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#018: Lovelovelove.

Currently listening to: “Nine People’s Favourite Thing” – [title of show]

So [title of show] has closed on Broadway, but their music lives on!
This officially-released music video of the [currently listening to] track brings on a wave of the sniffles.

Watch it, go watch it, it’s brilliant, I swear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtdgvmYUuuA

“I’d rather be nine people’s favorite thing
Than a hundred peoples ninth favorite thing

Nine people’s favorite thing
Than a hundred people’s ninth favorite thing

Those nine people will tell nine people
Then we’ll have eighteen people loving the show
Then eighteen people could grow into
Five-hundred and twenty-five-thousand, six-hundred people
Loving our show!”

D’aaaaaw.

In other news, my Psych 100 midterm seems to have gone rather alright; we shall wait and see. Now, on to reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses! Ta for now!

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#018: Time management. Say WHAT?!?!

Currently listening to: “My Freeze Ray” – Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

“With my freeze ray I will stop the world
With my freeze ray I will find the time…”

Firstly, I hope everyone’s had a superb Thanksgiving weekend! In other news, that song [see above] is hilarious, so go listen to it. I promise you much chuckling and further YouTubing in search of the rest of the Dr. Horrible videos.

Secondly, I could definitely use that freeze ray. (“Stop the world…I wanna get on!” – The Producers reference, ha. But I digress.) Amidst terrible planning, an absolute lack of an attention span (as you must’ve noticed) and NO ability whatsoever to stick to a plan, I am finding myself with three days to the in-class paper for Arts One (Plato’s Republic, how delightful!), and four days to the Psych 100 midterm. Of course, in true Mary style, I’ve barely done any preparation for either (and will probably end up sliding through with a sheer stroke of luck and some subtle wordplay, thus giving me no incentive to actually study, the vicious cycle never ends). Must get on that…soon…good grief, will the procrastination never end? Honestly, girl, get a grip. On the bright side, the Arts One paper (Medea) is completed, though I doubt the legitimacy (and general prettiness) of the cover page. Gave it my best shot- I’ve no regrets. At least until we get them back…ha.

Thirdly, the “say WHAT” in the title of this entry is a tribute to a friend who defined, to a foreign student learning English, the term as “an expression used to follow up any ridiculous or crazy statement”. Most excellent indeed, though I can’t quite fathom for the life of me how frequently that phrase might come in handy.

Off to bed…before 2 a.m.! Mad props.

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#017: Of technology and [title of show]

Currently listening to: “Histoire de pêche” – Les Cowboys Fringants

Alright, so I seem to have lost my sidebar image-link to the BlogSquad blog.
Does anyone (who technology doesn’t hate) know how to get it back there?

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In other news, [title of show] is closing on Broadway today, after 102 Broadway runs and 13 previews.
You’ve gone from Off-Off-Broadway to JULYceum to…here.
Goodbye, [tos].

Thank you, Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff and Jeff Bowen – for keepin’ it real on B’way.

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#015: Hannah Fury’s Oz cycle

Currently listening to: “It Was Her House That Killed Nessarose” – Hannah Fury

Before the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical (and rabid Idina Menzel/Kerry Ellis/Shoshana Bean fangirls), there was the Oz cycle written by Hannah Fury. Written around 1999 – 2000, it remains relatively unknown; I stumbled upon it completely by accident yesterday while digging around last.fm for more quirky music. Based on Gregory Maguire’s Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, the Oz cycle comprises five songs (which you can find on YouTube):
I. Let It Show
II. I Can’t Let You In
III. All Is Not Well
IV. And Your Little Dog Too
V. It Was Her House That Killed Nessarose [right-click, “save file as” to download]

A quick summary: Wicked re-tells the classic tale of The Wizard of Oz from the perspective of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. This deconstructed political fable is a thought-provoking romp on good, evil and perspective. Class differences are highlighted; prejudice is brought into question. The oppressed animals of Oz are metaphors for the human condition. Elphaba and Glinda illustrate how history is written by the victors. Wicked is smart, biting, and yes, as such tales usually are, frequently quite depressing.

If you’re a die-hard fan of the book (or the musical), you would definitely want to check this out. As much as I absolutely adore the Stephen Schwartz musical adaptation, there’s something else here. Remaining much truer to the book than the musical, the Oz cycle is haunting, delicate and memorable. A little like Elphaba, really, as the sensation of being trapped in a neverending personal struggle is aptly captured. It is chilling, it is heart-wrenching, and it is beautiful. The piano accompaniment of the Oz cycle really does it for me – as much as For Good from the musical reduces me to a wibbling mess.

This is fantastic. I’m going to to read the book again now while listening to this – taking it to new dimensions – so ta for now!

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#013: Earl Grey would be rolling in his grave.

Currently listening to: “Viva la Vida” – Coldplay

Today was a bad day for Earl Grey tea.

Having run out of aforementioned tea at home, I stumbled into Ike’s Cafe in Irving before my Arts One seminar in search for tea. It’s hard to describe how disappointed I was. The tea was digustingly weak, with the consistency, and quite possibly, the taste of (as they say in GB) gnat’s piss; adding sugar and milk merely turned it into a watered-down mess of vaguely milky-flavoured sugar water. Not pleasant in the least.

Event two for Earl Grey epic failure happened at work. Since I do not consider the product of Disappointment Numero Uno a proper cup of tea, I decided to get some at Starbucks during work. It’s always been quite satisfactory, and you know, a relatively good cup of tea (all things considered). Today, it was sorely lacking- repeat above, except with added vanilla powder. I still don’t know where it all went wrong.

I really must get to the Superstore tomorrow and stock up on some delightful Tetley tea.

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In other completely unrelated news, a friend from Regina is coming to visit this weekend, and I am so terrifically excited!

Also, I’ve just found a song called “Je Reste Ghetto”, so I’ll be off to check that out.

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