The Rent Welcome Wagon- Page 46

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:03am

the most bizarre thing just happened...

the board froze - the WHOLE SITE froze..

I could get anything on the net but this page...


1/2 birthdays.... ahahahahaha... believe me - there will come a day when you won't be rushing them

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:05am

I thought that was just MY computer acting up, Fredi...but I guess not.

[bwaybabe87]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:05am

yea..i got a .> sign ??

lol..WOA that was an awesome face! the :-o one

[insomniak]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:06am

So THAT'S what went screwy. I couldn't pull this site up, it took like five minutes. I honestly freaked out. bww is equivocal (wrong word, but I can't remember what it should be right now) to oxygen.

[adamized88]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:06am

ok good - thought that was just my computer being crazy

phew - crisis averted

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:07am

Half birthdays? I don't know when mine is. *thinks about it* I think it's in August... haha...

Anyway, happy half-birthday, BEKA! Where on Long Island are you? Nassau or Suffolk? What what, LI pride! Haha.

~Steven

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:08am

dig it..

glad to know it wasn't just me....

maybe big brother did some massive update ....

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:08am

Fredi- I couldn't even get this page!

[bwaybabe87]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:09am

:-0

[insomniak]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:09am

What's big brother?

[camerangel]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:09am

The site likes to give us all heart failure once in a while. I usually chalk it up to bein gon lousy dialup.. I swear I live in the ice age..

Nia- Darling you will find someone great!

star2b- great ideals dear.. and I'm sure one day when you least expect it you will find it..

Me I gave up long ago.. I will be the old lady living alone with her multitudes of cats.. **ponders that** no I take that back I'm alergic to them so I wont have those either..

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:10am

go to page 41 for the complete rundown of smiley's...

special thanks to star2b

Updated On: 11/28/04 at 12:10 AM

[insomniak]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:11am

camerangel, not so! You won't have just the cats, I'll be there too.

[bwaybabe87]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:11am

oh..well there u go..pg 41..the one page i didnt read.. *sigh* lol

[camerangel]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:12am

Big brother was a term used during the cold war.. They would say big brother is watching, made people all paranoid.. Now they have that silly reality show that I can't stand.. It's supposed to be the same thing, you are always being watched..

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:12am

som
read George Orwells "1984"

[AnotherJK]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:13am

Hello all! My name is Johanna, and I'm a tad new at this, so please be kind :)
It's taken me all of last night and part of tonight to get through reading this thread--which is time-consuming, but wonderful because it's still Thanksgiving break!
Anyhow, I wanted to say one thing and ask one question of Fredi. First of all, Fredi, I think what you had to say earlier about going after your dreams is wonderful! I second that completely. I have always found, though, that it's good to keep in mind that who you are is seperate from what you love to do. If you concentrate on developing your sense of self in addition to working toward your dreams, I think it makes it easier to face rejection that will inevitably (sp?) come no matter your goal. It's who you are as a person that will get you through on days when your dream seems unattainable. Believe me, I know from personal experience. I wanted to be a professional ballet dancer, but let's just keep it short and say it didn't work out.
Anyhow, my question for Fredi is this: What was a typical day like while you were performing in Rent? How long does it take to get ready to perform a show like that?
Sorry if that's pedantic, but it's all I've got this evening...I think my brain is still on vacation from school at the moment :)

[adamized88]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:14am

big brother comes from the book 1984 - it's a classic - i difinitely reccomend it

the idea is that some all powerful being is watching and controlling your every move - but not a religious kind of figure - it was more a threatening idea - big brother trying to create complete conformity

anybody else got a better way to explain?

you've just been introduced to the literary freak in me - lol

Updated On: 11/28/04 at 12:14 AM

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:14am

actually Big Brother refers to our own government...

they just USED it during the cold war (just like their using terror scares now) to keep the public terrified, hyped up and buying a lot of sh** they don't necessarily need.....

absolutely read 1984 -

literary freaks unite!!!

Updated On: 11/28/04 at 12:14 AM

[camerangel]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:16am

The problem with the terror alerts is that the american public has become numb to them. We are always under high alert, orange red etc.. I can't stand to watch the news anymore.. Its all so annoying and depressing..

adam- your icon is spectaularly frightening!

[insomniak]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:16am

That was probably also a good economic strategy, then, to make people buy things to protect against it.

I just finished Memoirs of a Geisha and so I need something to read. I'll pick up 1984, thanks for the reccommendation.

[bwaybabe87]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:17am

a few years back my modern class did a 'big brother' themed dance..it was pretty cool

[adamized88]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:18am

camerangel - thanks - that pic always makes me laugh

[JoAnne1]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:25am

same economic strategy with Y2K...

right - like all the computers in the world were going out at once...

SHOP DAMMIT - that's the name of the game..

mindless consumerism - it's the american way...

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 12:26am

Ha, I just got a little upset right there when I saw bwaybabe's icon... Poor "Bare"...

My cousin was in it, I would have loved to see the new revisions...

~Steven