Welcome, Anthony Rapp! (part three)- Page 116

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:02am

hee. k!

[Dramatic_Irony]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:04am

Wow. I just finished listening to the This American Life thing...and I'm shocked.

I mean, it's horrible to lie at all just for attention, but to go to those lengths...that's just despicable. And what is it worth, in the end?

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:05am

I wonder why it won't play for me, it like comes up and says it's connection, but then it says that it times out or something, it's really weird.

[bunnywings]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:16am

I have the Rent dvd in my hot little hands! I live about 4 miles from a 24 hour store (that sells everything!). I had JUST gotten there and I heard the cart. The guy asked me if I was waiting for music or movies and I told him movie. He asked which one and I got the first one out of the box!

I'm off to watch!

Updated On: 2/21/06 at 12:16 AM

[Dramatic_Irony]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:18am

Bunnywings, you make me want to cry. Only...10 hours.

ETA: Ha, I'm a horrible person. Yay for you, of course.

Updated On: 2/21/06 at 12:18 AM

[RENTingFAME]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:20am

Have fun bunnywings! *jealous* be sure to come back and tell us all about it! it's not even midnight here. lol.

the american life thing makes me sad.

[Tragic_Melodie]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:26am

I'm heading out in about 20 minutes to get mine. Yay for 24 hour stores.

[RENTingFAME]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:32am

I'm going to bed, to make the time I get mine come faster. Enjoy, guys! Talk to you tomorrow! *muah* <3

[Dramatic_Irony]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:35am

There's really no 24-hour stores near here that would *have* it. And this is NYC, so that's just sad.

Of course, it's my mother's view of "near", so really within a 2-block radius.

[saschasf]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:38am

"Wow. I just finished listening to the This American Life thing...and I'm shocked.

I mean, it's horrible to lie at all just for attention, but to go to those lengths...that's just despicable. And what is it worth, in the end?"

If someone has a link, I would like to see. Two of my favorite authors, both gay men, were both phone pals with this person who claimed he was a young boy dying of AIDS. He, supposedly, had been victimized by his birth parents, and went to stay with a social worker, who helped save him. He even wrote a book. Then a few years ago, oone of the authors got someone who analyzes voicees, because he was very suspiscious, and the social worker and the supposed boy were the same person. So weird and scary.

I think these people consider thhemselves intelligent, and I think fe;t sad that they could be taken like that. I feel these people who do this deception are really good at reading people's psychological make up, and prey on people who tend to be people pleasers and those who have had hardships in their own life. It is sooo scary though.


Updated On: 2/21/06 at 12:38 AM

[Dramatic_Irony]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 12:42am

Here ya go. It's about 30-40 minutes in.

Your story (the part about him writing a book) reminds me of A Million Little Pieces (was that what that book was called) except to like the...upteenth degree.

It's sort of scary, thinking what someone would do just for attention. This is not to say that I've never lied in my life, but this is just taking it way too far. There are lines that should not be crossed.




http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ra/155.ram

Updated On: 2/21/06 at 12:42 AM

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 1:33am

sascha, the link was already posted on the page right before this.

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 1:38am

Okay, so this is REALLY random, but I was just out walking around my campus (I do that sometimes when I'm feeling down, nothing like fresh air and OBC One Song Glory to help make sense of your life), and someone has put up a bunch of troll dolls randomly all over campus. On any other day it would kinda wig me out, but for some reason, in my heightened emotional state, it made me burst into laughter.

[Dramatic_Irony]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 1:50am

That sounds....interesting?

Why were you upset?

[Tragic_Melodie]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 1:53am

I just had mini-adventure to get my dvd of Rent...

I went outside and got in my car and it wouldn't start, so I took my dads truck. I get to the store and there's this really nice old man stocking the shelves and he just so happens to be stocking Rent so I kindly ask him for a widescreen copy ("There you go darling, and have a nice night" he said.) I get up to the register and the lady says to me: "This must be one heck of a movie." I say: "Yes it is, but why do you say that?" She then tells me that I'm about the 20th person to come through her line in the last ten minutes to buy it. I told her that should answer her question and that she should definitely check it out. I leave, get back in the truck and proceed to drive home when... I almost hit a deer... in my dad's truck... (And while One Song Glory is playing, what's with this song today?) After my heart went back to a normal speed I finished driving home.

And I now have my very own copy of Rent on dvd and I am off to watch it. Night ya'll!

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 1:54am

Um, just school stuff. I feel my life has no purpose *start Avenue Q song here...* I can't motivate myself to do anything, and I can't pick a major. Basically, I don't know what I want to be when I *grow up*, except I'm already grown up, so it's kind of a problem. I need to do some soul searching, but for now I am just continuing to listen to One Song Glory on repeat and try to convince myself that the best way to solve my problems is not to walk in the freezing cold night where rapists and scary trolls roam.
EDIT: Hehe, Tragic, what is with that song? It's so distracting, yet safe at the same time. Like you're in your own little world of Adam, until you almost hit a dear or get hit by a car (the sad part is I wasn't even fazed by this...)

Updated On: 2/21/06 at 01:54 AM

[Dramatic_Irony]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 2:06am

Ah, I see. Well, One Song Glory is good for the soul, so I'll say just keep listening to that.

Ha, Tragic. That's awesome. (The 20th person in 10 minutes thing, not the almost hitting a deer.)

And now, I really must go to bed.

[Tragic_Melodie]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 2:06am

There's something amazingly captivating about that song. The first time I heard it, it was automatically one of my favorites. It's definitely something that you can get lost in and yet feel completely safe in.

Updated On: 2/21/06 at 02:06 AM

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 2:11am

When I bought the cast recording at the Neder, I listened to One Song Glory on repeat all the way back to Ohio- the entire time. It was so soothing and it was so late, I just drifted in and out of sleep thinking, "This guy's voice is nice...Zzzzz".
Night Dramatic! Thanks for the ear!

[bunnywings]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 3:36am

***Should I say, spoilers? Even though I didn't get into much detail about it? Well, at any rate, just FYI.***

All I can say is, wow...

I didn't watch the movie, but the extras, including the No Day But Today documentary about Jonathon Larson's life. I think I cried more during that than the actual movie. It was so detailed. I mean, I knew a bit about his life, but not to this degree, at all.

I don't remember everything about it. In fact, I'd have to watch it again, in order to retain more. But I thought it was a very touching dedication to a talented young guy. It's just so sad that his life was cut short when everything was just falling into place for him.

There was a part in there, I think it was one of his friends who said there is a reason for everything; and the reason for Jonathon's death was because "Someone or Something" needed him more, to make music somewhere else. I just found that somewhat comforting, in my own life.

The documentary focused mainly on Jonathon; his life, his death, his large extended family. But it also showed how the play evolved; from the NYTW version to the Broadway version, to the movie.

Mrs. Larson made a comment about Rent's message, No Day But Today and I pretty much burst out crying because that quote means so much to me. That's another story for another day.

Needless to say, I am very pleased with the extra dvd and I hope everyone else enjoys it as much as I did.

Wednesday is movie night at my mom's house and I can't wait! But for now, my tears have dried and it's off to bed, as I have to work in the morning... after I go buy another dvd for my mom. I've already told work that I would be late.

Updated On: 2/21/06 at 03:36 AM

[tacos are great]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 5:58am

Oh, goodness. It's 4:50 in the morning here and I should really be bundling up to go outside and take care of the animals. But I so don't want to. It's cold.

*whine whine whine*

I'm much more excited about this DVD than I thought I would be. I don't even care about the calendar, I think I'll just stop by Target on my way home, it'd save me an hour on the bus! I wish I already had it, grr. I could sure see myself taking a(nother) day off from school to watch it

Alright, those horses ain't gonna feed themselves, so I'm out for the day. Y'all have a great day and GET THE MOVIE! Woo!

[One Song Glory]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 6:33am

Good early morning, people. Today I have to go back to school from a three-day weekend.

But on a lighter note, I'm gonna' get the RENT DVD today!!! Yay!!

[Stater2002]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 7:24am

Morning all! Happy DVD day to everyone!

[Bohemian1232]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 7:51am

'Morning everyone. I'm getting the DVD soon. I can't wait untill tonight!

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 2/21/06 at 8:47am

For anyone going to the show tonight, doors open at 10:30.