so what if he was just an understudy, his rooom at the William Penn was just as nice as everyone elses!

So yeah, it was a great weekend getting out of town! Sadly i had to be back early today to play for 5:30 but i had such a good time.

Emilee called me like, last week, and wanted to know if I wanted to see RENT. Although i've seen it 4 times already, I never pass up an opportunity, and shes never seen it, so I was all for it. The weather wasn't... but Friday afternoon it was really just rainy so I headed out to Pittsburgh.

The drive was really the best i've had all week. Aside from the rain, i made good time until i hit traffic near pgh. But, I had plenty of people to call and txt. I messaged Bill on the off chance that he might be around, and it turned out that his boyfriend was going to see the show too, and maybe we would meet up later. That was good news since Bill is such a fun guy!

So, I get to the parking garage by Pegasus (what memories... LOL) and head over to Heinz hall to wait for tickets with Em. We didn't get the cheap seats in the pit, but we did get AWESOME seats... Like, the actors could have spit on me if they wanted to. I had my seat in A2 and Emilee and Jodie were 2 rows behind. yay!

So we had dinner and met Jodie and headed to Heinz hall once again. It was a heat wave in Pittsburgh-- it was almost 45 degrees out!

It was so much fun actually being close enough for the actors to see me. My favorite understudy had a beautiful smile-- he smiled more with his eyes than his mouth- lets jsut say i was in a puddle on the floor by the end of the show. It wasn't the best cast i've seen, but by far it was the best experience i've had with the show.

We went out back and got to meet several of the personalities from the show :) :) (and of course mentioned where we were going afterward... lol)

Anyway, the rest of the night was just as much fun. We headed to Pegs before it got crowded... then all of a sudden like everyone was there. I've NEVER seen it so packed i don't think. Bill ended up coming over after we played phone tag from the theatre to the club. Somehow he found me in the jumble of people. We danced and had a great time. Ken and the IUP boys were down as well, but no other clarion homos (for which Ken and I were grateful!). It turned into a fantastic evening, filled with friends, and strangers who turned into friends... and most of the rest of it is a blur....

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As I headed back to Clarion this morning with the Pittsburgh skyline in my rearview mirror (which i have just learned how to adjust) I definitely had a smile on my face.. I've been reflecting a lot lately on relationships. I don't want it to be an issue for me right now but it is becoming a bit consuming. Its so unfair that you meet such wonderful people at totally the wrong times. At the same time, sometimes its for the best... maybe they need to learn something from another relationship or direction than you hoped that things would go. Sometimes things aren't meant to be- and its not our place to force them to happen, because we could be royally fucking something up that could happen in the future when things aren't as tumultious as they are at this point. Its unfair, but its also the way fate usually works.

Robbie

Oh yeah! Ken, Mikey, Jamie, and Beeker and I built snowmen this week... check them out!




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