Continuing to Make Connections!

Life in New York City requires one to continually make connections. I am part of this glorified mailing list that keeps me privy to all sorts of cultural events throughout the city and through it I found that Candace Bushnell author of "Sex and the City" was having a book signing to promote her new book "Is There Still Sex In the City?" where she experiments with apps like tinder and explores dating life once again after having experienced a painful divorce.

Even though I had to interrupt my life and juggle a few things to accommodate seeing her, I ultimately knew that seeing her was something that I needed to do to ensure my future as a writer.

At the actual event she gave a reading from her book and it made me think back on my book release event. I couldn't help but be proud of myself for having a much more elaborate event that was scads more imaginative without any frame of reference other than what I had seen in the movies or on the internet.

After her reading, which was executed incredibly well, I couldn't help but marvel at the slowness of her reading speed. When I read I tend to go incredibly fast, so ridiculously fast that oftentimes I lose my place. Once she had finished with her reading she had an armchair discussion with a New York Times editor. This question and answer period lasted approximately an hour and then after that she signed her books and spoke to every individual.

I must say that she was incredibly gracious and tried to personalize the experience for every individual. She complemented my skirt which made me feel really special, and I want to believe that this is not just a generic response, because girls naturally dress up for the "Sex and the City" inventor. Well when I experienced my 15 seconds with Bushnell I took full advantage of the limited time frame but spurting out the quickest elevator speech of my life.

For those of you who don't know what elevator speeches are just imagine that you are stuck in an elevator with someone who could be very influential in furthering your career. The goal of an elevator speech is to state all of the content that you deem necessary. I also made sure to leave Bushnell with a book and business card. I must say she probably is tired of random solicitations, however, through experience I have learned that "squeaky wheelin'-it" is the best method of getting eventual results. So until I have reached the stage where my work is mainstream and well known, I'm going to have to be super driven, "squeaky wheel it," and be slightly annoying (according to some.)

Well, after the Book Signing I decided that if I really wanted to be serious about my writing career, then I would have to stop wasting my time on boys. What I didn't take into consideration is that so-far my career has been built around the awkward events that occur while dating men. Oh well it was a nice thought, but I did receive some freaked out texts and one fellow didn't even notice, so that was somewhat insulting.

So I started going to artistic events by myself. The above picture is of me at the "Triad" theatre where I saw a jazz musician. The mailing list that I have become a member of has allowed me to go to many events at a reasonable price.

At "Life Sucks," this was before I saw the show and I was really thinking that this play wouldn't suck and instead I would just do a pose that was in-sync with the emotion that was brought forth by the title. After having sat through it, I was convinced that this play brought forth a sucky kind of vibe that I wanted no part of.

At "Changes" the musical, which I must say was quite strange, but the cast did feature a performer who once played Seaweed in "Hairspray" on Broadway. I must say that everything a person goes to in New York is never lacking talent, maybe the ideas presented are not aligned with your belief system. What I do enjoy about the theatre in New York is that it is so accessible that it is really a creative outlet that enables one to think. In Fairbanks I believe that they are doing an outstanding job presenting a variety of material, however it is impossible to present the number of shows that are available for me to see in New York City.

Through my quest to see as many musicals as possible I was able to see "Changes" which was part of a Musical Theatre festival. I started a trend by posing in front of this screen which suddenly became a trend for a large portion of the audience. Mark my words, one day I will present a musical at this festival. Just today I started drafting a solid idea, sorry Ron!