Tuesday Rants & NYC Celebrity Sightings

Hello beauties, and welcome back to my page. I didn't have any specific post plans for tonight so I figured I'd just write about what's been going on in my life lately. Exciting, I know! College has been treating me very well so far, my classes are pretty awesome. I'm taking copy editing, writing for publication, media literacy and digital culture. (You obvi can't tell I'm a Communications major or anything...) Although, digital culture is a bit harder than I had hoped. But whatever, I'll get over it. 

My very first issue I contributed to for my college's newspaper came out last week and it was such an awesome feeling. I remember watching Gilmore Girls and imagining how cool Rory's life must've been writing for the Yale Daily News and being part of a real journalistic world and thinking "wow, I really want to do that." Just thinking that I'm getting closer to my dream is a surreal feeling. I can't wait to write more articles and work my way up! 

My school's located in probably the most beautiful part of NJ I've ever seen. I'm surrounded by mountains and the scenery is unreal, especially with all the snow. I can't wait to see what it looks like once Spring rolls around and all the trees and flowers bloom. But until then, here's a little peak of what the view from my campus looks like. 

Pretty, ain't it?

I've been itching to go to NYC so bad lately, I miss my beautiful city. Like I'm literally having withdrawals... as pathetic as that sounds. Lol! I think the last time I was there was two months ago with my best friends. And what a night that turned out to be, it was celebrity central at Madison Square Garden. Wait, I can't believe I didn't blog about this night before! 

OKAY, so my friends Gianna and Victoria and I decided to take a girls trip into the city one cold December day to visit the tree and roam around Times Square. It was the same day as Jingle Ball, so before we took our train back home we wanted to see if we could spot any celebrities outside of MSG before the big show started. Did we succeed? YES WE DID. We stood with about a hundred other people by the entrance, of course barricaded by gates. But we saw Adam Levine, Rita Ora, Emma Roberts, Taylor Swift, Jessie J, Kevin Jonas (Gianna cried), Dr. Oz (yes, you read that right), and get ready for it.... the one, the only, Sarah Jessica Parker. Guys, when I tell you I screamed so loud that the other side of New York could hear me, I'm not exaggerating. Carrie Bradshaw. I breathed the same air as my muse. I may have cried a little too. Unfortunately, I couldn't get pictures of any of the celebs but here are a few pics of my friends and I from that magical day. 

Times Square shenanigans.

The twinnies take the city!

Well, this post took a pretty exciting turn that I didn't expect to happen. Haha! Reliving those memories just put a smile on my face. Makes me miss my home besties a little more, can't wait to see them in a couple weeks. Hope you lovelies enjoyed reading this little random rant! Have a great rest of the night. xo 

TBT: The Best Day of My Life AKA Meeting Lauren Graham

Hey bloggers! It's only been a week but it feels like it's been forever since my last post. BUT, I am here tonight for a special story time edition: a throwback thursday to basically the greatest day of my life, meeting my favorite actress (or person in general) Lauren Graham. She's pretty much my idol, to say the least. I've been a fan of hers for years now and I'm still quite upset Gilmore Girls ended. No worries though, I still watch my DVDs religiously and keep up with my Gilmore Girls jargon. Oy with the poodles already, ya know what I'm sayin'? But I mean, it's only appropriate that I do this tonight because the Parenthood series finale is only four hours away. In other words, my life ends in four hours. So let's take a trip down memory lane, shall we?

Alrighty, so basically Lauren was set to star as Adelaide in Guys and Dolls on Broadway in 2009. (I cannot believe it's been six years already). I got a flyer in the mail for the show and immediately begged my parents to get tickets because hello, Lorelai Gilmore? In person? Sold. It came as a surprise to me because I didn't know she could sing, but she can. Amazing. Anyone watch last week's Parenthood? That duet scene with Amber... I can't. I cried. Anywho, I didn't think my dad would agree to buying the tickets so quickly, but he knows how much of a fan I am and he loves me. So bam, tickets acquired. It was all I could talk about for 2 months, and finally the day came. March 21st, 2009.

Now, I honestly was not expecting to actually meet her face-to-face that day because I know how hard that could be sometimes. I was just really excited to go to NYC (duh) and see this show after all the talk I heard about how good it was. Truthfully, there was a little part of me praying that a miracle would happen and that I'd actually get to meet her. 

So I went to the show and thought it was fantastic. The performances, songs, costumes, everything was extremely well done. My mom and I had seats on the upper level balcony towards the left, and they turned out to be the perfect seats because down the stairs was an exit where the stars would come out to sign autographs and say hello. I lit up, we were practically the first ones outside to line up at those little gate thingies (are they called barricades?) I don't know, whatev. We were there. 

HERE WE ARE! I look 5 but that doesn't matter when there's a pic like this that exists. 

I had my playbill and a picture I brought of Lauren and her GG co-star Alexis Bledel to sign just in case there was gonna be a signing. Good move, Victoria. Little did she know, one of my cousins photoshopped the picture and put my face where Rory's was to make it look like I was the one next to her. Call me corny, I don't care. All of the stars were coming out one by one, and I got autographs from Oliver Platt and Kate Jennings Grant, who played Nathan Detroit and Sarah Brown. And then Lauren comes out last, people are screaming at the top of their lungs, me being one of them. LOL. 

Here's the signed picture! Sorry for the bad quality, but hey, this is everything.

I suddenly lost all feeling in my body and basically forgot how to talk. Yeah, smooth. What do you EXPECT a person to do when they're about to meet their idol? She was coming around signing playbills and pictures and she's suddenly right in front of me and I'm frozen. My mother is pushing me to say something and I hand Lauren the picture of me and her, she signs it, then does a double take. I swear I remember this as if it were yesterday. She looks at the picture closely because ha, she noticed it wasn't Alexis next to her and looked back at me. Then the magical words come out of her mouth: "Haha, that's a great picture!" I. Almost. Fainted. Lauren Graham noticed my existence. She spoke words to me. I'm done. 

I laughed and thanked her for everything. I never knew what it felt like to be starstruck until that very moment and let me tell you, nothing will ever top that. When we were done and on our merry way, I started to hysterically cry the happiest tears of my life and called my dad to tell him what happened. I probably cried the entire day after that, so unreal. To this day I still can't believe I met someone I've looked up to for so long. That will forever be one of my favorite and most cherished memories. All in all, thanks LG for literally making my life.  

Okay guys, I gotta go get ready to sob my eyes out while eating a whole pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream by myself as I watch the Parenthood series finale at 10. Why does such an amazing show have to come to an end? I warned my roomies that I'd be a miserable mess for the night... How pathetic am I? G'nite. xo

Here To Stay

Hey bloggers! 

First, let me just say how good it feels to be back on the blog grind. I used to be a blog junkie and stopped for a while now, but as a girl who's going to school to become a writer, what better way to share my thoughts and daily rants than my own little personal space? So, I'm back and here to stay! 

I'm gonna use my first blog post as an introduction. My name is Victoria, I'm from Jersey but my heart belongs in New York City. I'm sure you readers will quickly learn my love for NYC as my blog keeps building. I'm a student at RCNJ hoping to pursue a career in Journalism. 

Notice my title? Let's just say Carrie Bradshaw is my muse, my idol, an iconic figure in my life. This blog is going to be a free space to write about whatever is on my mind, opinions, tips and advice for my fellow bloggers about school, family, friends, clothes, beauty, love, ANYTHING! (seriously, you name it, I'll write about it.)

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