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This is what Vegas is supposed to be like!!

The last four days have been AWESOME!!!! REALLY AWESOME!!!

Courtney, one of my best friends in the world made her way to Vegas with her family on Thursday. So after a lengthy design meeting on Friday, I made my way to the strip to hang out with her. Great times! We went shopping at Planet Hollywood, I took her to my apartment so she could see the new digs, and then we went to the Ron White show. It was actually pretty funny. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. On Saturday we went to Mandalay Bay for some more shopping and then we split and I went on a date with a film major, Alex.

BEST FIRST DATE EVER!

We met at Mandalay Bay, and went to the Killers concert. If you ever have the opportunity to see them live, I highly recommend it. It was so fun and the band was amazing. So after the concert Courtney met up with us at a bar called Minus 5. You basically go, wait in line, and they give you a huge coat and some boots and go in a room where EVERYTHING is made of ice, including the cups. It was reallyreally fun! It was sooo cold but we had a blast. And then Alex took us to Crown & Anchor, which is an English pub near campus, for some bar food. And then around 3:30 AM he drove us back to the hotel. Great night!!

Courtney and I got up Sunday and went to New York, New York for lunch. And then I went back to my apartment for a much-needed shower and got ready for the first read-thru of The Way It Has to Be, the show I'm stage managing. It went really well. And after that I did some homework and watched the Emmys. Great show. So happy for Kristin Chenoweth and 30 Rock. I wish Tina would have won, but Toni Collete is pretty amazing in The United States of Tara, so.... I'm trying to move past it. So yeah, great weekend.

Monday came way to soon. Classes were fine. Alex and I went to see Frank Warren, the creator of PostSecret. It was intense, but really cool. I got my book signed! Yay! And then I wrote a post card to Frank that said "Thank you for signing my book, it will be on Ebay later tonight". Its not true but I thought it was funny and hopefully it will end up on the website or something.

And that has been life for the past 4 days. Woohooooo!!

In case you were wondering...

I did not sit at my apartment alone on Saturday night. I ended up sitting at my apartment with Brandon, Sandy, Will, and Erica. So yeah, it was a tame weekend.

This week has not started great. I can't put my finger on why it has not been great, I think it's just a bunch of small irritations that are building up. The main one being the sign that was hanging in the shop when I went into work this morning. The contents of this sign were something like "Grad Work Call... this Saturday... 9-5 PM" AKA my Saturday is SHOT!! I fully expected for my free-time to be non-existent once I started grad school and normally I would not be mad about this work day buuuuut...... COURTNEY will be here this weekend!! And this work day is taking a huge chunk of time that I could spend going crazy with her. It will be okay. It's probably good that last weekend was tame because this weekend will be full of crazy antics. Maybe by Monday I will actually have some pictures of Las Vegas to post.

Annnnnnnnnnyway, I'm considering going to spinning at 6:30 AM so I should probably hit the sack.

the boredom post

It is Saturday night. In Las Vegas. I have no plans (yet)... there is still a tiny bit of hope.

You might be thinking, "What did you do last night Katy? I mean, last night was Friday, a great night to go out on the town, right?" Well that is what I thought, but apparently not. Because I did nothing last night as well.

The most eventful thing that has happened this weekend is that I went to the theatre for an hour to dress the set for Reasons to be Pretty. That was it.

Annnnnyyyyyyyyway.

Labor Day Weekend!

I'm so happy it's labor day weekend. Friday night was kind of weird and here is why:

My friend Michaela is in Vegas, well she was, she left this afternoon but anyway. I texted her when I got out of school to see what she was doing and she texted me back like 5 hours later saying "Come to Tao". Huge nightclubs are not really my cup of tea but I was uber bored so I threw on a dress and headed to the Venetian. I seriously live like 3 miles from the strip and it took like 40 minutes to get there and park. Irritating. So I go in and find Tao and let me just tell you... the line to get in was a mile long and I was definitely not dressed slutty enough. And there was a funny smell which I guess was the clap or something, I don't know.

So I said screw it and called my friend Brandon and walked for like 30 minutes to meet up with him and his Mormon friend Tara at Treasure Island. We ended up at Denny's. It was an experience.

Yesterday was fantastic, mostly. My refund check FINALLY came in so I went and opened an account with Bank of America. And then I went shopping, the Target here is lame by the way. I was extremely disappointed with it. Then I went to Planet Hollywood and got some things at Urban Outfitters and American Apparel. I'm very proud of myself because I did not go crazy. It just feels awesome to actually have money. And then I walked back to the parking garage and completely forgot where I parked. I seriously walked around for probably 30 minutes trying to find my car. I finally found it, in section 3M, I could have sworn I was in 2E but I guess not. So yeah. We were supposed to karaoke last night at a dive called Ellis Island but then Sandy (SM MFA 3rd year) texted me about a party at Kenn (Directing MFA 2nd year) and Griffin's (Acting MFA 3rd year) house so I went to that. It was kind of awkward because I don't really know people that well yet and I'm not that friendly. But it was okay.

And then today I slept until noon, layed out at the pool, went grocery shopping, took a nap, aaaaaand that's about it. It has been awesome. And the best part, I don't have school tomorrow. YAY!

On another note, I have been getting ample amounts of drunk dials from my undergrad friends who will be starting school on Wednesday. I'm actually kind of sad that I'm not there with them. Is that awful? I'm living in Las Vegas and I am slightly upset that I'm not in Ruston, LA. SERIOUSLY?! Anyway, I think I might go see the Bodies exhibition at the Luxor tomorrow. If that really happens, I will write about because I want to be a better blogger. The end.

gRADuate school.

So being in grad school is kind of like having a 9-5 job with homework. Until you start rehearsals and then it's like a 9-11 job with homework.

I have to say, things are going really well. Classes are great, professors are awesome, TEAM AWESOME (the MFA stage managers) is REALLY AWESOME. Working 20 hours a week in the props shop.... i'm trying to stay optimistic. No, I have not been to the strip since school started.

So week one is over, kind of. We have callbacks tomorrow for the New Play Festival. I'm stage managing one of them. After callbacks are over, I will feel confident in saying that I survived my first week of grad school.

honestly, why do i bother?

I really do want to be a good blogger, I just forget about it.

A lot has happened since the last entry.

1. I graduated from college!! My last few days in Ruston were so weird. That is the only word that can describe it. I spent every waking moment with my friends that I ended up my apartment with my dad, mom, aunt, and sister 2 hours before graduation. I was covered in sweat by the time I got to the TAC and since I forgot to leave my black heels out of one of the boxes, I ended up gathering my diploma and shaking the President's hand while sporting my black Toms. It was a political statement really. The only part that really sucked was that BOBBY JINDAL was our commencement speaker. yeah.

2. I got into grad school! I know, right? I am starting grad school at the University of Nevada... LAS VEGAS!! It is very scary and very exciting. I even got an assistantship which kicks ass. The fam and I went last week and I found an apartment and met with the stage management professor. My assistantship assignment is with props. I was a little scared when she told me at first... like I almost puked on her desk, but now it's sunk in and I am looking forward to learning another aspect of theatre.

3. I worked for five weeks as an assistant stage manager in the hell hole known as Greenville, North Carolina. I would go into the hairy details but you never know who is reading these things. I will just say that I have never been more miserable in my entire life. No exagerations. And it's weird because last summer I was gone for like 3 and half months and I mean, of course I missed people, but it wasn't unbearable because I was surrounded by awesome people and I loved it. I was in NC for five weeks and I was literally counting down the hours. It felt like I was there for 10 years. What I am trying to say is... it's funny how you realize how lucky you are when you are stuck in a miserable situation. This will probably be lame to some of you, if anyone even reads this, but I went to Ruston after I was done in NC. I was only gone for 5 weeks and I felt the need to go back and sit at the Frothy Monkey and Sundown like old times... or five weeks prior. Whatever, it was great.

4. Thats pretty much it. I'm in Oklahoma for a few weeks and it has been great being home. I'm trying to find furniture for my apartment and such. Good times.

I'm also going to share a secret that you probably already know about. It's called swaptree.com and my friend Josh told me about it. Anyway, you can list your old books/CDs/movies/video games that you don't want anymore. Then you list things that you do want and the website sets up trades for you. It's awesome. I joined like a week ago and I have already done 2 trades. I've got 2 basically new books, and all I had to pay for was shipping. And my new television addiction is Big Love on HBO. It's about polygamy and Mormons. It's really interesting.


Thats it for now!