aw, I hope your birthday turned out well, Elphie.
Saw Chitty today. g and her friend rushed and got second row, but her friend decided against going, so I took the extra ticket. I've been wanting to see him perform from up that close for a while, and it was definitely worth it. I forget how amazing his eyes are, and his facial expressions are even sweeter up close. I also think I forgot what a good dancer he is. mmm. He was pretty silly, and there was this one point where he stopped "driving" stood up and... well, busted a move, basically. (I can't believe I used that phrase.) But he just started dancing and clapping in the seat. Standing. Marc (who I am SO GLAD is back!!) almost mounted him during the fight. ahem.
Anyway, we were waiting to get in before the show around 12:20, and we saw Raul walk up a few minutes after 12:30. He was smoking and on the phone, of course, and I clammed up and couldn't say anything to him, even when he was off the phone. So g, from behind her umbrella called his name, and I don't think he could see who it was because the umbrella was in the way. Really softly he was like "whaaat?" and said something about being sort of late, about to go inside. Then he turned around and saw me, and stepped back out again. He was like "I'm really sorry, but I'm running late..." from the doorway. He made to go in again, and then sort of backed out again. He looked really sorry, almost as if to say "if you really need something, I'll stay," and sort of went back and forth between inside and outside, like he was trying to decide what to do. I was going to ask if he'd come out after the show (The Normal Heart was in my bag), but I felt weird asking that, so I was like "oh, it's okay, don't worry about it!" and let him go. It was sweet that he seemed willing to stay if I really wanted something, anyway.
g and I think he waved at us from the car. I think he at least gave us a grin, but he was probably waving at the little boy in front of us.
This was probably my last time seeing the show, unless my parents change their minds about NYE. It's been fun!
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Updated On: 12/4/05 at 04:53 PM
boo.
