Hello blog. It's been a while.

The past month has been an absolute whirlwind. From opening and closing a few shows, getting the flu, food poisoning, finals, papers, visiting the nieces in Maryland, and of course the finalizing of the "Reporting Live" album at Dubway Studios, it's hard to even know where to begin. But now I'm in sunny South Florida. 75 degree weather. A palm tree Christmas, and considering my parents are selling the house in a few months, I couldn't be more content to be in Florida. And the best part is that it ACTUALLY gets kind of cold at night! And I'm talking about weather in the low 50's, maybe even 40's! And for Florida, that's amazing.

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After a very strange semester, I'm able to pop in the CD for "Reporting Live" into my car, blast it as loud as possible while driving down the beach. It's not COMPLETELY finished, but it's 99% there. And 23 musicians and 16 singers have never sounded so awesome. I know it's all I've been blogging about (granted I've blogged about 3 times in the past 4 months), but it's literally been a project I've been focusing on since August. And it's finally done. Well, close enough for me to say it's done. When you're working in theatre, you seldom get a final product that you can hold onto after the show's over. This album is the first time I can hold onto a final product and never let it go, and that's just pretty cool.

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I just realized how many TV shows are on Netflix Instant View! I'm trying to decide between Dexter or Weeds. But I'm going to start one of them. Hopefully I'll get hooked, and with Michael C. Hall and Mary Louise Parker involved, that shouldn't be too hard.

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After seeing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One, I became inspired to finish the books. I stopped towards the beginning of Book 5. But because it's been so long since I've read the first four I decided to start from scratch. So this afternoon I picked up the Sorcerer's Stone. Already halfway done. I forgot how damn good these books are. Not to mention the theme park at Universal is a religious experience for all.

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So many random things in this blog post! It's because I never blog...
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Notice how they're all separated by random dotted lines?
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I've missed my baby grand piano! All I've been doing since I came home to Florida is playing Pegasus all day and night. I forgot how good he sounds. For those of you who don't know, I tend to name all the pianos/keyboards I come in contact with (or at least develop a serious relationship with, and this one is very serious). My keyboard in New York is Icarus. My baby grand is Pegasus. The terrible piano I had to play in the Shop theater was named Al. You get the idea. But Pegasus is my one and only. The house my parents are building in Maryland is amazing, and do you know why? Because Pegasus might be getting his own room... So much damage to be done.
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So many movies to see over the course of the next few weeks. True Grit, The King's Speech, I Love You Phillip Morris, Tron, Narnia, Blue Valentine, Rabbit Hole, The Fighter, The Tempest, Casino Jack, Somewhere, Another Year, Biutiful, etc... The list goes on. I just saw Black Swan yesterday. Completely took my breath away. As absurd it was, it still got my heart racing and Natalie Portman gave a performance that I feel like I've never seen before from any actor. Let this be the beginning of a good run of new movies. (PS - I still plan on seeing Burlesque without paying for the ticket.)

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A lot of goals to meet over the next few weeks in Florida. I encourage all to come down for a visit. Who knows? Maybe a trip to Miami or Orlando could happen. God knows I'll be heading to both at some point.

Merry Christmas everybody! There's so much to be happy about in this crazy world we live in. So let's be happy.