has it been almost a month?

yes, kids, yes it has.

sorry for the absence, but this semester has been absolutely ridiculous (as i have written a bajillionty times before), but i won't bore you with the details. long story short, today, may 5, is my last day. until may 23, of course, but i've already started davinci code so it's all good.

you know, i just signed onto IM for the first time in, like, two weeks and am sitting here reading everyone's away messages. i knew the canisius graduation is in a few weeks, but everyone's away messages is rejoicing about the countdown and the fact that tomorrow is quad party... crazy...

like my canisius counterparts, i, too, will engage in a wild 'n crazy last hurrah before summer (summer = three weeks before the next term). here's the itinerary for my day:
*wake up around 8/9 am
*make the baby her standard breakfast (1 egg scrambled, bowl of applesauce, handful of cheerios, cup of milk)
*eat a bagel/bowl of oatmeal
*watch the wiggles (maybe even bear and the big blue house if we feel like getting crazy)
*shower (shaving legs?)
*give the babe a bath (which equates to taking a second shower)
*take a walk/go to playground
*take a nap with the child
*actually eat lunch?
*wait until the very last minute to get ready for work, and then run around like a madwoman until i'm sweating and feel gross, probably drop the baby off late, thus getting to work late, then stay later at work b/c i'll feel guilty for showing up late
*head to john's, where a glass of wine will be waiting
*drink ONE glass, b/c i'm on antibiotics for ANOTHER freakin' uti, and also b/c i have to work at 9am on sat.

canisius college quad party has nothing on me.

(in all seriousness, someone have a drink in my honor. my itinerary is pathetic and i know it)(except for the wiggles part. i love the wiggles.)

in other news, joanifer came to visit last weekend, which was LOVELY! i felt like such a normal person, hanging out with a friend who does not double as my boyfriend. we went to a panel discussion at the tribeca film festival about mockumentaries, which featured: jeff goldblum, michael mckean, bob balaban, ed helms (a la daily show), and some newspaper satirist dude. yes, you read that list correctly. joan and her friend lizzy made these ridiculously incredible jeff goldblum t-shirts featuring different quotes from his various film work. mine was from the big chill but alas, i cannot remember what it said. curses. joan slyly made her way over to jeff, b/c it was her b-day and she was the queen, and presented him with her shirt, much to his amusement. she said he was really nice. and ridiculously tall.

we then wandered around downtown before making our way up to midtown where we had some lunch. luckily, i checked my watch during an intense conversation about the worst movies ever made, b/c the show was going to start in 15 minutes... nice one, us. after paying (joan tried to slip out unnoticed)(sneaky midwesterner...), we rushed to studio 54 to see "the threepenny opera" with: nellie mckay, alan cumming, cindy lauper, ana gasteyer, and carlos leon (madonna's baby daddy)(a phrase actually used in a new york times article about the show).

thoughts on the show:
1. i hate brecht. i knew this going in, but by the end, when one of the characters descended from the wings on a neon horse, wearing gold hotpants, gold cowboy hat, gold glitter cowboy boots, and covered in gold glitter, my hatred was cemented. granted, the horse/cowboy business was all wallace shawn and isaac misrahi, but people c'mon. I HATE BRECHT.

2. alan cumming was incredibly disappointing. i read quite a few reviews before seeing it, which may have been a mistake, but they were all spot-on. as mac the knife, he really wasn't frightening or intimidating, he just seemed crazy and oversexed. i don't know if he was just surrounded by bad actors, but their "scared" responses to him were exaggerated and insincere. i cried a little inside. :(

3. nellie mckay was INCREDIBLE! i was so proud of my girl, for true. she was cute, sincere, and powerful when she needed to be. she was one of the only bright spots in the show (along with jim dale).

4. cindi lauper was also awesome. the acting? not so much. but her voice was vulnerable and world-weary, perfect for jenny.

5. ana gasteyer - WOW!!! her voice is out of this world! her acting was aight, nothing earth shattering.

6. i don't know who told carlos leon he could act, but they were either retarded, deaf/dumb/blind, or sleeping with him. wallace shawn, please stop casting him in your shows. carlos leon, please stop breathing because you suck.

7. the lighting was amazing. unconventional and wacky, but it fit perfectly with the interpretation. isaac's costumes were eclectic and perfect, as well, except for those adidas pants, which i am convinced were a last-minute choice when a costume ripped or something.


after the show we rushed to the stage door and set up camp. i got alan, cindi, and ana's signatures. we then waited a bit (with, like, two other people who cared) before NELLIE appeared!!! she is seriously the cutest thing of my life. she was wearing this yellow and black checked coat, obviously vintage, and had a really long conversation with us (really long in stage-door-conversation time) about the show, her album, our seeing the show solely for her,etc. in regard to nellie mckay i would like to: a. be her friend or b. put her in my pocket and take her home to be my singing/piano playing/politics-talking slave. done and done.

joan came out to li with me. we went to my sister's boyfriend's band's show at some shitty bar in commack (anyone excited? no? neither were we). the singer SUCKED, so we left as soon as we possibly could. on sunday we had breakfast at my bagel place before joanifer took the train to brooklyn to meet up with lizzy and visit pratt, her future grad school. i was SO happy that she visited - and it's weird, it didn't feel like we hadn't seen each other in almost two years. we do talk on the phone often, but i dunno... it was great, though. yay joan!! and yay for her being so close in just a few months!!!

aight, i just noticed how ridiculously long this entry is, so i'll end now.

PS - PLEASE SOMEONE THINK OF A NAME FOR OUR AIDS WALK TEAM!!!!! c'mon people, help!!


pictures, anyone?....

lil and xavier hiding underneath the kitchen table stuffing themselves with chips


"oh, don't even TRY to take this cookie..."


my beautiful girl...