Continuing my Wicked obsession, i have decided to be Elphaba for halloween. not to be confused with the wicked which of the west. "i'll get you my pretty. and you're little dog too.' no. not me... see below for pictures of the green girl from oz. after halloween i'll have pictures up of me in costume i'm sure. anyway... in order to make absolutely sure people don't think i'm just an ordinary witch. what fun is that? sooooo unoriginal! i decided to embroider myself alittle "name tag" so here it is...



i made home made green face make up. i'll be wearing black turtleneck sweater and black skirt. witch boots and green tights. and of course the hat! no broom as i don't have one and think it's not worth it to buy one since it's not easy to dance with a broom in hand. what do you think?

anyway... on to other things...

i was in marshalls the other day looking for a new hat when i happened upon this fantastic scarf that i could not leave in the store! so... i bought it. hey, cut me some slack. it was only $16.99. made in italy. pretty huh?



the floor you see is the floor of my office. isnt it perty? lol! this is what i do with my lunch break! sad sad sad.

one more thing before i go... yesterday was my nana's birthday. if she were still alive, i'm not sure how old she would have been yesterday, but i thought of her and wished her a happy birthday anyway. my mom told me a cool (or creepy depending on your outlook) story about her recently. her yartzeit was shortly after yom kippor and of course my dad lit a yizkor candle for her on yom kippor. those things only stay lit for like 24 hours. her's stayed lit for more like 48 i think. long enough to almost go into her yartzeit day. anywho. when something like that happens (if you believe in this stuff) you think... "what is she trying to tell us?" so my dad went out to the cemetary and there was a shredded up styrophome cup on her grave. You have to know, my nana was known for vaccuming in the middle of the night. Not a woman who liked clutter or mess too much. Anyway... don't you think that's cool? She needed to tell us to clean up that damn cup! i can see her face all scrunched up in consternation now. Go Nana!

To tie things all together, here is a picture of me and nana from halloween when i was a little gun slinging cowgirl. aren't i cute?

i'm sure you all know how much i miss my Friends. Thursday night just isnt the same. However, i get an email with quizes from NBC30 every day and today was a Friends quiz. I'm no rocket scientist, but i know my strong points and Friends trivia is one of them!

Take the Friends quiz and post your score in my comments section. I'm curious to see how you all stack up! Of course i got 10 out of 10!

there's nothing quite like attempting to sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor of a JCC, right by the door where light from the hallway is streaming in on your face while oversexed horny teenage girls are trying to escape every 3 minutes to hook up with their equally oversexed and horny boy counterparts who are being kept at bay 2 floors below in the basement. I was one of about 9 staff members stationed at various doorways and stair wells throughout the night and at 5 a.m. i was awakened to alot of running around because there were several kids "missing". not only oversexed and horny but wiley too! fuckers!

last night was the BBYO Sports and Spirit overnight at the bridgeport JCC. at 3:30 am things seemed pretty calm and i thought foolishly that it was ok to get in my sleeping bag and attempt to... sleep. but at 5 a.m. i hear yelling outside the girls door in the midst of a round-up. around 5:30 i got back in my sleeping bag and stayed there until 8:30. man i love not getting paid to spend all night either chasing down teenagers or attempting to sleep but being unsuccessful because i was sleeping in front of the door.

anyway... at least i got to spend some time with friends. so i came home and slept for about 2 1/2 hours and although i had planned to be social today, i ended up doing nothing. i have a chapter board meeting at 7 tonight, it never ends! hopefully it'll be a relatively quick meeting.

i am... obsessed. so a week and a half ago i went home to MD and saturday night mom and i went to the mall. she wanted to pop in to borders... ok... so i find her in the soundtrack section of the cd's listening to this broadway show called "wicked"... now i'd noticed a copy of a book called "wicked" in the bathroom earlier in the day. what is this; wicked fever? yes siree bob! wicked fever. and i've caught it!!

So she says "here, listen do this." i'm standing in the middle of borders with this enormous earphones on my head (why do they have to be SOOOOOO big??) having no idea what's in store for me. and what i hear is one of the most fantastic voices (2 actually) that i've ever heard. really. What i heard was Idina Menzel singing "Defying Gravity" the "show stopper" of the hit broadway musical that i'd never heard of (how could i have never heard of it, it won a slew of tony's this past year???) anyway... all i could say was "wow!". mom bought the cd and burned me a copy. and that was saturday a week and a half ago. i've been listening to it practically nonstop since then! and i still say "wow" except that now i can sing along because well, you know me and songs... i know like, every word in the show now. lol! (i will say that i took a small break to listen to arik's cd because i'm a good friend) then back to wicked. anywho...

we're going to see the show (the snyder fam) in january, i can NOT wait!!

in the meantime i bought the book to read (book before show) and it's really interesting. for those of you who are interested it is called wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the west by Gregory Maguire. it's very cool. it's the backstory to the wizard of oz. elphaba's story. oh yeah, that's the witches name. very smartly named after the author of the wizard of oz, L. Frank Baum. LFB. Elphaba. get it? cool huh?? here are some pictures from the show...







it's interesting how the author weaves the wizard of oz into his story... the ruby slippers, elphaba's "allergic" reaction to water. you should see how she dresses herself up to go out in the rain! how she gets her hat and broom and especially her relationship with Glinda (the good witch of the north). would you believe they were college roommates? that explains alot doesnt it? well, the book really makes you think about what is evil and what is good and how things arent always as they appear. i highly recommend picking up a copy.

and the soundtrack too! buy it! the two leads kristen chenoweth and idina menzel are two of the most talented voices out there. idina menzel originated "maurine" in RENT and kristen chenoweth originated "Sally" in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown on b-way. if you're looking for good new broadway talent also look up Thoroughly Modern Millie. Sutton Foster is in the title role and she's fantastic!! anyway... i think i'm done gushing about this book and show for now. www.wickedthemusical.com.

enjoy the pictures...