This and that

[cleolinda]

Thanksgiving was quiet--only my grandmother over for lunch, as Aunt Awesome and Co. are stuck at her in-laws' this year--but pleasant. I'm getting better--slowly, but getting there. Talked to The Lovely Emily last night--she and Brett the Vet are in town, but I was too sick to go out with them (I can still barely eat, much less drink). We're going to see if they can't come over here tomorrow night and hang out or something.

I can't believe I've spent the last week sick as a dog, and now I have to pull myself up by the bootstraps and write completely in clichés work double-hard. It doesn't feel like a vacation if you don't actually get to rest, you know?

Meanwhile, the Squishy and I have decided to put off his visit again until May, which is really the ideal time (Birmingham is gorgeous, and I'm not in class). I would have liked to have him here for my birthday (sniff), but with the sick and the book and the class... sigh.

Mom is dragging me to the mall at crack-thirty tomorrow for the Black Friday sales. I'm not sure why I have to go, but I figure I'll come back with some good war stories, if nothing else.

We're going to try to go see Alexander this weekend, but who knows if we'll actually get there. As for Phantom of the Opera, I barely even know the plot, but I have decided that it is going to be the most thrillingly awful movie ever. I can't wait.

"Danielle says this blue eyeshadow is totally keen!"






Carlotta is pleased with her new wig:
"That bitch Raggedy Ann didn't even see it coming!"






"He who insults my flounce must pay with his life!"






Hoping to escape, Christine decides to distract the Phantom with a little
flash of sumpin'-sumpin'. Tragically, the mask prevents him from noticing.






Carlotta in her greatest role: Lady Mauve of Frou-Frou Poodlington.






"I've got to think of something better than 'The Angel of Boot-Knocking.'"






"Raoul! You said you'd never see that Louis again!"






"Love me, bitches."






"Mr. Schumacher, sir, this shirt is too gay. And believe me, I know gay."






Frou-Frou 2: The Poodling.






"I'm not touching you! I'm not touching you!"

Comments

[ambiguousreason.livejournal.com]

yes, a vacation in which you don't get to rest is completely unfair. you should demand your money back.

uh... or something.

ouch, your mom actually goes to the stores early in the morning? if i suggested to my mom that we do that, she would laugh. at me.

[girlalmighty]

I love you.

I am so looking forward to this movie. If nothing else, it'll be pretty. And Patrick Wilson's voice will be pretty.

And dammit, why am I the only person in the world who hasn't yet seen Angels in America?

[ginger]

I haven't either. :)

[inkytwist.livejournal.com]

i'm soooooo excited for that movie. I loved the book, will probably hate that movie, but i think i'll love it for it's glam-ness.

Minnie Driver is so awesome in those outfits!

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

I saw Phantom in the Curran YEARS ago-and I was all ~arrowthree~ but this looks downright cracktastic! It will be funny-and who DOESN'T love Minnie Driver as a poodle, although I cannot recall a poodle in the original.

[theatre-angel.livejournal.com]

Phantom is about a hideously deformed musical genius who kidnaps a young opera singer because she's omg so hawt.

As for Phantom of the Opera, I barely even know the plot, but I have decided that it is going to be the most thrillingly awful movie ever. I can't wait.

I love you. XD

Love the pictures, too. <3

[wickedwitchbaby.livejournal.com]

theatre_angel linked me here from her LJ. And I have to tell you how fucking halarious that was.

[sharrainchains.livejournal.com]

You really are an amazing woman. I have greatly enjoyed the humor and intelligence of your posts -- and I am sorry that you have been so ill. I don't know you, so I haven't really know what to say about it. I have prayed for you, FWIW.

[shoukinkasegi.livejournal.com]

Minnie Driver is so hot. That is all.

[quizzicalsphinx.livejournal.com]

Wait a minute. Why is Erik hot?

And why is Carlotta dressed like Carmen Miranda?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

And why is Raoul all pinchy and quasi-evil looking? I thought he was the hero boy. Or at least, that's what the musical synopsis with too many exclamation points ("And then he gives her singing lessons in her dreams!!!!") I read said...

[la-sonnambula.livejournal.com]

Joel Schumacher is doing such a bad job of ripping off Baz Luhrmann.

[angel-kathryn.livejournal.com]

*huggles sick Cleo*

I'm looking forward to Phantom of the Opera ... based on the teaser trailer alone, it looked fantastic.

*amused by captions*

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

Get well soon hun. :)

And speaking as someone who has had Andrew Loyd Webber crammed down my throat since I was but a wee k_j I can't wait to see this movie and laugh at its badness.

Also: Erik looks like he's wearing a leisure suit. Angel of Disco?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

[edda.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better and are not reampled at the mall tomorrow. Can't your mom just let you lie? Tell her to go pick you up a copy of Buford on the Savoy; she'll be there all day and you'll get plenty of rest.

Happy Incipient Birthday!

And those pictures lead me to believe this is really going to be Moulin Rouge II: Gaudier In Gay Paris.

[edda.livejournal.com]

"Trampled", that is. I don't know what being "reampled" would involve, but it sounds liek something involving Viktor Frankenstein and a Stratocaster. "Igor! Now we go--TO 11!!"

[gniko.livejournal.com]

Someday I want to be able to go to a After-Holiday Sale.

I've always had a job that forced me to work early that day and everyone I know gets to go buy things like consumers while I'm servicing someone in the lobby (muah I made table-waiting sound dirty.)


I love that women were able to get away with get-ups like that back then ;)

[elbales]

You can buy consumers? Where??

[kassandra05.livejournal.com]

The captions have killed me dead. Dead I tell you!

[suitcasegnome.livejournal.com]

*concurs*

[dramedy.livejournal.com]

The reason Carlotta looks like "Carmen miranda" is that she is in Don Juan.
*is not obsessed*
...ok, ahh, i am. i <3 PotO. esp. the musical...
And OK, Gerard Butler isn't *that* bad of a singer, his voice is more gravelly and rock and roll than other phantoms(note: he has to suppress his scottish accent :)), but it's not bad. i think he's hot, but that's just me remembering him in Tomb Raider 2. And ALW wanted sexy. I can try and find the place i found the clips if you want to hear him, or i can email them to ye, zipped like.
I tried to write you a summary, but i ended up getting awful long winded. <3
Good luck on Black Friday. Ironically, my mom and dad's anniversary! :D I went with my dad last year...o.o scary...
Happy Birthday[when is it :D?]!

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Oh, my birthday isn't until next month, the 14th.

[elanorkat.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting all that eye candy - literally: my teeth are hurting from all the pink! I'm getting pretty excited about this one too.

[desincarne.livejournal.com]

POTO looks like it's going to be AMAZING.

Over-the-top vampitude from the Driver ("Yum! You're going for the Driver? I'll have the 1 Wood, a-yuk-yuk-yuk")!

Shiny but vacant zeroine to *rolleyes*!

Floopy-shirted Fabiolike! Fabioing around like there's no tomorrow! And all the buttons have fallen off his shirt, poor luv. Should someone tell him? He'll catch his death, tut tut. Still! Look at him go!

And a horribly mis-cast Gerard Butler... bless him and all seven of his little cotton socks. He shall go to the ball. Still maintain Erik should have been played by Kevin Spacey - great singing voice, and he could play 'horribly-disfigured' without a mask or prosthetics.

This film will put the TAT back into ostenTATious, and the PHAT back into PHATuous, yo. A m15m for POTO will be redundant. Hmmm... POTO... wasn't he Richie Cunningham's slightly special friend?

[likescarecrows.livejournal.com]

Wow, now I really wanna see PotO. I loved the Broadway show, and music is just wow.

Ooo, Alexander was hilarious. It's so bad, you just gotta laugh. Lots of boy-love in there. And you get to see Colin Farrell's ass, and possible penis.
I screamed "Ahhh my retinas!!!111oneoneone" but my friend was just "SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeee".

Yeah, I'll go away now.

[mornie-alantie.livejournal.com]

So, yeah, woke up at 5:20 this morning to go to wal-mart because it's "Black Friday Blitz" started at 6

I got elbowed and my foot got ran over by a 87 year old wino.

[yarha.livejournal.com]

Noooo! Not the mall on Black Friday! If I were you, I'd stage a 'relapse'..but it's prolly too late! *sob*

Yarha, And Deliver Me From Shoppers..

[elbiesee.livejournal.com]

At least you don't have to work on Black Friday. I work in a music store, and we're gonna be knee-deep in people saying 'My kid wants a guitar for Christmas - what do I do?' (Which doesn't help me, since I work in the band and orchestra stuff...)

I get to put the tree up at work today, tho. I love doing stuff like that knowing I'm being paid for my time. :-)

You have an Aunt Awesome too? Mine talks too fast and is way too skinny to have had three kids, but she's strong and smart and funny and adorable...

If I can talk The Fiance' into getting out of the house, I may be able to drag him to POTO - if not, my sister and/or daughter might want to go.

*Pointing the Finger of Or Else* Keep getting better.

Yes, I'm done rambling.

[ladyortyger.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about your continued un-Squishyness.

*nods knowingly* Squishies halfway across the world (or more in my case) are no good. We deserve closer Squishies! ;)

[jwaneeta.livejournal.com]

"I've got to think of something better than 'The Angel of Boot-Knocking.'"

*undignified guffaw* Thanks. Now I can set to work (while the rest of the country shops, grr) with a light heart.

[wearejustducky.livejournal.com]

"Mr. Schumacher, sir, this shirt is too gay. And believe me, I know gay."

Ok, I just choked on a soy protein bar. Heee.

And just like that, I want to see this movie more than anything. Patrick Wilson! Minnie Driver wearing the skins of dead poodles! DisturbinglyattractivePhantom! AHH!

[the-grim-wombat.livejournal.com]

That last picture... I think I sprained something laughing. OW. XD And... eehee... the Angel of Boot-Knocking.

Seriously, though, I can't wait for this movie... I've been a musical geek all my life, so this is like a dream come true for me. <3 And ooooh, Raoul... Patrick Wilson is pretty. And, er, I haven't seen Angels In America (but I intend to! really!)... my affection for Patrick comes from the fact that I was one of about seven people in the country who actually enjoyed The Alamo. *hides*

[elbiesee.livejournal.com]

*Gasp* BlazingSaddlesOMGiconlust!

[all-ephemera.livejournal.com]

I'm laughing entirely too hard over those pictures and the comments you made about them!! Damn you, woman, I've got a hangover!! *grin*