Everyone says that Christmas in the city is a beautiful thing. I agree. A girlfriend and I were running down 5th Avenue last weekend (literally running). We were late to the Alvin Ailey show, but I couldn't help but be completely shocked by the amount of Christmas lights! It was absolutely gorgeous! I am not surprised. Its New York City people, lights are their thing. Have you not been to Times Square?
Today I experienced Christmas in a little more non-traditional way. We got off the train and walked past 4 young (and skinny) men. They were dressed in Santa outfits, with their beards pulled down, smoking cigarettes. Not very Santa like! We arrived at Joffrey to find that other people have had bizarre Santa encounters this morning as well. A friend saw fifteen Santas waiting in line to get Metro Cards for the Subway? Ummm....Santa? What happened to your sleigh? We finally found that "Santa CON" is taking place in the city. It is a bar crawl throughout the city. All you need to participate is a Santa costume, resulting in a overwhelming amount of drunken Mr. and Mrs. Claus throughout the city. Very entertaining, but if I was a parent, I would have kept my kid INSIDE today.
In the most important news, today I experienced a Christmas miracle. See, Wednesday night I was on my Mac Book ordering my dad a Christmas present. That is when my clumsy elbows knocked over my glass of water that was conveniently located right next to the computer. Water filled my keyboard. After I soaked up as much water as I could, I called my best friend. She had a similar disaster with Won Ton soup. She told me NOT to turn it on. Apparently trying to turn it on is what ruins your hard drive, not the water. Then I called Miguel, who was amazing already at the Apple store in Kansas City asking about what to do about my soggy laptop. (Yes, he is that awesome.) For the remainder of the evening I sat on my bathroom floor with my blow dryer on the low-cool setting trying to dry out the insides of my computer. The next step is to wait a few days just to ensure that everything is dried out.
For the past two days I have been staring at my poor computer on my desk, but today was the third day. I woke up bright and early. I was sweating because I was so nervous to try to turn it on. I have almost 4,000 songs and hundreds of photos on my computer. Hundreds of dollars worth of music for auditions and choreography. My professional head shots and dance pictures. Are they gone forever? Should I call my mom and dad to tell them to return my Christmas gifts? No, I should wait to make sure its really gone... Ok here it goes.
I plugged it in and pressed the button. DINGGGG The apple ding sounded. It was turning on! Then the apple appeared! Then the wheel-of-death...watched it spin for a few seconds (holding my breath) and there it was, my desktop. It is my very own Christmas miracle! Just like Jesus, after three days, it resurrected.
Thank you Jesus for resurrecting my computer. You are awesome, I promise to spend less time on Facebook. I promise!
A week from today I fly home for the holidays, but this last week is going to be a rough one. Tomorrow morning I have to a photo shoot for our program. Apparently we are going to have our hair powdered white. I'm sure that will result in an interesting blog. To be continued?
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