Confessions of a 20-something Drama Queen

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Hello blog friends! Thanks for all your super nice comments regarding my aging, etc. You're nice. I'd like to keep you around. So, I'm doing an experiment after being challenged by one, Kelly Purkey (she was sitting next to me on the couch when it came to pass...I think there was also a gun to my head or something...or just her excellent powers of persuasion...one or the other). I'm going to try out Tumblr. So, if you'd like to keep up on my super overthetop completely awesome life (I mean, who doesn't?), then you can catch me here.

We'll see how it goes.

Thanks for reading. You rock.

Later,
Sarah ;)

So Long, Farewell Confessions

On this, the eve of my 30th birthday, I thought it only right to write a little something since my days of confessing my 20-something dramatics is about over.

Sad.
Wipe away the tears.

In the tradition of my confessing, I must say that I'm a little wary about turning 30. As much as I'm proud and happy with how my 20s turned out, I'm feeling a little behind since I'm single. No kids. Still in school. Single. Not working. Single. Gosh...I need to stop. Tears forming. But I really have had a great decade! Here's to the next.

And in that spirit, I will say that I'm going to start a new blog! When finals are done, I'll start it up (or at least start working on it). I'll prob change things up a little but since only 2% of you voters voted for a Hot Guys blog I'll have to start over on the plans. Whatever. I'm also going to keep this blog up for you all to read over and over again!!! Or not. More like me reading it over and over again just so I can remember things I did...because as an old lady, my memory is fading.

So, thanks for reading (all 10 of you minus my family...so all 3 of you)!! I hope my 30s are even awesomer than my 20s!!!!!!!!!!

Later,
Sarah ;)

Inside Out Confessions

1. So, I've kind of been avoiding blogging. Not a lot of motivation. We'll see how long this blogging stuff continues for me. I'm even debating keeping it going. If I did, I'd need to change it up. So, let me know what you think my new blog should be about! Please! I need help!

2. Last month I did some photography for my sisters and their beautiful children. Here are my nieces and nephews all decked out for Halloween. I'm sorry, but they are the cutest kids on the planet. Really. It's true.

Too stinkin' cute. Love them.

3. I went to NYC twice last month. The 2nd time was to help Candice with some photo shoots which was fun. I also got to hang out with KP and Susan (luckily Susan was visiting at the same time!) and we spent some time in GORGEOUS Central Park. It was the best day for taking pics the day we were there. So fun! Here's The Mall/Poet's Walk:

 
Ah! I miss it!!

4. Candice also scored us tickets to Martha Stewart which was fun--it was all decorated for Halloween which was cool. The only downside was that I took the red eye in and basically went from the airport to the show so I was a little sleepy. But we got free stuff...so that sort of made up for it. Here's me and KP and the set right after the last segment:

5. In our goody bag from Martha, we got this:

 

Um...does anyone know what this tool is for? I've seen the Peanuts ads on the subways, etc. so I'm familiar with this campaign, I'm just not sure what this is and why it's shaped that way...? Candice and I spent some time googling it and couldn't find anything on it. I'm going to say it's to spread peanut butter rather interestingly. I'm so confused.

6. So, I have this friend Emily who is extremely talented. She made me this:

Are you jealous? Cause you should be. Isn't that the cutest bag?! I get compliments every time I take this baby out. It's Boho Chic. And you should get one. Go check out her Etsy store Chloe Jane Handmade to get one of your very own (P.S. I made her logo!).

7. I made this card for the American Crafts blog:

I know. You're shocked. I used scissors and paper and glue and actually made something. Thanks to AC for making it possible. I'm still trying to get used to the whole scrapbooking world...all over again. Good times!

8. Are you watching Community? Well you should be. It is awesome. Not to mention Joel McHale is HOT.

Every character on this show is funny. Seriously. Love it.

9. Don't go see The Box. Please. Don't. Save it for RedBox, NetFlix or some other compound word. The only saving grace? The homage to Hitchcock. That's about it.

There were scary parts to it. So scary that when I went into the large restroom after the movie and realized I was the only person in there and almost peed my pants. Luckily, as stated, I was in a restroom. It's a freaky thing to be the only person in a public restroom late at night. One time, in the middle of watching Disturbia, I went to the restroom and was the only one in there and someone came in and went to the stall right next to me. Um...freaky. Really? You had to go right next to me? Don't kill me.

10. Can Thanksgiving please come already? I'm done with school. I need a break. And some turkey.

Later,
Sarah ;)

By The Time Confessions

1. I have a major crush on Matthew Morrison aka Will Schuester on Glee. Love. I first saw him in "Legally Brown: The Search for the Next Piragua Guy" (In the Heights stuff) via youtube, and now I heart him on Glee. He's soooo cute!

And I can't stop listening to Gold Digger even though I know that he has an amazing singing voice which isn't exemplified in this song. AND...he was in my snooze dream this morning. Hearts.

2. I've decided to return to scrapbooking. Even while I worked at American Crafts, I hadn't really scrapbooked for myself in a long time. And since it's been over a year since I've had that job, I haven't scrapped a stitch...at all! So, I tried out for the American Crafts Design Team and Mary Murphy put me on the Hot Tamale Train and Simon thought I was amazing and I made it!! Wait...oh, yeah, because I worked there for the better part of a decade, I don't have to try out! Lucky me! Now I just have to figure out how to scrapbook again...

3. It's Fall. And you know what that means? Fall Mix 09, baby. Here's my playlist:

Fitz and the Dizzyspells - Andrew Bird (I personally think that if Mrs Kim and Zach actually finished the song they wrote, that it would sound like this song...probably because he says "commotion")
Lights Out - Santigold (thanks to Courtney)
Pipe Dream - Signal Hill Transmission
Race You - Elizabeth & The Catapult
No Fear of Falling - I Am Kloot
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Starf**ker (P.S. they're having a contest to come up with a new name now that they're famous...kinda funny)
I'd Be Lying - Greg Laswell
Love Love Love - Tristan Prettyman
Eyes - Rogue Wave
Her Morning Elegance - Oren Lavie
1901 - Phoenix
Good Habit - Benton Paul
One Last Time - The Kooks
Someone Who's Cool - Odds (the first live band I ever saw...so it's an oldie but a goodie)
Piazza, New York Catcher - Belle and Sebastian (thanks to David & Courtney)
I Don't Think So - Priscilla Ahn
Pork and Beans - Weezer (thanks to the Whip It commercial, but I always love me some Weezer)
Earth Angel - Death Cab for Cutie
Couleur Cafe - Serge Gainsbourg (thanks to Courtney)
The Chinatown Bus - Bishop Allen

4. So, have you seen the trailers for Did You Hear About the Morgans? Yes, it's a stupid title. And yes, the pairing of SJP and Hugh Grant is definitely on the questionable side of things. BUT it's redeeming quality is that I got to see parts of the movie being filmed!! Last spring. With Candice. On the Upper East Side. Here's the video I shot (note that it's one of the same parts that's on the trailer):

5. Speaking of Candice and NYC, I'm going there next week with her! I'm excited!! And this time KP will be there! And since I don't have any exciting NYC pics...I'll show an old one that I don't think I posted on here (and it's courtesy of Chloe):

We met Claire Huxtable after seeing her in August: Osage County this last Summer! She was so good! The play is slightly disturbing but it was good! And she was so nice.

6. I need to go get The Proposal. I love that movie. Plus I also had a Ryan Reynolds snooze dream the other day. He's HOT.

7. It's raining today. And when it's raining, I want to put in a movie, get into my pj's, eat grilled cheese & tomato soup, and not leave the house. Too bad school continues to go on even when it's raining. I think they should rethink some of their policies.

8. Good job to those who got the GG quote!! We're now besties. Lucky. Does anyone else still REALLY miss GG? Or is it just me? Bridgette told me that Lauren is going to replace Maura Tierney on the new show Parenthood.

Yay! Glad she's working! But sad for Maura.

9. I'm running out of things to say and I gotta head to class...so 8.5 out of 10 for today folks! I'm sure I had ideas in my head as I sat down to blog, but alas, they have escaped me. I shold prob write stuff down. Someday.

Later,
Sarah ;)

Super Big Mad Props & Thanks...

...to my sis Megs who braved this crazy trip to the MW with a 6 week old baby. Miss S did such a good job and was amazingly great on planes in cars and everywhere in between. Plus Meg drove the car from Chicago to Nauvoo to Kansas City which gave us plenty of hours to chat, laugh, get disgusted by road kill and see some pretty landscapes. Thanks sis. Loves.

And spent a little time with my other sis and her fam...but not nearly enough. ;)

Time Is All Around Confessions

1. Spent the weekend hanging out in the Mid West for my brother's wedding in Nauvoo, IL. We stayed in a cool old house in Nauvoo that was gorgeous! Check it:

Isn't it pretty? It was way cool to stay there.

2. My bro, Drew, and his wife, Sarah, were able to come and it was so great to see them! I miss them already. So fun spending time with them and hearing all their cool stories about living in L.A. and the celebs they encounter/befriend/work for. Good times.

3. We got to go to a lot of LDS Church History sites which was awesome! Here are some of my favs in Nauvoo:

The gravesites of Joseph Smith, Joseph's wife Emma Smith and brother Hyrum Smith

Statue of Brigham Young and Joseph Smith

The Nauvoo Temple

4. My brother Scott got married! At the beautiful Nauvoo Temple (seen above). Afterwards, I took a few pics of them at the house we were staying at. This is my fav one:

So happy. And I'm so happy for them! Congrats!

5. Another LDS Church History site we were able to go to before heading down to Kansas City for the reception, was Carthage Jail where Joseph and Hyrum Smith were martyred. Such a sacred place. So glad we got to go there.

Statue of Joseph and his brother Hyrum with the Carthage Jail in the background

6. And, before we left the house in Nauvoo, they had a little journal thing that you could write in and of course, this is what I made my brother write:

Anyone? Anyone? If you can name that quote, we're going to be besties.

7. On the way to Kansas City, driving through Missouri, we saw a lot of these signs:

We were in Amish Country! Unfortunately, we didn't see any on the road. But cool nonetheless.

8. Sorry, these are out of order...but while driving to Iowa from Nauvoo, we drove along the Mississippi River which was gorgeous at sunset:

Crazy to think that the early Saints crossed it when it froze. It's HUGE. Crazy.

9. After the reception in Kansas City, I was able to stay with my besties the Hsu's and I'm just now realizing that we didn't take ANY pictures. Boo. So, I'm going to show another I took when they were here last month. Man...I miss having them around. Love.

I mean...look at that kid. He is stinkin' cute. To. Die. For. Thanks for letting me stay with you!! You're the best. Bestest. Ever.

10. The last Church History site I went to was with the Hsu's and it was Liberty Jail in Liberty, MO. Very cool to see and get perspective on what it was like for all them to be in there.

Cross section reproduction of what the jail looked like on the spot where it originally stood

Great trip but SO glad to be home. No more traveling. For two weeks (another trip to NYC with Candice coming up!!).

Later,
Sarah ;)

Hometown Glory Confessions

Got back from NYC today. Um...I heart NYC. Love that going back, everything was still familiar and comfortable. Which means I probably have to go back every few months. Shoot. Twist my arm.

So, here are the highlights:

1. Shake Shack. I went twice. Single Cheeseburger, Cheese Fries and a Diet Coke please. Happiness in a burger. Seriously. It's probably a good thing I don't live there anymore because I'd have Shake Shack sized junk in my trunk. But it was the first place I went to when I got in the city. I'm loyal like that.

image from nycblogestate.com

2. After Shake Shackin' it up, I strolled over to Central Park and visited my fav part--Bethesda Fountain and Poet's Walk/The Mall. The trees are just starting to change color but are still very green, like this gorgeous one:

3. Union Square. Hung out in here for a while on Friday. Got some Max Brenner's cocoa mix for my Dad. Some glasses at Fishs Eddy for my Mom. Met up with Keila and her friend for a 7 For All Mankind warehouse sale (didn't buy anything but it was fun to go to nonetheless). I love Union Square. The art, the farmer's market, the restaurants, the music. One of my fav places.

4. I went and saw Whip It during the 5 hours I had to kill before meeting up with some friends. I love that in New York, half the theater goers are by themselves, alone, discarding the movie going buddy system, something that you can't really do here in UT without getting funny looks. Which prob won't stop me, but it's a lot easier to do in NYC. Anyways, the movie was great! I loved it!! Want to see it again.

5. Oh, and for you VH1 I Love the [fill in decade here] lovers and connoisseurs, Jake Fogelnest was at the same movie as me. You may be like me and think, "Who?" but when I saw him I thought, "Hey it's the dude from I Love the... shows!" But I did have to google him to find out his name.

6. Since I still had time to kill after the movie was out, I naturally headed over to Barnes & Noble in Union Square which is one of my fav B&N's. After perusing the "New in Paperback" section, I hit the escalator and headed up to magazines. On my way up, I looked down and guess who I saw? NEIL PATRICK HARRIS.

Yes. NPH. In. The. Flesh. So, of course my heart almost came out of my nose as I stopped on the Bargain floor to call Chloe to tell her the good news. I then went back down, saw NPH and his bf where I last saw them, got off the escalator, rounded the corner and...they were gone. My prepared speech of "I love you. I love you. I love you," will just have to wait for another day. I assume they went up as I came down and I didn't feel the need to stalk each floor in search of them. I might be crazy, but I'm not that crazy. At least not without a sidekick. So, I went to my original destination of magazines, picked up my fav British home decor mag, and headed back down to pay for it.

The irony of it all is that as I was waiting in line to check out, there, perched on a shelf were "How I Met Your Mother" dvd's. Nice.

7. Met up with friends Sarah and Keisha and hung out in Washington Square for a bit which was nice since the last time I went there, it was under construction.

This pic was taken the last time I was in the square

I like the energy in Washington Sq. We even sung along with some musical folks nearby as they were sing "Stand By Me." Good times. Later we went to Milk and Cookies and Yogurtland in the Village and met up with friends Andrew and Joey just as the rain started to come down. Andrew and Joey were nice enough to accompany me back to Brooklyn and we hung out and chatted for a bit. Twas fun.

8. Saturday, Keila and I decided that life would be better if we went to the In The Heights lottery, which it often is. When we got there, I ran into two friends from my school in Brooklyn who were also trying for the lottery. While they drew names, my school friends also got picked for the Hair lottery so when one of their names was called, she offered to give us the tickets. So nice! Keila's name also got called so Puz got to join us. Front row is always amazing at ITH. The only sad thing is that the original Graffitti Pete, Seth Stewart, got replaced by Will Wingfield of (So You Think You Can Dance fame) and me no likey.

Sorry Will. I like Seth better. Nay, I love Seth better. And since I'm an over-obsessed super fan, I can have lame no-one-cares opinions like this. So there!

9. The purpose of this trip was two fold: Jude. Law. I was so excited to see him in Hamlet!

sorry the pic is blurry

Got tickets forever ago so it was crazy that it finally came to fruition. Unfortunately I was freakin' tired by the time we sat down in our balcony seats.

But it started and there was Jude Law.
In the same room as me.
Jude.
Law.
Yes, he's kind of the man whore of the year but he's so...Jude Law and British and hot.

And even though I dozed off a few times in the first act, he was the one that kept me awake--Jude Law can do crazy very, very well.

By half-time (or intermission if you want to call it that), Puz noticed that there were some empty seats on the 2nd row and went to see if we could sit them. Turns out the lady who's seats they were, went to dinner w/ her husband and daughter but they decided they didn't want to go to the play with her. Why? Who knows. Maybe they didn't know it stars Jude Law...? Cause really. Why wouldn't you go. Anyways...so, we got to sit SECOND ROW for the 2nd half. Jude Law was like 10 feet in front of me for an hour and a half. I also like to think I got a little eye contact during the standing ovation. I mean...I was 10 feet in front of him. It was amazing. The whole show was amazing but Jude Law was amazing. I'm not just saying that because I've been crushing on him since I saw The Holiday but really...he was amazing. Go see it. Go see it, now.

10. The stage door was madness. Like...madness. But I managed to get close to the baracade and he signed my playbill!!!!!! We're engaged!!!!!!!

Oh, wait. Sorry...getting a little carried away there. But I also snapped some pics so enjoy:

Overall, great trip! Thanks to Keila and Kelly for letting me stay at their place...just too bad the Kelly part wasn't there. Next time. But luckily KP had a layover in SLC today so we hung out at the airport for a few hours (which felt like 15 minutes...boo).

Later,

Sarah ;)

So...

...it's been a while since I've been on Typepad and am not used to the new way of doing things. For example, I don't know why the formatting of my last post is way off (photos, text, etc.) and why I can't just fix and save things like I used to be able to. So, I apologize for any weirdness (no title or bad grammar/spelling mistakes, for example) in the last post. I have tried to fix them. But can't. And don't have the time/energy to find out how to. But it was bugging me so much that I had to post this amendment.

The End.

Greetings bloglings. Here is a much delayed post...

1. Life is busy. It's filled with a big long To Do list that never seems to end. I'm sure you all know what that's like. But when I get a spare moment, I hang out with this cool chick:

My niece, M. She's very entertaining.

2. Speaking of nieces...I got a new one! Add that to the list of Things I Didn't Have to Miss By Coming Home. In fact, let's put that at the top of the list. So glad I was able to meet Miss S the day she was born.

3. School is keeping me busy but it's also keeping me doing things that I want to be doing. Coming back to my old school, I'm much farther along (thank heavens) and will graduate sooner than if I had stayed in NYC (I keep having to remind myself of the positives since I miss NYC pretty much every day...). In my Digital Painting class I created this:

It's a self-portrait of something we are passionate about. I chose NYC. Shocker. But I learned, rather quickly, that creating art in Photoshop is HARD. Especially if you like Illustrator more.

4. I don't think I ever mentioned that my older brother is getting married. So...my older brother is getting married! And the blessed event is next week in Illinois/Missouri. I'm excited to go to places I've never been before and see some LDS Church History locales. Also, I too Scott and Rachel's engagements so here are some of my favs:

And this is the one they chose:

Congrats to them both! And thanks for humoring me with this photo shoot.

5. I am visiting NYC this weekend! The main reason being the I have tickets to go see Hamlet starring Jude Law. I got them months ago, before I knew I was not staying, for me and KP to go. Unfortunately KP won't be there this weekend so I'm going with our friend Puz. Boo. It won't be the same. But I am planning on proposing to Jude afterwards so who knows...I may get engaged this weekend!! Cross your fingers!!!

6. Some of you might know that my favorite musical is In The Heights. If you didn't know that...then you must be new to my blog. Welcome. But they recently announced the cast for the tour so if ITH is coming to a city near you...go see it!! The best part is that my favorite dancer Jose is playing Graffiti Pete on tour. Awes!!

And since I've won the ITH lottery the last few times I've gone...I'm extremeley tempting to go on Friday to see if I can get in. Must...see...Javier. He's still my ITH crush. Here are some pics of the stage from the last time I won the lottery (front row baby!!!):

Next up to bat, the Rosario's...

The GWB...

Usnavi's bodega...

Ah! I miss it. Washington Heights.

7. Have you read Catching Fire yet?

Don't tell me anything. I'm still reading it.

8. Luckily some of my most favorite peeps in the world were in town a few weeks ago. The Hsu's:

I have never wanted to steal a baby more. And I'm not a baby person. Really. Ask around. But this kid...is to die for. Oh my gosh. Love them all.

9. Someone has been neglected on my blog. And I think he might of been jealous of the trump from Jude Law. Sorry James. And welcome back.

10. So, I'm thinking that once I turn 30 in a few months, that it just might be time to end the blog. I have an idea for a new blog that, if I make myself do it, might be kinda cool. We'll see. But that's what I'm thinking I'm going to do.

Later,
Sarah ;)