So I'm listening to Old Springs Pike, just them, on shuffle. I haven't listened to them in so long and holy shit I missed them. I'm listening to old school OSP though before the whole 2.0 shit. And it reminds me of summer last year, which was quite incredible. And also reminds me how much I miss hearing new songs from the FOUR of them. Not that I don't love the new arrangement because I do, but I truly do miss the four-part harmonies.

I cannot wait for July 29th for their debut EP! It's going to be epic. I'm going to have to make one of my NY friends buy me a hard copy though at one of their shows. Because just purchasing them through iTunes is just not acceptable.

I have my Chem final tomorrow and of course I'm avoiding studying for it. I was for about an hour then gave up. Besides, listening to OSP just makes me want to go on a drive and sing off key very loudly.

Tomorrow will be my last night EVER as a Western student. I cannot fucking wait.

I really hope this summer will be amazing. Even with my summer class. And maybe someone will actually hire me this summer! ComicCon, I have a feeling will be completely incredible and I don't know, I'm just happy to not be in Bellingham anymore.

I should go back to studying, on the floor of my empty, empty room.

So I got my In the Heights cast recording in the mail and let me just say I think this one of the few cast recordings that actually give the show justice. It seriously sounds like they just recorded it live. And actually being able to sit down and listen to the songs about two months after seeing it just reminds me how powerful this show is and makes me want to see it again. It's so fun, real, beautiful, heartbreaking and completely hopeful. I'm sooo in love with it and there are honestly way too many talented people in this show.

Sorry Jason Mraz, but I think In the Heights has replaced you on my repeat button.

edit: Ok, I don't think a CD has actually made me cry. Like legit crying. Lin-Manuel at the being of "Alabanza"? Totally breaks my heart.

Um. I'm totally in love with short-haired John Gallagher. Especially after the last five months of him not cutting his hair or shaving. He for realz looked like he crawled out of the woods. YAYY for Port Authority getting a kick ass NY Times review! I wish I could see it :(

YAYY Three day weekend. That will be used reuniting with my MarioKart♥

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wS7q1T36t6w

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Rrv1_16tUw8


♥

May 18th :(

So sad. I'm glad I got to them twice though.
Best of luck Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff!

I figure I should write an actual update instead of just random Spring Awakening youtube videos. Even though those are incredible.

So major thing. John Howry's death definitely hit me harder than I expected. I was never great friends with the guy, I only hung out with him when I was around Anna or Lisa but he was without a doubt a great, hilarious, one of a kind human being. It's just such a huge tragedy what happened and I don't think anyone will ever fully believe it really happened.

And that whole event made me think about people in high school that I was super close with that I have lost touch with. It made me think about high school in general. It was good to get back into contact with people that I had such great times with and something like distance should never be an excuse, I feel. I hate that we needed something like that to occur before we all reconnected again, but I guess it could be seen as one of those lights at the end of the tunnel of a very dark situation. We all became Cougars again.

Speaking of Cougars, I will once again become Fall of 2008. I'll be attending Washington State University since UW decided to reject me (again). I seriously don't understand their admission thought process but whatever, their loss. I don't know how I'll adjust to being that far away from Seattle and going to a semester system but hopefully I'll manage. I'll at least be literally footsteps away from Jon and just an hour drive away from Missy. And I'll still be on the west side to see Shrek in August! But will sadly have to skip out on Spring Awakening (but then again, I might just be feeling homesick around October..).

I applied to OC, but still need to call about my PIN number or whatever and will register for classes for the summer. Yay Calculus II! And hopefully also get a job, I really want one to save up money for a New York vacation next summer. Because obviously, it is my drugggggg.

Well I guess that's it.

OH! Tony nominations. In the Heights: 13 mutha ucking nominations. Best Musical fo sho. & I so told Lin-Manuel he was going to win Best Actor. Plus, the cast recording comes out June 3rd so I can listen to it forever.

PS: Passing Strange is available on iTunes on May 27th !!

I can't believe May 18th is THIS Sunday :(

http://broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=27835

I blame Jenn.


Favorite songs from the musicals on your itunes!
Aida: My Strongest Suit
Avenue Q: Purpose
bare: A Pop Opera: Role of a Lifetime (don't have this particular song but I don't care)
A Chorus Line: What I Did For Love
Company: Marry Me a Little, Side by Side by Side, Being Alive
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: Great Big Stuff
Dreamgirls: And I Am Telling You, I Am Changing
Gypsy: You'll Never Get Away From Me
The Last Five Years: The Schmuel Song
Legally Blonde: There! Right There!
RENT: What You Own, La Vie Boheme, Happy New Year, I'll Cover You (Reprise)
Singin' in the Rain: Singin' in the Rain, Good Morning, Moses
Songs For a New World: Hear My Song
Spring Awakening: I Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind, Those You've Known, The Bitch of Living
Sweeney Todd: Epiphany, Johanna (Anthony's version), Not While I'm Around
Thoroughly Modern Millie: Forget About the Boy, I Turned The Corner/I'm Falling in Love With Someone
tick, tick...BOOM!: Green, Green Dress, Johnny Can't Decide
[title of show]: I Am Playing Me, September Song
Wicked: As Long As You're Mine, For Good
The Wild Party: I'll Be Here, Raise the Roof
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown: Happiness
Young Frankenstein: Together Again, Roll in the Hay, Puttin' on the Ritz

RIP John Howry♥

This is why I love this musical. And why this version kicks the cast recordings' ass.
Yay Bootlegs!

I'm feeling defeated. Which isn't good.

Got my first calculus quiz and got C. I've done 3/4 of my pre-lab for chemistry, and have only gotten one of them right. I have no idea how to do the last question and even if I get it right, I'll only get 2/5. I know it's only the beginning of the quarter but that's why I feel like I should at least being doing decent, since this is the "easy" stuff. So if the rest of the quarter is looking like what it is now, I'm pretty much screwed. I guess all of this could be due my sickness. Why did I have to feel like utter shit the second week of classes and first week of labs?!

It's hard for me to do anything without feeling dizzy, so I've just been lying here. And while I'm in class I seriously feel like I'm going to die.

Sheesh, I just hope I can pull it together by the end of the week. And pretty just get a hundred on the rest of my lab tomorrow.

http://broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=26458

WHAT THE HELL?!!??!!?
Seriously, John Gallagher is out to ruin my lifeeeeeee.
WHY?!

And I leave New York tomorrrow :(

I'M HOME!
& Officially done with this quarter. Thank God!

So I watched this video (http://tv.popcrunch.com/cast-of-spring-awakening-on-good-morning-america-march-20-video/) of the cast of Spring Awakening on Good Morning America this morning and 1. weird not seeing Lauren and 2. Weirdest medley ever?! Bwhaha at "Totally Stuck" Seriously, if you have to edit the lyrics, sing a different song? I mean, there are tons of songs in the show without any cuss words. Um, and Blake Bashoff's Moritz from that one little clip..kinda scary. I don't know, don't really like it. I've heard his voice and I feel like it's too soft for Moritz. But I guess I'll keep an open mind when I see him on WEDNESDAY jdshgiloesut

Yeah, that's right two more days til I'm in New York. WOO!!!

PS: Oh but Matt Doyle owns my soul. Seriously. He's amazing.
PPS: And no, I'm not watching Company for the 5th time...

I'm being the most amazing student ever and decided to push aside studying and instead watch Enchanted and Atonement today. And on top of that, I'm being an excellent money saver by buying those two movies. Woo! I feel so accomplished.

But really. I haven't really been nervous or stressed out about any of my finals this time around. Whether or not that is a good or bad thing we shall wait and see.

I cannot wait for Thursday. I'll be done by 10AM at the latest, be home by 1. And pretty much sleeping until whenever. New York is soooo close and seriously cannot wait for this weekend.

Now, I'm about halfway through Atonement and I almost forget how incredible this movie looks. I've been so distracted by amazement of No Country For Old Men (which, I still think is the most incredible movie ever but anyway...) that I kinda forget how stunning this movie looks. God, and that 5 min single shot over Dunkirk. GAAAH. I'm such a one shot freak, it's sad. Who ever did the cinematography for this film, bravo. Without a doubt my two favorite shots are when the camera is following Briony through the forest and where the camera starts from James McAvoy's back then flies over him to reveal Dunkirk. Sorry, I'm being extremely nerdy but seriously, this is such a beautiful movie. And I actually think the movie itself is gorgeous, with or without James McAvoy on screen (although, he is a bonus).

Um, 1 o clock art history final tomorrow. Then Chemistry then I'm home free.

Ok so I'm going to do something completely crazy.
Well, not crazy..but I can't think of another word. So ok here was my original plan for my first day in New York.

Arrive at about 7-8 in the morning. Go to the hotel, see if we can check in. If not, then leave our luggage. Rush for Spring Awakening so my mom could actual see the show from the audience her first time. Then go back to the hotel, again see if we can check. If not, walk around etc. Finally, check into the hotel, sleep for like an hour, get food then head over to The Homecoming and stage door for RAUUUULLL (that's his official name, in case you didn't know) then go to the 8PM showing of Spring Awakening.

Got that? Good. Ok so here's what I'm planning to do now.

I've been researching Passing Strange and it looks AMAZING. So I really wanted to watch it but of course it's dark on Monday like every show to make my life completely difficult.

Revised Plan:
Arrive around 7-8AM. Yada Yada. Rush for Passing Strange ( I would say AND Spring Awakening, but alas my mom is not a student and therefore couldn't get tickets anyway...). Hopefully get those sweet $25 for anyone under 25 tickets. Go to hotel, eat, NO TIME FOR SLEEP! Go to 44th. See Passing Strange. Possibly go into orgasm from the awesomeness of the show. Run the hell out of the theatre to 47th ST. Hopefully, before RAUUUUUL comes out. Shake hands, talk, take pictures, propose to him for Jenn, the usual. Go back to the hotel. Fucking SLEEP. Eat, go to 49th and stage door Spring Awakening because I am a freak.

I'm going to die. But it's going to incredible. But I'm scared about RAUUUUL. I'm trying to get more info about how early he leaves. Eek!

edit: Never mind. I guess Raul is super super amazing at the stage door and comes out 10 min after the show is over and talks to everyone and all that jazz. I don't want to risk it, especially since I promised Jenn that I would meet Raul for her. I'm going to go to Passing Strange on Wednesday and risk Nathan Lane instead (even though it would be AWESOME to meet him). My logic is that Nathan would take longer to come out as opposed to Raul, maybe that's just how I make sense of it in my brain.

OMG. I have Jason Mraz's live at Java Joe's album...finally. I've always been meaning to buy it but then it became unavailable..aka he stopped making copies of them since the recording is from 2001. BUT. He just released it on iTunes and now I'm happy :)

& I haven't listened to these songs in years. I remember when I had about 200+ Mraz songs from random downloads and shows because I was obsessed and pretty much worshipped him (in other words, Mraz was my OSP four years ago). And now listening to them takes me back to like sophomore year of high school. Weird. But good times. I should start trying to recollect my Mraz songs. That would epic. And Tristan Prettyman. I think I sort of stopped when they broke up..it's like I broke with them hahaha. Ok I'm going crazy from all this final business.

Point of this post? I HAVE MISSED MRAZ IN MY LIFE. And I'm pre-ordering his new CD. It'll be like old times. And I'm going to download his other live album on iTunes. Because "Galaxy" is one of my favorite songs.

NOOOOOOO!
Old Springs Pike has a show in New York when I'm actual in New York!
But it's the night I'm going to see Mary Poppins, it's in Brooklyn, and it's 21 and over!


WHY?!!??!!??!

*crosses fingers* Please John Gallagher, SOLO SHOW. SOLO SHOW. SOLO SHOW! For Monday night pleeeeeeease!

Dear Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater,

Please immediately stop the movie deal process of Spring Awakening. It will never ever work. It will be horrible and will never be able to translate well to film. Just no. Actually, can we just stop making Broadway shows into movies? It's like musicals are becoming a genre again, but not in a good way. Seriously this isn't the 1930s-1960s anymore. Seriously, I don't want to see Zac Efron attempting to sing "Bitch of Living."

Sincerely,
A huge fan of film and Spring Awakening

So apparently Jason Mraz was in Seattle doing a show last night. WHAT THE HELL?! How did I not know this?