Is That you In Your Avatar?-Tempting 20- Page 92

[tazber]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 2:15am

Well I won't burn the cds for you mauri. I won't send it with Cantebury tales.*


*everything in this post has been written opposite of its true meaning so no copyright laws are broken.

[mauriposa]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 2:20am

Taz, have I told you lately how much I heart you? Because I do.

[scott68]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 2:21am

I think if we actually picked up a real new person, I'd die of shock.

The Passing Strange Tony performance made me sad. I'd seen the show literally the night before and loved it, and could see why they picked the song they did, because in the context of the show it's absolutely electric, but on its own it was completely unbalanced (in more ways than one). I can't tell you how many times I've listened to the cast recording and gone, "This would have been SO much better on the Tonys!" Actually, I can, and it's less than seven, but probably more than three.

[tazber]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 2:24am

I like Passing Strange a lot. It reminded me of Jaques Brel by way of Leonard Cohen.

[mauriposa]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 2:26am

Watching Passing Strange on the Tonys, I just kept thinking, "I don't get this. I don't get it at all."

[StageManager2]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 2:30am

My sentiments exactly, mauri. Then again, I wasn't really paying attention to the performances. After a while, I became bored and switched back and forth between the Tonys and the Celtics/Lakers NBA Finals. I missed the last 45 minutes.

[scott68]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 2:37am

It just wasn't a number that translated well to the setting, or to being taken out of the context of the rest of the show. To be honest, I don't think Stew really cared. Considering his comments on musicals in general, I doubt the financial boost a broadly appealing performance on the Tonys could provide would really be that important to him.

[Biff AKA Levi]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 4:10am

First off, his name is Stew and that just bugs me. WTF?

When I finally make it to Broadway, my name is gonna be Chili.

Besides the performance itself, the whole "here's your keeeeeeeeeeey!" thing reminded me of Mimi. It seemed like a total RENT wannabe.

[mauriposa]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 8:49pm

I must have blocked that part from my memory. I don't remember it at all.

[scott68]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 8:53pm

Speaking of performances, anyone else watching the opening ceremonies? It blows my mind how much freaking money they blew on this.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 8:54pm

I ain't got no TV. How was it?

[mauriposa]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 8:56pm

I'm currently watching Hub and my brother-in-law play Rock Band. Wanna trade?

[scott68]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 8:57pm

It's still going on. The spectacle is absolutely unbelievable, although the pacing is (as usual) a bit slow for my tastes. I'm having a hard time looking at it without a certain bias.

[mauriposa]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 8:58pm

Phelps is probably wearing clothes, too. What's the point?

[StageManager2]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 9:06pm

I recall liking the opening to the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. I also remember a hush fell over the crowd as the American flag (the same one that flew at the base of the WTC) was carried down by several people, stretched and tattered. It was a moving experience.

[scott68]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 9:17pm

I can never make myself care that much about the Winter Olympics for some reason. They just don't interest me that much. The Summer Olympics, on the other hand, are IT for me.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 9:20pm

I guess I never really cared for water sports.

Did I just say that?

Updated On: 8/8/08 at 09:20 PM

[scott68]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 9:23pm

Water sports? Pshaw. It's all about gymnastics.

[tazber]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 12:01am

I used to like the Olympics once upon a time, but now they just bore me.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 12:42am

The only Olympics I got into were the 1994 Winter Games, and that's only because of the Tonya/Nancy thing.

[scott68]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 12:47am

1996. Women's gymnastics. DONE.

Kerri Strug was the little midget hero with the awful hair, but I loved Shannon Miller, trying to finally get that individual gold.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmtcnoHa66U

[Biff AKA Levi]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 12:56am

Michael told me he loved me for the first time tonight.

While dancing to Kylie Minogue.

LOVE. IT.

(Michael is completely pissed off because our cab driver took us for a ride. Our usual fare is just over $9, and tonight's guy was $13. We gave him $6 and told him to **** off.)

Updated On: 8/9/08 at 12:56 AM

[StageManager2]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 12:57am

I have a soft spot for rhythmic gymnastics

Updated On: 8/9/08 at 12:57 AM

[scott68]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 1:03am

If rhythmic gymnastics were a baby, I would step on its head's soft spot.

[tazber]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 1:04am

I've done that before. It's very messy.