About me

I'm typing this entry at the same time as I'm typing the previous entry, but this one is pretty different. I discovered that I don't really write about myself very often on here, and (for now) my about me thing is pretty useless. So I figured I'd write some random stuff about myself. I might add more later.

Random mental stuff, there are some things that I always mix up. Like, no matter what, I'll always say the wrong one. Pearl Jam and Pink Floyd; Billy Joel and Elton John; Celine Dion and Shania Twain (there's a story behind that one). Those are the music ones. Spanish and Science. I totally know the difference, but my mind just has a redirect for each one that changes what I'm thinking into something else unrelated.

Other random thing: I'm glad I have a few followers on here (for whatever reason), but it would be kinda neat if there was any evidence that someone I don't know IRL was reading too. All my followers are real life friends, ditto on youtube (although there are some random people who have tried to friend me on there) and Facebook. Actually, on Twitter it's different. I only have followers in the teens (12? 17?) but only a couple are people I know. (mainly because hardly anyone I know has a Twitter. I like to tell myself I'm ahead of the game, that they'll all have one eventually, especially considering how popular it is everywhere except in my peer group) And the strangers, I have no idea why they're following me. Actually, I'm not one to talk, I am following a bit less than 70 people on Twitter, and over a third are fictional characters (who don't tweet much) and a majority of the rest are websites and celebrities. Anyway. My point was that it would be cool to think that I am entertaining random people.

About me physically: a lot of people think I'm tall. I'm a bit taller than most girls, but my height is not abnormal. Everyone just overexaggerates a few inches. That said, I kinda wish I was shorter. Also, I'm blonde. Not a stereotype I'd like to be associated with, but whatever.

Usually in “about me” page things they ask you favorite movies, music, TV shows, and other typical things. I think it would be cooler to tell you guys about my other favorites instead. My favorite smells are woodsmoke (as mentioned in the last entry), jasmine, orange blossoms, lilacs, lavender, rain, wet pavement, chocolate chip cookies baking, freshly cut grass (so original! Actually, it reminds me of where I used to live) aaand other stuff I can't think of right now. My favorite (simple) foods are nachos, rice crispy treats, honey nut cheerios, grape/cherry tomatoes, peanut butter, sushi... I like making faces at babies, procrastinating, and the characters in musicals who get electric guitar solos from the orchestra when they show up (like Roger from RENT (though he plays the electric guitar; kinda cheating), Inspector Javert from Les Misérables (it's only really in the song “The Robbery/Javert's Intervention (Another Brawl)” but it's awesome, trust me), Freddie Trumper from Chess, and from Pirates 3 the song “Parlay” when (almost) all the cool characters meet up on a sandbar and the electric guitar riffing rocks. Not a musical, but the soundtrack is super awesome, so yeah.)

Stuff about me and Les Mis. I really like Les Mis; I have for about four years now? I think so. It's a wonderful wonderful novel, and also an awesome musical (and ten million movies, but I'm not going into that). The other day (actually, the first night we stayed in a hotel on this trip; it was in Phoenix) I acquired three different recordings of Les Mis, completing my collection. I had the Original Broadway Cast (OBC) and the Tenth Anniversary Concert (TAC), and I got the Complete Symphonic Recording (CSR), the Original London Cast (OLC) anf the French Concept Album (I don't think it has a commonly-used acronym). Anyway, I seem like a dork, I'm sure, caring so much about different versions of the same musical (granted, one of them is in French so it's pretty different), but it's a big deal. Different styles of conducting, slightly different lyrics, different performers, and vastly different song lists makes every version a unique edition of the musical, and all great in their own way. That and caring about which translation I read shows you two big things about my personality: how obsessed I am with Les Mis, and also how ardent I can be about things I care about.

Oh, other random thing that has always bugged me that is not interesting enough for anyone to want to listen to me rant about (so I'll just blog it so you can skip over it): one time I was in the car with my sister, aunt, and cousin, and my (teenage, male) cousin was driving. He was skipping through radio stations and I heard an unmistakable second or so of “At the End of the Day,” so of course I asked him to go back for just a second so I could make sure. Being a jerk, he didn't. Later, he was skipping though again, and I heard a bit of “Red and Black.” I don't think I need to tell you what happened again, but I was so internally frustrated. I've never heard a radio station play Broadway music, and to miss out on at least finding out what station it was just bugged me in a way I can't express. It's like some magic person points out something that will give you eternal happiness, and then rushes you away before you got a proper glance. And you will never see it again. Tragic.