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Looks like my epic #nycj trip for 2011 is coming to a close…

I don’t want to feel this way but I don’t really get a choice. I guess in hindsight I wasn’t aware of all of the consequences. Life still manages to surprise me. And if I had the chance to change my decision I wouldn’t want to.

Well gee, tumblr it appears that I completely slacked off which isn’t too surprising but an update:

I’m not actually traveling which should be a really good excuse for not posting any updates.  However it seems I forgot to fill in the end of my trip which is not what I should be doing right now because there is a book I need to finish.

But let’s see if I can still remember where I went in mostly the right order:

1. Seattle
2. Charlotte —> Smokey Mountains —> Dollywood
3. New York
4. Orlando
5. Baltimore
6. Boston
7. Austin
8. Portland
9. Denver
10. Las Vegas

I of course am neglecting Long Beach.  And since then I’ve gone back to New York, via SeaTac and Newark… and I drove down to San Diego, but that wasn’t a trip.  That was more like a jaunt.

I can’t keep track of where I am or when this is. Which is bad because I had a ‘oops I forgot to schedule a bed for tonight’ moment.

Orlando was fun and I’m pretty glad I went with people.

Baltimore was interesting and seeing Eric is always a good time.

Boston wasn’t god awful they just have too many tolls and other gotchas.

Austin was lovely. A shame some guy didn’t agree. Pretty much all I did today was go to a bookstore.

And now were playing ‘will I make my flight’ the answer should be explicitly yes because I still have 75 minutes and I think the bus is at the airport. Plus I had some drinks with Roby whom I haven’t seen in years. I think he claims six years. He could be right, we’re not as young as we used to be.

I’m half tempted to try to change my flight plans to go home as soon as I can.

I’m in a cramped little cabin, watching clips from the Tonys featuring the original cast of Next to Normal. Why? Because tonight I saw Next to Normal. Somehow I was not expecting such a powerful moving performance.

Go see Kyle Dean Massey in Next to Normal. I was lucky, I was seated in row A so I got a very good view of the up front action. (Not so much the attic).  I was impressed by everybody’s performances, and it’s not often that I get to be impressed with dramatic performances in a musical.  (Hey, Vanessa Hudgens. Some people can actually act in a musical. Proof!) 

So yeah. I was back in Los Angeles and then flew back out to JFK but I had to swing through Boston first and the flight was severely delayed.  Apparently there was (or could have been) a TORNADO in Brooklyn.  And something about Air Force One but I really think the weather was a bigger delay.  I did make the flight from Boston to New York but my luggage did not.  And while I was at the gate for hours at LAX I realized that my carry on did not include an iPod compatible power adapter.  I kept a back up in my backpack, but that was the checked luggage.

So let’s see. Today I couldn’t find my luggage, I couldn’t find the TKTS booth (well I did eventually but I found Ground Zero and Wall Street first).  I was considering trying to cram in a matinee tomorrow but didn’t want to push my airport luck.  Because apparently that’s running thin.

I ran across a Five Guys so I’ve now tried their burger offerings. I don’t like their fries. I prefer my fries thin cut like In-N-Out or McDonalds.  The burger was decent, pretty damn messy tho.  It was also more expensive than it needed to be.

Ooops totally fell asleep before finishing or posting.  The good news is in brief that JetBlue eventually did find my backpack and delivered it to the hotel but they did so pretty damn late so I had to go to the performance in shorts and a t-shirt.  I kept my jacket on because I felt self-conscious but even that is like a fleece.  Ugh.  It’s not even old enough to be considered retro yet.  Just wait.  My inability to buy clothes will keep me looking hip one of these days.  Just you wait.

I flew from JFK to LAX today so I’m technically not traveling. I’ll be back out soon enough. But for now, I can enjoy real Internet. Motel Internet sucks!