Raven Jake’s Neighborhood

Got Down Syndrome? Tough shit, you still ain't getting the ball! Joe Jonas helped fight against religious Downers with Syndrome in London's Holy Child Community School. Its always nice to see stars "giving back!"

Joe Jonas and Sleepy!

They are all Winners!

I rammed into this and thought it was very cut throat. Move over Tyra there a new bitch in town. P.S I will so get to Taylor Lautner later. 

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Taylor Lautner!

Evidently, according to my pets, it's Lick Your Crotch Day. Why didn't anyone invite me? Why wasn't I invited? Bullshit I say. ;)

Here are the pictures from Wicked I said I would post and never did (my bad, I put them on Facebook and consider it done. Mea culpa ;)

Pre-show:

In other news, the Coolest Apartment Ever is officially disbanded. We've all gone our separate ways, and our lease is now broken. The Big O is no longer being passed between our numerous and varied circle of cool friends. A moment of silence, Vox!

I now live in a 2BR/1.5B townhouse with an acquaintance of mine whom I've never lived with, and it may either be really cool or I may just be sad and depressed that I no longer live with my BFF. I haven't spent enough time in the apartment yet really to determine it--I just took several weekends from July to drive down and move stuff out of the old apartment into the new. My room is smaller and lacks a ceiling fan, so I've got to get something for air circulation lest I lose my mind. Or just spend all my time downstairs, which is also a possibility.

I'm just sort of worried--new roommate is working on her doctorate and anticipates graduation in December, I don't even want to think about trying to find a roommate for the spring semester. Maybe it won't be so bad--surely SOMETHING will open up. Gotta keep my chin up, there are bigger things to worry about. Like my GPA.

Going to be doing a bit of traveling in September and December--September has Southern Decadence in New Orleans plus a possible beach trip to the Carolinas or Florida with Alli, Tyler, & Sarah. In December, Alli and I are going to be taking a train trip out west to Seattle, down through California, and back across to Nashville. It should prove to be amazing.

That's the state of my life at the moment--'dyall miss me? ;)

I saw Wicked today at the Orpheum in Memphis with my mother. It was momentous for two reasons:
1) Wicked is a visual and auditory orgasm for anyone living ever, and
2) my mother and I got along THE ENTIRE TIME.

I'll post pictures later, I'm too tired to upload/edit/post pics right now.

I just...there are no words. Ugh, it was beautiful. We had astoundingly good seats--close enough to see details and be blown away by the singing and the orchestra, but not right down front where you can't take in the entire stage in one glance.

I dunno about anyone else in that theatre, but we had great seats. I mean, I thought we were gonna be back under the mezzanine, but NO NO NO. I came hard when I realized where we were sitting.

I thought that, y'know, having owned and loved the soundtrack for several years now would prepare me for what I was about to experience, but no. I teared up when the lights went down, and the first chord of the overture made me cry.

The playbill mentioned there were ten local Memphis musicians in the orchestra, playing all the performances in Memphis--I have to wonder if one of them was on the lead/rhythm guitar, cuz man that shit was FUNKY IN THE BEST WAY. On the soundtrack, I didn't particularly notice any funk guitar in the "One Short Day In The Emerald City" track--but live, it was ROCKIN!! Goin' wild and OUT!!

The choreography was especially pleasing. There was a mix consisting of: a little bit of interpretive flailing, a good bit of somewhat swing-style dancing, and a dash of courtly-style dance...hard to describe, really, but it pleased me. Also, wheel-chair dancing. What.

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I flat-out sobbed during "Defying Gravity". Ugh, favorite song ever. The staging, lighting, everything was amazing. Getting chills just thinking about it.

I see lots of Elphaba in myself. I think this is why it was such an emotionally big deal for me. I couldn't stop thanking my mother, but I'm pretty sure she already knew.

Ugh, wonderful. I was also ESPECIALLY pleased by Dr. Dillamond--not sure why. I think it was the masterful makeup--as a theatrical makeup hack, I approve of Dillamond's billy-goat face.