The post in which I learn to make my blog more relevant to the general friend public

Ok, so it has been brought to my attention that no one reads this blog (except for Rachel. HI RACHEL I LOVE YOU!) Now, not only was I aware of this, but I was completely fine with it. I mean, how many millions and millions of blogs are out there? How many are more interesting than mine? Probably 99.99999999%. I'm cool with it.

But then it turns out that because my blog is so boring, my dear friend Mary didn't bother to read it and even though she was in Seattle the ENTIRE TIME I've been here, we had no idea that the other was here. This is sad. So after finally meeting up in a very Sleepless in Seattle fashion (only in Seattle, not New York, so kind of not the same thing), Mary made a suggestion. Shout outs. My blog should be filled with shout outs. The logic is sound: people don't want to read my boring northwestern ramblings, they want to read about THEMSELVES! Totes fair.

Now, you may be wondering: how can you say anything about us when you are basically living in cosmetic isolation in Lynnowherewood, Washington? I will tell you. If there is anything I love about living here besides free makeup, it is the fact that my friends have been so incredibly awesome about staying in touch. So I feel quite qualified to give shout outs and updates. You don't have a blog? Well I do, and I intend to publish things about you on it. HA!

So here goes. Ms. Mary B was in town assistant directing an awesome new opera called Amelia at the Seattle Opera, which I had the pleasure of viewing this past Saturday. Don't know if any of you have ever gone to see new opera before, but it usually sucks. No lie. This, however, was surprisingly good! The music was beautiful, the set was incredible, and the direction was sublime. I'm sure Mary had everything to do with that. I won't go into detail about the show, but for you MT buffs, it's basically Miss Saigon in reverse, minus the crappy music, Lea Salonga, and bui doi. Plus, according to Mary, it's got some major Rent vibes going on. I don't see it. But still it was awesome and Mary's indomitable mother was there, and we became best friends.

Meanwhile in NYC, all the stars seem to be doing well! As I mentioned, Rachel is the only person who ever reads my blog. Therefore my shoutout to her consists of discussing how attentive, supportive, and lovely she has been through this move. Rachel and I have a special relationship. We can sit on the the phone or Skype for hours doing nothing but talking about food. Or not talking. Mostly because one of us forgot to hang up. But Rachel is secretly planning to move to Seattle and we're going to start a musical theater themed Top Chef competition, so we'll be together forever soon. You heard it here first, folks.

Alison is being funny at UCB and being all friendly with SNL peeps. Plus she's awesome and sometimes allows me to be in her inner circle. In case you didn't know, she's hilarious and is currently taking New York by storm. As is Barry, who was in last week's 30 Rock playing the part of a very hot waiter. Check out 10:40 below:



All my SNM peeps seem to be doing well, and hopefully will be hearing some great news very soon! Fingers crossed! Meanwhile, Jen went to get crepes yesterday at the Burlington Mall and was SHOCKED when they weren't good.

My mother will read this blog anyway so there is no need to shout out to her. Especially since she's sitting next to me covered in small furry animals. The dogs and cat are in the bedroom so don't even ask what she's hanging out with.

Were you not mentioned here? That's because you don't talk to me enough! Talk to me! Email! Comment and make shout outs to yourself with cleverly disguised screen names!

Missing and loving,

Olivia