It is FINISHED!!!!!

OMG  y'all, this project took me forever but my blasted portfolio is finally finished.  Take a look at it...just click on the link and it should take you there. Crystal Gulley's Portfolio.

In other news... this weekend I  signed up for a six week Meisner Intensive acting class and it starts tomorrow!  I am extremely nervous but so excited.  I think it's only going to be about 8 of us and if it's anything like the class I watched last summer it really will be intense and nerve racking and I will be put on the spot all time.  That's something I really hate.  Something else I really hate...I just found out I missed the Wizard of Oz playing in Bryant Park tonight!!! DANGET!!!!!!  I can't believe I missed that!  I saw that it was showing one day last week when I was sucked into the park but I have literally stayed home all day.  I am tired of walking around aimlessly so I took a break and I missed the dang show!!!  Oh well, coulda, shoulda, woulda  right?  Back to the Meisner class...It will totally take me out of my comfort zone so I'm sure it will be a great experience.  
This weekend was a nice and relaxing weekend full of walking, watching great performances, and talking to very interesting people. Friday morning I took a ballet class at Broadway Dance with a German, male instructor and I LOVED him!  I am still sore from his class today and I will be going back on Wednesday! That night I watched the Twelfth Night in Battery Park at Castle Clinton.  This was a very interesting production because the performers used the entire park for the show.  Our backdrop was Lady Liberty and we had to follow the performers through the park.  It was pretty cool and of course, as always, I loved it.  Saturday I met the instructor for my Meisner class.  He was very nice and said that his class was a good introduction to the technique and will steer me in the right direction.  That was very encouraging to me.  Then I wandered into Washington Square Park where I met an interesting fellow named Adam.  We literally spent the whole afternoon talking and made plans for drinks on a rooftop lounge Sunday Night.  After my long chat in Washington Square Park I ventured to Central Park to watch Tango dancing by the Shakespeare statue.  The group has free lessons on Saturday at 7:30 and I will be going to that lesson this week. I just hope I don't forget about it like I did The Wizard of Oz.  
Sunday morning I tried Redeemer Presbyterian on the West Side.  I got in contact with Clare's friend Elizabeth and she invited me to meet her there. Of course I accepted and I'm so glad.  I had the privilege of listening to Tim Keller preach.  He is so biblical and simple to follow.  I was definitely blessed by his teaching.  Elizabeth and her husband Jared are really great "connectors" to people around the city and really solid, Godly people.  I am gonna need them in my life.  After church I checked out the little farmers market and headed home.  Adam called me around 5ish and we met up for drinks on a hotel rooftop.  He is a very interesting fellow and I realized if I'm going to have conversations with New Yorker's I'm going to need to brush up on my politics.  He asked me all of these political questions and I really could not talk about them because I didn't know.  I claimed ignorance is bliss and then we had several awkward moments of silence because we clearly had nothing in common.  That made for a very interesting evening.  I was glad when I finally got home.  
Today, like I said earlier, I have stayed home all day!  It was very nice but guess what I did.  I totally brushed up on my politics.  I needed to know how I stood on all the political issues and I feel so good about doing that because now I can have a legit convo..at least I think I can.  I also contacted someone at NYU about the Educational Theatre Masters degree and will hopefully be meeting with them to talk about program options and I also set up a meeting with one of Janie Kolman's friends to talk about Children's theatre opportunities.  So, hopefully this week will be a very productive week and the ball get's rolling on a real job.  I can't stand the fact that I'm not working.  I sort of don't know how to sit still and do nothing.  I'm hoping and praying for good things.  

Lady Liberty, the setting for The Twelfth Night

Always something going on at the park.  This was a very interesting dance troupe in Washington Square Park.

The Arch in Washington Square Park

This fountain was refreshing for lots of people.
Washington Square Park

Love a girl who needs a job,
Miss Gulley in Manhattan