WICKED Fans unite!

[defy_gravity]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 8:19pm

I am addicted to Wicked!
'Defy Gravity' is totally my anthem.
If not 'I'm Not That Girl'.

I used to love RENT. I still do.
I used to think I was exactly like Maureen.
I used to be exactly like her.
But I've changed.
I relate more to Elphaba now.
Much more.

Idina Menzel is a really talented actress, one of the lucky few. So is Kristin Chenoweth... I was so sad that I never got to see Wicked with her in it. But I still have't seen it at all yet...
I can only hope.
I am desperate to see it before January 2nd, 2005.
It just won't be the same without Idina.
She rawks!
The larynx of steel that everyone (not least, me) wishes she had.
But oh well. I'm not even old enough to worry about that yet.
I'm only 13.
I still have time to develop talent.
I still... right?
Well, I don't know.
I live too much in the future.
How do I know what will happen?
I should really stop living in future-hood dreams.
I've got to live in the moment.
I need to come to the realization that the past is over and the future has not yet begun, so that my only choice is to live in the moment.
Unless I will turn into one of those people who retreats into memories, preferring dreams of the past to real life.
But I can't get like that.
I won' let myself.
I don't need to.
Right?

Whatever. You don't need to hear this, and I'm certain you don't want to. It's not a big deal. Becasue that's not what this was for, anyways.
It was supposed to be about Wicked.
I love Wicked.
I can totally relate to Elphie, Fae, if you prefer (book).
As one of my last years in the stupid American tradition, I'm going trick-or-treating. Probably for the last time.
Oh, how time slips away, when we least expect it, when we're off, daydeaming, dreaming, of a better life, and we never stop to think about or life at the moment.
I have a great life. So far.
I don't need to let time escape me.
I don't need to escape.
So I hereby give you full permission to slap me if I complain any further.
Life's too short to complain.
I need to get out and do something with my short life.
Stop moping, Elphie! Snap out of it!
(Ignore that. I was talking to myself again.)

Back to Halloween.
I'm going as Elphie!!!!!!!
YAY!!!
I'm getting green face paint, and a few other things, probably from a vintage clothing store (and a costume shop, for the face paint).
And My best friend, Jenn, is going to be Galinda.
I look more like Galinda. I have the "Gold hair with a gentle curl", she doesn't. She has the glasses and the straight hair.
But I want to be Elphie more than anything, and she doesn't want to wear green face paint.
(I know, that's so silly... why wouldn't she want to wear green face paint? Why wouldn't she want to defy gravity, be different? But that's her. I let her be Galinda, so she can get the pretty dress and the normal color. But I get to sing "Defying Gravity" and "I'm Not That Girl" and try to imitate Idina with my larynx of applesauce -therefore scaring all the little kids away- and plus, I get to be ELPHIE!!!!!!! Hee hee!
I'm so happy!)
She didn't want to be Elphie.
I didn't want to be Galinda.
Because when I'm on Broadway in Wicked, I'm probably going to be Galinda anyways, with my appearance. (Not Fair!)
So, anyone who loves Wicked, or Rent, or philosophy even, or just adores Idina Menzel, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Kristin Chenoweth, Anthony Rapp, Taye Diggs, Adam Pascal (the kind of overnight actors, gotta love him!), or anyone else, please please email me.

~*~Meg~*~

P.S. my e-mail is [e-mail]

DEFY GRAVITY!!!

[Derek2]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 8:20pm

I enjoy wicked a lot too. it was probably my favorite show. i love the songs as well. they're so upbeat. its a cool story too!

[zepka102]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 8:22pm

well now... thats a posting alright... welcome to the boards, but from 1 wicked fan to another, be careful... its a great place, but some don't like all of the gushing posts

[notsovirginmary]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 8:24pm

.. I just want to know how a thirteen year old could be like Maureen?

[Derek2]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 8:25pm

defy_gravity, just dont take anything personal that anyone says

[SMiller]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 8:37pm

Thirteen? You are being gracious!

SM

[defy_gravity]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 8:40pm

notsovirginmary: do you really want to know?
I never really had a childhood.
I was raised in NYC...
and now I'm thirteen
and still defying gravity
and I've been listening to RENT since I was... maybe eight?
I'm not sure.
But that's not important.
My personality used to be a lot like hers.
I've changed, of course.
But I used to be shallow, superficial, and flirty.
Among other things.
Trust me, it's possible.

But I'm not like her anymore,
Now I've changed, I'm much more like Elphaba.
But thanks for asking!

~*~Meg~*~

DEFY GRAVITY!

[NoDayButToday2]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 8:40pm

ummmmm good for you defy gravity-- have fun with your little friends... and dont wonder why people might make fun of you here on the boards...

[defy_gravity]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 8:43pm

Yes, I'm thirteen.
And I don't really care what anyone says about me.
I've been ridiculed my whole life, every day, for being different.
A little slander on an internet chat board of hopelessly bored musical fans (including me) will not kill me.
In fact, it won't have any effect at all.
Don't you worry.

~*~Meg~*~

DEFY GRAVITY!

Posted: 9/12/04 at 8:46pm

finally someone who gets me!!! welcome to the board!!! wicked fans unite!

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:04pm

Wicked has changed me. I seriously hope it is around forever.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:09pm

Before I went to WICKED, I wasn't able to see and had no feeling in my left arm. After the show, Idina signed my playbill (I think it was her, I couldn't see so who knows) and than she gave me a kiss on the cheek. At that moment, my sight was restored and I could feel things again with my left arm.

I will love WICKED for many things. But I will always love it most for that.

[zepka102]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:09pm

awwww matt, thats such a beautiful story... it made me cry!

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:10pm

I'm a Wicked fan too. Have fun posting!

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:12pm

I had a similar experience Matt. One time I was reading a book and I suffered a papercut to my jugular. The loss of blood to my brain caused me to black out and when I awoke, I wasn't wearing any pants and my copy of the Bible had been replaced by the Torah. Once I saw Wicked, Idina wrote on my playbill and suddenly I knew I had been wrong all along To make a long story short it ends up the priest knew my name.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:13pm

I am a Wicked fan, but am scared to unite with you. Sorry!

[GaLiNdaFied]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:23pm

Sum and Matt, beautiful stories.

And I'm sorry but I don't think that a thirteen year old should be flirty, especially if your talking about the past, so you were younger than 13, that's insane! Stop watching T.V. and go to church or something!

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:24pm

Please do not tell me you wear thongs...

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:25pm

Seriously though. If you have that much drama in your life before the age of 15 you will not have room for the theatre. Stop taking yourself and life so seriously and stop posting about it on a public board. NOBODY CARES!

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:25pm

Reading the first two paragraphs, I thought this was a fan's attempt at poetry. Then I couldn't find any rhyming. Or anything poetic.

Fear the Enter key. Use it sparingly. And please tell your multiple personalities to stop talking over each other.

I'm getting a headache.

Updated On: 9/12/04 at 09:25 PM

[Matt_G]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:29pm

"Idina Menzel is a really talented actress, one of the lucky few. So is Kristin Chenoweth... I was so sad that I never got to see Wicked with her in it. But I still have't seen it at all yet...
I can only hope"


HUH???? "But I still haven't seen it all yet.." What?

[GaLiNdaFied]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:32pm

Hahaha Type_A_Tiff you win for my favorite person today!

And I'm sorry to say that no matter how much you want Maureen and Elphaba to be real, they are characters and are NOT REAL... I do not understand why you talk like they are real people that you have met and hang out with all the time. Put your money into a physiatrist.

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:34pm

whoohooo totally! defy gravity man! Idina rocks!! Every time I walk by the Gershwin and see the Wicked sign i pee my pants! I love it sooo much! I'm totally going to sew zip lock baggies together for halloween,and blow them into a giant bubble from the inside so I can be Galinda!

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:35pm

GalindaFied...are you the hott chick or the guy in your icon?

[GaLiNdaFied]

Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:36pm

I'm the 'hott chick'