Jersey Boys and the Great Beyond
So, how to describe the past couple of days?
I know, I know...I should probably describe what the last month has been like since I returned to casa del madre. I'll get to that. Eventually.
Saturday, Oct 3, I saw Jersey Boys in DC. It was one of the most amazing things EVER. I wish I could have taken pictures during the show because there were some amazing visuals. It was sooooo fantastic. The dude who played Frankie Valli sounded JUST LIKE HIM.
Let me just say...the moment the music started, tears formed in my eyes. I managed to keep myself in check until intermission when I got weepy--I was just so excited about it! And this show is so captivating. I don't know if I blinked the whole time. I didn't shift around in my seat, I didn't wonder what time it was...my only concern was that it was going by too fast. But it was amazing. I stronly suggest that anyone and everyone go see it. Just listening to the soundtrack isn't enough.
Sunday, Oct 4, is on my mind right now. And let me just share why. People probably wouldn't believe me if I told them but I don't care. My mom and I went out to dinner with Kenny & Lorri last night (that's not the unbelievable part yet), then we picked up some libations and tried to go out to the lake to a cemetary to use their Ouija board. Anyway, we go there, but there was a guard hanging about so we couldn't sneak in, so we wound up going back to Kenny & Lorri's. We lit a few tealights and settled in. Asked a couple of questions and didn't get an answer, so then we had Kenny ask if Joe Smith (my grandfather) was there and the pointer (planchette) kind of moved and my mom took her hands off of it. Then I asked if he was there and the planchette moved over to YES. So we asked a few questions and got some feedback and it was awesome. I asked if Judy Garland was around and got a resounding NO. My mom asked about her Aunt Helen (who made a cameo) and got to talk to her for a bit and asked if she was with the rest of her family (she was). I then asked if Katharine Hepburn was around, just for shits and giggles, and the planchette flew over to YES. We asked her a few questions (like if there was water where she was and if it was as nice as Connecticut--yes to both) and then apparently my mother (mentally) asked something and the planchette flew down to GOODBYE so apparently Mom said something offensive and wouldn't repeat it.
Anyway, Lorri asked about her Aunt D and if she'd passed over, and fortunately she had. Kenny found out that the person who he thought was his father isn't actually so, but all we could get from the Ouija was the letter H. It kept going back to H. Very odd. I asked if my grandmother was around and she talked to us for a while, found out that she's always with us and has been sending my mother feathers--turns out she was losing a game of Pinochle because she was talking to us so we let her go. I asked about Fred & Ginger, who weren't hanging around, but James Dean was. As was Anne Boleyn and Eleanor of Acquitaine (righteous!). We also found out (because the Ouija started this one...it spelled out R-E-B-A, which took us a minute to figure out) Kenny will be performing live with Reba McIntire at some point, and that I would be meeting Julie Andrews. Also that I would be getting married and not divorced (curses) and that it would be an actual wedding and not something that I do drunkly at Vegas (double curses!). Also found out that I'll never see my father again, though he'll see me, and he'll come visit Jennie. Found out that one of the houses we lived in in NC was, in fact, haunted, as I'd suspected and that they sometimes hung around in my closet (again, something I'd suspected), but stopped there shenanigans after Jennie started to share my room. We also found out that Patrick Swayze has passed and is no longer in pain; found out that Michael Jackson did indeed molest little boys, he is not being rehabilitated and the favor is being returned to him.
We found out that the four of us together have the ability to make the Ouija board work...my grandfather was the one who opened the door for us last night, and he would always be the one to open it for her. Who knows who'll be the ones to open it for the rest of us. I'm hoping mine is Katharine Hepburn, just because that would be amazing! Even if it's not, I got to talk to her...and found out that she's with Spencer Tracey, there's wine where she is and that she knows my grandfather.
It was an amazing and surreal night, and I absolutely cannot wait to do it again.
ETA: We also spoke with Bea Arthur (who seemed to be quite playful and kept screwing around with the planchette) and Jerry Orbach, who was wonderfully droll and burned me nicely.
I know, I know...I should probably describe what the last month has been like since I returned to casa del madre. I'll get to that. Eventually.
Saturday, Oct 3, I saw Jersey Boys in DC. It was one of the most amazing things EVER. I wish I could have taken pictures during the show because there were some amazing visuals. It was sooooo fantastic. The dude who played Frankie Valli sounded JUST LIKE HIM.
Let me just say...the moment the music started, tears formed in my eyes. I managed to keep myself in check until intermission when I got weepy--I was just so excited about it! And this show is so captivating. I don't know if I blinked the whole time. I didn't shift around in my seat, I didn't wonder what time it was...my only concern was that it was going by too fast. But it was amazing. I stronly suggest that anyone and everyone go see it. Just listening to the soundtrack isn't enough.
Sunday, Oct 4, is on my mind right now. And let me just share why. People probably wouldn't believe me if I told them but I don't care. My mom and I went out to dinner with Kenny & Lorri last night (that's not the unbelievable part yet), then we picked up some libations and tried to go out to the lake to a cemetary to use their Ouija board. Anyway, we go there, but there was a guard hanging about so we couldn't sneak in, so we wound up going back to Kenny & Lorri's. We lit a few tealights and settled in. Asked a couple of questions and didn't get an answer, so then we had Kenny ask if Joe Smith (my grandfather) was there and the pointer (planchette) kind of moved and my mom took her hands off of it. Then I asked if he was there and the planchette moved over to YES. So we asked a few questions and got some feedback and it was awesome. I asked if Judy Garland was around and got a resounding NO. My mom asked about her Aunt Helen (who made a cameo) and got to talk to her for a bit and asked if she was with the rest of her family (she was). I then asked if Katharine Hepburn was around, just for shits and giggles, and the planchette flew over to YES. We asked her a few questions (like if there was water where she was and if it was as nice as Connecticut--yes to both) and then apparently my mother (mentally) asked something and the planchette flew down to GOODBYE so apparently Mom said something offensive and wouldn't repeat it.
Anyway, Lorri asked about her Aunt D and if she'd passed over, and fortunately she had. Kenny found out that the person who he thought was his father isn't actually so, but all we could get from the Ouija was the letter H. It kept going back to H. Very odd. I asked if my grandmother was around and she talked to us for a while, found out that she's always with us and has been sending my mother feathers--turns out she was losing a game of Pinochle because she was talking to us so we let her go. I asked about Fred & Ginger, who weren't hanging around, but James Dean was. As was Anne Boleyn and Eleanor of Acquitaine (righteous!). We also found out (because the Ouija started this one...it spelled out R-E-B-A, which took us a minute to figure out) Kenny will be performing live with Reba McIntire at some point, and that I would be meeting Julie Andrews. Also that I would be getting married and not divorced (curses) and that it would be an actual wedding and not something that I do drunkly at Vegas (double curses!). Also found out that I'll never see my father again, though he'll see me, and he'll come visit Jennie. Found out that one of the houses we lived in in NC was, in fact, haunted, as I'd suspected and that they sometimes hung around in my closet (again, something I'd suspected), but stopped there shenanigans after Jennie started to share my room. We also found out that Patrick Swayze has passed and is no longer in pain; found out that Michael Jackson did indeed molest little boys, he is not being rehabilitated and the favor is being returned to him.
We found out that the four of us together have the ability to make the Ouija board work...my grandfather was the one who opened the door for us last night, and he would always be the one to open it for her. Who knows who'll be the ones to open it for the rest of us. I'm hoping mine is Katharine Hepburn, just because that would be amazing! Even if it's not, I got to talk to her...and found out that she's with Spencer Tracey, there's wine where she is and that she knows my grandfather.
It was an amazing and surreal night, and I absolutely cannot wait to do it again.
ETA: We also spoke with Bea Arthur (who seemed to be quite playful and kept screwing around with the planchette) and Jerry Orbach, who was wonderfully droll and burned me nicely.