Message Board Celebrity Of The Day 11/16/07 - Jilani- Page 55

[DG]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 1:48am

So, Yawper, now that you're here - answer the questions!

[StageManager2]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 1:51am

Yeah... well... I was... um... BUSY (shall we say) with a non-union stagehand. Gave me scabby knees, that one.

Since your'e here, why not answer some (if not all) of your questions?

[Yawper]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 2:49am

What's the strangest dream you've ever had?

hmm, strangest. I don't remember my dreams much, usually just when I'm subconsciously stressed out about something. The strangest, and I'm not even sure this was a dream or something that would get me labelled wacky, was early in the morning of 9/11 (which is my b-day) I seemingly awoke to a voice telling me "It's not your fault, it's not your fault". I had been struggling with someone's death from a long time ago and thought that's what it was about, but then as soon as I saw the planes and WTC and realized how bad things were I was more convinced it was about that. I can get really down when bad stuff happens in places, on dates, etc. that otherwise have special meaning to me.

What has given you the most pleasure in the last year?

I love modern American history and earlier this year a biographer contacted me about a small, short term research job for him. It's been so much fun info mining on his subject and getting paid a bit for it. Plus the subject's life and family history are fascinating, especially before he became famous.

What's something that we would be surprised to learn about you?

42, with a grad degree in engineering, but still don't know what I want to be when I grow up

and some songs and musicals reduce me to tears almost every time I hear them

If your house were on fire, what material possessions would you grab on the way out?

wallet, passport, keys, camera, computer if there's time

What character from a play (straight or musical) do you most relate to? Why?

probably Mother's Younger Brother from Ragtime - a lot of strong feelings about certain things but not good at expressing them ~

He wanted to say:
I am sick of the injustices

He wanted to say:
I reject the world's complacency

He wanted to say:
Give me something to believe
In my soul I am your brother
We are bound to one another
Angered by the darkness of life
And the lies we perceive

Is your screen name a reference to DEAD POET'S SOCIETY, or Walt Whitman himself?

Walt - classic American writers & poets go with the American history interest. One of my favorite classes in college was a humanities class focused on 1920s-1940s American lit. The prof would period dress, had the music playing before class started, showed a film or two, assigned fantastic lit - loved it

[DG]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:12am

Yawper - you may have been late to your own party, but you made my night.

Thank you.

[Yawper]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 3:40am

Glad I could entertain you, DG.

Here's one for you ~ I have been known to put this lineup, in this order, in my CD player for an afternoon's work:

Showboat
Ragtime
Chicago
Steel Pier

:)

[shameless]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 9:25am

Nice job, Yawper. Sorry you didn't have more time and more questions.

Do you want to nominate someone?

[Yawper]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 9:32am

since it looks like son_of_a_gunn25 might not be around either, how about...Phyllis Rogers Stone?

[shameless]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 9:41am

It's been well over a year, so that works for me.

Congrats Ms. Stone!

Updated On: 11/15/07 at 09:41 AM

[tazber]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 9:44am

Congrats Phyllis!

This may seem silly considering your screen name, but:

What character from a play (straight or musical) do you most relate to? Why?

[folkyboy]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 9:57am

yay for Kringas!

[blueroses]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:10am

Congrats!

I'd love to hear your dream cast for the roles for Cass, John, Denny and Michelle in a Mamas and Papas movie.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:11am

Oh dear. What an honor. Why, this gives me memories of the first time I was named COD. Thanks, Yawper. I remember how much fun this was the first time around.

Taz, that's a good question. Honestly, I'm probably more like Sally than I am Phyllis (at least off the board), but I think Phyllis Rogers Stone has a better ring to it than Sally Durant Plummer.

As for the character that I most relate to... possibly Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch? While I never went to lengths (heh) she did to keep her man, I do sort of understand that sort of desperation of doing whatever it takes to make your situation work, only to find it spectacularly blow up in your face in the end anyway.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:12am

Phyllis,

You are so beautiful to meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

XXXOOOOO
Penny

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:16am

Oh man, that's a hard question, blueroses. There was a once a time when I thought Gwnyneth Paltrow might have made a good Michelle, but that was several years ago. Since Michelle was so young during their heyday, I think Gwynnie's a little long in the tooth now. Honestly, I'll have to think about this one, because no one really springs to mind as appropriate actors for any of the roles.

ETA: Back atcha, Miss P. Updated On: 11/15/07 at 10:16 AM

[Jane2]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:17am

Hey hon! I didn't even notice that we're doing this thread again, so congrats on your second time.

Let me go with my usual question-do you have favorite artists? Painters and photographers.

[shameless]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:23am

Phyllis, my questions haven't changed much since your first go round, but maybe your answers have.


What has given you the most pleasure in the last year?

What's something that we would be surprised to learn about you?

If your house were on fire, what material possessions would you grab on the way out?

[mauriposa]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:26am

Congrats, Phyllis!

If you were to reinvent yourself again, what name would you choose and why?

Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:27am

Oh my god Phyllis, what an honor! To win again, under a new persona? Well, it's obvious: We like you, we really like you!

Congrats my dear! (Or today maybe I should say My Deer....)

[Calvin]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:33am

Congrats, Phyllis!

If you could have your account switched with anyone on this board, whom would you pick?

I'm in the mood for a great soup this weekend. What would you recommend I prepare?

Does this sweater make me look fat?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:52am

Jane - That's a good question. I really don't have an answer for photography. There will be things I see that I like, but I rarely find out who the specific photographer is. For paintings, again I don't have specifics (I'm not really much of a decorator, so I don't usually buy art for my walls), but I do really like the paintings of the German Expressionist period. I went to a museum five or six years ago and saw an exhibit of German Expressionist work and it really overwhelmed me in a way painting usually doesn't.

Shamey, your questions are always good ones.

Let's see - Strangely enough, Follies gave me quite a bit of pleasure in the past year. I discovered the original soundboard recording, which was like the holy grail for me, plus I got to go to the Encores concert. For some reason, that's more of a winter show for me, so I've been getting back into full Follies mode as the weather gets colder. I've also got some wonderful friends who have spent the past year being there for me and doing some incredible things for me, so I'd have to say that my friends tie with Follies for giving me the most pleasure in the past year.

Honestly, as far as this board goes, I think people would be surprised to find out that I'm a much nicer person than my screen persona may indicate.

I'm trying to think what I'd grab. My big ticket items - my tv and laptop - are insured, and I don't really have a lot of stuff stuff . My landlord inadvertently pitched all this stuff I had in storage so I've pared down even more. With the exception of maybe some pictures, I don't really have anything I think of as irreplaceable.

Mauriposa - I'm not sure. I loved the name Kringas and thought it suited me, but I had to change accounts and I liked the idea of being called Phyllis Rogers Stone. If I ever had to change it again, I don't know what I'd choose (and I don't think I'd say, lest someone steal it from me!).

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 10:59am

Oh god, Calvin, wouldn't that have been something. Honestly, probably some of the crazier posters (I won't name who), because I'm fascinated to see how much is an act and how much is real.

Calvin, I'd recommend a hearty soup, like maybe a clam or potato chowder. I'm not a big soup person, but I want one that eats like a meal if I'm going to.

And I don't think even ten pounds of fat would make you look fat.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 11:13am

"Lucy and Jessie," "Ah, but Underneath" or "Country House"?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 11:21am

Of those three, it's easy - "Lucy and Jessie." I don't mind "Ah, But Underneath," but I don't like it for Phyllis. Although it wasn't a choice, I actually prefer "Uptown, Downtown" to both of those.

As for "Country House" - feh. It's so not "Follies" and I think it's not that great of a song. I know the Sondheads will kill me, because he's above reproach, but that song is filled with too clever rhymes that don't really mean anything ("You can't afford to be bored with your board"?). It's a lazy, bad song.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 12:34pm

Lazy Sondheim! Bad Sondheim! BAD Sondheim!

Posted: 11/15/07 at 12:40pm

phyl is one of my faves.