Daniel and Daisies...

I've been sick all week. It's quite unfortunate. For the most part I thought it was just a head cold or sinus infection. Then today, I spent the afternoon nauseous and ended up sleeping. Fall took a bite at NYC this week. It's gotten progressively colder, and I've finally pulled out some boots and sweaters. It cooled off insanely fast. The weather is just as crazy as Idaho, I'm very happy to report.

My first voice lesson went very well, but because of my throat this week, my practice time was cut extremely short. I've started an Italian piece called "Selve amiche" by Antonio Caldara, and the Thomas Arne version of "When Daisies Pied". New Student Cabaret is right around the corner, as well as the Fall shows. I know I just barely said I couldn't wait for Fall, but now I can't wait for Christmas. I'm craving warm fires and peppermint cocoa.

Daniel Radcliffe

This weekend Lauren, Curtis and I went to see Phantom. These Broadway shows will soon deplete my college student budget... but we always manage to get incredible deals. I feel like an extreme coupon-er. Finding the best price for the shows is practically Lauren's hobby. I love it. The show was sadly, not as great as I had hoped. I've seen Phantom both in NY and Vegas, and, while seeing it in NY is worth the experience, the show in Vegas was way better. I keep saying "maybe it was just this one performance", but when Mary and I saw it last summer here, I wasn't impressed either. After the show, we stood at the stage door of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" and got Daniel Radcliffe's autograph. His autograph is quite the illegible scribble. There were so many people there. John Laroquette came out of the theater first, and everyone went crazy. My plan is to actually go see the show, so that I actually have a signed playbill instead of a little piece of paper.

My roommates and I were graced with a beautiful sunset the other day. It was the most beautiful shade of purples and pinks. Sunsets in the city are beautiful, but just don't compare to the summer sunsets in Idaho Falls from my backyard.

I know I've already mentioned Strand, but I just can't help bragging about it even more. I spent about a decent hour there today after breakfast. It's incredible. They claim to have "18 miles of books", and they really aren't kidding. There are 3 or 4 floors of almost every sort of book imaginable. I barely scratched the surface of its brilliant treasure trove. It is a book collector's paradise, and any reader's dream. Last night, I went to see "Gainsbourg", a film about a French artist with Mary and Matt. I really enjoyed it. It was very interesting and very artistically done.

Yesterday, a small group of us attended this extra-curricular dance class, where we learned a dance to "Footloose" by a Steinhardt alum who was in Footloose in April. I want to join the ballroom dance club, and I'm hoping either next Semester or next year to start taking regular dance classes outside of school. School at the present is keeping me very busy. I invested in a printer. A word of advice: buy a printer for college. Everything has to be typed. The printers in the library cost money, and it's a tremendous hassle to find anywhere else to print.

My hall is planning on putting on our own version of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. It makes me so excited. Our floor is an explorations floor, called the "Artists in Development" floor. Since we all applied to be on the floor, everyone shares some sort of artistic interest, and actually wants to be involved, so the things we do as a floor are always creative in one way or another. It has been a great way to meet people and find new things to do in the city. Aside from being sick, this week was incredible.

"We are not defined by our talent, but by the choices we make with our talent."

Official Inheritance Count: 50 days.