Thursday, November 8, 2007


Last night I went to see Wicked at the Opera House in Boston. I'd been looking forward to it since I hadn't really been to see anything in awhile, and it didn't disappoint, although it wasn't quite as fantastic as seeing it on Broadway. My seat was miles closer this time, and the Opera House is so much smaller than the Gershwin in New York, so that made it quite different. I think my favorite part of the night was hearing the guy sitting behind me tell his friend at the end that what he liked best was getting to find out that "it's like the Wicked Witch wasn't bad at all, she was actually good," like it was some big revelation he was letting everyone else in on.

Big urge now to listen to the Idina/Kristin original Broadway cast recording!

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Mix CD of the moment

People have told me my taste in music is very eclectic, and I love to make mix CDs that are filled with random songs, some of them current but most of them not, where the tracks go from Kanye to Joni Mitchell to Pearl Jam. Here's the current mix:

1. Sunshine (Go Away Today) - Jonathan Edwards
2. Lip Gloss - Lil Mama
3. Take a Look at My Girlfriend - Gym Class Heroes
4. I Know What I Know - Paul Simon
5. What's Up - 4 Non Blondes
6. Let Go - Frou Frou
7. Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap
8. Daughter - Pearl Jam
9. Life's Been Good to Me So Far - The Eagles
10. Not the Doctor - Alanis Morissette
11. Miss Indpendent - Kelly Clarkson
12. Freak Show - Stretch Princess
13. Four Leaf Clover - Abra Moore
14. You Gotta Be - Des'ree
15. Dreams Can Come True - Gabrielle
16. I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis
17. Thinking Over - Dana Glover
18. Sister Golden Hair - America
19. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Peruse my shelves

Hooray for Goodreads! I discovered Goodreads while I was experimenting with the different applications for books on Facebook. The only thing I don't really like about it is that the widget thingy in my Facebook profile doesn't show the authors' names under the book title. I love lists and collections of all kinds, so I love how it lists little thumbnails of all the book covers and looks cute and great. And now I've discovered how to paste the html for the widget into my blog! Enjoy my shelves.