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brandywine28- I can think of at least two dozen reasons NOT to buy this dress, but they all wither and die in the face of TYPEWRITING SQUIRRELS! Obviously--obviously--I need this in my life, right? Right. I'm amazed I've lived without it this long, quite frankly.
- Into The Woods is playing at Shakespeare in the Park this summer, causing my Sondheim-loving little heart to do cartwheels of joy! I'm a little skeptical about Amy Adams being cast as The Baker's Wife, but you can still bet that when I found out about this I templed my fingers and said "Eeeeexcellent" in a most Mr. Burns-ian fashion. :)
- Reading everyone else's NKOTBSB concert re-caps! I'm still a bit bitter that I couldn't swing it myself this year, financially speaking--but secondhand squee is far, far better than none at all! (And that video of Nick Carter motorboating some girl? I died.)
- Game Of Thrones continues to knock my socks off...even though I usually end up watching about 90% of it through the spaces between my fingers./squeamish
- My mother's reaction to the whole John-Travolta-fondling-himself-in-front-of-hotel-masseurs scandal: "But--but he CAN'T be gay; he's ITALIAN!!!" Priceless.
- I found out yesterday that I am not the only person in my workplace who recoils in horror at the sight of that eyeless, Sopranos-esque talking lemon from the McDonald's commercials. (I'm pretty sure his official purpose is to make us want a strawberry lemonade? Or possibly to haunt our nightmares like a lemony specter of wrongness. One of the two.) It's always nice to know you aren't alone. :)
- And last but CERTAINLY not least: I met![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zebraljb! She's awesome, face-meltingly funny and, best of all, she didn't make fun of the lopsided farmer's tan I got from milling up and down 8th Ave all afternoon. AND she brought me souvenirs from Hershey Park(!). (Oh, and we, um, may have partially written a Real World AU in which JC and Lynn Harless co-manage an erotic bakery, so. Yeah.) All in all, not a bad time.
- Into The Woods is playing at Shakespeare in the Park this summer, causing my Sondheim-loving little heart to do cartwheels of joy! I'm a little skeptical about Amy Adams being cast as The Baker's Wife, but you can still bet that when I found out about this I templed my fingers and said "Eeeeexcellent" in a most Mr. Burns-ian fashion. :)
- Reading everyone else's NKOTBSB concert re-caps! I'm still a bit bitter that I couldn't swing it myself this year, financially speaking--but secondhand squee is far, far better than none at all! (And that video of Nick Carter motorboating some girl? I died.)
- Game Of Thrones continues to knock my socks off...even though I usually end up watching about 90% of it through the spaces between my fingers./squeamish
- My mother's reaction to the whole John-Travolta-fondling-himself-in-front-of-hotel-masseurs scandal: "But--but he CAN'T be gay; he's ITALIAN!!!" Priceless.
- I found out yesterday that I am not the only person in my workplace who recoils in horror at the sight of that eyeless, Sopranos-esque talking lemon from the McDonald's commercials. (I'm pretty sure his official purpose is to make us want a strawberry lemonade? Or possibly to haunt our nightmares like a lemony specter of wrongness. One of the two.) It's always nice to know you aren't alone. :)
- And last but CERTAINLY not least: I met
zebraljb! She's awesome, face-meltingly funny and, best of all, she didn't make fun of the lopsided farmer's tan I got from milling up and down 8th Ave all afternoon. AND she brought me souvenirs from Hershey Park(!). (Oh, and we, um, may have partially written a Real World AU in which JC and Lynn Harless co-manage an erotic bakery, so. Yeah.) All in all, not a bad time.![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2012-05-23 10:13 pm (UTC)Ooh, Into The Woods in the park, how delightful! I think it's mostly cast-proof: I saw a version at the Donmar Warehouse (wonderful tiny theatre) in which the Baker was basically a doughy pudding. I think he was used to acting for TV and didn't notice he was not on camera. Meanwhile the Baker's Wife was EMOTING LIKE MAD. Great stuff.
Meeting other fans is an awesome thing to do, and such meetings inevitably result in AUs in which JC and Lynn co-manage erotic bakeries, or possibly everyone is a frog. I remember a Camp outing which involved sparkly cupcakes, and there was quite an involved storyline as a result...
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Date: 2012-05-25 07:16 am (UTC)Man, I hope you're right about the show being cast-proof; I've only ever seen her onscreen, but even with editing and special effects to cloud my judgement I still find her cutesy mannerisms pretty grating. (I'm sure it doesn't help that I take my Sondheim WAY too seriously.)
Boybanders as frogs? Pray tell, where can I find this beautiful thing? (And do I dare even ask about the sparkly cupcakes?)
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Date: 2012-05-25 10:07 pm (UTC)As for pop boys as frogs, well, there's Ribbit, with illustration, or possibly also An Amphibian Fairy Tale, without illustration. And there is a museum of stuffed frogs in Switzerland, which is, um, well. It's a museum of stuffed frogs. Posed like 19th Century everyday life.
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Date: 2012-05-26 11:28 pm (UTC)I think Danielle Ferland's production must have been a regional one. I hear Donna Murphy is playing the Witch this time around, to my everlasting gladness--her fierceness should go a long way in counteracting any possible stunt-casting problems. (And I'm officially shutting up about this now. Because what kind of an ingrate complains about a free show? Before she's even seen it? Yeesh. Settle down, Self.)
I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST SPENT THE LAST TEN MINUTES STARING SLACK-JAWED AT PHOTOS OF TAXIDERMIED FROGS. Clearly I need to get out more. :)
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Date: 2012-05-28 09:20 am (UTC)Those frogs are the awesomest. It was, naturally,
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Date: 2012-06-06 12:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-24 09:41 pm (UTC)I did not realize my humor melted people's faces. I should try and rein that in a bit. :) This story could possibly be awesome if I can just find a place for Justin. That being said, there is NOTHING like creating an Erotic Bakery AU while walking around NYC with a non-fandom butchy lesbian friend (my good friend from high school, Brooke), throwing out ideas to add to the plot.
:)
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Date: 2012-05-25 04:19 am (UTC)DUDE. You melted my face off. Deal with it.
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Date: 2012-06-07 09:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-08 02:44 am (UTC)THANK YOU AND GOOD DAY.
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Date: 2012-06-09 02:15 pm (UTC)(just sayin')
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Date: 2012-06-09 10:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-10 10:44 pm (UTC)