has pretty bad vocal damage from performing so frequently. Her belt/higher singing was phonetically morphed, like she was a deaf singer, I suppose in order to ease the singing for herself, but it was severely distracting, unclear and annoying. Easy for me to get upset over it, me, who has not been running the 8-shows-a-week schedule that she has... Megan Mullaly (!! one of my favorites, saw her in Young Frankenstein) will be taking her place in the musical, which is very exciting; I wish I could see that future performance (instead?)! The other singers in the show were POWERHOUSES and great!

After the show, I met up with Kristen and her roommate Maria who happened to be seeing Hair down the street! Kristen is lucky and gets all the free lottery tickets... We went to the Hard Rock Cafe, home of the 1000+ calorie EVERYTHINGS on their menu, and met a cool waiter named "Fox<3" who serves tables by day, but is actually performing in the upcoming ensemble for Spiderman on Broadway. He showed us some of the costume pictures and it looks much more entertaining that you'd think! Exciting

Now I am about to finish Ender's Game with a glass of wine and prepare for the awesomeness ahead. What book should I read after this? Ender's Shadow? Speaker for the Dead?