One Week In

The school year is officially only one week old and it's been great and exhausting so far. In order to mark the beginning of my second decade as a teacher, I have finally joined the modern world and upgraded my cable box to one with HDTV and DVR. Wow! who knows what will happen next as I edge closer to a debt-free life.

Dilemmas

August 7, 2007
probably the most difficult day in my life that didn't involve me personally; in other words, there was nothing personal nor tragic about this day... it was about being torn apart by having to be in 3 places at once...

all day I had to consider where was i going to be on this night

option 1:
the first game for our teacher softball team (I actually showed up for the practice for 30 minutes)

option 2:
opening of Avenue Q, the musical i've been wanting to see more than any other for the past 3 years
seats Orchestra center, third row

option 3:
a chance to watch Barry break the all-time home run record

and as many of you would expect
i went to see the musical

some of you are in disbelief right now
but if you have a chance and doubt mind your musicals having provocative R-rated themes and humor, you need to see it...

look at these song titles...

. The Avenue Q Theme - Company
2. What Do You Do with a B.A. in English? - John Tartaglia
3. It Sucks To Be Me - Jordan Gelber, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, John Tartaglia, Rick Lyon, Ann Harada, Natalie Venetia Belcon, Jennifer Barnhart
4. If You Were Gay - Rick Lyon with John Tartaglia
5. Purpose - John Tartaglia & Company
6. Everyone's A Little Bit Racist - John Tartaglia, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Natalie Venetia Belcon, Jordan Gelber, Ann Harada
7. The Internet Is For Porn - Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Rick Lyon & the Guys
8. Mix Tape - Stephanie D'Abruzzo, John Tartaglia
9. I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today - Jordan Gelber with Ann Harada
10. Special - Stephanie D'Abruzzo with the Guys
11. You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want (When You're Makin' Love) - Natalie Venetia Belcon, Rick Lyon, Jennifer Barnhart & Ensemble with Stephanie D'Abruzzo, John Tartaglia, Jordan Gelber, Ann Harada
12. Come True - John Tartaglia, Stephanie D'Abruzzo with Rick Lyon
13. My Girlfriend, Who Lives in Canada - John Tartaglia
14. There's a Fine, Fine Line - Stephanie D'Abruzzo
15. There Is Life Outside Your Apartment - Jordan Gelber, John Tartaglia & Company
16. The More You Ruv Someone - Ann Harada, Stephanie D'Abruzzo
17. Schadenfreude - Natalie Venetia Belcon, Rick Lyon
18. I Wish I Could Go Back to College - Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Rick Lyon, John Tartaglia
19. The Money Song - Rick Lyon, John Tartaglia, Natalie Venetia Belcon with Jordan Gelber, Ann Harada, Jennifer Barnhart
20. School for Monsters/The Money Song (Reprise) - Rick Lyon & Company

ahhh... and if you saw the musical episode of Scrubs, these are the same people who wrote that


now, i am a tad sad that i didn't have my regular bleacher seat at the ballpark to witness history... and i find it out that i'm ok with it... i suppose i feel lucky that i have seen a lot of baseball history for a lifetime and what i really want to see is a world series win... and if it were game 7 of any playoff series i would've been at the park... but i will likely see Bonds hit another homer and that will be the new record... plus, my nephew Miles at 5 years old got to see the moment and that will likely live on in his memory much more than it would in mine...



oh yeah, the softball team had a great game even though they lost 16-11... and will and I weren't there... and will is, like, the best shortstop ever... this means we just might have a better record than last season when we only had one win... ahhhh… our first team picture

maybe things are getting better...

wait... maybe not...
a distant aunt of mine, Rose Pedro, was found tied up in Manila killed by some criminal-her body beginning to decompose... if you believe in prayers, karmic retribution, or what have you - keep positive thoughts that the killer be brought to justice