Since U Been Gone

Maybe one of these days I'll stop failing at blogging.

I wouldn't hold your breath.

So, the last four months have been taken up with work, writing, reading, travel, too much unhealthy behavior, and a heck of a lot of fun. A few pictures for documentation:


That would be me (front left) and my friend Ailene (behind me) with Jake Silbermann (front right) and Van Hansis, who play Noah Mayer and Luke Snyder on "As the World Turns." I went on the Rock the Soap 2 cruise April 9-12 and had an absolute BLAST.














Me (center) with Kat (left) and Ailene, my roomies for the cruise, all dolled up for the formal Captain's Dinner Saturday night.
















I also went to the ATWT fan club luncheon in NYC the following weekend. Here's my friend Manny Brown, a Jake superfan, with the object of his affection, LOL.

















Jake approves! With Van (left) and Eric Sheffer Stevens, who plays Dr. Reid Oliver.
















Me with Van at Nuke-A-Palooza. This is a fan event held after the luncheon for the past 3 years that the actors attend. Jake had to leave early, unfortunately, but Van was the life of the party right up until the place pretty much kicked us out, LOL.








Me (standing in the center) with my friends Dani, Kat, and Sy, the day after the luncheon. We'd just seen the Tim Burton exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art and were headed for Serendipity for lunch.

I also saw various other friends and family. All in all, it was an epically amazing 11 days of vacation. I didn't want to come back home!! :)

Charity December: Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Each day during December, I'll be featuring a charitable organization that I support. These are my personal choices and reflect nothing other than that.

I'd planned a different charity for today, but with the news that As the World Turns has been cancelled, I'm moving this one up the list, in honor of Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann, who play Luke and Noah on the show. They've been big supporters of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and as a long-time Broadway fan, so have I (well before I started watching ATWT). BC/EFA works through the theater industry to raise funds to provide services to people with AIDS and other critical illnesses, both through programs for those working in the entertainment industry and through grants to community-based service organizations.

Trailer For Sale Or Rent

Well, I fail at blogging, obviously.

I've been doing a heck of a lot of writing lately, all of it fanfic, but who cares? It's fun, and I don't plan on trying to make a living as a writer again. (Been there, done that, got royally sick of it.) I've met another crop of great people (having dinner with some tonight!) and I'm enjoying myself with it, so it's all good.

Castle got a full-season pickup, yay!

I did put off school until winter. Apparently I can do winter term every year if I want, as long as I get in all the required courses. Fall is notoriously busy, so while this way will take longer, at least I won't go nuts. Well, no more nuts than usual, anyway.

Example of fall busy-ness: This weekend I'm missing the family reunion to go to homecoming at Troy. Next month, we're going to New Jersey for a cousin's wedding. Then it's the holidays, and that's always crazy. I'm not likely to have many free weekends until January at this rate.

We're also planning a trip to NYC in April, and this time I'm determined to see Wicked! We're going to try to get in two shows if we can. I'll be doing a fan club event that Saturday, but we're going Friday through Monday, so we're hoping to see one show Friday night and another on Sunday.

Dragon*Con has already started adding guests for 2010! I don't think I'm ready for this yet, heh. We ended up with a room at the Hyatt because the Marriott screwed the pooch with reservations.