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Top 7: Musicals to See

Marie — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:57:32 +0000

First off, I want to mention that – after nearly two years of inactivity – I have finally relaunched my fanlisting collective, Close to Heart. I’ve been pretty absent from the fanlisting world, but I’m trying to slowly remake my collective. I’ve revamped the pages, added a new skin (featuring the cast of Lost), and am now going through my fanlistings in order to weed through the ones that I’ve lost interest in. I also recently applied for a few new fanlistings (all television characters), something which I haven’t done in awhile. Anyways, if you’re interested, take a look at the new layout that I’ve created, and please give me some feedback! I know it’s not the best since I haven’t used photoshop in over six months, but I did my best.

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I just turned eighteen yesterday. My family is planning on traveling to New York City on our way to Virgina Beach this July, and as my gift my parents decided that they would buy me a ticket to any Broadway show of my choosing. I was nearly speechless when they told me, since seeing a show on Broadway has been one of my dreams for a long time (I almost got to see Rent before it closed, but I sadly wasn’t able to go). I have never been to New York before, so just the news that I was going to be walking the streets of Manhattan made me giddy, so this gift has me nearly over the moon. My parents hate musicals, so I thought that there was no way they would ever make time for me to be able to go see a show. I am going to be seeing the show with my sister (whose birthday is in a week, and who is also receiving a ticket to the show as a gift), and am really looking forward to it. The hardest part of this whole process is going to be picking a show to go see! So I’ve included a list of my top 7 shows that I’ve listened to and am familiar with.

7. Hairspray

6. Les Miserables

5. Avenue Q

4. In the Heights

3. Spring Awakening

2. Wicked

1. Rent

As of right now, Rent, Spring Awakening, Les Miserables and Hairspray are no longer playing on Broadway. Avenue Q is currently playing off-Broadway, meaning that I have a choice between that, Wicked and In the Heights. I would absolutely love to see Wicked, but I might be going to London next January, and I was definitely planning to see it if I go there. Then I would prefer to see In the Heights, since I don’t know when I’m going to be in New York again. Well, I still have a couple of weeks to make a decision!

How about you guys? What’s your favorite musical, and which one would you choose if you were in my place?

Celebrity Crush: Chris Colfer

Marie — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:07:23 +0000

I’m almost ashamed at how it’s been since I’ve posted on this blog, but my school work for my final few weeks of class was eating me alive. Thankfully, as of Tuesday of this week, I am officially a free woman for the next two-three months, and I couldn’t be more ecstatic about it.

I’ve been trying to figure out what I’m going to be doing this summer, which most likely includes some volunteer work and preparing like a maniac for my SATs and university applications. I’m also looking forward to doing some leisurely reading, as I’ve been too busy reading textbooks and course notes to be able to read for pleasure. I also want to take it easy and relax, since I know next semester is going to be extremely tough.

Anyways, I modified my blogging schedule a little bit, and I decided that every Thursday I’m going to try and do a “Celebrity Crush”, which is basically includes spotlighting a celebrity for this week. As I am currently in a Glee craze – especially after Tuesday night’s finale – I thought I’d cover none other than the magnificent Chris Colfer. He plays Kurt Hummel on the show, and he has such an amazing voice (Just look up the Rose’s Turn and Bad Romance covers). Not to mention that he is an absolute sweetheart in real life and in interviews. I absolutely love him, and he is probably one of the best actors on the show.

(If I’m still on this craze next week – which I probably will be – I’ll probably cover Dianna Agron, who is absolutely gorgeous.)

And, of course, Kurt as Lady Gaga:

“Oh, Bambi…I cried so hard when those hunters shot your mommy.”
“I’m so depressed I’ve worn the same outfit twice this week.”
-Kurt, Glee

Grand Opening!

Marie — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:27:52 +0000

So, I posted on my LiveJournal that this was going to happen last week but I got pretty distracted all week, so here it is! Starting tomorrow, which is Monday, I will be doing my best to post regularly. I’m not that great yet at the “posting every day” thing (which is why it took me way over a year to actually attempt this), so I made myself a blogging schedule to try and keep myself motivated. We’ll see how that goes.

I’ll try and stick to this schedule as much as possible; the only day that I have off is Wednesday, because I have an extremely busy schedule at school that day. Any personal posts will still be posted on my LiveJournal, and feel free to to friend me there!

Until my first post tomorrow, you can busy yourself by looking at the pretty pictures of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, the amazing actor and actress from the movie 500 Days of Summer.