It's ME...

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 06:11:54 GMT

Yay for me! I remembered I have an LJ!
I will start by saying the 5th Harry Potter is just fricking awesome. I CANNOT wait until the 6th one is released. I am going to be a nerd and go get it at midnight.
I will also mention that "Find Your Grail" from Spamalot is a great song. Sara Ramirez is also fricking awesome. I'm really glad she won the Tony. And Norbie too, of course. :-D
Let's see...what has been happening??? Apartment looking, furniture looking, etc. Hung out with Ashley Friday night - we basically went to every place that was open. There is NOTHING to do when you are 20 in this stupid city. We wanted to go to Dallas, but 20 is a pretty useless age there, too. So we went to the QT and I bought cotton candy in a tub. It was exciting. Then I went home and slept for like 5 minutes and then I got to get up and go to the funeral. I HATE funerals. They are scary and weird. Memorial services are the way to go, man. Even still...I think I am just gonna leave everybody who would've gone to my funeral money in my will and tell them to buy themselves something pretty or give it to charity and not make them come to a creepy funeral for me. Wow...that's macabre. Sorry.
I need to change the date for my dentist appointment. That's not important, but I need to remember it.
Oh, so back to my weekend. So after the funeral, I came home and changed clothes and went to Batman Begins with Ashley. It was good, but I was so sleepy that I fell asleep in the first five minutes. Then when I woke up it was all action-packed. Good movie. So then I came home and was sleepy so I read Harry Potter in bed 'til I fell asleep.
Worked this morning. Went well, I suppose. Had a delicious lunch. Went to see the grandparents. Watched The Simpsons, a Broadway DVD, ordered Candide (w/ Kristin Chenoweth), Into the Woods, and Les Mis Dream Cast DVDs from Amazon. Shame on me. I can really only afford one of those. But I bought all three, so whatcha gonna do?
Alright. I am tired. Goodnight all.

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:55:30 GMT

Weelllll...dammit.
I have already failed at the updating everyday thing. Let's settle for uploading fairly often and whenever I remember that I have an LJ. So here it is.
Today we went looking for apartments. There is one we realllly like, but it's a little bit out of our price range, which is sad, but we should be able to make it work. Anyway, the whole apartment thing is exciting and scary at the same time because everything is so important all of a sudden. Also there is so much responsibility....eeek. just eeek.
Also, I don't know what I want to do when I grow up. And that scares me too. I'm pretty much qualified for nothing. And I need more extracurriculars. And I can't decide whether to triple major or double minor. BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IN LIFE. eekk again.
My great-aunt died two days ago, which was really awful, so I am going to her funeral tomorrow. I HATE funerals. When I die, I'm not doing any of that crap. As if it's my choice at all... :-)
Let's see. Other things have been happening, but nothing really of interest. J. called me, which was weird because we hadn't talked in awhile. I didn't call him back for obvious reasons.
The whole apartment/no plans for the future thing is freaking me out. I'm really scared. So I am going to go back to re-reading Harry Potter and put off these decisions for a few days.

Tue, 31 May 2005 00:16:15 GMT

I am updating for the SECOND DAY IN A ROW. This is part of the whole sticking with the LJ this time thing. Of course, I have very little to say. Woke up at noom (since there was no school!), went to lunch, went to the bookstore and bought lots of things to read once class is over. I organized and transferred a bunch of music and cleaned up my room. Got a new hair straightener, but it doesn't work very well, so I will probably just keep using the old one. Haha...that is so interesting, I'm sure. Just waiting for the next chapter of the hair straightener saga, weren't you?
I think I am going to gather all my favorite quotes this summer and type them up or put them in a book or something. I just keep finding quotes I like and I want them to all be in one place.
I reallllllly need a tan...we're going to Colorado a week from today and I really want to wear this gorgeous strapless white dress I have from Banana when we go out to dinner but right now I am the same color as the dress...
Let's see...what else? Class tomorrow and "Peter Pan" at DSM. I am only sort of excited about that b/c "Peter Pan" has never been one of my faves. Here's hoping 60-year-old Cathy Rigby is still convincing as a boy who doesn't age.
Whoa...just when you think 7th Heaven can't get any worse...there it goes. Blecchhh...I better change the channel.
Ahh...much better. I need to quite using the "...;" it's getting old. UInfortunately, I rarely finish a thought, so the "..." usually comes in pretty handy.
That's about all. We get spanish tests back tomorrow. Ahhh.

<3 katie

Mon, 30 May 2005 05:04:36 GMT

Take Me For What I Am
Who I Was Meant To Be
And If You Give A Damn
Take Me Baby Or Leave Me
Take Me Baby Or Leave Me

A Tiger In A Cage
Can Never See The Sun
This Diva Needs Her Stage, baby
Let's Have Fun!

You Are The One I Choose;
Folks'd Kill To Fill Your Shoes!
You Love The Limelight Too, Baby!

So Be Mine Or Don't Waste My Time
Cryin'- "Honeybear-Are You Still My Baby?"

Take Me For What I Am
Who I Was Meant To Be
And If You Give A Damn
Take Me Baby Or Leave Me

No Way-Can I Be What I'm Not
But Hey-Don't You Want Your Girl Hot!
Don't Fight; Don't Lose Your Head!
Cause Every Night - Who's In Your Bed?!
Who's In Your Bed?

I LOVE that song...it is fabulous.

Mon, 30 May 2005 04:21:53 GMT

No seriously. This time I am doing the LJ thing for real. It's summer, I have the time, and I really do want to do it. Why am I so lazy? I guess if you are here you already know how to get here, but I'm gonna put a link in my AIM profile too.

Anyway, back to important things. Today was only alright. Worked this morning, much drama with the three-year-olds. It's so funny how early cattiness starts. They whisper and gossip...just like big people. So cute...Anyway, though, fighting the fires caused by the baby gossip (+ the fact that we gave them sugar cookies today)tired me out. Luckily I didn't have to babysit tonight, so I got to just lounge around here and be lazy. I have high hopes to clean my room later but it doesn't seem likely.

Last night I went over to Ashley's and we watched "Risky Business" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" plus "Darrin's Dance Groove," a dance/workout video produced by the guy who did chereography for Britney Spears and N'Sync. So Ash, Patrick, and I practiced our dance moves to the styles of N'Sync and a very hot Darrin.

NO SPANISH TOMORROW! Ahhhhhhhh! I'm so excited! Only 4 more days...Ackk....then I am done with spanish FOREVER. Garggh...the overwhelming excitement is forcing me to make up words.

Let's see...what else is going on. I can't do a full-out update because the last time I updated was in January. School started, I went, did pretty well, it ended, summer school started, and so it goes...Amanda and I are getting an apartment in July/August so that's happy too.

Tomorrow I need to do a lot of stuff...including studying for spanish. I also want to watch Days of Our Lives 'cause I am feeling a bit behind since Tivo is broken. Damn Tivo...as soon as I become totally dependent on him, he crashes.

Today was Carole, George, and Jennifer's last day in Wicked. We need not go into detail about how much I would have given to be in NY today. At least Michelle Federer is still there. I really believe she will stay forever until she is so old so that she CAN'T get out of the wheelchair during Wicked Witch of the East...or when she does she falls for real off the stage and into the pit.
Hmm...What else...can I post pictures in here. Maybe I'll try. Cause I am obsessed with my wall decoration...that will DEFINITELY come to the apartment with me.

Okay, can't think of anything else to say but dammit I WILL keep up with the LJ this time.

~katie

Wed, 05 Jan 2005 22:04:33 GMT

Hehe...snatched this from Ashley's Xanga.

A is for age: 19; I'll be 20 in a month

B is for boyfriend: no

C is for career: nothing yet, still in school. And I would prefer not to make babysitting my career

D is for dead person you'd like to meet: i don't know. there are many.

E is for essential items: computer, phone, lipstick

F is for favorite song: SO MANY. Defying Gravity, As Long As You're Mine, Fallen, Reflection, On My Own, just a lot of songs.

G is for guy(s) you like: Brad Pitt, but he MIGHT just be a tad out of my league.

H is for home: Fort Worth

I is for ice cream: Vanilla with strawberry syrup. Boredom, thy name is Katie. :-)

J is for job: student

K is for anything you'd kill: Bugs wherever I find them. NEVER a dog unless it was Cujo or something.

L is for living area: my room at my house and my dorm room at school. Hopefully an apartment by the end of this summer.

M is for memory of the week: Jessica's last night in town. SO much fun.

N is for number of pets: 1 golden retriever, Molly

O is for overnight hospital stays: just one since birth

P is for phobias: losing or not being in control, coming home to a dark house by myself, being in a car accident, any kind of bug, terminal diseases

Q is for quotes you like: Virtually every line from Wicked,and pretty much anything from Friends or Will and Grace; nothing too deep because I like to laugh.

R is for relationship that lasted the longest: haha...depends on what you call a relationship

S is for singing in the shower: nope. But in the car you can't shut me up.

T is for time you wake up: as late as I possiblt can

U is for unique traits: I don't know - you tell me.

V is for vegetable you love: potatoes are pretty much the only vegetable I eat

W is for worst habit: over-analyzing, sometimes self-centered

X is for x-rays you've had: teeth, stomach, brain (because of migraines)

Y is for yummy food you make: chicken noodle soup, cake, spaghetti with amazing tomato sauce

Z is for zodia sign: Aquarius

Tue, 04 Jan 2005 19:50:27 GMT

Ah, how I have missed the LJ. It has been so long. I have a sincere goal to do the LJ thing again. So what's new....hmmm...what has happened since August. A LOT. A LOT. All my friends got Xangas, I met a guy, I lost a guy, I met a new guy, I may decide to lose him soon. My grades suffered, but are easily fixable...I'm going to NY in a week and a half. And FINALLLY SEEEING AVENUE Q!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND WICKED AGAIN! Am I thrilled to shreds? I might just be. So I am watching Days of Our Lives, talking to Ashley, messing with Facebook, eating, doing a number of things, so the LJ loses. But I swear I'll be back soon.

much love,
katie

Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:36:42 GMT

Hehe...I love that I am Nessa. I pretty much love all my roles....Quizzes are fun.

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:16:59 GMT

GUESS WHAT I GOT IN THE MAIL TODAY??!!?! An autographed WICKED Playbill!!!!! Signed by the ORIGINAL CAST!!!! I am SO excited! I am framing it as we speak, cause I am just that kind of gal.
YYYYYAYYYYY!

Fri, 06 Aug 2004 00:16:34 GMT

Yes, it is time to update the LJ. Nothing to say, but it is the IDEA that I am updating that matters.
Worked today, which was fine until I shut my finger in a file cabinet drawer. CRAP - that HURTS. A LOT. Like, I still can't type with that finger, which is making me a lot slower. This evening I have to clean up my room and stuff, and eventually I need to start packing. Aahhh...packing. :-o
Hey, Mary Tyler Moore is on TV! Oh, speaking of which, so I am talking to my cousin and I mention Mary Tyler Moore, and she says "Who?" Who?! Mary Tyler Moore, that's who! Come on - she had a TV show - THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW. I guess I am just expecting too much. Who knows how many people walking around don't know Mary Tyler Moore from a hole in the ground...It's like on Leno when he does that Jaywalking bit to reveal how frigging ignorant we as Americans actually are. Eekk....it scares me.
Wow, this is a really grumpy post. And I'm hungry. So I am going to go eat, and I will leave you with this:

JOEY: Uh... uh, we'll flip for it. Ducks or clowns?
CHANDLER: Oh, we're gonna flip for the baby?
JOEY: You got a better idea?
CHANDLER: All right, call it in the air.
JOEY: Heads.
CHANDLER: Heads it is.
JOEY: Yes! Whew!
CHANDLER: We have to assign heads to something.
JOEY: Right. Okay, okay, uh... ducks is heads, because ducks have heads.
CHANDLER: What kind of scary-ass clowns came to your birthday?

Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:43:10 GMT

For an English major's LJ, this is appalling.

Absolutely shameful...the spelling, the grammar...it's just sad.

I promise to do better, on LJ and AIM, to prove that I am not an idiot.

Sat, 31 Jul 2004 22:57:53 GMT

Yeah, sorry bout the last entry....long and pointless. But I was soooo bored. :-)
I go through stages of liking LJ and not. There is some massive bitchiness on the Wicked community, which, at times, is awesome, but also makes one too scared to post at other times...and fear is never good.
LOL...last night when I went out I taped "Amish in the City" on UPN. I kind of loved it. I talked to my mom today about how crazy it is that the Amish, the most extremely straightlaced group of people EVER have this period of their lives where they can just go out and do whatever with no repercussions. I mean, I don't even have that, and I am definitely NOT Amish. Weird...
Anyhow, I am gonna try to fix my LJ (it's being weird) before I go, so I'll end this post. Maybe more later...most likely in a few days.

"And when she was bored, she was very, very bored..."

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 02:23:17 GMT

While I watch the convention on CNN, I am amusing myself with less intellectual pursuits (see below):

Movies I Have Seen (are in bold)

01. Trainspotting
02. Shrek
03. Memento
04. Dogma
05. Strictly Ballroom
06. The Princess Bride
07. Love Actually
08. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
09. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
11. Reservoir Dogs
12. Desperado
13. Swordfish
14. Kill Bill Vol. 1
15. Donnie Darko
16. Spirited Away
17. Better Than Sex
18. Sleepy Hollow
19. Pirates of the Caribbean
20. The Eye
21. Requiem for a Dream
22. Dawn of the Dead
23. The Pillow Book
24. The Italian Job
25. Goonies
26. BASEketball
27. The Spice Girls Movie (sad, but true.)
28. Army of Darkness
29. The Color Purple
30. The Safety of Objects
31. Can't Hardly Wait
32. Mystic Pizza
33. Finding Nemo
34. Monsters Inc.
35. Circle of Friends
36. Mary Poppins
37. The Bourne Identity
38. Forrest Gump (not all the way through...I don't know why)
39. A Clockwork Orange
40. Kindergarten Cop
41. On The Line
42. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
43. Final Destination
44. Sorority Boys
45. Urban Legend
46. Cheaper by the Dozen ( I have seen the original, which is so much better than the crappy Hilary Duff one, I cannot put it into words. No offense to Hilary, but that movie was absolute crap...and the original was so good.)

47. Fierce Creatures
48. Dude, Where's My Car
49. Ladyhawke
50. Ghostbusters
51. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
52. Back to the Future
53. An Affair To Remember
54. Somewhere In Time
55. North By Northwest
56. Moulin Rouge
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
58. The Wizard of Oz
59. Zoolander
60. A Walk to Remember
61. Chicago
62. Vanilla Sky
63. The Sweetest Thing
64. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead
65. The Nightmare Before Christmas
66. Chasing Amy
67. Edward Scissorhands
67. Battle Royale
68. Kill Bill Vol. 2
69. Fight Club
70. Clerks
71. The Crow
72. Get Real
73. Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
74. Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban
75. Wake
76. The Silence of the Lambs

77. Pulp Fiction
78. The Crying Game
79. Amélie
80. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
81. Happy Campers
82. Velvet Goldmine
83. Elephant
84. Peter Pan
85. Camp
86. Particles of Truth
87. The Godfather
88. Big Fish
89. The Passion of the Christ
90. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
91. The Neverending Story
92. The Breakfast Club
93. Newsies
94. Princess Mononoke
95. The Prince of Egypt
96. Grease
97. The Hidden Fortress
98. Troy
99. It Happened One Night
100. Hackers
101. Dead Poets Society
102. Ghost Ship
103. The Wedding Banquet
104. The Red Violin
105. The Beach
106. The Women
107. Run Lola Run
108. The Quiet Man
109. X-Men
110. X-2
111. Spiderman
112. Punch Drunk Love
113. From Dusk 'Til Dawn
114. Joe Vs. The Volcano
115. Joe Black
116. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
117. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
118. Splash
119. Breakdown
120. The Notebook

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:56:07 GMT

Updating my LJ??? ME??? Shocking. And to those of you reading this who don't have LJ, don't be silly. Dump your Xanga and join.

What do I have to say? Not much....the only time I update is when nothing is going on, as you may or may not have figured out. I babysat, went out with the girls, saw Sara (who is awesome, as if I need to say that), saw my cousins....tonight I am seeing the tour of Big River done in ASL, which, I have heard, is really awesome, so I'm excited about that. With my rudimentary sign interpretation skills, I should be able to understand a little bit of the signing, but luckily they sing too, for those of us who take like 10 minutes to remember what a sign means.
This journal is so gramatically shot to hell...I'm serious. I TRY to be my English major self, but since its such a stream of consciousness thing, it ends up being abysmal. Forgive me.
I need a new LJ icon.
I'm also hungry.
Seriously, so much crap has been going on, but it seems kind of stupid to tell anybody that after the fact, cause you probably already know that it has happened. Oh well.
School starts in like a month. I don't really want to go back. I suppose that doesn't really matter to them.
Argghh...I need to shower, get food, mail Ebay stuff.
Bye all...

Tue, 20 Jul 2004 06:17:43 GMT

It's 1 am, so naturally I am updating my LJ. Looking at other people's LJ's and Xanga's makes me think I should make mine pretty. Or update it. Oh well...

Yesterday was rough - no Wicked, no one to be sad with. It was sad. There were tears.

But all is well now. Well, until I look at the wallpaper I have made (which is beautiful, by the way) of the hugs and sadness at curtain call. Then I cry all over again.

HAHAHA....I am watching Elimidate. It may be the worst show on TV. I hate it, and it sets women's lib back like 80 years, but that doesn't keep it from being hilarious. The women are just vile, though. And the ones who are actually nice get attacked by the other girls for being "goody-goodies" or "too quiet"....ahh, its too funny. Luckily, it reminds all that what really matters to Elimidate guys are your breasts and your tan. Classy, guys, classy...LOL...one of the other girls just told the other she was trash. Oh goodness. Perhaps I don't update and watch this instead...

Oh, good. Commercial...

So back to updating. I need a new icon. I went shopping today. It was fabulous. I met a lady who knows my family who wants me to join some organization that I really don't want to join because her sons did. But she and I have VERY different political views (funny how that happens with me and Texas - you tell them you aren't voting for W. and all of a sudden you are unpatriotic and pure evil), so I don't think I would make a good member of her little organization.

Anywho (I love to say that - makes me sound like such a nerd), thats basically it. Worked yesterday morning, then chatted with other Glitter gals, saw Amanda today, helped Mom organize a rebuttal (lol..long story)tonight. OH, and my computer is being majorly screwy so I took that to get fixed, but no luck there. Apparently there is a problem that needs to be researched - so that is never good.

Okay, sorry, but back to Elimidate. What is the deal with these asshole guys who just stand there while the women insult each other back and forth??? They don't moderate, they just sit back and relax. And here is what I really don't understand - they keep the ones who were insulting one another!! Why? Cause they were the "classy" ones?????
EEeeekk...Elimidate makes me sad. (but kinda happy)

Alright, work tomorrow, so sleep now.

-Kate

Fri, 16 Jul 2004 01:03:46 GMT

Okay...here is a HUGE pet peeve of mine.
Avril Lavigne is on TV right now. Next to Britney, this girl is one of the most ridiculously untalented currently in the spotlight. It absolutely makes no sense to be that the hordes of people there actually thinks she's good, and don't appreciate ACTUAL talent. What a joke!
It is really pissing me off, because when I mention Kristin, Idina, Kerry Butler, Lea Salonga, et al. everyone is like "who???" and yet people know and recognize these people who sing so terribly (i.e Britney, Avril, and the equally crappy limelight stealers). I mean, I could sing 5x better than this, and I am not good. I just don't understand people's lack of sense.
Of course, there are a lot of things I don't understand. I don't understand why some jerk would join the Wicked yahoo group just to badmouth Wicked, or how people could go to stagedoor at a show without knowing the actors names. What the hell is wrong with people?
OK, I understand that people have different tastes, but if you see Wicked, and see those women perform live, and then you watch Avril perform live...the contrast is laughable. It doesn't make any sense...and it pisses me off. I'm sure I'll be back later to bitch some more, cause I'm PMSing and lots of things are pissing me off.

Thu, 15 Jul 2004 20:28:20 GMT

Hahaha...I thought this was hilarious...it is like someone took everything from elementary school and put it on a list for LJ.

Italisize the ones you have done:

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCH!"

2. You watched the Pound Puppies.

3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air."

4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.

5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-Sitters Club and tried to start a club of your own.

6. You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.

7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on "Blossom." (and "How rude!" comes from Stephanie on "Full House")

8. Two words: M.C. Hammer.

9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock."

10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.

11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales."

12. You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen.

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail Day in computer class at school.

16. You played the game "MASH."

17. You wore a Jordache Jean jacket and you were proud of it.

18. L.A. Gear

19. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten.

20. You remember reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and all the Ramona books.

21. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF."

22. You wanted to be a Goonie.

23. You ever wore flourescent clothing.

24. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.

25. You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

26. You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

27. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.

28. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence.

29. You remember Hypercolor T-shirts.

30. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.

31. You thought She-Ra and He-Man should hook up.

32. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets.

33. You owned a pair of jelly sandals.

34. After you saw "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"

35. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up!"

36. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

37. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip 'n' Slide.

38. You have ever played with a Skip-It.

39. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonald's.

40. You've gone through this list occasionally saying "awesome."

41. You remember Popples.

42. "Don't worry, be happy."

43. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights.

44. You wore socks scrunched down.

45. "Miss Mary MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK, with silver BUTTONS, BUTTONS, BUTTONS all down her BACK, BACK, BACK!"

46. You remember boom boxes vs. CD players.

47. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.

48. You knew what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!"

49. You remember watching "Rainbow Brite" and "My Little Ponies."

50. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.

51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac. (How could you forget Alf?)

52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool.

53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell."

(LOL...Jessi Spano, Lisa Turtle, Zack Morris, Kelly Kapowski, AC Slater, and Screech Powers...I lived for SBTB)

54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi.

55. You played and or collected "Pogs."

56. You used to pretend that you could transform into a Power Ranger.

Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:07:37 GMT

This summer has all of a sudden gotten insanely busy....what is that? After weeks of doing nothing in June, all of a sudden it is CRAZY. Weird...
So I guess this post is kind of pointless, cause I have to go babysit in a couple of minutes...eh...
Let's see how much I can say before I have to leave... I got new bedding....and I saw Jessica last weekend (yay for Jessica! I love her) and then...I saw the Notebook, which was extremely predictable, but I still cried like a baby. It was so funny - all the women walking out of the theater were practically sobbing, and the men were looking at them like "what the hell...??"
I need to go the gym...I need to go the gym.....after babysitting....(ha! I'm sure that will happen... :P)
Ok, gotta go. Sorry bout the pointless post...I don't think anyone really reads this anymore though, so...
bye!

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:58:53 GMT

Haha..I am so stupid. I was just replying to a Glitter e-mail and I accidentally sent it to the whole group instead of just Jaime. Damn. The ironic part is that it was an apology for
e-mailing incorrectly before. Eh well. I hope you can't get kicked out of Glitter for being computer illiterate....
ANYWAY, I definitely need a new icon, and not much has been going on. I got a bunch of new CDs and hung out with people, and....um....what else? Really not much since New York...just working and hanging out with people...regular old summer stuff. But I definitely need another job. Especially if I am going to continue blindly purchasing whatever I see. Yes....that should go on a to-do-list.
SO, New York was WONDERFUL. Great food, great fun, great shows. I LOVED it all and I want to go back today.
We saw Hairspray, which was great...I love what Carly Jibson did with the part, and I liked her a lot better than Marisa (who is on the CD). Actually, I ended up liking Michael McKean better than Harvey too, which worked out quite well. Oh, and the guy who played Corny Collins (Jonathan Dukochitz or something) was the guy who played Dimitri in Anastasia. That just thrilled the crap out of me, seeing as how I loved that movie for like a year in middle school and I still love the soundtrack. I thought that was great fun.
We saw Wicked two nights in a row, one night courtesy of me. The first night may have been the best performance by Kristin and Idina I have ever seen. I would say the best performance overall, cause it was royally awesome, but I missed Joel Grey (even though Sean McCourt totally kicked ass, and I got to meet him afterward). But Kristin and Idina both seemed to be perfect on Friday...Just absolutely stellar. I fell in love with the show all over again.
So Saturday we got to go back and see it again, and that night I kept noticing that Kristin was missing a bunch of her cues. My mom and I also noticed that Kristin seemed to be kind of rushing her lines. Then, in I'm not that Girl, during the part where she is supposed to walk across the bridge with Norbert, she didn't come...it was just Norbert by himself. So we started thinking that something was wrong. Then, during A Sentimental Man, she left the scene early, and, in Defying Gravity, at the last part where Elphaba has risen, where she is supposed to sing "I hope you're hhhaappppyy....." and then the ensemble sings "Look at her she's wicked!" but she wasn't there for that part either. So after intermission, the announcer man comes on and says due to illness, she would be replaced by Laura during the second act (Laura did great, I must say, and I would die if I had to follow Kristin ).
The blooper part(s) of the evening came from the fact that halfway through the show, Glinda became a different person. Right after Thank Goodness, when Glinda and Elphie first see each other again, Laura came out onstage and Idina goes "Oh my gosh, you've gotten so tall!" The crowd laughed and clapped forever...it was hilarious. And Laura responds "Yeah, its that wonderful wizard of oz...I think my magic's gotten better too." It was so funny!!! Then, at curtain call, when Laura and Idina walked out, Laura was holding a giant poster picture of Kristin labeled Kristin C. and held it and made it take bows and stuff. Idina pushed her in front to take her final bow, and she held the poster with her and bowed with it. It was so great.
Anyway, I loved the whole thing...but I gotta say...while I love LBB on the Hairspray CD, she is just not the Glinda I would choose. I was kind of glad to hear that Jennifer Laura Thompson would be taking over the role instead of LBB, so now I am just crossing my fingers and hoping JLT is good. Oh dear,...makes me nervous.
Anyway, so we did a bunch of touristy stuff and walked around the city and all. And ate delicious food and did New York-y stuff. I want to go back....today....and see Eden. But sadly, I do not have tickets. Or enough money. Damn.
Alright, I suppose that is all that has happened that is worthy of posting. I should go get a job....tomorrow.

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:20:49 GMT

I need a new icon....later.

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:19:22 GMT

Went to NY, and now I am back. Fun was had...blah, blah, blah. Wicked withdrawal has kicked in again, as I know that I now won't see the show again until tour, unless a flying monkey happens to deliver to me the hundreds of dollars I need to take another trip to NYC.
Would report on it now, but I am tired, so report must wait. Besides I am too busy loving my new Wicked jewelry (both "official" sets from the Ozdust Boutique + the fantastic Cheno charm for charity that I got from Samantha that I am wearing right now...lol, today I was working at weekday school, and one of the babies...er, big kids (3 year olds) asked me what my necklace was. I was like, "It's a magic wand...like Glinda's in The Wizard of Oz" and all the kids were like "ooohh, Glinda is so cool" and I was like "no shit..." But I did not say that to the children...for obvious reasons :P )
Okay...NY report later. Nap now. And perhaps, at some point, getting a job.

Sat, 05 Jun 2004 20:22:11 GMT

Packing...
Right.
That will not happen until someday after midnight on Tuesday/Wednesday.
But that does not mean that the excitement is not there. Because it most definitely is.
*Cheno-esque squeal*

Saw Les Mis last night. I know it is lots of people's favorite musical (sorry jessica), but I was not a huge fan. The company was GREAT, and Eponine was awesome...but the story and the plot made me kinda glad when a lot of 'em died. Sorry again, Jess.
I really liked Miss Saigon, and of course I loved Candide (though I don't think it really counts as seeing it if you listen to it on streaming radio on your computer like a nerd for three hours on a Friday night - but what I heard I LOVED). However, getting to my point, which I may have forgotten, the entirely sung musical as a breed is not one of my favorites. I like words. People should not sing things like "I am gonna make some porridge"...If you are, then make the fucking porridge and quit singing about it. NO ONE CARES. And when you are following along in your Playbill, as the huge fan or the bored theatergoer does, if it is entirely sung one does not know when one song starts and another begins. In Les Mis last night, a guy sang for TWENTY minutes and it wasn't even a SONG IN THE PROGRAM. WTF?! So, anyway, having made that point, I prefer the speaking/singing musicals (i.e. Wicked *gasp*, Sound of Music, Gypsy, Hairspray, you know...) to the sung entirely musical, BUT I like some entirely-sung musicals (so basically I have no point, except that I thought Les Mis kinda sucked. Except for "On My Own"...I love that song).
So there ya go...
OOoh...but Harry Potter was wonderful. I think it was my favorite of the three. But there was this extremely obnoxious 7 year old sitting next to me who kept asking his dad (loudly) what was going on. Maybe if you would be quiet for a few moments, child, you would be able to hear and understand. But oh well.
Tomorrow starts the busy days...but today is probably just laundry (haha...it is like a moutain in the corner of the room) and maybe going out later.

Something's coming, something good...

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 17:06:45 GMT

Finally, things are happening. After like a week and a half of NOTHING. Saw Shrek 2 yesterday...(lol.."Not my gumdrop buttons!!!") Doing fun stuff today with people...got my hair cut today, which is not really that exciting, but always makes you feel better (except it is like half an inch too short, which kind of pisses me off, but hopefully it will be better in a week or so). Then tomorrow is Harry Potter, which I am quite excited about..watched an A&E special about it last night at 1am. Then tomorrow night is Les Mis, going into Saturday, with more fun, then Sunday is the Tonys, then I start work on Monday, then NEW YORK ON WEDNESDAY!!! I am so excited! And it is about time that things started going on cause that was one hell of a boring week. And I reeeeeaaaalllly want some TCBY...but the one near me closed, so I am dying. Perhaps I make the yogurt trek this afternoon, unless there is another freakishly scary storm, like last night. BTW, where was I when the storm started? Oh, that's right, DOWNTOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING STREET. One more picture, they said. Yes, that would be fine, except there is a monsoon starting and there are all these people, and I don't like people looking at me, and they are all wondering "what the hell is with the idiot in the street getting her picture taken?"...very good question, people. I don't know why the idiot is in the middle of the street...she was there against her will. Anyway, no time to be bicthy bout that cause I am happy about the much cooler things that are going on now...

8 days...

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:53:13 GMT

Today was so uneventful it is not even funny. Trip planning (8 DAYS TIL NEW YORK!)and phone shopping, which was fun, but since it wasn't for me it wasn't quite as fun. That makes me sound like such a selfish phone person, but you must admit that going with someone else to buy a new phone isn't as exciting as getting one for you. Anyway, so that is all I did today. I haven't updated in like, a week (still getting used to the whole LJ thing), and the past week has been really busy. OOooh! I got to see Miss Saigon and it was soo good. The girl who played Kim was AWESOME...so obviously that made it better, since Kim sings in every other song and it is almost entriely sung ala Les Mis (which I am seeing Friday! YAY!). But anyway, now the business is temporarily over until Friday, and then I start packing for NY and awesome WICKED FUN!! I am sooo excited. Oh, and Sunday is the Tonys, which will be fabulous, so everyone watch. What else....hmmm. Maybe nothing. I will update later if I remember what I logged on to update about...llam (or lol, for those less Wicked :) )

Mon, 24 May 2004 19:19:19 GMT

Yeah, so today I had to babysit again. 12 extremely energetic 4-6 year olds with Amanda... in one room...with very few toys...leading to games like "Jump off something high and see where you land" and "I bet I can hit you with this sharp object.
It was some craziness...I swear, I don't ever remember screaming at the top of my lungs and running around and thinking that was fun. And of course all the time you have to be like "Don't put that in your mouth, don't climb on that, don't sit on him.." Anyway, it was busy.
So then we went to lunch and stuff, and now I am back and am thinking about a nap, now that I have worked all morning. Whew.
Yeah, so once again I have nothing to say. I think it is because when I am doing something worth mentioning, I am off doing it and not here to post. So I will just have to be boring.
Yeah, it is definitely naptime now.

Broadway (On and Off)
Name / Username
You Are in WICKED! You will play:	Nessarose
You Are in Hairspray! You will play:	Tracy
You Are in Avenue Q! You will play:	Kate Monster
You Are In RENT! You are:	Joanne
You are In ...Modern Millie! You Are:	Miss Flannery
You Are in RAGTIME! you are:	The Little Girl

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