... Carmen Cusack singing "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair."

bsofthewest commented on my Happiness Is ... post yesterday and requested pictures of my bookshelf display areas. Since I know I haven't done updated shots lately, I figured it was time.

I've even labeled and provided descriptions of particular items. Ooohh. Aaahh.

UPDATED - 6:58amIf you really wanna entertain yourself, count all the penguin items. There's ( Read more... )

Listed below are my concert, theatre and sporting events of 2008 ( Read more... )

A couple of memes ...

#1 - Comment and give me a letter. I'll list te ten things I love that begin with that letter. Afterward, post this in your journal and receive some letters of your own

#2 - Open iTunes and answer the following. Answer this truthfully, no matter how embarrassing it is.

( To the music ... )

Even with all the theatre events I go to, I rarely, rarely, rarely stage door because I'm always by myself and I just feel awkward. So the fact that I was going to do it for Wicked was a huge thing. Even knowing I had a legit reason to talk to Carmen didn't stop me from hemming and hawing and almost not going through with it. I kid you not. That ( Read more... )

I got back to Akron around 2pm this afternoon. A few bullet points until I get around to do full updates ...

• My Wicked count is officially up to double digits, with six of those performances featuring Carmen.
  
• Carmen totally remembered me at stage door, although I questioned it based on her reaction Thursday afternoon. We had a good chat Tuesday ( Read more... )

So I got a voicemail from revyrie saying she'd just left Wicked stage door and that she'd mentioned me to Carmen ... who totally remembered me. Pretty awesome. I'm definitely gonna have to stage door at Wharton if Carmen's performing ( Read more... )

I get Google Alerts for a few things and an article from the Charlotte Observer came in overnight for "wicked cleveland." There was a paragraph that made me kinda sad ...

When Clarke's adopted puppy showed signs of distemper and had to be put down, Clarke recalls, "Carmen drove me to the vet in a blizzard in Cleveland. She was right by my side."
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I got my pictures back from Carmen today. I'm not gonna lie, the wait was starting to get to me, although I was certain I'd open my mailbox to find the manila envelope this week. Today was the day. The postmark was dated yesterday so she dropped it in the mail on her way out of town since the show closed Sunday afternoon ( Read more... )

Ann Curry's lecture at Akron U has been cancelled for Monday night. I was really looking forward to hearing her speak and was bummed when I got the email from Ticketmaster announcing the event change. I checked EJ Thomas Hall's site and this is what I found ...

Ann Curry sincerely regrets that she cannot make it to Akron on March 10th. She has an ( Read more... )