I will shout it from the roof tops!!!

One of the things that I can so geek out about is Broadway musicals. I was raised listening to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Fiddler on the Roof and Man of LaMancha. I have spent this week listening to musical soundtracks, watching documentaries and watching movies of some of these musicals. I have been (understandably) optimistic. I mean, seriously! Where else can a man who looks like Fred Astaire be a heartthrob? Where else can Rick Moranis get a bombshell like Ellen Greene? And where else can you see Tevye's If I Were A Rich Man shimmy? And where else can you get chills from a simple idea like No Day But Today? CHILLS!

ANYWAY... I love music. I love the way music invokes deep emotions of happiness or invokes the darkness of loneliness. I love the drama of music. I love the comedy of music.

One of the movies I watched this week was Funny Girl. Yes, Barbara Streisand. *sigh* I know. But... To hear her sing Don't Rain on My Parade is almost a religious experience. (I said ALMOST) I also watched Fiddler on the Roof. Far From the Home I Love still invokes tears from me. Even after hearing it for 30+ years. The Producers brought my warm feelings during That Face. Then the chills came while Mary Magdalene and Peter the Apostle asked Could We Start Again, Please? And then I get to drift away as the Phantom sings about The Music of the Night. And I always want to help Seymore get off of Skid Row. Watching all of these movies and hearing all this dramatic music is like a soundtrack to my life.

How can this genre be so "passe"? How is it that I feel like I need to hide the fact that I like all this. My brother says it's cause it makes me old. Lots of other people say it's cause it sucks and it doesn't make any sense. Why would people bust into song? But I return with "Why am I supposed to care about blue people?" (I did like Avatar... I am just saying, musicals are no more preposterous than Sci Fi.)

I am now going to go listen to my My Fair Lady soundtrack. Julie Andrews could have danced all night...

And I hope to join her!

GGC

And I am behind...

I really never thought when I made the deal to blog once a week with my friend, that I would be the first to fall behind. But here we are. Lol! I will be blogging extra this week to make up for it.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I really love that day. Cause, no matter how bad things are, there is always something to be thankful for. Despite working a part-time job, I am THANKFUL to be working. Despite being allergic to MSG, I am THANKFUL to have food to eat at all. My car runs badly, but I am THANKFUL to have a car that is paid for.

I know that I capitalized every time I typed the word "THANKFUL," I did this for a reason. My life has been interesting for a while now. I have been extremely poor. I have been depressed about lots of things that I cannot do. Then I said something last week that really made me go "Whoa..." (Yes, all Keanu Reeves style.) I said that I was going to go focus on the positive in my life. I said it in semi-jest. But then I actually heard myself. No, better than that, I LISTENED to myself. I then sat down and thought about all the good people, good things, and good possibilities that I have in my life. Kinda gives one perspective.

SO, I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving with their loved ones. I also hope that you have finished (and enjoyed) all the leftovers.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS READERS!

GGC