cassielynnmay.com: My Happiness

Food for thought: For the sake of life, living for the moment and for the people who make you happiest...remember: You can't take it with you. As hard as it may be (believe me, I know)... keep in mind that at the end of the day, materials don't matter, at least not in comparison to the experience of actually living. Find the true meaning of happiness--your true meaning of happiness--and run with it. Death has been the source of so much talk these past couple of days, but the most important thing I've taken from it all is to love & appreciate each day. Our fear should not be that it all end, but that it all end without ever really having lived at all...

Hello, hello!

I really shouldn't let so much time pass between each post....
and for that, I am sorry.

So really quick, what's been going on? Well.... literally EVERYTHING.

Work has been hectic. I sometimes feel over-worked, underpaid (um... as in not at all), and burdened. Welcome to the life of an intern, right? I know. But amongst all of the chaos, I'm loving every minute. I regularly write blogs, interview celebs & have (hopefully) gained the trust of my editors. Things honestly could not be going any better (knock on wood), and I am honestly so grateful for the way(s) Mizzou has prepped me.

Really you guys--some good comes from Missouri, I promise :)

Oh! And last Wednesday, I went on a date to my first Broadway show!!! He took me to see "In the Heights" (which won a 2008 Tony for Best Musical!)

Afterwards, we went to the top of the Marriott in Times Square to a bar called "The View." This place was a spinning bar that gave me an incredible view of the city from every angle.

I obviously had an amazing time :) to say the least.

As for other things... hm. You know, if I could describe to you--if I could find the words to use, and at the same time, do this place justice--I would. I would describe to you how amazingly diverse each moment is for me. I would describe how even the rain doesn't slow us down, because we know we would just be missing too much. I would describe how even the little things count--from the (still amazingly) huge buildings to the little kids who ride the subways like adults. I would describe the smells, the tastes and the dirt. Believe me, if I could, I would describe it all.

Unfortunately, it's almost impossible. Sure, I could try, but the last thing I would want is to relay to you the same generic information that you could find on a tourist website. Ok, stop laughing. I know I'm not a "local"... but it's pretty safe to say that you will NOT find me sitting in the middle of Times Square in a lawn chair. Yes, people do that. I will not.

So here I am--conflicted. Or at least I was. Part of the reason I haven't updated in weeks in because I've been searching for a way to keep this authentic. Annnnd, what have I come up with?

Pictures... duh.

Still, I really don't want to show you things you've already seen.... or anything that you could Google right now for that matter. But here's what I've got.... it's a little bit of everything, annnnd yea, ENJOY!

**Oh! And yes, all of these are from my BlackBerry. (Aka, my sad/probably unsuccessful attempt to be inconspicuous and a photographer. I'm obviously neither.)

Always tons of nappers on the subway.... always.

Miss Eliza & I out one night

I love this.

Table-side guac!! (So good...)

View of the Brooklyn Bridge from a rooftop.

I dig him...and absolutely hate waiting to cross streets.

Another rooftop view!

Chelsea, me, Caitlin & Retro at the CARDS/METS game!

Retro, me & Chels before the game!

5A roomies at the Good Morning America set in Times Sq.

:) Cool man.

Awesome empty gallery room!

Musicians make this city...& I love the sax.

...& yet another sleepy view from the subway.
Yes, I'm fully aware of how creepy I am.

Our wonderful professor posing w/ Eliza & me

Sweet little girl, loving the airplanes in the sky...

Always moving.

Towards the end of our first Media Tour Day

Rooooooomies!

After the death of MJ, this crowd formed in Union Square. With his music blaring from random speakers, people danced and sang to songs that the world will never forget. Pretty awesome.

A Sunday brunch

"Pride" Weekend in the City....

Crazy views from the parade... the energy was NUTS.

My Wednesday off spent at the Museum of Modern Art
This little boy was drawing a sculpture, completely unphased by the hundreds of people walking by... including the crazy girl (me) and her "date" :) taking pictures of him.