Em I have always loved his laugh. It's one of the first things I noticed. It's like a giggle, lol. I love watching him laugh too, on the Chatterboxes- he has this like really fun, open-mouthed laugh that just makes you smile along.
Okay, I think someone has watched the Chatterboxes too many times... and that someone is me.
I woke up this morning thinking "Of God, what if it was a dream?" Then I looked up at my tick, tick...BOOM! CD booklet and I was like "Yay! I did meet him!" I still can not believe I saw this man perform live. I am in a state of 'wow'.
It was SO FUNNY. And then the look to the audience when April relates the story back to hers.
I also really, really loved the way he said, "But who will I take care of?" when I saw it. He sounded kind of choked up and afraid, as if he's just realized that he might go his whole life without feeling that, and finally sees how tragic that is.
I'm not gonna lie, it was hott. During that entire song where he just makes out me and my friend were like- Oh, to be April! And, speaking of, she just reminded me that the very first thing Raul said was "Sorry to keep you waiting" which is sweet/funny considering for like 20 minutes we just stood there while he talked to his friends, and we were the only ones there for the longest time.
I... was thinking many an-impure thought during that entire sequence. Nothing will top the kiss in The Normal Heart, ever, but.... whoaaa.
He always apologizes for making you wait, or thanks you for being patient, which is sweet, but honestly, he doesn't have to thank me! I'd wait a very long while for him.
The kiss in TNH still wins, but I'm sure most every girl in the audience was wishing that she was playing April. I love what they did with that scene, considering that they didn't have much in the way of a set.