"All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy."
- Wayne Dyer, Speaker and Author

yesterday's outings
damn, off by 5 minutes... almost posted on the right day... I'm getting better though!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art... Lunch at Serendipity 3's... Phantom of the Opera... pretty damn good day. Having at all be free definitely adds to the goodness of the day :) It was Emma's 18th birthday today (yeah Em!), so her mom took me, Eric, and her into the city for a day of fun.
I can't remember being to the Met before (horrible, I know), so I had a grand ole time. I absolutely love impressionism, so the pieces by Monet, Seraut, and Cezanne made me really happy. The Egypt wing was pretty hot stuff too... I've decided that I want to take Egyptology classes at Tufts if they offer them... that's some hot shiz right there :)
Serendipity 3 is definitely one of the coolest eateries in the city.... Its just so quaint and pretty and yummy, etc... Em and I shared a Catcher in the Rye while is described in the menu as a "Super BLT with turkey cutlets, munster cheese, and thousand island dressing on rye bread." It was super yum. The Frrrozen Hot Chocolate (their trademark desert) was so delictible also... You all must check it out sometime, and thats an order (haha, badddd pun... or I'm just super tired)
And the crowning event.... Phantom of the Opera. Spectacular. Amazing. Wonderful. Breathtaking. Need I say more? I will admit that when Emma first said that she wanted to see this play, that I was not very enthused. I wanted to see Aida or 42nd Street more at the time. But my gosh, Phantom was so incredibly good. The three leads (The Phantom, Christine, Raoul) had magnificent voices, the music was incredible, and the sets were beautiful. I really fell in love with this play tonight. I would gladly see it again if anyone is looking for someone to go with :) hehehe, I think I'm also just a sucker for romantical type stories where one of the people in the love triangle has issues (Think Eponine in Les Mis).. oooo, gotta go listen to the soundtrack