The Official Greg Jbara Love Thread! PART 4. CELEBRATING 1 YEAR OF LOVIN'!!- Page 80

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:25pm

go for the gold Meghan!

[Traci]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:28pm

lol. Thanks everyone!

[ohhoney_]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:32pm

Sooooo. We were almost late for the show because I was purchasing FABULOUS shoes. And my dad was all "baah we have to get supper before the show" and angry because I haven't been eating well lately and he was all worried.

Yeah so it was 7:30 and we still hadn't eaten and we walked right past McDonalds. I'm trying to be strict with my vegetarianism, I'm a health freak, I'm freaking PSYCHO around food, but the show meant so much to me that I ate 4 chicken mcnuggets. Not a real meal but hey, impressive pour moi!

We arrived on time, woo woo! And took our seats. Section 1, seats 10 and 11. The overture was so livley and fun and the dancing was great!

When Joanna entered everyone started appluading and my jaw literally came unhinged. I actually am jawless. I believe I left that behind. My dad said everytime she or Greg spoke or sang or...um, appeared onstage, I would start leaning forward and gaping at them. I wasn't aware of this. But wowie. Give Them What They Want was LOVE. When they hit those notes on "mais oui!" I was ready to jump up and down.

*siiiiiigh* Joanna Gleason. What Was A Woman To Do? was just lovely. She is my heart in Gleason form. When the usherette sang, instead of her sweet little "Miss, if you don't mind!" we got an angry "OH FOR GOD'S SAKE! ANYONE ELSE?!"

The arrival of dear, dear NLB brought on applause. The train was HILARIOUS. I adored it.
Muriel: Vive la revalution!
Freddy: You too.
BAAAAH. NLB and Joanna together, in a scene. What was a Meghan to do? Um, perhaps die? Done and done. Great Big Stuff owned my soul. Norb's dancing was HYSTERICAL...running man, robot, VOGUEING! He was SO ENERGETIC, I was very impressed. SO. FUNNY. And then of course, Chimp In A Suit was splendid. (Ahem, I started the applause! ) Norb sort of stole the show but running in all excited because of...the "PLEATS!" And then he started scratching his ass and pulled his boxers all up and showed off his little Norbie bum and the audience LOVED it.

So Jolene Oaks? Yes? I was in tears for the whole time she was onstage, from laughter. "HIIIIIII SUGAR BUN!" Jon Pryce was so adorable and overwhelmed and just, gosh. He was so subtle and sly and clever all through the night, but then she started singing Oklahoma?, he lost it! And Greggggg was PRECIOUS "Eet iz a leetle funny."

Norbert Leo Butz + Beef Jerky = BIG FAT HEART.

So I never knew the context of All ABout Ruprecht or why it was sung. I'm glad I had no idea because it caught me by surprise and...how do I put it...was PERFECT! Pryce and Norb were laughing the whole time, and then Mylinda was laughing, and it was so joyful and freaky! Hehehe. The audience reacted so well. What a great crowd!...Except for one guy who booed at "The Bushes from Tex..." line. OH WELL.

Oh I forget where the scene where Andre is trying to get Muriel to leave but it was adorable. Her reaction to the naked statue bum was perfect. "Yes, yes a stamp." Aww. What a perfect match.

Chrisinte Colgate enters reading a "Betty and Veronica" comic? GOD. How hysterical is that? On a scale of 1-10 I'd give it a...14. And a half. Rachel was SO EXCITED, her energy was raw and bouncy and she's charismatic. Here I Am was loads of fun. She MURDERED that last "Here I AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM" it gave me tingles. What a sweetie! I didn't completly buy the chemistry between her and NLB in Nothing Is Too Wonderful to Be True but NLB made me laugh really hard. The Miracle teee heeeeeeeeee. Pryce owned that. He OWNED it big time. And when he does that snap and the cast all comes back onstage for that last note and the blackout for intermission. WHAT a great applause that got!

"I'll even get you one of those big pencils." hehehehehe.
"I thought I could be of use to SOMEONE in the second act." Oh Joanna. If by someone you mean my HEART then you are correct.

So ends Act I. I have a make-up test to study for. Act II tomorrow...and backstage fun involving my dad and greg talking a lot and me being shy and nervous and quiet and absent-mindly touching the fake Louis Vitton luggage.

Updated On: 4/11/06 at 09:32 PM

[ohhoney_]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:37pm

Ahem...that was Saturday night. Friday afternoon we wondered around the village/SoHo (Screaming Mimi's is my new favorite store!!!) Saturday morning/afternoon was lots of shopping and RAIn. Boo. I bought a LOT of plays.

[Malki5]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:37pm

Meghan, sounds great so far. Can't wait for more.

[Musical_nerd]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:39pm

Ruprecht caught me by suprise too, it was my least favorite song on the recording.

And with that- I'm off to sleep. I need to regain some lost hours.

[Dre2387]

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

haha. sounds like a lot of fun meghan. i should go write a bit of my concert paper now. really don;t want to. but, have to.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 10:14pm

I need to regain a fairly normal schedule. Going to sleep after some people in my time zone have woken up from sleep = bad.

Aww, yaay Meghan! I can write you a guide to writing long posts with Panda if you want, but just for now...I realized my posts have become longer since Traci gave me the journal idea. Because I think to myself I'm not gonna remember every detail, so I wanna write it all down...I want to write down everything, so I could fondly look back in a year, remembering things I have long forgot about. So when you write your post, it helps to think of that. All the little insignificant details and such. That's how you get your long posts

[cserannie]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 12:58am

I waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaana hear the rest of it Meghaaaaaaaaaaaaan....it was so funny the way you write You are my drug...I need moooooooooooore

[SirLiir]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 1:50am

Way to go, Meghan. Glad to see you had a great night and full cast!

[ilovedrsandNLB]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 9:15am

Hey Ya'll!!!
ok wow. i haven't posted on here in over a month. So i figure i'll write a nice long post for everyone to catch you all up.
First of all, i'm doing great. I have been so busy with school, work, friends, family, all that jazz. So lets see...where to start..

school. school is going well. i hate my piano teacher (still) and he told me he is going to fail me, but whatever. i can't wait to NOT take with him anymore. that will be a wonderful, wonderful day. actually now that he told me hes going to fail me, i'm pretty much just not doing **** for him anymore..its not good, but i'm gonna fail either way, so it doesn't really matter. i actually haven't seen him in like 3 weeks because whats the point in me going, right? but other than that, school is good. i am going to be taking summer classes here so that i can stay in TN over the summer...only bad part of that is that i have to live in the dorms..and not the one i'm in now, but one of the crappy ones lol. i have an aunt and uncle that live like 20 minutes away from campus and we asked them if i could stay with them over the summer, explained to them that i don't need anything from them other than a place to sleep (i have a car, a job, classes, and friends) but for some reason they said no...so i have to either live on campus or move back to connecticut. and while i want to go home for a little bit, there is really nothing for me up there. my life is now here and i want to keep it that way..so if all works out then i will be living in TN over the summer and taking classes and working.

work. work is GREAT. i love my job so much. its still the easiest job ever, but i still can't get over it. i really am lucky to have fallen into this position and job, because not everyone has a great job that they love. i still don't know what i would do without this job..i'll be working here all summer (as long as i stay here) and then i'll work here next year also...the job is pretty much mine as long as i want it, which is great. plus i put so much time into it, everyone loves me, which makes it good cuz then if i need to take off once in a while for something, they have no problem letting me do that. so its going great...i'm actually at work right now

oh, and i suppose you would all like to know that i now have a boyfriend. his name is Xavier, and hes a football player here at UT. (yes, i met him through work..i've met a ton of my friends through work) umm lets see..hes 6'3", weighs about 260 (all muscle..hes built) he has GORGEOUS eyes, a great smile, and hes just the best guy. we went out on our first date on march 10, so we're just now at a month, but before that we had been talking, so i've known him for a lot longer than that. hes great...he calls me and texts me almost every day, he drives me around, takes me out, goes to baseball games with me, calls me babe, listens when i need to talk...hes just a great guy. oh and most of all, he makes me laugh. and if you know me at all, you know i LOVE to laugh. hes just a great guy overall. i know i keep saying that, but its true. i'm glad i met him..i've had so much fun with him. i mean yeah, sometimes he's stupid, but all boys are (no offense to any guys on here). and he does have a temper, but all football players have that..they get that fire when they play, so its expected that he would have a bit of a temper. hes never gotten mad at me, i've just seen it come out more when other guys are around...he got real mad once at one of his teammates for flirting with me and hugging me and stuff...but it was just stupid. he was being overprotective..he forgets sometimes that i work with all his teammates every day, so i know all of them. but we all hang out together and its so much fun.i love his roommates, and he has a puppy, and him and his friends are so hilarious when they are together, i love hanging out with them. oh, plus, he looks real good in his uniform

so lets see...what else...oh. spring break i took the bus up to Detroit to see my dad, and i got my first car and drove it back here, so now i have a car...1998 toyota camry. i love it. and this weekend for easter i'm actually going to drive back up to detroit and stay for the weekend. since i don't have classes on thursdays, and then fridays classes we have off, i'm going to leave thursday morning right after work (around 11) so i should get there at like...9 at night. then sunday i'll have to leave right after church and get back pretty late, but whatever, it'll be worth it to get away from campus for a few days. plus, who wants to spend easter in their dorm room?

my sorority (which i am no longer a part of) is getting shut down..our nationals shut us down for unknown reasons...they won't really tell us why, only that the UT Gamma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Xi Delta will no longer exist after this semester. SO we have a spring formal and i'm allowed to go to it (since no one cares who goes because its the last event for the chapter) so i have a GREAT dress and GREAT shoes that i bought for easter actually, and Xavier is going with me, so it should be so much fun...me and X and all my best friends..i can't wait.

i finally got my autographed headshot back from Greg, with a very nice note included. I was so happy to hear from him..i've been so busy that i haven't watched the cam or the highlights in forever, and i have lost touch with Greg. i need to fix this cuz i'm really missing talking to him..and of course i miss ya'll, but thats a given!!!

so yeah...told ya it was gonna be long. let me know if i left anything out lol or if theres anything else ya'll wanna know about. i'm gonna try and keep up from now on...try to get back on track with the cam...all that good stuff.

oh and the bad news...the front row tickets that i got for DRS on June 3..yeah i can't go. my stepbrother graduates high school on june 4, and my parents didn't even tell me till spring break (which was the end of march) so i'm outta luck with that. honestly, this is the saddest thing i've had to say EVER, but i don't know if i'll see the show again before Greg leaves. i'm going to try my hardest to see it..maybe on my drive home just stop in the city and see it and say hi to Greg..but i dunno. i only have about 2 1/2 weeks that i can be home, so we'll see if that happens...but trust me, about the front row tickets i'm very upset. i need to see the show again...i'll die if i don't (overstatement, but you get the idea) it just kills me that i can't go when i have my front row tickets...ugh. UGH. ok no more thinking about that, its bringing me down lol.

ok now i really am done. i miss you all. i swear i'll be around more.

<3

[Dre2387]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 11:13am

wow, long post Ali! but your life sounds like it is really taking off. so exciting! and I got Greg's headshot too! so exciting!

got to clean my room and write an essay. talk to you all later!

[Traci]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 1:40pm

Hey Ali, glad to see you post again. It's so great that things are working out so well for you. I'm happy to hear that. Do you think we couls see a picture of the bf? And it really sucks about not being able to see DRS on the third. Hopefully you'll see it again before Greg leaves.

Edit: I'm off to the dentist.

Updated On: 4/11/06 at 01:40 PM

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 4:19pm

Aww, poor Traci!

Ali!! I was thinking yesterday that I haven't even talked to you on aim in ages, and I'm still waiting for your stupid new phone! Now refresh my memories of what stories you told me about Xavier...was he the one who drove you to the bus for spring break?

Tonight's the night! Woohoo!

[Traci]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 4:56pm

Panda: Why is tonight the night? Or should I not even ask because it's something I should already know.

Edit: OK I need to rant. Can I just say how much I HATE the dentist. So, I was sitting there and I had to have an old filling fixed right, now I have a fear of needles so I never get novicane. (crazy I know) Anyways, I was about to tell the lady not to give me the shot when she pulled out the needle. As soon as I saw it I freaked and clamped my eyes shut and couldn't even articulate the words to tell her not to. She gave me the shot. Once she was out of the room I couldn't breath and started to hyperventalate and feel queezy. Thankfully I calmed down before she came back to do the actual filling. But I've been been feeling sick ever since and now have this major headache. And the worst part is, I have to go back next month to have another filling fixed. End rant.

Updated On: 4/11/06 at 04:56 PM

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 5:57pm

Aww, Traci, that's why I said aww Traci, I HATE the dentist!

And...oy gavolt..you really really should know...

[Traci]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 6:04pm

I know, I know. I feel horrible because I have no idea what's so special about today. Other then Greg's Conviction episode anyways.

[Musical_nerd]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 6:11pm

Thanks for reminding me Traci!

Guys, I have a little question about 2 absolute value problems, I did them and I thought I used order of operations but my teacher still said I got it wrong and I need to correct it.

I'll take the absolute value signs out and just post the equation.

1.2+3-1+8-2 (Not -6) I think it's 10.
2.23+32-3+4 (Not 3

[Traci]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 6:16pm

Your welcome Mary.

And I got 9.2 for the first one and 35.25 for the second. Completely different from your answers so I have no idea who is closer.

[BluCat500]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 6:19pm

OMG you did NOT just post math on the thread...And Pemdas too bleh...

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 6:20pm

It is Greg's conviction day Traci. That's what's special :-P

I got 9.2 and 35.23.

[Musical_nerd]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 6:25pm

Oops, I didn't mean 1. or 2., I was just numbering them.

2+3-1+8-2 (Not -6) I think it's 10.
23+32-3+4 (Not 48 )

PEMDAS isn't that bad, I'm just lost on these.

[Traci]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 6:47pm

haha. Never mind then. Here's what I got this time

10 and 56

[ohhoney_]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 7:33pm

[Dre2387]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 7:47pm

I got 10 and 56. I know how the answers -6 and 48 come from though.

first one: (2+3)-(1+8 )-2 you do whatever is in the parentheses. then subract them, then the 2.

second one: (23+32)-(3+4) add in parentheses, the subtract them.



with the answers we got, you go from one side to the other:

first one: 2+3=5 5-1=4 4+8=12 12-2=10

second one: 23+32=55 55-3=52 52+4=56


hope that helps. what did the teacher say was right?

Updated On: 4/11/06 at 07:47 PM