A more substanial update to follow. Today is all about giving thanks.
What I am most thankful for this Thanksgiving
1. Good health
2. The skills I am gaining through being in Project Search
3. Family
4. Friends
5. The wonderful relationship I am in with my boyfriend
6. Overcoming my Barn Playhouse depression
Thanksgiving Day Football Scores
Merrimack 51 Souhegan 14
Pentucket 41 Triton 20
Lexington 14 Burlington 0
Pro Football Scores
Pats 45 Lions 24
Saints 30 Cowboys 27
Jets 26 Bengals 10
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
101 Random Facts about Me
Stole this from Anna (splendiloquent). Going try to try to make an attempt to list 101 facts about myself
1. I have never been to the west coast. The farthest I have traveled on the east coast is Florida
2. I'm constatnly annoyed when I'm told I look younger than I am. I'm 25 and people tell me I look like like i'm 18.
3. The non-Boston sports teams I follow are the New York Jets and The New Orleans Saints for pro teams. For colleges I follow the Syracuse Orange for no particular reason except I know two people who graduated from Syracuse.
4. My food obsessions are chocolate cheese and anything Italian
5. I went to Italy two years ago to visit family and I am a burning desire to go back. It is gorgeous.
6. In high school I was told I looked like Harry Potter quite often. I think that was because my boobs were not fully developed yet.
7. My favorite holiday is Christmas
8. I only like winter for the first month then really wish I lived some place warm most of the time.
9. I don't like Justin Bieber and can't understand how he got the top award at the AMAs when he's not that great of singer.
10. I sometimes wish NSYNC had gotten back together
11. I met Mr. Belding from Saved By Bell at a leadership conference my freshmen year of college.
12. My lucky numbers were 2 and 24. This dates back to high school because they were jersey numbers of my friends who played sports.
13. I have a collection of playbills from all the plays I have seen. I also have a small collection of autographed posters. One that I got from Jay Johnson from the HAIR cast and 4 that I got as a belated xmas gift from a complete stranger who found me on broadwayspace.
14. I had an obsession with Dr Phil for one whole summer but now find his show to be kind of boring.
15. I will miss Oprah when it goes off the air.
16. I miss MTV from back in the day when they actually PLAYED music videos. Now it is all reality tv shows such as Jersey Shore which I have heard is really stupid.
17. I was addicted to The Bachelor and Survivor when they first came out but don't really care for either show anymore
18. My least favorite sports are golf and tennis. They are so boring to watch.
19. I am happy Shaquille O'Neal is on the Celtics. He has been one of my favorite NBA players for many years.
20 I could never be a vegan because I don't think I could not eat dairy products.. some meat products I could probably do without but if I didn't have milk in my diet (and ice cream) I would not like it.
21. I think there are certain instances where the media should not be intrusive in the life of celeberties.
22. I do not like horror movies
23. I really miss college.
24. Did I mention 24 is my lucky number?
25. When I was in third grade I had the hugest crush on Michael J Fox. Now he is one of my biggest heroes because of how he has overcome his struggle with Parkinson's Dieseae.
26. The year I hated most out of my years of school was 8th grade
27. I wish the war in Afghanistan would end. It's been going for too long. I honestly don't think Osama Bin Laden will ever be found.
28. My biggest musical influence is Celine Dion.
29. My biggest Broadway musical influences are Lea Michelle (no not just because of Glee), Kristin Chenoweth and Julie Andrews.
30. I have gotten a backstage tour at a broadway show
31. I have a lot of respect for all the people I worked with at the Barn Playhouse 3 years ago and am amazed constantly by the things they have done since we've been away from the Barn.
33. Oh wait 33 was a lucky number of mine too. I don't remember the reason why though.
34. Summer is my favorite season.
35. My favorite part of fall is the foliage.
36. I hate when I have writer's block for an extended period of time.
37. If Sarah Palin wins the election in 2012 I may just move to Canada
38. In my opinion the voting system on American Idol and So You Think Can Dance are rigged. Some of the people who are truly talented leave the contest way too early.
39. I would have loved to have a teacher like Jonathan Turner on Boy Meets World
40. I can't stand the Newman's Coffee Commerical where they make fun of the Boston Accent
41. My high school track coach is in the band Recylced Percussion
42. My uncle is also in a band though I think right now they arre on hiatus.
43 One of things I miss about NEC is the awesomeness that was JFJ.
44. I am not as big of a fan of Glee as I was last season. It has not lived up to the high standards of Season 1 at all. Only 3 episodes have really stood out to me.
45 On two ocassions I have had dreams that I was in a rock band.
46. I am hope to eventually do a one women cabaret show. I have no idea when I will have time to put something like that together though.
47. My favorite musical composers are Rogers and Hammerstien
48. I died of happiness when the cast of The Sound Of Music was reunited on Oprah a few weeks ago.
49. When I was younger my favorite book series was Babysitter's Club. I always felt like I related the most to Maryann. My favorite characer was Mallory.
50. My favorite Johnny Depp movie is the Pirates of The Carribean Series
51. My favorite high school spirit week theme was definitley junior year when we did Disney.
52. I have a learning disabilitiy but I never let it define me.
53. I wear a size 7 shoe
54. My first broadway musical was Beauty and The Beast. Since then I have not seen anymore Disney musicals. I may see Mary Poppins when it comes to Boston later in the winter but I haven't decided yet.
55. Like Anna, my favorite Disney princess is also Ariel. My second favorite Disney Princess is Jasmine followed by Mulan.
56. The next Disney movie that should be made into a broadway musical is The Princess And The Frog
57. My journalistic influences are Diane Sawyer and Katie Couric
58. My favorite Disney love song is A Whole New World from Aladdin
59 My favorite non-Disney love song is My Heart Will Go On from Titanic
60. I was obsessed with random quotes from awhile. Most of my facebook quotes section used to be random quotes from my friends but I had to take some of them down to make room for other quotes
61. I was disappointed with the results of the midterm elections
62 I am for gay rights. The fact that there are people against gay marriage frusturates me a lot because sexual oriention should not be a determining factor in a relationship
63. My favorite ride at Disney World is Tower of Terror
64 I perfer the Harry Potter movies to the Twilight movies but like both book series equally.
65, I never got into the C.S Lewis books but really wish I had because the movies look amazing.
66. I joined a video gaming club for a month fall semester of my senior year and then dropped out because it didn't appeal to me. The people in the club were nice but the types of video games they played didn't interest me. I've always been more a Super Mario brothers type of person.
67. I love to bowl.
68. When I was on swim team my best stroke was backstroke.
69. I think it's a little bit too annoying when radio stations start playing Christmas songs too soon before Christmas.
70. I was always afraid of the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz.
71. I don't shop at Abercrombie and Fitch but have also had a weird attraction to the models on the bags
72. I don't like coffee.. or tea.. or wine. I haven't acquired a taste for any of it yet. Though I do drink tea with honey when i'm sick.
73. My confirmation name is Dominique. I picked it because it was my name in French class and I thought it was pretty.
74. I want to go Paris
75. I also have a weird obsession with wanting to go to Canada.
76. I recently read Family Ties by Danielle Steel and don't know why I didn't discover her books sooner.
77. I had surgury when I was a junior at NEC to get a cyst at the base of my spine removed. Not fun at all.
78. CATS is my least favorite musical ever! I have seen it three times in community theatre and don't understand how a play with seemingly no plot at all lasted so long on Broadway. I saw a livejournal icon once that said WTF is a jellicle and it made me laugh.
79. Generally I have a love/hate relationship with Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals. For the shows I have seen or seen the movie versions of I have found the plots to be boring the music is simply wonderful. Top 3 favorite ALW showtunes Don't Cry for Me Argentina Evita Memory CATS and Think of Me from Phantom of The Opera.
80. I was angry when Phantom of The Opera came out with a sequel
81. When I found out Elf was going to be a play on Broadway I had mixed emotions. I still wonder if it translates well to the stage
82. One thing I miss about Henniker is sitting by the river. I found it to be very relaxing,
83. I don't like spicy foods
84. My two favorite places to visit are Disney World and New York City
85. I am addicted to the show Phantom Gourmet.
86. I really want to go to Hershey PA
87. Aside from Broadway showtunes and Country music I also like Classic Rock and Oldies.
88. I am a helpless romantic
89 Romeo and Juliet is my favorite Shakespeare play. I find West Side Story is a modern day version of it.
90. I have never dyed my hair only gotten highlights once
91. I find it uncomfortable to dance in high heels
92. I have a bad sense of direction
93 I have a vision impairment and am unable to drive a car
94. I don't find tatoos to be appealing and never plan on getting one.
95. I like Wendy's better than McDonald's and Burger King combined. I find thier food to be healtier for some reason
96. I was turned off toward eating at McDonald's after seeing the documentary SuperSize Me.
97. I have neve broken any bones.
98. I don't see the appeal behind sorioritis and franternities. I almost pledged to one jr year but decided against it because I was already involved in too many activities and didn't want to add another thing to me link.
99. I got really drunk at a party and since then I only drink socially and never to get drunk.
100. When I found out Mike O'Malley who played Kurt's dad on Glee was from NH I got really excited that there is NH representation on Glee.
101 I love writing poetry. I find it the best way to express whatever emotion I am feeling.
1. I have never been to the west coast. The farthest I have traveled on the east coast is Florida
2. I'm constatnly annoyed when I'm told I look younger than I am. I'm 25 and people tell me I look like like i'm 18.
3. The non-Boston sports teams I follow are the New York Jets and The New Orleans Saints for pro teams. For colleges I follow the Syracuse Orange for no particular reason except I know two people who graduated from Syracuse.
4. My food obsessions are chocolate cheese and anything Italian
5. I went to Italy two years ago to visit family and I am a burning desire to go back. It is gorgeous.
6. In high school I was told I looked like Harry Potter quite often. I think that was because my boobs were not fully developed yet.
7. My favorite holiday is Christmas
8. I only like winter for the first month then really wish I lived some place warm most of the time.
9. I don't like Justin Bieber and can't understand how he got the top award at the AMAs when he's not that great of singer.
10. I sometimes wish NSYNC had gotten back together
11. I met Mr. Belding from Saved By Bell at a leadership conference my freshmen year of college.
12. My lucky numbers were 2 and 24. This dates back to high school because they were jersey numbers of my friends who played sports.
13. I have a collection of playbills from all the plays I have seen. I also have a small collection of autographed posters. One that I got from Jay Johnson from the HAIR cast and 4 that I got as a belated xmas gift from a complete stranger who found me on broadwayspace.
14. I had an obsession with Dr Phil for one whole summer but now find his show to be kind of boring.
15. I will miss Oprah when it goes off the air.
16. I miss MTV from back in the day when they actually PLAYED music videos. Now it is all reality tv shows such as Jersey Shore which I have heard is really stupid.
17. I was addicted to The Bachelor and Survivor when they first came out but don't really care for either show anymore
18. My least favorite sports are golf and tennis. They are so boring to watch.
19. I am happy Shaquille O'Neal is on the Celtics. He has been one of my favorite NBA players for many years.
20 I could never be a vegan because I don't think I could not eat dairy products.. some meat products I could probably do without but if I didn't have milk in my diet (and ice cream) I would not like it.
21. I think there are certain instances where the media should not be intrusive in the life of celeberties.
22. I do not like horror movies
23. I really miss college.
24. Did I mention 24 is my lucky number?
25. When I was in third grade I had the hugest crush on Michael J Fox. Now he is one of my biggest heroes because of how he has overcome his struggle with Parkinson's Dieseae.
26. The year I hated most out of my years of school was 8th grade
27. I wish the war in Afghanistan would end. It's been going for too long. I honestly don't think Osama Bin Laden will ever be found.
28. My biggest musical influence is Celine Dion.
29. My biggest Broadway musical influences are Lea Michelle (no not just because of Glee), Kristin Chenoweth and Julie Andrews.
30. I have gotten a backstage tour at a broadway show
31. I have a lot of respect for all the people I worked with at the Barn Playhouse 3 years ago and am amazed constantly by the things they have done since we've been away from the Barn.
33. Oh wait 33 was a lucky number of mine too. I don't remember the reason why though.
34. Summer is my favorite season.
35. My favorite part of fall is the foliage.
36. I hate when I have writer's block for an extended period of time.
37. If Sarah Palin wins the election in 2012 I may just move to Canada
38. In my opinion the voting system on American Idol and So You Think Can Dance are rigged. Some of the people who are truly talented leave the contest way too early.
39. I would have loved to have a teacher like Jonathan Turner on Boy Meets World
40. I can't stand the Newman's Coffee Commerical where they make fun of the Boston Accent
41. My high school track coach is in the band Recylced Percussion
42. My uncle is also in a band though I think right now they arre on hiatus.
43 One of things I miss about NEC is the awesomeness that was JFJ.
44. I am not as big of a fan of Glee as I was last season. It has not lived up to the high standards of Season 1 at all. Only 3 episodes have really stood out to me.
45 On two ocassions I have had dreams that I was in a rock band.
46. I am hope to eventually do a one women cabaret show. I have no idea when I will have time to put something like that together though.
47. My favorite musical composers are Rogers and Hammerstien
48. I died of happiness when the cast of The Sound Of Music was reunited on Oprah a few weeks ago.
49. When I was younger my favorite book series was Babysitter's Club. I always felt like I related the most to Maryann. My favorite characer was Mallory.
50. My favorite Johnny Depp movie is the Pirates of The Carribean Series
51. My favorite high school spirit week theme was definitley junior year when we did Disney.
52. I have a learning disabilitiy but I never let it define me.
53. I wear a size 7 shoe
54. My first broadway musical was Beauty and The Beast. Since then I have not seen anymore Disney musicals. I may see Mary Poppins when it comes to Boston later in the winter but I haven't decided yet.
55. Like Anna, my favorite Disney princess is also Ariel. My second favorite Disney Princess is Jasmine followed by Mulan.
56. The next Disney movie that should be made into a broadway musical is The Princess And The Frog
57. My journalistic influences are Diane Sawyer and Katie Couric
58. My favorite Disney love song is A Whole New World from Aladdin
59 My favorite non-Disney love song is My Heart Will Go On from Titanic
60. I was obsessed with random quotes from awhile. Most of my facebook quotes section used to be random quotes from my friends but I had to take some of them down to make room for other quotes
61. I was disappointed with the results of the midterm elections
62 I am for gay rights. The fact that there are people against gay marriage frusturates me a lot because sexual oriention should not be a determining factor in a relationship
63. My favorite ride at Disney World is Tower of Terror
64 I perfer the Harry Potter movies to the Twilight movies but like both book series equally.
65, I never got into the C.S Lewis books but really wish I had because the movies look amazing.
66. I joined a video gaming club for a month fall semester of my senior year and then dropped out because it didn't appeal to me. The people in the club were nice but the types of video games they played didn't interest me. I've always been more a Super Mario brothers type of person.
67. I love to bowl.
68. When I was on swim team my best stroke was backstroke.
69. I think it's a little bit too annoying when radio stations start playing Christmas songs too soon before Christmas.
70. I was always afraid of the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz.
71. I don't shop at Abercrombie and Fitch but have also had a weird attraction to the models on the bags
72. I don't like coffee.. or tea.. or wine. I haven't acquired a taste for any of it yet. Though I do drink tea with honey when i'm sick.
73. My confirmation name is Dominique. I picked it because it was my name in French class and I thought it was pretty.
74. I want to go Paris
75. I also have a weird obsession with wanting to go to Canada.
76. I recently read Family Ties by Danielle Steel and don't know why I didn't discover her books sooner.
77. I had surgury when I was a junior at NEC to get a cyst at the base of my spine removed. Not fun at all.
78. CATS is my least favorite musical ever! I have seen it three times in community theatre and don't understand how a play with seemingly no plot at all lasted so long on Broadway. I saw a livejournal icon once that said WTF is a jellicle and it made me laugh.
79. Generally I have a love/hate relationship with Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals. For the shows I have seen or seen the movie versions of I have found the plots to be boring the music is simply wonderful. Top 3 favorite ALW showtunes Don't Cry for Me Argentina Evita Memory CATS and Think of Me from Phantom of The Opera.
80. I was angry when Phantom of The Opera came out with a sequel
81. When I found out Elf was going to be a play on Broadway I had mixed emotions. I still wonder if it translates well to the stage
82. One thing I miss about Henniker is sitting by the river. I found it to be very relaxing,
83. I don't like spicy foods
84. My two favorite places to visit are Disney World and New York City
85. I am addicted to the show Phantom Gourmet.
86. I really want to go to Hershey PA
87. Aside from Broadway showtunes and Country music I also like Classic Rock and Oldies.
88. I am a helpless romantic
89 Romeo and Juliet is my favorite Shakespeare play. I find West Side Story is a modern day version of it.
90. I have never dyed my hair only gotten highlights once
91. I find it uncomfortable to dance in high heels
92. I have a bad sense of direction
93 I have a vision impairment and am unable to drive a car
94. I don't find tatoos to be appealing and never plan on getting one.
95. I like Wendy's better than McDonald's and Burger King combined. I find thier food to be healtier for some reason
96. I was turned off toward eating at McDonald's after seeing the documentary SuperSize Me.
97. I have neve broken any bones.
98. I don't see the appeal behind sorioritis and franternities. I almost pledged to one jr year but decided against it because I was already involved in too many activities and didn't want to add another thing to me link.
99. I got really drunk at a party and since then I only drink socially and never to get drunk.
100. When I found out Mike O'Malley who played Kurt's dad on Glee was from NH I got really excited that there is NH representation on Glee.
101 I love writing poetry. I find it the best way to express whatever emotion I am feeling.
Part 2: Interviews
Interviews for the second internship rotation are in the bag as of 10:45 am this morning, I had my interview today went the Front Desk. I think I will gain lots of new expereiences from either position. Now we wait til Monday when they announce who got what positon. I am anxiously awaiting this announcement and am crossing my fingers I get the Cardiovascular Rehab internship.
Today was my last day in the Oncology Center. I am very sad to leave that department behind and will miss everyone a great deal. They were all very welcoming and helpful to me.
Today was my last day in the Oncology Center. I am very sad to leave that department behind and will miss everyone a great deal. They were all very welcoming and helpful to me.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Sports Scores 11-11-11-20
Sports Scores 11-11-11-20
Pros and Semi Pros
11-12Worchester 3 Manchester Monarchs 2 (OT)
11-19 Monarchs 3 Worcester 1Celtics
vs Miami Heat W 112=107
vs Memphis Grizzlies 116-110 OT
Bruins
vs Montreal Canadiens L 3-1
vs Ottawa Senators L 2-0
vs NJ Devils W 3-0
vs NY Rangers W 3-2
vs Florida Panthers W 3-0
Patriots
vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 39-26
NEC
ECAC Field Hockey Semis vs Bridgewater St L 4-3
11-19
Mens Basketball vs Maine Presque Isle W 86-72
Mens Hockey vs Skidmore W 2-1
Womens Hockey vs S. Maine W 3 1
11-20
Women's Hockey W vs Plymouth St 6-2
Tournaments
High School Football
NHIAA Division 3 Semis
Portsmouth 51 Milford 3
Souhegan 39 Hollis Brookline 24
Championship
Souhegan 24 Portsmouth 21
Division 2 NHIAA SEMIS
BG 28 Keene 21
Championship
BG 14 Winnacunnett 13
Division V FINALS
Kearsarge 12 St Thomas Aquanais 6
College Field Hockey
Babson 4 Husson 3
Babson 4 Salem St 1
PSU 4 Endicott 1
NCAA DIV 1 Tournment 1st Round
Syracuse 2 Penn State 1 (OT)
11-19
Northeast 10 Semis
Stonehill 2 AIC 1
Men's Soccer
DIV III Regionals
Muhlenberg 2 Keene State 0
Babson 4 Salem State 1
NCCA Div II Semis
Franklin Pierce ties Southern NH 1-1 wins in shoot out 4-1
Thursday 11-18
Div II Volleyball Regionals
Bridgeport 3 AIC 1
Other Scores
High School Football
Burlington vs Winchester Burlington L 28-7
Men's Basketball
Saturday 11-20
Daniel Webster 79 Bard 61
Keene State 105 Connetticut College 85
UNH 55 Holy Cross 52
Plymouth State 83 Lyndon St 69
Rivier 75 Colby Sawyer 63
Roger Williams 74 Bowdoin 71
Friday 11-19
Bates 74 Babson 60
BU 50 Marist 37
Rivier 78 Bard 51
RWU 65 Madger Evans 60
Swathmore 69 Clark 50
Saturday 11-13
UNH 79 Lesley 47
ST AS 92 Holy Family 69
SNHU 76 Thomas 55
Friday 11-12
AIC 60 Dowling 42
UMass 72 Rivier 67
Lasalle 82 Columbia 71
Women's Basketball
Saturday 11-20
Babson 65 Regis 45
Clark 70 Emerson 64
Felician 46 St As 31
Keene St 75 Utica 66
Plymouth St 78 Wheaton 75 (OT)
Wellsely 75 Bryn Mawr 35
Friday 11-19
Colby Sawyer 82 Clarkson 62
Wheaton 72 Rivier 60
Saturday 11-13
AIC 56 Bloomfield 50
SNHU 71 Concordia NY 54
Friday 11-12
BC 84 BU 65
Long Island 73 Columnbia 60
Men's Hockey
Saturday 11-20
Assumption 6 SNHU 5
BU 4 UNH 2
UCONN 5 AIC 4
FPC 4 Stonehill 1
Plymouth St 1 UMass Dartmouth 1
STAs 7 Skidmore 4
Friday 11-19
Army 9 AIC 3
Babson 5 Colby 4
Castleton 2 ST As 1
UNH 5 BU 2
Saturday 11-13
BU 3 Merrimack 3
Friday 11-12
UNH 3 UMASS 0
Franklin Piecre lost to Fitchburg in the Fitchburg Shootout 9-3
Women's Hockey
Friday 11-12
Syracuse 3 Clarkson 1
ST As 3 Salve Regina 1
Norwich 8 PSU 2
Saturday 11-13
Holy Cross 6 ST As 1
BU 2 Vermont 2
Friday 11-19
Castelton 2 PSU 2
Saturday 11-20
BC 6 BU 2
ST As 6 St Mikes 0
Football
11-13
Syracuse 13 Rutgers 10
UNH 31 Villanova 24
AIC 36 Assumption 10
Columbia 20 Cornell 17
Bates 28 Hamilton 18
11-20
UNH 38 Townson 19
Brown 38 Columbia 16
Substanial update to follow which willl include photos from Family Weekend at Ithaca
Why I blog
So I read an entry in Michelle's blog ( Who Are We To Judge) about why she blogs. Her blog is mostly about the play she is working on but she talked a little bit about why she blogs in general that made me think about why I blog.. and in some cases why I choose not too.
I have been blogging since 2003 when I stated a journal on teenopendiary a website which someone I met through myspace (I believe her name was Alicia) introduced me to. I then moved over to livejournal at the end of 2004 because as my friends and I were getting ready to leave for college we baiscally used that as way to keep in touch with each other until facebook was created in 2005. Once facebook was created our converstations mostly transported over to there and less and less people started to use livejournal resulting in lots of inactive blogs that haven't been updated since 2005. There were still a few people from high school who ocassionally updated theirs so I used it to keep in touch with them and then once I graduated from NEC quite a few people I knew had them so I used as a method to keep in touch with them since I primarily do not make as much use as instant messanger as I once did so livejounral is a good way to keep myself updated on how they are doing. I started a blospot blog in September 2007 to ween myself away from using livejournal quite so often.. I still feel the need to update livejournal on occassion because I know there are few people who still read it. Eventually I plan on deleting livejournal all together. Hopefully my friends who still read livejournal will remember to favorite these blogspot blogs.
Now that you are aware of my extenstive blogging past I will move into the reasons why I blog and why sometimes I choose not too.
I have three blogs on blogspot this one , the one about my job training program at St Joe's Hospital and the one with my theatre reviews in it. This blog is mostly for me. I use it to write in when I feel the need to so it is really not updated very much. One reason I choose not to blog is because I feel it is important to form a boundary line between what is personal and what can be posted on the interent. It took me a while and two bad experiences with people from situations that happened when I was in college to get me to know that it is not the wisest thing to post personal entries that are about specific people. With livejournal it easy because you can mark entries as private but in one situation I left an entry opened for everybody to read and the person who I wrote it about found it. Big mess. The second situation occured when I wrote a nasty entry in my myspace blog about a fight I had gotten in with my roommate at the time Alllison Graham. She found it and it only made the situation with that worse. For the record I no longe have myspace but the fight that steemed from the entry I posted had nothing to do with why I deleted it. I just found that most of my friends were on facebook and it didn't make sense to have the two accounts active. It was a conversation I had with Will Porter one night after Annie Get Your Gun rehearsal that made me realize it is sometimes better to write personal things in a regular diary. That is actually why I took a hiatus from posting in this blog during my Barn Playhouse depression and subsequent falling out with Will. During that time I was mad at myself a lot for not being able to let go of stuff related to the Barn in a certain amount of time when most everyone else had moved on as soon as we left there. I took an indefinite break from blogging during that period of time to work through some issues on my own. Writing in my regular diary during this period time helped a lot and I am forever greatful to Will for that advice. I hope he realizes that.
I mostly update this blog for myself and don't really care too much if other people read it. If people read and comment that is absoulutley fine with me but they are not obligated to comment. There was a time when I went through a phase when all I cared about was people commenting on my entries and looking back on that I realize that I have This is mostly for me to get my feelings out about things that go on in my life and in the world.
My other two blogs are much more follow-worthy. When I first got my Milford Cabinet internship in 2008 I stated my Theatre Is My Life blog to catalouge the articles I wrote for the Cabinet. This later grew to include entries about Broadway related news, posts about Glee, American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance and reviews of local and community shows that I attend. I also occassionally post favorite clips of mine that I find on youtube. My blog about my job training program at St Joe's was mostly designed to inform my family and friends about the program and the new expreineces I am gaining from it.
So that's why I blog. I hope you found this entry informative.
I have been blogging since 2003 when I stated a journal on teenopendiary a website which someone I met through myspace (I believe her name was Alicia) introduced me to. I then moved over to livejournal at the end of 2004 because as my friends and I were getting ready to leave for college we baiscally used that as way to keep in touch with each other until facebook was created in 2005. Once facebook was created our converstations mostly transported over to there and less and less people started to use livejournal resulting in lots of inactive blogs that haven't been updated since 2005. There were still a few people from high school who ocassionally updated theirs so I used it to keep in touch with them and then once I graduated from NEC quite a few people I knew had them so I used as a method to keep in touch with them since I primarily do not make as much use as instant messanger as I once did so livejounral is a good way to keep myself updated on how they are doing. I started a blospot blog in September 2007 to ween myself away from using livejournal quite so often.. I still feel the need to update livejournal on occassion because I know there are few people who still read it. Eventually I plan on deleting livejournal all together. Hopefully my friends who still read livejournal will remember to favorite these blogspot blogs.
Now that you are aware of my extenstive blogging past I will move into the reasons why I blog and why sometimes I choose not too.
I have three blogs on blogspot this one , the one about my job training program at St Joe's Hospital and the one with my theatre reviews in it. This blog is mostly for me. I use it to write in when I feel the need to so it is really not updated very much. One reason I choose not to blog is because I feel it is important to form a boundary line between what is personal and what can be posted on the interent. It took me a while and two bad experiences with people from situations that happened when I was in college to get me to know that it is not the wisest thing to post personal entries that are about specific people. With livejournal it easy because you can mark entries as private but in one situation I left an entry opened for everybody to read and the person who I wrote it about found it. Big mess. The second situation occured when I wrote a nasty entry in my myspace blog about a fight I had gotten in with my roommate at the time Alllison Graham. She found it and it only made the situation with that worse. For the record I no longe have myspace but the fight that steemed from the entry I posted had nothing to do with why I deleted it. I just found that most of my friends were on facebook and it didn't make sense to have the two accounts active. It was a conversation I had with Will Porter one night after Annie Get Your Gun rehearsal that made me realize it is sometimes better to write personal things in a regular diary. That is actually why I took a hiatus from posting in this blog during my Barn Playhouse depression and subsequent falling out with Will. During that time I was mad at myself a lot for not being able to let go of stuff related to the Barn in a certain amount of time when most everyone else had moved on as soon as we left there. I took an indefinite break from blogging during that period of time to work through some issues on my own. Writing in my regular diary during this period time helped a lot and I am forever greatful to Will for that advice. I hope he realizes that.
I mostly update this blog for myself and don't really care too much if other people read it. If people read and comment that is absoulutley fine with me but they are not obligated to comment. There was a time when I went through a phase when all I cared about was people commenting on my entries and looking back on that I realize that I have This is mostly for me to get my feelings out about things that go on in my life and in the world.
My other two blogs are much more follow-worthy. When I first got my Milford Cabinet internship in 2008 I stated my Theatre Is My Life blog to catalouge the articles I wrote for the Cabinet. This later grew to include entries about Broadway related news, posts about Glee, American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance and reviews of local and community shows that I attend. I also occassionally post favorite clips of mine that I find on youtube. My blog about my job training program at St Joe's was mostly designed to inform my family and friends about the program and the new expreineces I am gaining from it.
So that's why I blog. I hope you found this entry informative.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Interviews
I was caught by surprise when I got to work on Wednesday and found I had an interview at the Cardiovascular Center at 9:00. It went well and I feel very confident about getting the position. My friend Kim also interviewed for the job and she feels her interview went well too. If I don't get this job this rotation it will be first on my list for next rotation. My next interview is at 10:30 on Tuesday at the Front Desk. Crossing my fingers and hoping it goes well.
If those two positions do not pan out one alternative is the Senior Center and another is possibly talking to my job trainer to see if I can stay on at the Oncology Center Front Office for the next rotation since no one has interviewed for that position.
If those two positions do not pan out one alternative is the Senior Center and another is possibly talking to my job trainer to see if I can stay on at the Oncology Center Front Office for the next rotation since no one has interviewed for that position.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Step 1: Job Shadowing
This week we have been going around to different department shadowing the different positions and see what they do in various departments. It's a really good idea because it helps us to narrow down our choices and decide which deparments are not a good fit for us.
Here is the list of places I am considering applying at
1st Choice Cardiovascular Center
#1 2nd Choice Front Desk
#2 2nd Choice Marketing- No position avaialable
#1 3rd Choice Breast Care Center
#2 3rd Choicc Human Resources- No position available
#3 3rd Choice Dictation - won't be avaialble til next rotation
#4 3rd Choice Medical Records- No position available.
Back ups (will be 1st or second choices for next rotation)
Senior Center
Mail Delivery
Up to this point I have job shawdoed for the Cardiovascular Center, Front Desk and Breat Care Center. The job in the Cardiovascular Center involves losts of data entry and filing and also getting the mail and delivering it to the doctors offices. I really liked that position a lot and think it would be a great fit for me. Front Desk is also something I think I would like to do. It's involves a lot of customer service and answering phones two things I am very good at. The Breast Care Center however is a job that I don't think will fit my skill set. While it has some data entry work as well as getting the mail a majority of the job consists of folding reminder letters about mammogram appointments which I think I will struggle significantly with. Yesterday I went to Vocational Rehab with Lori Corbett to job shadow dictation job. I think it went really well. There is no availbitly for that internship this time around but it'ssomething to consider for the 3rd rotation. This job involves recording meetings and then typing up meeting minutes.. something I've had somewhat of experiecne with when it comes to doing my Milford Cabinet interviews.
Thinking ahead to the 3rd rotation Dictation is a definite. I am hoping that Marketing Human Resources and Medical Records will have open positions. As far as other considerations we will have to see where the chips fall on interviews for this rotation and which position I get. Whichever job I do not get this time around will be my first choice for rotation three followed by Dictation.
Here is the list of places I am considering applying at
1st Choice Cardiovascular Center
#1 2nd Choice Front Desk
#2 2nd Choice Marketing- No position avaialable
#1 3rd Choice Breast Care Center
#2 3rd Choicc Human Resources- No position available
#3 3rd Choice Dictation - won't be avaialble til next rotation
#4 3rd Choice Medical Records- No position available.
Back ups (will be 1st or second choices for next rotation)
Senior Center
Mail Delivery
Up to this point I have job shawdoed for the Cardiovascular Center, Front Desk and Breat Care Center. The job in the Cardiovascular Center involves losts of data entry and filing and also getting the mail and delivering it to the doctors offices. I really liked that position a lot and think it would be a great fit for me. Front Desk is also something I think I would like to do. It's involves a lot of customer service and answering phones two things I am very good at. The Breast Care Center however is a job that I don't think will fit my skill set. While it has some data entry work as well as getting the mail a majority of the job consists of folding reminder letters about mammogram appointments which I think I will struggle significantly with. Yesterday I went to Vocational Rehab with Lori Corbett to job shadow dictation job. I think it went really well. There is no availbitly for that internship this time around but it'ssomething to consider for the 3rd rotation. This job involves recording meetings and then typing up meeting minutes.. something I've had somewhat of experiecne with when it comes to doing my Milford Cabinet interviews.
Thinking ahead to the 3rd rotation Dictation is a definite. I am hoping that Marketing Human Resources and Medical Records will have open positions. As far as other considerations we will have to see where the chips fall on interviews for this rotation and which position I get. Whichever job I do not get this time around will be my first choice for rotation three followed by Dictation.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
YES!
Verdict of Steven Spader trial: Guilty. Life in prison without the possibility of parole.
My thoughts: So happy. At least now the Cates family can have a bit of closure. Hopefully Christopher Gribble will get a similar sentence.
My thoughts: So happy. At least now the Cates family can have a bit of closure. Hopefully Christopher Gribble will get a similar sentence.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Sports Scores 11-1-11-5 Tournament Time
Sports Scores 11-1-11-6Tournaments
College Field Hockey
TCCC Semis
NEC 3 WNEC 1
Commonwealth Coast Finals UNE 3 NEC 0
NECC Semi Finals
Daniel Webster 5 Bay Path 0
NECC Finals Daniel Webster 1 Becker 0
Wheaton 7 Clark 0
NESAC Semis
Tufts 4 Bates 1
NEWMAC Semis
Babson 1 Springfield 0
America East Semis
UNH 3 Maine 2
Little East Semis
Bridgewater St 2 PSU 1 (OT)
UMass Dartmouth 1Keene State 0
Men's Soccer
*don't remember divisions so I will just list the scores
Roger Williams 2 UNE 0
Bates 0 Tufts o (OT) Bates won 3-2 w penalty kicks
Little East Semi Finals
Keene State 2 UMass Dartmouth 1
NEWMAC Semis
Babson 1 Springfield 0
Volleyball
Little East Semis
Keene St 3 PSU 2
NECC Semis
Daniel Webster 3 Newbury 1
UAA SEMIS
NYU 3 Brandies 0
High School Tournaments
High School Girls Soccer Div II Semis
Lebanon 1 Souhegan 0 (OT)
High School Field Hockey Division 2 South Preliminaries
Winchester 2 Pentucket 1
Divison V Football Semis
Kearsarge Regional vs Somersworth
Pros
World Series San Fransisco Giants win the pennant 4 games to 2 vs Texas Rangers
Celtics Vs Cleaveland L 95- 87 vs NY Knicks W 105-101 vs Detroit 101-86 vs Bucks 105-102 (OT)
Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres W 5-2 vs Washington Capitals vs St Louis Blues L 4-2
Football Sunday 10-31
Patriots vs Vikings W 28-18
NY Jets vs Green Bay L 9-0
New Orleans vs Pittsburgh W 20-10
Friday Night Football 11-5
Burlington vs Wakefield
Wakefield 39 Burlington 27
Souhegan vs Bedford Predicted Score 54-10 Actual Score 14-12(really over estimated my predicton.)
End of Sesaon Record 8-0 Division 8-2 overall. Playoffs: Next Saturday vs Hollis Brookline.
Men's Hockey
UNH 2 BC 1
Johnson and Wales 8 Franklin Piecre 1
Saturday
BU 2 Maine 1
UNH 2 UMASS Lowell 1
Sacred Heart 4 AIC 2
Women's Hockey
NEC Scores vs St Michaels W 3-2 vs Norwhich L 4-2
Friday
ST As 6 Nichols 3
Saturday
BU 2 Providence 1
UNH 2 Vermont 0
S Maine 5 PSU 2
Volleyball
FridayAlbany 3 UNH 1
Saturday
AIC 3 UMASS Lowell 1
Pace 3 Franklin Pierce 0
Football
William and Mary 13 UNH 3
Harvard 23 Columnbia 7
AIC 69 Pace 31
ST As 35 New Haven 26
Bowdoin 21 Bates 20
Just to save myself time from having to retype a lot of scores from now on the only college teams I will follow will be Clark, Babson, NEC and Ithaca. Other than Souhegan I will follow Kearsarge and Proctor Academy for Basketball and Burlington for Ice Hockey.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Transitional period
So the first internship rotation is slowly winding to a close. Only two more full weeks left and then two days before we go on Thanksgiving vacation. The internship in IS ended up falling flat because a lot of the time they did not have a lot of work for me to do. Now I am working in the Oncology Center full time splitting time up between front office work and filling in for my friend Scott working with the patients. I am going to really miss working in the Oncology Center once the internship ends.
We have started to make our decisicions for where we want to go for our second internship. Marketing Medical Records and Human Resources did not end up having opening positions which was a bummer. It is also kind of disappointing that they do not have a very huge variety of jobs to fit my skill set though a few new departments have opened up Office Admin internships. On Monday and Wednesday I job shawdoed in the Cardiovascular Rehab Center which I really enjoyed. I think I will benefit a lot from that position if I get the job. The other two top choices I have are the Front Desk and The Breat Care Center. My back ups are Endoscopy the mail route and the Senior Center. Interviews begin the week after next. Crossing my fingers that I get one of my top two choices.
We have started to make our decisicions for where we want to go for our second internship. Marketing Medical Records and Human Resources did not end up having opening positions which was a bummer. It is also kind of disappointing that they do not have a very huge variety of jobs to fit my skill set though a few new departments have opened up Office Admin internships. On Monday and Wednesday I job shawdoed in the Cardiovascular Rehab Center which I really enjoyed. I think I will benefit a lot from that position if I get the job. The other two top choices I have are the Front Desk and The Breat Care Center. My back ups are Endoscopy the mail route and the Senior Center. Interviews begin the week after next. Crossing my fingers that I get one of my top two choices.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Reflecting (once again) on a past reflection
As I was paging through my old entries I came across a post from October 2007 when I was pondering my future. This was when my Barn Playhouse depression was in its very earlier stages... since then it has certainly had it's ups and downs but I am happy to say that I made due with my demons and put anything related to the Barn in the past. Don't know what really took me so long.
Anyway back to the reflection I am reflecting on... this refers to the entry Deep Pensivity in Danforth dated October 20th 2007. That reflection was a reflection of a previous reflection from the end of August from a conversation I jumped in on at the final brunch at Wally and Bud's at the Barn Playhouse. The gist of the coversation which Bud was having with Nic Rouleau, Will Porter and Paul Rawlings was about where they see themselves in the future. Generally speaking I have thought about this question quite a bit since that time though I think at the time the question was more so geared toward their careers in theatre.
At the time of the original reflection I was confused about my future and where I saw myself 5 10 or even 15 years from now. Now that I have been out of college for the past three years and have dealt with the horrendous economy I can happily say I am on my way to getting the life I planned for myself. Theatre always remains my true passion as does writing but I don't really think I will be able to make a living out of that. Right now I am in a job training program at St Joesph's Hospital in Nashua which is going very well. The struggle that I had in my previous jobs was that they did not really fit my skillls and then my disabiliteis came into play. This program is giving me training in different departments within the hospital. I am really hoping that the economy turns around well enough by the end of the program so I can get a full time or part time job at the hospital... I'm leaning more toward full time because I want to be able to be independant and live on my own. The downfall of Amherst is that there is no public transportation so I am hoping to move to Nashua if I get a job at the hospital after Project Search.
Theatrewise my main goal has always been to work for a public relations department for a theatre. Since my Barn Playhouse internship I had a brief internship at Peacock Players in Nashua then got a freelance writing job at the Milford Cabinet for which I am still employed. I write articles about the shows that the Milford Area Players and Riverbend Youth Company productions. It's been a good experience and I've met a lot of interesting people through writing my articles. Getting complimentary tickets to plays and going to the NH Theatre Awards are also an added benefit. Nashua is awesome because there are a varetry of theatres I could potientially do publicity for. Peacock Players, Actorsingers, Stage Coach Productions and Nashua Theatre Guild. Portsmouth is my ultimate goal for a place to live if I can make enough money to live out there.. it's really expensive to leave in Portsmouth.
Anyway back to the reflection I am reflecting on... this refers to the entry Deep Pensivity in Danforth dated October 20th 2007. That reflection was a reflection of a previous reflection from the end of August from a conversation I jumped in on at the final brunch at Wally and Bud's at the Barn Playhouse. The gist of the coversation which Bud was having with Nic Rouleau, Will Porter and Paul Rawlings was about where they see themselves in the future. Generally speaking I have thought about this question quite a bit since that time though I think at the time the question was more so geared toward their careers in theatre.
At the time of the original reflection I was confused about my future and where I saw myself 5 10 or even 15 years from now. Now that I have been out of college for the past three years and have dealt with the horrendous economy I can happily say I am on my way to getting the life I planned for myself. Theatre always remains my true passion as does writing but I don't really think I will be able to make a living out of that. Right now I am in a job training program at St Joesph's Hospital in Nashua which is going very well. The struggle that I had in my previous jobs was that they did not really fit my skillls and then my disabiliteis came into play. This program is giving me training in different departments within the hospital. I am really hoping that the economy turns around well enough by the end of the program so I can get a full time or part time job at the hospital... I'm leaning more toward full time because I want to be able to be independant and live on my own. The downfall of Amherst is that there is no public transportation so I am hoping to move to Nashua if I get a job at the hospital after Project Search.
Theatrewise my main goal has always been to work for a public relations department for a theatre. Since my Barn Playhouse internship I had a brief internship at Peacock Players in Nashua then got a freelance writing job at the Milford Cabinet for which I am still employed. I write articles about the shows that the Milford Area Players and Riverbend Youth Company productions. It's been a good experience and I've met a lot of interesting people through writing my articles. Getting complimentary tickets to plays and going to the NH Theatre Awards are also an added benefit. Nashua is awesome because there are a varetry of theatres I could potientially do publicity for. Peacock Players, Actorsingers, Stage Coach Productions and Nashua Theatre Guild. Portsmouth is my ultimate goal for a place to live if I can make enough money to live out there.. it's really expensive to leave in Portsmouth.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
For the record
The Steven Spader trial absolutley sickens me. I can't even bear to watch news coverage of it and feel so terrible that Mr. Cates and Jamie have to go through this.
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