July 28th, 2011

Today is my last day of work at the best job I've ever had.  I'ma miss this place.

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July 27th, 2011

At the Museum of Natural History, the Boy makes a new acquaintance and seems puzzled by his offers of friendship.

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July 26th, 2011

This is a real building in Washington D.C.  I think I like this town.

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July 25th, 2011

My boyfriend tells me this should be my thing of the day.  So it is.  He's very proud of his wrapping skills.

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July 24th, 2011

Sometimes, we have friends.  And they come visit us.  This is such a gentleman, and I adore him.

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July 23rd, 2011

My last Saturday Farmer's Market in my old town.  I'm really going to miss this place.

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July 22nd, 2011

Opening Night!  A fabulous success.  I was bouncing and giggling in the audience like a daft three year old.   Seeing items you've spent dozens of hours working on in the space of a week onstage is just a thrill ride.

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July 21st, 2011

Crafted this wand in theatre tech class a few years back.  I mentioned I'm a nerd, right?

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July 20th, 2011

The Zombie of Zombie Prom  just discovered that he has a prop with his face on it.

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July 19th, 2011

Some of the props I've made for the show.  These are booths for a school festival used at the very top of the show.

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July 18th, 2011

Going into Hell Week, the final week before a show opens, for the show I've been prop designing, Zombie Prom.  Here we see some amazingly talented kids heading into the play's climax.  With song.  Aw yeah.

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July 17th, 2011

And now for a secret: I adore pretty clothes and shopping for them. And pieces like this, that I'd honestly just buy because of how beautiful they are?  Screw the stigma, give me the corset!

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July 16th, 2011

Meanwhile at work, Christmas in July is in full swing...

July 15th, 2011

Harry Potter 7 Midnight Premiere!  Featuring my skeptical boyfriend and my placidly amused best friend, Professor Snape.

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July 14th, 2011

And here, some of the ones who made the fall amazing and this trip worth any price.  Conservatory bros forever, yo.

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July 13th, 2011

And here the theatre where we did our final performance, now packed for professional productions.  

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July 12th, 2011

Nothing like familiar places - the theatre that acted as classroom and rehearsal space for so many months.

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July 11th, 2011

And now, time for a mini-vacation!  I'm going back to my Massachusetts second home where I spent all last fall to hang out with my old friends and see a bunch of Shakespeare.  As evidenced by the above tickets.  Here's the spread: My favorite show, my least favorite show, and the only that always surprises me.  Can't wait.

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July 10th, 2011

Nothing says friendship like attempts at casual humiliation.

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July 9th, 2011

As much as I love theatre, musicals aren't usually my thing.  However, seeing the closing show of the local musical theatre festival's My Fair Lady definitely is.  (It's one of my favorites.)

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July 8th, 2011

Kids in Zombie makeup singing show tunes.  It doesn't get much more mad awesome than that.

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July 7th, 2011

Grilled chicken club, bebe.  This sandwich actually represents a struggle between the back of house and the management at my restaurant - this is the house's chosen special of the day, and it sold enormously.  The other special - peanut butter and cheese on a baguette, designed by management - did not sell so well.  The ensuing tension was rather amusing.

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July 6th, 2011

My most recent prop attempt!  This is a cake - a cake made of pizza boxes and spackle.  And it is, in fact, a lie.

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July 5th, 2011

This sign makes me both want to smack my head and laugh.  I'll go with the latter for the cases of this blog.

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July 4th, 2011

The lovely friends, new and old, that I hung out with this past Fourth of July.  Instead of seeing fireworks in the damp, awful humidity that was our holiday evening, we stayed in side and watched the Ducktales movie.  AMURICA.

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June 3rd, 2011

This is a delicious cheddar and green onion biscuit, and it is actually half devoured, which is unapparent due to clever camera work.

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July 2nd, 2011

This is the tail end of a bunch of cloggers I saw performing tonight.  

July 1st, 2011

Free speech wall didn't have any chalk last night.  But it did have this beautiful picture of a  "green" car.