as the stress dies down

so this little blog has been neglected for a long time now, and if i were super responsible, i should probably continue to neglect it until school's over. I still have a couple finals to go, and by monday, my first year of college will be complete!

A lot has happened since I last posted, such as going to see Cirque du Soleil's Kooza, the completion of my handbags and oxfords, an interview for an internship, and some good news!


I've never seen Cirque live before, only some videos and tv showings. Kooza was absolutely amazing. EVERYTHING, everything, was breathtaking. My friends and I enjoyed it so much, and honestly, I don't know who wouldn't. My Presidential Scholars and I set out from FIT to go to Randall's Island, which is just beyond Hoboken, I believe, and we made it just as the sun was setting.

Prior to the start of the show, it was a typical circus environment (My parents took me to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey when i was much younger) with food stands and funky decorations. When we entered the venue, I was immediately entranced with the dark and open environment. I could see millions of lights peaking from the sides, and a vast curtain that I knew housed something for later. About half an hour before 8:00, clowns began running around the place, making lots of noise, and as showtime got closer, all the clowns became more cohesive and almost started performing.

Spoilers will proceed from this point on!



A fake alarm kept sounding whenever a different character stepped on stage, and king clown continued to chase them off and with a remote control shut the alarm off. They had various clowns such as the delivery guy, two HOT police officers, a dog, a balloon guy, the tourist clown, and a ballerina.

Finally, the show started and the king clown came out and started lip sync hing in all different languages to welcome us to the show. A little boy clown came out with a kite that just wouldn't fly for him. Then, the delivery guy gives him a box, and a special clown with a wand jumps out, and the magic begins.

The large curtain opened up, revealing a huge carousel like platform that slid out further onto the stage. A whole crowd of amazingly costumed people came out and lit up the stage with color and dance. The band, which is usually located in a pit was actually on this moving platform, along with two singers. it was AMAZING. and I love the music, i considered getting the soundtrack but decided not to due to monetary reasons!

The show continued with many acts of jaw dropping talents and laughter. I swear, if we weren't laughing, we were probably shocked with our mouths opened. Highlights include these 3 beautiful contortionists (who i'm sure could show up the best break dancers in the world...haha, the people who saw it with me would know that one insane move), aeriel acrobats, a romantic unicycle set, a hilarious clown magic show where they actually lifted a woman out of her seat (her seat was mechanized), a free for all of everyone, and men on wire (oh my goodness, one of the men actually almost fell, and managed to hold on and swing himself back on. while they were going to retry the act, they got into an argument on the strings and just continued the show. they were still amazing though).

There was a 30 minute intermission that allowed the crowd to take the necessary breaks, and for us to reflect on how absolutely amazing the show was. After the intermission, we are greeted with a completely different change of scenery. Everything became dark and mysterious, and the dancers who were primarily clad with oranges and purples were now in skeleton costumes! One of my favorite and heart-attack inducing acts of the night was next, 2 huge hamster wheels came down from the ceiling, and 2 masculine men wearing masks came out. It was seriously two hamster wheels revolving around and these two guys running on them! SO RIDICULOUS. My friends and I were practically holding each other. I literally said "SHUT UP. JUST SHUT UP. COME DOWN FROM THERE NOW.

Then, a Lee Thompson (haha, I actually know a guy with that exact name) stepped out, and brought up a volunteer and proceeded to con him and steal things out of his pockets. It was fantastic and funny. Then an amazing juggling act followed, a Chinese man who stacked up chairs WAY too high and performed his outrageous tricks on them, and then a finale with the whole cast doing see-saw launches on stilts.

I honestly didn't want to leave. Other high lights include the dog actually pee-ing on audience members, the clowns messing and harassing people, and the woman they did the disappearing act on, actually becoming part of the show. Past all the tricks and laughter though, it was truly about that first clown, the little innocent clown who was trying to find his place in the world. The show ended with him being able to fly the kite up and up :]



As if this entry wasn't long enough, I just needed to share some good news. After many many internship applications from february through april, i finally heard back from one that i applied to on March 10. The perfect one too, with a small high-end designer accessories company. They were interested in interviewing me, and of course i was more than willing to go in and meet with them.

First, I had to set up an outfit :P My friend accompanied to Macy*s and on my lucky day, I found a darling little nude colored top with a sheer nude overlay and flowery satin decoration. Long black dress pants were the must. Then I just covered up with a black cardigan and put on a pair of black pumps. I went that day with my portfolio in hand, and was greeted by a :p very nice looking security desk man.

Upon arriving to the 10th floor, I was at first confused with where the door was, since their company occupied the entire floor. The designer of the company actually opened the door for me, but I was a bit too flustered at the time to notice. An adorable white dog also greeted me and sat down at my feet to wait with me as I sat in their show room. (while cluttered with boxes filled with bags, it was an amazing sight with dark walls decorated with mirrors and shelves of their bags and shoes)

The interview went well, and she kept talking to me as if I had already gotten it, but she alerted to me that they would contact me the next week. She then introduced me to everyone and showed me around their offices and factory. It was amazing. I could see myself working there, and really felt the environment. I left feeling optimistic but realistic as well.

Well, I got an email yesterday, and I start next Tuesday!

I'm super excited with the experience I'll be getting (learning about the industry and things not taught at FIT), and just continuing to stay in the city. Not to mention the fiiiine security desk man ;D

I'll end this extremely long post now, probably filled with errors, but before I do, I'd like to share two of my favorite blogs with you now.

First, is La Couturier, the blog of an amazing friend and fashionista for all you need to know about fashion: http://lacouturiernyc.wordpress.com/
and The Traveling Pickle, also a dear friend, and future suitemate, who blogs about her adventures and findings: http://thetravelingpickle.wordpress.com/