Slumber

For those who were disappointed, dismayed, let down and annoyed by the newest Spiderman installment...

Let Snow Patrol make up for it.

This is a post that I literally waited MONTHS to make. :|

Sometime last year I stumbled upon a 2003 off-Broadway musical called Zanna, Don't! A Musical Fairy Tale ("a gay-is-good musical that crusades for heterosexual's right to love each other"). Jai Rodriguez (from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) is Zanna, Heartsville High's very own magical matchmaker in a world where homosexuals are the norm, and heterosexuals are subject to heterophobia (Also a world where chess champions, not football quarterbacks, are considered sex symbols.) where, naturally, problems happen when a boy and a girl end up falling in love.

Naturally, I went out and bought the CD, and I thought I'd share it with the flist, as I'm sure most of you would enjoy this, whether you're single or taken. :D

Here's the list of songs, but the cut following it details the plot (as taken from the CD summary) in case you wanted to understand everything that was going on. (Asterisked songs are highly recommended.)

1. Who's Got Extra Love? *
   
2. I Think We Got Love
   
3. I Ain't Got Time *
   
4. Ride 'Em **
   
5. Zanna's Song
   
6. Be A Man **
   
7. Don't Ask, Don't Tell **
   
8. Fast
   
9. I Could Write Books
   
10. Don't You Wish We Could Be In Love? *
    
11. Watcha Got? **
    
12. Do You Know What It's Like? **
    
13. 'Tis A Far, Far Better Thing I Do
    
14. Blow Winds
    
15. Straight to Heaven ***
    
16. Someday You Might Love Me
    
17. Straight to Heaven (Reprise)
    
18. Sometime, Do You Think We Could Fall In Love? ***
    
19. Finale

( Spoilers and summary here )

Hey, I hope you all had a fantastic New Year. :D

I have been trying to clean my room for ages now, with no such luck because really, I hate physical labor of any sort, and so instead I cleaned up my flist. :|

Mostly I took out the comms and feeds that I found I ended up skimming through anyway, and also just inactive/deleted journals. Some active journals I defriended because they're mostly fandom-related in a way that I no longer am. F-cleaning is not an exact science, okay? So if you've basically been updating and I still know who you are and there's still some semblance of acquaintance-ship (?) between us, you should still be here. If you aren't, tell me because I might have accidentally removed you without meaning to, sorry. :\

And now for something fun:

Song Lyrics Meme

a. Put your player on shuffle.
b. Post lyrics from the first 20 random songs.
c. Make your friends guess the song and title.

( Songs here )

(as snagged from ccharlotte who got it from jetsam_porridge and siobhanohare)

I am sheep. Watch me bleet. *bleet*

So there've been mentions of Avenue Q on my flist and I had NO idea what it was but one bored day on Limewire and I found music. :| Since I uploaded all these for miss_charmed, I figured I'd upload them for you.

I swear, it doesn't really even matter if you don't get the story, sort of. LOL. I just love musical music. :P

(For the curious, Avenue Q's made up of muppet-type characters. The musical's mostly a parody of Sesame Street, or something. I'm sure some of you would be more familiar with this than I am, lol.

1. What Do You Do With a BA in English / It Sucks to Be Me
   Track 2/3 of the CD, in which our characters compare the relative misery of their lives with each other.
   I come into this country
   For opportunities
   Try to work in Korean delis
   But I am Japanese!
   
   
2. If You Were Gay
   What I can only imagine to be the equivalent of Bert talks about how it's perfectly fine if his roommate, Ernie-equivalent (Ernie's the yellow kid, right? :| I always mix them up), were gay.
   If you were queer
   I'd still be here
   Year after year
   Because you're dear to me
   And I know that you
   Would accept me too
   If I told you today
   "Hey guess what! I'm gay!"
   (But I'm not gay)
   
   
3. Everyone's a Little Bit Racist
   Actually pretty smart. Everyone IS a little bit racist. Cool song.
   Everyone's a little bit racist sometimes
   Doesn't mean we go around committing hate crimes
   Look around and you'll find
   No one's really color blind
   Maybe it's a fact we all should face
   Everyone makes judgments... based on race
   
   
4. The Internet is for Porn
   Haha, it's just silly. And true. :P
   The internet is really really great
   ..For Porn!
   I've got a fast connection so I don't have to wait
   ..For Porn!
   
   
5. Fantasies Come True
   Oh, I love this. It's so wistful and cute and then maybe also a little sad. Awwww.
   But I never thought
   The things in my head
   Could really happen
   In my bed
   
   
6. My Girlfriend (Who Lives in Canada)
   Denial song if there ever was one, hah.
   So soon I'll be off to Alberta--
   I mean Vancouver!
   Shit her name is Alberta
   she lives in Vancouver
   SHE'S MY GIRLFRIIIIEEEEND
   
   
7. There's a Fine, Fine Line
   I read this line somewhere and I was pleasantly surprised to realise it came from this song.
   There's a fine, fine line
   Between love and a waste of time.
   
   
8. There Is Life Outside Your Apartment
   I thought of myself when I read the title of this song, I kid you not. *headdesk*
   There is cool shit to do
   But it can't come to you
   And who knows, dude, you might even score
   There's a life outside your apartment
   But you've got to open the door
   
   
9. The More You Ruv Someone
   Love and hate defined, lol.
   The more you ruv someone
   The more you want to kirr them
   The more you ruv someone
   The more he make you cly
   ...
   That's why you ruv so strong
   You want to make him DIE
   
   
10. Schadenfreude
    Schadenfreude's German for happiness at the misfortune of others, which is what this song is about. It's cool. :P
    Don't you feel all warm and cozy
    Watching people out in the rain?
    That's Schadenfreude
    People taking pleasure in your pain
    
    
11. I Wish I Could Go Back to College
    Oh, college. This one's one of the first I heard, and consequently loved. Honestly, I'm still in college and already I don't think I want to leeeeeeeeaaaaave. Oops.
    I wish I could just drop a class
    Or get into a play
    Or change my major
    Or fuck my TA
    I need an academic advisor to point my way
    
    
12. The Money Song
    One of the vaguer songs, I keep not paying attention when this comes on.
    All I’m asking you
    Is to do what
    Jesus Christ would do.
    He’d give me a quarter,
    Why don’t you?
    
    
13. For Now
    Whatever it is, everything's temporary, and only for now. :D
    Everyone's a little bit unsatisfied.
    Everyone goes 'round a little empty inside.
    Take a breath
    Look around
    Swallow your pride
    For now...
    For now...

Charli: LOVE YOU x A MILLION
Evy:  LOVE YOU EVEN MORE!!
Charli:  LOVE YOU MOST.
Evy:  LOVE YOU EVEN MORE THAN THAT
Charli:  LOVE YOU TO INFINITY.....AND BEYOND!
Evy:  LOVE YOU WITH THE POWER OF THE FORCE.

I'm afraid to say it, but it does appear like I'm losing. :|

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Hetty! You must talk to me and catch me up with You-Know-What. :|

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ALSO. Cookies to anyone who can send me The Noose by A Perfect Circle. Pretty brilliant lyrics, hee.

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Who can tell I've been having fun with Semagic? :|

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The Longest Yard was actually pretty hilarious, for a football flick. It has not, however, helped me write a) a reaction paper to a film I saw three weeks ago, b) a recommendation letter for myself due tomorrow, and c) my last will and testament, after I kill myself for failing my exam on Wednesday.

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EDIT: Charli is collecting secrets for an art project. GO 'FESS UP AND PIMP IT TO OKAY? OKAY.

Oooops, I have comments not replied to. :| Shall do so after church. Blaise is still immaculately shiny and smooth and silver, but MAX (which is what Belgian boy named HIS laptop--after his ex, he's sweet) is now scratched up and stuff. :| Clearly I am anal and protective.

Minty Minty Minty, BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Belated Birthday also to michelle_3302 and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, aphoenix2007! :D

Ooh ooh, I was fixing up my songs, as I've transferred them from Bert to Blaise, although there's still the Phantom of the Opera soundtrack and then a couple of songs by Isha, but the files are mostly settled here already, and I have iTunes finally, one more reason to love WinXP, and I got to thinking:

What song/songs reminds you of me? And why, if possible?

Anon comments are on, in case the song is, I dunno, something awful. :| You can post this on your own LJ and I suppose I'll tell you what songs (because now omg I actually know a couple of songs :|) reming me of you. Deal? Deal. :D

Also also also. Hm. Eh. Never mind. :|