putting on the ritz...indeed!

so jas & i just got home from seeing young frankenstein the musical at the paramount theater. it was wonderful. thanks to 2 of the best people ever (rob & kelly...love you guys and not just for your ticket magic) we had amazing seats and a perfect view of the stage...well at least I did, jas forgot his glasses so things were just a bit fuzzy for him.

i loved the whole show. the sets were amazing, the music was great, the humor was smart, witty and bawdy (much more than the movie). the dancing & singing were incredible. i'd happily go back a couple more times.

jason liked the show a lot but...

he's VERY attached to the characters in the movie and he felt disappointed because the actors in the musical didn't induce the same feelings in him as the actors in the movie did. i agree with him that they didn't, but i didn't expect them to. the movie is a classic, the actors in the movie were ALL pure geniuses who could top that?

jas did say he didn't feel like it was a waste of time...high praise, huh? well, maybe he's just tired. i could easily waste more time seeing it again and again...now if i could just get jas to pay for it.

a few things are for sure, i will be getting the soundtrack once it's out and i will be singing along to puttin' on the ritz! oh yeah and i love jas, even when he's tired!

a little traumatized...

so ceb & i both just finsihed reading eclipse, the 3rd book in the stephenie meyer vampire/werewolf series.

ceb was upset because she thought it was the last book in the series...luckily i was able to put her mind at ease when i told her there would be at least one more book that will probably be called breaking dawn, scheduled for release next fall.

i was traumatized by how heartbreaking the book is. jacob is my favorite character in the series and i'll just say i was not happy how things ended for him. i'm just keeping my fingers crossed that all is happy when the real end comes.

ceb & i are going to a q&a and book signing with stephenie meyer next tuesday. we are both excited about that and both hope she will give us a tiny bit of insight on what the future will bring for all the great characters in the series.

don't you just love how a good book sucks you in and when you've finished reading it makes you want to find another book that grabs you just as powerfully.

shopping for power rangers...

i took malakai for his 1st trip to pick out his birthay present with me. he did have him mom come too and we all had fun finding just the right thing.

happy birthday malakai...

we had a little party for malakai today at nana & papa's. after we had cupcakes and malakai opened a few gifts we all headed to the pool at eric's apartments.


the kids swam for about 2 hours.


of course they would have been happy to have a little more time.

i love a fun musical...

we just got home from seeing hairspray and it was wonderful! it was missing a few of the things that made the original movie great, but in general it was fabulous!

i bought the soundtrack a few weeks ago and have barely listened to it...but i have a feeling it's going to be a favorite for a while!

a little about vegas...

so, vegas was fun.

it's so crazy and overwhelming and truly over the top in excess, but as a voyuer of sorts i really enjoyed myself.

the thing that will make this trip (my first if you didn't already know that) live forever in my mind is that we (christina & i) actually met the lead singer of the band snow patrol (the reason we went to vegas). i took a picture of christina and him. i wasn't thinking straight or i would have had one taken of me with either him or nathan (the guitar player) who was standing right there also, but still we got proof that we met him. what a cool moment and it made the concert even better.

i have to wonder though how christina is going to manage to marry him since she couldn't even get a word out of her mouth. i ended up doing all the talking (which was mostly nervous chatting). she was going to be content just standing there looking at him and so i asked him if i could take a picture. he looked tired and a little worn down, but he kindly consented and didn't even run screaming from us like we were crazy...and I am sure between her silent worship and my inane chatter he thought we were!

so tired...

i got back from vegas last night at 9:30pm and went STRAIGHT to the barnes & noble downtown to join the enormous crowd waiting for hp7. got the book after a 30 minute wait. got home about 1am started reading and kept reading until around 5am (when jason made me stop). slept for 4 hours and resumed reading. FINALLY finished around 9pm...what a great book!

i am SO ready for bed now...more about vegas later!