I'm very excited to announce that I got a bike!!!  I'm just so darn tired of the MTA fare hikes and poor service, especially on the weekends, and I feel that it is my responsibility to screw the MTA out of my $2.25!  I did the math and I could easily save $1000/year.  Think about it... I'll be just that much closer to my house in Boca.  I also found out that I burn 165 calories riding my bike to work EACH WAY!!!  I can be rich and thin!?! Plus, bikers have those nice round tuchuses... providing I don't get killed by a crosstown bus, I'm golden.  On that note: MTA please disregard the above disparaging remarks. Love you! :)

A couple weeks ago I was minding my own business, hanging beautiful new shelves in my apt (to display how smart and literate I are), and watching Sex and the City re-runs when my phone rings.  It was my good friend; the talented, funny, and always delightful Ben Cameron!  Now, when I say the phone rang, of course I mean Ben texted me and asked "Hey, can by be the rising star at Broadway Sessions this week?" To clarify, I asked "As in tomorrow?" "Um, yeah."...  "Sure. What should I prepare?"
I was delighted! The next day I got to the Midtown Theater an hour before showtime all warmed up and in my scarf with throat coat tea in hand... just for good measure.  It was a great night!  My friend Colleen Harris was featured that night and it was a great crowd! I sang "Lost in the Wilderness" and "The Old Red Hills of Home" and simply had a ball.

Shortly after came Halloween.  This years festivities were even more exhausting since it was, for all intents and purposes, a 4 day event. Friday through Monday.  I was a Playboy Bunny one night and Peter Pan for three.  I won't lie: the shoes for Peter Pan were just more comfortable.

Singing "Never Never land" on Halloween weekend.  (not my real ears btw)

Halloween put me behind a little on my hours at the hospital so I'm trying to catch up now and haven't been able to take any gymnastics or silks classes.  That's a real bummer but I'm hoping to take one of the two next week.  At my last silks class the teacher taught me how to slide down the silk upside down by one knee and one hand.  The problem was that my sweat pants were rolled up (better for climbing the silk) and I had a nasty oozing and scabby mess on my calf for several days after.  That was a real show stopper... in a several ways... but I'm better now with just a light scar.  I was saying I wanted some circus skill wounds... I meant some bruises from the silk drops... nothing that oozed. *gross*

I clearly have a problem...

I clearly have a problem following through on certain things. I have an impressive list of excuses about why I have this problem, ranging from "I'm a New Yorker" to "I'm an Aries" to "I'm a spaz", well, truth be told, it doesn't really matter. I'm going to try once again to blog after being inspired by my friend Allison Mosier's blog!

One thing I did follow through on was doing Naked Boys Singing! That's right. I took a leave from work at my hospital, subleased my apartment, and moved to Provincetown, MA to sing naked 6 nights a week. The short answer to every one's question "How was it?" is "I'm very happy I did it and I'm very happy I never have to do it again." I had a great time in good ole Ptown singing my bare ass off but it's not an easy gig and it was hard to be away from NYC, my friends, and family for so long. Living with 5 other boys in a 3 bedroom apt was also an adjustment after living alone for a very long time.
The reason I say I'm very glad I did it is because I learned a lot in the process. It wasn't always easy but that's what made the experience worth the effort, right? It certainly enriched my life in ways I am still understanding.
How's that for existential?!?! And you thought it was all about prancing around in the buff!

This picture is from the Carnival Parade...

... it was a good time

Now that I'm back in NYC and working at my hospital again I'm enjoying settling back into my life with a new and improved attitude. I'm back to taking gymnastics when my aches and pains are at a low roar. I've also taken up silks... as in the Cirque du Soleil kind. It's very fun and reasonably challenging. At the moment I'm nursing my first circus related injury. I couldn't find my tights before class and ended up getting a rope burn on the back of my leg because my sweat pants were riding up in comical but dangerous ways. It's kind of a long story that is more thrilling when demonstrated than explained in writing. I will leave it to your imagination.

Since I got back to the city I have performed at XES Lounge for Fabreezia's Couch. I sang three songs and had a great time!!! I hope to make future appearances there as I work on new material.

As far as future endeavors go; I am working on some music to perform at the famous Birdland Jazz Club for Jim Caruso's Cast Party as well as some duet/trio work to perform with my voice teacher Chris Fasulo.

I will leave off there for now and perhaps play catch up with a mixture of updates and back story in the future posts... of which I'm sure there will many! In the meantime, check out the NBS-ptown page on facebook.com to see the promo shots for the show!