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Ok.... so I just got a new computer with a cool little desktop link that lets me post directly to a blog.. so I'm thinkin about possibly starting this up again.. and actually doing it this time daily. I would like to emphasize the word "thinkin".. so ok, it starts.

God Bless America

Ok. So The International Tour of West Side Story and I have called it quits. After a relationship of ups and downs we decided to go our own ways. I'll always have fond memories of the times we shared. BUT, I thank G-D to be back in the U.S.!!! You don't know how you've missed a place until you're in Beijing and they're selling you fried scorpions on a stick and eating dog...no like for real! Right now I'm home in Philly, but come Monday I'll be back pounding the pavement in NYC. If anyone has any inside info on auditions send it my way! Over and Out.

6am

Ok so I woke up to a snoring girl today at 5am after going to bed at 1...sucks! Plus I have all these things I want to write about from the great time I had last night, but I left the journal I'm keeping upstairs in the hostel room and don't wanna go back in there and wake people up. There are now 6 people in the room. 3 girls from Brazil a guy from .... crap, I forget somewhere in Mexico, David and myself. One girl snores and the Mexican guy keeps making strange loud noises. Very nice people though. Ok, I have much more to update but I think Id rather do it at the end of the day today when I've not just woke up and I have my journal on me. David and I are going back to Bologna to drop of our luggage a friends house then we're drivin down to Pisa!! Not sure where else we're gonna go but you can be sure I'll fill you in later. BTW I'm really missing my family and friends...I usually don't after this short amount of time, especially my baby. Ok, it's almost 7 and the kitchen is about to open for our free breakfast...Guess I'm gonna make it today, will let you know how it is. I know you're all falling off your chair in anticipation to hear about my breakfast..Ok WORD OUT - J Dogg
ps. pics will be posted tonight..I hope
a few on here and for all those who know my snapfish account
all will be on there... Perhaps David and I will set up a
snapfish account just for this trip...will tell ya later

Florence!!!

I am sitting at the computer center of Hostel Archi Rossi. I think as hostels go this ones pretty great (excuse all grammar as the key boards here are different). I have to say Id rather be at a 5 star hotel any day. David and I got to Bologna around noon yesterday. The car rental place messed up and didn't have a navigation system waiting for us :(...but they upgraded us to a great Volkswagen Golf! So then we were gonna go drop off the bulk of our luggage in Reggio Emalia with a friend of a friend of his but we were unable to get in touch with her so we drove around aimlessly for a few hours and kept trying to make phone calls. We got lost and stopped at the shittyest looking pizza place to ask for help...we ordered a prosciutto pizza for their help...it was our first taste of Italy and it was the best pizza I've had in years! Its hard as hell to figure out these phones!! And I guess the day after chrismass is a holiday here so there was nowhere for us to get phone cards or cell phone chips. Skip ahead a few hours and we finally found our Hostel after a one hour drive from Bologna, 1 hr of getting lost in the maze of streets that is Florence and another hour trying to find parking. But we made it. Settled in to our digs and went to a near by restaurant. Worst service ever...Food was ok, not great. Got a bit tipsy on their house vino blanco and David and I caught up. Got back to the Hostel and made friends with the Mexican students staying with us in the hostel room. They asked us to come out to some club across the river...i was popped and wanted to call my family, friends and Jaimie so I took a rain check. David followed suit. I talked to everyone on Skype (had and am still having some serious problems with skype and my mic). Got to bed around 2am and slept till 1030. Good thing I woke up as they kick us out at 11 until 2pm! Today David and I got cell phones and all is good in the world. I slept through the free breakfast they serve here and David dragged me out of bed to go mingle the outdoor markets and we walked to the top of the Duomo a 15 min walk up the most winding staircase (i have pics that ill post later today if i can)The town is amazing...so much history and culture, so much good food. After the Dumo we had a fantastic lunch at Gusto Leo (Via del Proconsolo www.gustoleo.com) more great pizza... i think i need to stop with the pizza here, i know there is so much variety i need to be more open..Oh David had duck!!! said it tasted "gamey".. i didn't have the balls to try. I had pizza with prosciutto and pineapple....soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good and the bruchetta..TDF! We took in a bit more of the city and now im here. I could write so much more just about the last day but all of it could be summed up in a few pics...so ill just post those. Oh, and i just found the cutest little market with like spiced meat and wines and olive oils and oh..i took a pic of that too so youll see. I bought a 1/4 kl of prosutto, ill let you know how it is! Young....out

Soooooooooooooooory

Ok, I'm sure no one reads this anyway...but I've been very bad at keeping my promise to keep this Blog updated....but all that is about to change...I hope. So here's what's going on with me. The tour of West Side (the best production ever) is on hiatus till January then we go non stop for a long long time. I'll have the complete tour schedule very soon. Basically its Europe for a few months then lots and lots of Asia. But the fun part is that one of the other guys in the cast and I are going backpacking in Italy for a month starting Christmas day!!! We had nothing else to do, so why not? We're just gettin of the plane, renting a car and drivin. If anyone has any suggestions of places not to miss, please email me! I'll do my best to get online and update the blog with stories and pics on our adventure, but who knows where we'll find the net out there. I'm out more to come later

So sorry

So sorry to not update until now. And to be honest...I have to run. My schedule is too intense with rehearsals right now..There will be a long update to come!! I promise.

Here I am

Here I am .... CHINA?! Weird. I was too tired and excited to write after I got off the plane yesterday. But the flight wasn't as bad as I thought. The exit row was great...They even didn't say a thing when I used my carry-on as a foot rest...Well more like and ottoman..It was great. The cast seems like a really great group of people! And for once I'm not the youngest. So we got off the plane and even though I was very tired I pushed myself to go to the gym. Justin, Carl and myself found an amazing gym called "Phisical" just across the street and they gave us free day passes. Came back took a little nap, then we all met up for dinner at the theater. It is a fantastic space at the Macau Cultural Center overlooking the ocean. Amazing architecture here...plus what I found so interesting was that they use bamboo scaffolding? Thousands of years of technology and they still use bambo tied together to surround their structures, and I'm talking very nice high rises. Ok, so after dinner some of us went to "The Cave" a smaller Chinese version of Kahoonaville. It was ok, but there were two for one drinks so that was great. Woke up this morning and went on a run along the ocean (I woke up at like 5am) and here I am. More to come I'm sure...OHH check it out, my cd got reviewed on talkin' broadway!! http://www.talkinbroadway.com/sound/oct0605.html