POTO at Bloomingdale's - beacon, this thread's for you!!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:40pm

Okay. Story time - etheb and I are joining forces to bring you an account of tonight choc-full of details. Here goes...

So. We left after my class that was *supposed* to end at 3:30, but of course it ended late, and then getting to Bloomie's we hit a ton of traffic because of construction and stuff. We actually missed a good portion of the actual festivities, but we did get to see the big picture of the mask come down, and we heard the orchestra play some of the score. In the past ten years, I've really forgotten how gorgeous that music is live. The windows are beautiful, as well - anyone who is able to should definitely swing by and check them out.

We weren't all that close, but we could see the actors, and we got a decent shot of the stage. Unfortunately (sorry zepka, we tried!) Emmy - who is stunning, by the way - was too short to appear in this photo, but if you look mighty closely, you can see TSMrW's fabulous forehead.

etheb, post!

Updated On: 11/18/04 at 07:40 PM

[etheb]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:41pm

notice patrick's forehead... Updated On: 11/18/04 at 07:41 PM

[beacon1]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:43pm

*Hugs Emcee*

Thank you! Thank you! for going. I can't wait to see the pics!
How did TSMrW look. Did he grin a lot?

[Delphine]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:43pm

*squints* I don't think I see it...

[etheb]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:43pm

oh, we're nowhere NEAR done here...

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:44pm

patience is a virtue, beacon!

So... the shindig ended, and we happened to be right up near the barricades leading to the entrance that the actors all used to get inside the store - we were like three feet from Minnie Driver, who stopped to talk to some people....

[beacon1]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:45pm

*eyes glaze over*

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:46pm

shush. We're telling you a photo-journalistic story. Get comfortable!

[etheb]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:47pm

minnie!!!

i edited the above photo to "point out" the forehead!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:48pm

So there's Minnie. She's gorgeous, too.

Then came Gerard... he saw that people were trying to take pictures, and stopped because, well, he knows how to work the cameras. Get a look at this face!

[beacon1]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:48pm

Heart rate up.

Breathing rapid and shallow.

Cheetos spilled on floor.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:49pm

beacon, don't die just yet. We're hardly through!

[etheb]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:49pm

i know, it looks weird...but he posed specifically for meeee!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:50pm

I think he has pretty eyes, but not as pretty as Patrick's.

Unfortunately, TSMrW seemed a little bit freaked out by all of the media hubub, and he walked through the crowds kind of quickly, smiley, but still kind of hastily. He seemed like it was a bit much for him. We did, however, manage to get this glamorous shot of the back of his adorable head...

[beacon1]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:50pm

OMIGOSH...

Do you know how many gals would DIE to have had that chance!

OMIGOSH...

*ignores ringing phone and burning dinner*

[etheb]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:51pm

oooh, pretty back-of-head!

[beacon1]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:52pm

Just how close were you????

[etheb]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:52pm

that's a little bit zoomed, but basically that close.

[beacon1]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:53pm

OMIGOSH

OMIGOSH

OMIGOSH

Too bad he was jittery...ya could a grabbed him.

[beacon1]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:54pm

Even the side of his face is gorgeous.

*swoon*

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:56pm

Paddy boy is sitting here laughing at these pictures !!!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:56pm

So, Patrick and the rest of the cast go inside, leaving a very forlorn Emcee. See, it hit me right at that moment, putting a lot of things into perspective. Two years ago, I could have a conversation with Patrick. Now you couldn't even get near him - my sadness over his becoming a "big, bad movie star" combined with the fear I've been expressing about the RENT movie, and made for one VERY damaged fangirl. It made me think nothing other than that this was the way it was going to be, and that even though I'm happy for him, it makes me a little bit sad that now he seemed so untouchable. I thought of Adam, and became even more of a damaged fangirl - having what happened with Patrick happen with him might actually kill me.

Anyway, enough sadness - we decided to go inside the store and take a gander, see if anyone was inside. The orchestra was disassembling, and we decided to go up to where they were going, thinking maybe the cast was up there. We ran into some big Phantom fans who were trying to get Gerard's autograph, and waited around by the elevators for a bit, hoping for some luck to pull me out of my sadness.

After a lot of waiting, we decided to take a break and go check out the windows. They're pretty; look!

[beacon1]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:57pm

THANK YOU EMCEE AND ETHEB...

I will now lay down and wait for my head to stop spinning.

That close! That close! Good work Holmes and Watson. Good Work!

*grins giddily and paces out*

*thud*

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:58pm

Get up! We are SO not finished! Read that post again - you don't see the foreshadowing....

[etheb]

Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:59pm

i have another but no room on my photo hosting account so i can't post it Updated On: 11/18/04 at 07:59 PM