The Official (And Original) Random Thread--It's BACK, biotches!!- Page 22

[Delphine]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 12:56am

Ooh! I'm so excited!

And lucky you, getting to watch what you did! I spent several hours downloading, um, Rent-related material this afternoon only to find my computer won't support it! I'm still upset about it! Updated On: 10/28/04 at 12:56 AM

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 1:04am

oh no! what were you trying to DL? maybe i can help?

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 1:52am

I'm hurt Wifey...you have imaginary boyfriends. A future husband isn't good enough? *cries uncontrollably*

I have a ghost story too, but I won't be sharing it.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 2:08am

it's okay darlin'. you've got an imaginary harem. we're square.

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 2:11am

no.....you volunteered me to have that harem, remember? I'm betrothed to you.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 2:13am

oh i like that you accept that you're whipped.

F*CK, my internet's starting to break.

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 2:17am

hehe...of course i accept it. geesh!

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 6:57am

Well I guess I'll have to wait till later to read em.

[insomniak]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 3:04pm

Do you kids need a marriage counselor already? Or do I just have to put you in separate corners.

Delphie, I might be able to assist. PM me.

Tiff, I will nag until I get this story. Just warning you now.

Guido, are you sure you won't share?

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 4:06pm

Hey everyone how were your days today?

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 4:25pm

My day's barely started. Crawled outta bed a couple of hours ago (long live days off!), watched The View and Ellen...now heading out to "get a life" and do my essay for a couple of hours, and will likely procrastinate on this board well into the night then.

And you?

I promise to get to the ghost stories asap. they're really swell.

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 4:48pm

My day:
I had a district cross country meet today so I got to miss school We didn't do so well so most of us aren't moving on to regionals, but at least I missed class! I feel like posting the results 'cause I'm bored:

Girls Varsity- 8th/8
Boys Varsity- 2nd/8
Girls Junior Varsity- 4th/8
Boys Junior Varsity- 5th/8

The good news is that my friend finished 2nd and I finished 4th in the JV race (out of 52 people)... The bad news is that the person who finished in first place was cutting corners (ie he F*CKING CHEATED) and so JV could have been in 3rd place overall if that person was disqualified like he was supposed to be but he wasn't. Now the only people moving on from my school are the varsity boys Oh well.

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 5:14pm

Tiff you better post the stories soon! And I've always been unathletic so I'm happy that you do stuff like that. I'm pretty much carefree today--no rehearsals!

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 5:21pm

Oh gosh, the pressure! Don't get your hopes up, kids. It was exciting at the time but I don't know how well it'll translate in writing. I had to turn down the opportunity to do PA work on the Brittany Murphy movie though (I KNOW I ranted about that on here a couple of weeks ago) and that was being filmed at the mental hospital, so I was pissed to not go back. It's damn freakin' scary.

~ threadjack ~ OneBlazeofGlory, did you hear that most of the OBC is confirmed for the movie? It's on Compulsive Bowlers right now, and I've got mixed feelings about this. Apparently Idina, Taye, Adam, Jesse and Anthony are all back.

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 5:29pm

I'm quite happy about it, but I don't want to start another one of those threads.

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 5:41pm

I think those members of the OBC returning is quite a happy median of the 2 ends of the spectrum. I -wanted- unknowns chosen by the same casting director who cast the OBC, but I figured there would be a lot of stunt casting instead. I know they are older, but their voices still kick ass. I am glad they are attempting to do what Jonathan would have wanted, and I hope that Jonathan as well as the members of the OBC involved get all of the respect and fame that they very much deserve.
I'm still nervous as to who will be Mimi...I know Daphne is out of the question but I don't want it to be someone widely known. I want to be able to sit in the theatre and think to myself 'This is Mimi' rather than 'Oh it's Christina Agulara (or whoever) pretending to be poor'. It would also make me very happy if the movie was directly dedicated to Jonathan, because he always dreamed of being well known and respected. He once said "I am striving to become a writer and composer of musicals-I am 25 and am faced with a dilemma. Although I am a sentimental romantic who loves old fashioned musicals, I am a member of a very unsentimental unromantic generation, who basically think musicals are too corny. I feel that if I want to establish myself with "the powers that be" in the theatre, I must compose music that appeals to the older ears in the production companies and audiences. But if I want to try to cultivate a new audience for musicals, I must write shows with a score that MTV ears will accept. If you were me, which audience would you write for?". I think it's about time that the 'MTV ears' learn who Jonathan is and find that there ARE Broadway shows that they just might enjoy.

Again about the ages. Jonathan's description of Rent found on his computer after he died is as follows: 'In these dangerous times, where it seems the world is ripping apart at the seems, we all can learn how to survive from those who stare death squarely in the face every day and [we] should reach out to each other and bond as a community, rather than hide from the terrors of life at the end of the millennium'.
Nowhere does it say that these people absolutely NEED to be young. If these OBC members can convey this message as wonderfully as they did in 1996, then I fully support them being in the movie and am very excited to see it now.

About the Broadway actors getting big heads:
Fame is what most of them want. I'd be very happy for them even if it does make them more inaccessible to me. The fact is, they are aging, and new talent is coming to Broadway every year. If they have the opportunity to get the fame and glory that most of them probably secretly desire (after all, they are only human) before they are 'replaced' then they shouldn't be criticized for seizing that opportunity.

:steps down from soapbox::

Updated On: 10/28/04 at 05:41 PM

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 5:46pm

Yeah--I'm just sooooo excited Chbosky is writing the screen play! Anyone read "Perks of Being a Wallflower?"

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 5:51pm

Chbosky's writing the final draft?! For sure?

Okay, OBOG, will respond more in depth to your post later. Gonna do some errands and give this some thought.

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 5:53pm

I think so--I'm soooooooooooo excited!!

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 6:03pm

Okay, I am making an official proclamation that Songs For a New World is my favorite CD! Well, for the time being.

Oh and I just saw the subject--that's cute.

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 6:45pm

no we don't need a marriage counselor...we'll be fine.

I might share my ghost story...but it's very unbelievable.

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 7:36pm

bump...I'm bored

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 7:36pm

Aw share it anyway!

[Guido Contini]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 7:38pm

I dunno E_S, I might.

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 10/28/04 at 7:39pm

Do it! :::::::pressure:::::::::::