The Joyce Theatre - Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca

So weekend before last me and my man went to The Joyce Theatre and caught Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca.  A performance of music and flamenco dancing.  The company included two singers, three dancers and two guitarists.  The performance of 90 minutes with no intermission felt forced and redundant although also packed with incredible talent and stamina.

http://www.nocheflamenca.net/engindex.php

http://www.youtube.com/user/nflamenca

I don’t know if my expectations were too high but I just expected something MORE.

Something Borrowed - a DVD review

So on a lazy Sunday afternoon I decided to catch the romantic comedy, Something Borrowed, starring Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson and the delicious Colin Egglesfield.  (P.s. that CAN’T be his real name its too retarted, even though he looks like the Tom Cruise of his era.)  Anyhew, Ginnifer and Kate are bffs and when Ginnifer’s crush meets Kate, Kate seizes the opportunity and him.  Fast forward to six weeks before their wedding.  Ginnifer and Colin are out to dinner and out comes the secret when she tells him “You know I always had a crush on you in law school”.  And Colin acts on it by kissing her and taking her to bed.

Now for every brunette that’s been shown up by some pushy blonde, this plot might look like a victory right?  But what self-respecting woman betrays her best friend for some stupid guy that doesn’t have the sense (and moral compass) to just take the compliment and keep it in his pants?!

This movie irked me from early and the only continued.  I DID finish watching only because I wanted to know how this doomed threesome was supposed to salvage their friendships etc.

All I can say it PASS, there at least 20 better romantic comedies out there worth watching even if their leading men aren’t as hot, lol.

I’ll be overjoyed when I’m feeling better.  For the last two weeks or so I’ve been dealing with mysterious back pain.  I say mysterious because I did nothing to warrant it happening.  Of course I also haven’t been doing any type of regular exercise either which might have prevented it.

I’m tired of living this way.  I come home to a house that’s never clean.  Okay, so I’m not exactly the clean-as-you-go type anyway BUT still it usually looks better, but standing, especially by the end of the day is fucking painful as hell.

Of course I could have avoided most of this if I’d just gotten my ass to the doctor’s office a week ago.  I am loathe to run to doctors.  I’d had hoped that just taking things easy it would all sort itself out. Of course I was kidding myself I wasn’t really doing jack-shit to improve things, not really.

So yesterday after I finally bit-the-bullet and went to the doctors they gave me a prescription for anti-inflammatories.  Oh happy day right?  Nope.  After work I went to drop it off and the pharmacist takes a 30-second glance around and tells me:  “We’re out, I can get it for you tomorrow.”  UGGGGGGGGGGGGGH.

Okay so after I have a mini-tantrum inside my head I ask specifically “WHEN can I get this?”  So now I just have to hold on until 6:30 so I can be on the road to recovery.

I’ve a mini list of things I’d like to do once I am pain free once more.  FIRST don’t take being pain free for granted, work out regularly.  If even just yoga and stretching.  TWO eat better, less sugar more vegs.  THREE: clean my fucking house.  I keep having this mini-fantasy where I come into some money and buy myself two dressers and a wall-unit so my bedroom doesn’t look like a thrift shop that’s exploded.

Then there are other simple things I want to do like, yoga, take a long walk without fear of pain.  Get shit accomplished that I’ve been putting off. 

And mainly just not having to obsess and think “when will I feel better”.  Cause I’m tired of whining to people, especially my guy.  Which is why I’m writing this blog in the first place.  I need to get all of this out of my head already.  And so I have.

Just stuff in my head

I heard something at a meeting last night that I liked.  A woman shared of how her children are back at school and she, being a stay at home mom, was missing them.  After an activity-fueled Summer the house was now empty if for even a few hours.  She said she was really missing the kids.  She, also being a creature of habit, was slow to accept change and having difficulty with it. 

She said she understood what she needed to do was simply FEEL her feelings.  It was all about acceptance.  She said after being used to either drinking, eating or spending her way to feel better immediately, she knew that simply feeling her feelings was the best way to go.  Afterwards she quickly added, but the other way is much more fun, and we all laughed.

And right now, despite how incapable and unlovely I’ve been feeling these days. I’ve been trying to do the same thing.  Standing in that corridor of uncomfortability sucks. I’ve been shifting in 500 different ways to just stop wishing things be perfect and just leave it all the fuck alone.  I’ve worried about disappointing people around  me.

It all comes back to fear.  Fear of losing something I have.  Fear of not having something I want, blah, blah, blah.  Still, its true.

Steely Dan : Shuffle Diplomacy Tour

So last night I saw a concert, a band I’ve always wanted to see: Steely Dan.  It was the last night of their Shuffle Diplomacy Tour in NYC.  It was a Friday night and the crowd was excited.  Did I mention the average age of the crowd was comprised of adults 50’s and up?  Well yeah, (jude shrugs).

Forget the fact that most of the horn section looked like an audition for Larry David stunt doubles.  Forget that Donald Fagen’s voice was so hoarse it sounded like he was channeling Joe Cocker.  Forget that rather than seeing these musicians and having them look more like they were going to do my taxes than play legendary hits. The started the night with “Kid Charlemagne” and the crowd was lit.  Literally.  Sitting in the upper section which gave us a great view also, lent some discretion which other people took advantage of.  Every few minutes people were lighting up.  I was pretty surprised at this. 

After about 30 minutes of songs melding into one another, many sounding the same, which is par for the course where Steely Dan was concerned.

The finale had some of my favorites, “Peg” “Josie” “Reeling in the Years” which was the first Steely Dan song I heard back in 1974 living Park Slope, Brooklyn.  

 I was glad I was there, always wanted to see them and thanks to my man, I finally have.

With less than 4 days left of “Summer” its time to make a list.  A list of all my favorite Fall things.  On the one hand I might want to go kicking and screaming leaving last Summer behind.  Who can blame me?  I had more fun hitting the beach, laughing with friends and juicy makeout sessions with a certain someone than I have in just about forever.  Whoever thinks getting older is a thing to be dreaded hasn’t been standing in my shoes. 

Having said all that, Fall used to be one of my favorite seasons.  And here is a list of a few reasons why.

1.       Pears!  (yep you read, I said it)  juicy ripe pears.  The kind that when you bite into one the juicy just runs down your arm.

2.      Fabulous Fall Fashions.  Time to pour over September VOGUE and hope the knocks-off you’ll be buying look half as enticing.

3.      Snuggling under blankets, whether it be with a pet or a partner.  Though hardly qualifying as an activity, its still a nice way to pass time with a good book or a good friend.

4.      Holidays.  As in Halloween/Thanksgiving.  It brings together family and friends and fun.  Three things we cannot have enough of.

Anyone care to add to the list?

Upcoming events to be reviewed

So I haven’t exactly been filling this website to the best of my ability lately.  For that I apologize.  I’ve seen a few DVDs not really done much more than that.   But I do need to step myself up abit.

A few upcoming events will be:  Friday: September 23, 2011 I will be catching Steely Dan, live in concert @ The Beacon Theatre. http://www.radiocity.com/events/steely-dan-beacon-0911.html

Also upcoming on October 2, 2011 is my return to the Joyce Theatre (with my man in tow).  Seeing something completely different. I've purchased tickets for the performance of Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca: http://www.joyce.org/performancestickets/calendar_detail.php?event=389&theater=1

Stay tuned.