A Room Without A View

I love my current room. I fixed it up when I moved back from NYC two years ago. It used to be a crazy under the sea theme with midnight blue on two walls and grasshopper green on the others. I picked out these colors when I was 12 and going through a not-using-my-brain phase. The room was furnished with a bed frame that my Nana got me when I was 3 and there were key chains hanging from the wall and a fake parrot from the high ceiling. This was most definitely not a room I wanted to come back to. With my helpful painting skills I picked up from City Year I am glad to say that my room is now a beautiful shade of straw hat yellow with a chair and ottoman in the corner, finally a bed that is larger than a twin size, and drapery, bedding and furniture to match. I love my room.

However, one thing I do wish I had was my NY roomies keeping me company. While living in New York City I shared a studio with some amazing gals. I'll avoid the disastrous losers we had along the way in order to pick up some rent money. But these ladies made my year there a great one, even if our studio was small and had no view of the beautiful city whatsoever (unless you count the apt across the ally). And seeing as I am horrible keeping in touch with them unless via texting or facebook, I thought I'd also give them a little recognition on this blog and mention why they are so great. (In no particular order)

#1 Lindsay Sablan:
This girl was my friend right from the start. Being an islander herself and a fanatic of musicals she understood me right from the beginning. Although it took her a little while to move in with us, it was destined for her to become a Gold St Girl. This girl is 'fiercely loyal' (her words, but I do agree 100%.) She also is talented like no other. EVERYBODY LOOOOOOVES LINDSAY. For real, sometimes she can be too nice for her own good. But she does have an amazing family and plenty of friends to support her. Sometimes you wish you were Lindsay, but if you were then you wouldn't have her for a friend. Not to mention she let me use her food stamps for the summer. Clearly two female, islander, twenty somethings always look alike and therefore there is no need to question whose food stamps belong to who. So thank you Lindsay for providing me with free pizza bagles and wine for over a month. Anywhoo, when she gets married she has promised me that I get a bridesmaid spot. Score! And despite the picture on the right, she is ridiculously photogenic.

#2 Sara Lepori:
Ohhhh, Lepori. She and I have one thing in common that most people don't think about anymore. But I won't mention what that is. If you want to know what kind of person she is, just look to her parents. They are the most welcoming people, and I definitely took advantage of their cooking skills. Sara is such a fun person. She is so outgoing and willing to be adventurous. I think that is what I like about her most. She is also the queen of traveling, in my opinion. If I had to travel around the world with anyone for days on end I would pick Sara. The girl is funny and makes a great Broadway lottery buddy. (By the way, Drowsy Chaperon is so not worth it, we learned that the hard way.) On the other hand she has waaaaay more energy than I do and sometimes I don't think I could keep up with her. But she always tries to include everyone and make others happy. She is a great friend and I miss our LOST nights at the gym. Oh, and speaking of bridesmaids, this girl has been to so many weddings. She either has a lot of really close friends or is the ultimate wedding crasher. And FYI, our faces are now stuck like that.

#3 Sarah Smethie:
Smethie. Poor Smethie. There were so many Sara(h)s that year that she was forced to become Smethie. But I wouldn't want to know her any other way. Smethie is the epitome of nice. Really, she is so kind to everyone. Smethie always seems to have everything under control. She has such a good heart and head on her shoulders. She takes responsibility for more than she needs to, she is most definitely a giver. The first time I met her on the subway she was so easy to talk to and get along with. The girl is so humble about how smart and talented she is, but if you get to know her she is also gut-bustingly (I don't think that's a real word) funny. However, there is one thing about Smethie that is deceiving: If that girl gets drunk she turns into a profanity spewing machine. It is hilarious! She could cuss out a pirate if she was hammered... but then of course she would then fall asleep on the poop deck. The girl gets tired. If I am ever in a bad mood, I look at this picture and it makes me smile.

Honorable Mention Tiffany Hamill:
I wish she was our roommate that year. Sadly Tiff lived all the way up in Harlem, so I had to convince her to stay at our place a couple of nights to hang out. I needed Tiffany that year for one particular thing: to hold my hand in extremely awkward moments. And trust me, there were many! Tiffany is so sweet and I had so much fun with her on weekends going to Young Heroes and out at night. Just the two of us use to hit up the town and I could always trust her to take care of me and vice versa. I could just walk around the city forever with this girl. I miss our trips to the Great Lawn. We were queens of napping and tanning. She was the other half to my black and white cookie. Which I have yet to find here in California by the way, what's up with that? I miss this girl... Oh, and she can wear heels for hours like nobodies business.

And so, to conclude this blog: As much as I love my current room with its privacy, and bigger bed, and bigger bathroom, and closet, and chair and ottoman, AND CABLE!! (trust me I spend a lot of time in here so I really do love it) I really do miss my old roomies and that Gold St apt. They made life exciting, and made me happy.
Oh, and as for Rex (Darren the liar) and Maggie (the lush) who both had no idea how to work an alarm clock, as Tina Fey said, you guys can SUCK IT.