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NYC This Weekend

I'll be in NYC this weekend.

See ya when I get back.

Posted by LisaGansky, 10/09/2008 6:21pm
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El Lay

Off to La-la-land for several days.

Will be back next Wednesday.

This new layout is really freaking me out!

-Lisa

Posted by LisaGansky, 09/27/2008 6:35am
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Congrats!

I am having less and less time with my new job and frequent trips to login regularly to tv.com. As such, I retired from a few more guides where there was someone close enough to inherit the guide.

Congrats to anyone who got a guide! I know you'll look after them well.

Lisa

Posted by LisaGansky, 08/09/2008 7:07am
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new icon

Swapped out my adorable "I'm Link" kitty for an icon of Ours front man Jimmy Gnecco.
Posted by LisaGansky, 07/31/2008 6:59am
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David Tennant as Hamlet! Opening Night!

Well today was seriously an awesome day. Went to Stratford-upon-Avon, had a picnic lunch by the water w/my friend Jennifer, cousin Alison, and her boyfriend Mark. After that, Mark and Alison headed out to do some errands. Jennifer and I strolled around a bit. She had a meeting to go to for her thesis research, so I went back to the water, cranked up the MP3 player w/some Jeff Buckley, and stared up at the clouds. It was oh-so-relaxing. Perfect weather too.

We managed to get me a ticket for opening night; Jennifer had one ticket, so she had offered to swap out with me in the intermission. So it was cool that we both had tickets, so we could both see the whole performance. My seat was awesome, front row in the circle, nearly dead center. And Jen's was right next to the stage ramp, near the center, second row. We swapped at intermission which proved awesome for me because Patrick Stewart kept passing by me, so close that I coulda touched him, hehe. Yes, I love Star Trek: TNG, so that was really awesome for me. And then, during Ophelia's funeral scene, David Tennant was crouched right next to me for a good two minutes. When he said his lines, he actually sprayed it... all over my face. Hah. It was a little odd, to be honest. I think the girls a few rows away wanted to murder me. They were swooning whenever DT was anywhere near them.

Overall, it was a fantastic day. I really had a blast just lying on the grass by the water. Nice and relaxing. And opening night of Hamlet did not disappoint.

Posted by LisaGansky, 07/24/2008 4:56pm
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