June 26th 2005. One of the best days EVER.
OMFG. Today was INDESCRIBABLE. One of the best days EVER. Without a doubt.
Okay, I'm going to TRY and NOT get into too much detail because we'll be here for years.
Cait and I met up with Kim, Rachel, Scottaye, Samantha, Gabby and a few others at the Gersh. They were all going to do lotto for us. There ended up being 8 of us entering lotto just for Cait and I. And of course, we ALL lost. This family behind us won like 6 tickets, no joke. So out of 8 of us, none won, which leads into my 11th Wicked lotto loss. Lovely. I want to write a letter to the Gersh and complain. Lol. But thanks guys for trying for me!
[Skipping boring stuff like how we didn't eat and I almost fainted lol]
C&I were going to do "Spelling Bee" lotto, but we decided to ditch it to get BKLYN tickets. So we did! We got for us 3 and Ker. Then we got Jamba Juice and the guy gave us the biggest size, but charged us for the smallest. I was in heaven.
We then went back to the Gersh and Kim said they saw Sho who told them she were meeting us [Cait and I] later. We saw Fed at the stage door, and I literally peed in my pants again. The best part though was when Kim and Rachel asked Walter Winston O-yea [lol] to take us backstage. He was like, "Sure! But just you 7 girls and that's it." So now I'm FREAKING out. Like freaking. I didn't even know they were talking about me in this group of 7. So we're all like in heaven that we're going backstage with him. We were nervous because we had plans to meet up with Sho, but we weren't giving this up for her. Hahah.
Obviously we saw Kerri and we gave her this book we made for her. It was exciting? We were screaming when we saw her. Hahah. HAPPY HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY KERRI! I LOVE YOU SO EFFIN MUCH. You're the best EVER!!!
So now we're getting ready to see BKLYN and we're spazzing like crazy mothas because we were GOING BACKSTAGE AT WICKED WITH WALTER. We were literally freaking out. I peed in my pants like 20 times from laughing and being so excited. Kim makes me so hyper. I swear. I'm an animal with her. Lmao.
So we got into BKLYN and it was amazing. I'm not going to go into detail because it's not important, but it was incredible. The standing ovations for each number/performer was amazing. I had the chills. Eden's voice is like heaven-sent. I can't comprehend how she reaches those high notes so powerfully. It was just incredible and everyone was so into the show. Eden cried at the end. It was sad. I'm so sad it's all over.
Then the 5 of us went outside [Me Cait Kim Ker Rachel] and we met up with Ashley, a bunch of SBers, Maria, Ally, and a bunch of other girls? I don't even know anymore. I'm so out of it. Haha. We were chillin next to Karen's sister and Eden's entire family. It was awesome. We waited for a little, but I thought I would pass out because we didn't eat like the entire day.
So C&K&R&I went to the hotel where the BKLYN after party was going to be. There ended up being no one there and we were like chickens without legs. Hahaha. We were running all over and it was madness.
So then we left to get ready to GO BACKSTAGE WITH WALTER. We were all DYING. We were so excited! So we get there and the gangstah backstage guy was being an asshole to Kim and Rachel. We were waiting for Walter and all of the sudden he comes out on a bike and goes, "I can't take you guys" and rides away. I swear to God. We were like, "WHAT THE FUCK!" It was SO SO SO SO mean. Everyone at the Gersh=sooo mean. Seriously. Like, he told us to meet him at the stage door at the time and then just bailed out. It was SO mean. We were so pissed. You have no idea. My Wicked luck sucks. And it's annoying because we're the fans who have been there from DAY ONE. Day ONE. Not like all the little fangirls who just joined in. It's so frustrating.
So then we were like moping around and we saw Robb Sapp. CUTEST GUY EVER. I want to hug him right now. So R&K told him how we were supposed to go backstage with Walter and he felt SO awful. He was like, "OMG girls! I so would have taken you if I was running out right now! I'm so sorry! Next time you come to the Gersh leave me a note and I'll definitely take you back!" He was SO adorable. Then I told him I saw him as Boq and loved him and he like had a spaz attack; he was so happy. Haha. So adorable.
I'm forgetting stuff. Umm, we saw Bill who knows us by now. He's so cute. He looks like he's anorexic though. I swear. He was SOOOOO skinny today. Hahah. Yes, Bill Youmans!
So then Sho came out. I literally had a stoke. I couldn't breathe and Cait and I were trying to hide. We were so scared. We were FREAKING out. Like, beyond freaking out. So she was looking around after she got through the line I think for us? So we ran out and she was like,
Sho: Heyyyyyy girrrrrls! BEST PART: *hugged us for a really time. I ended up breaking the hug. She was so sweaty and we hugged and then all of the sudden she squeezed us tighter. It was sooo heartwarming. Haha. She was squeezing me so tight that I literally couldn't breathe. And the 3 of us were SO sweaty! Lol.
Me: *after breaking the hug* We missed you.
Sho: I missed you girls too! I haven't seen you in so long.
Cait: *says stuff but I can never remember* How are you? You look so pretty. *More stuff*
Me: We lost Wicked lotto for the 11th time today!
Sho: You WHAT?
Me: Lost Wicked lotto for the 11th time.
Sho: Oh my god. That's rediculous! The numbers for that are just crazy!
Me: Ughh, I know!
Sho: Uh ho, someone dropped their sunglass lens.
Me: *dies of embarrassment because my sunglasses like rolled down the street HAHA. I picked them up while Cait talked to her for a sec*
Sho: So, what are you girls doing for the summer?
Me: *Spazzing out like totally forgetting what I'm doing for the summer* Uhh, I'm going to Usdan. It's a theater camp. They said Wicked was coming to perform!
Sho: What? Well, they didn't tell me ANYTHING about that! *does the most gangstah head/facial expression haha*
Me: Ughh, you really should come! I want you too!
Sho: Yea! *looks to Cait* And what are you doing?
Cait: Just relaxing...beach and stuff.
Sho: Nice! Staying out of trouble? *Like we're smoking pot on the weekends or something? Haha* Well, behave girlies! *She acts like our moms. I swear.* Well, Don't be strangers girls!!! It was great seeing you 2 as always.
Us: Bye! Great seeing you! *blahhh blah I forget*
So then Cait and I started walking away as Kim and Rachel were still there. We were really happy so we started like jumping up and down. Haha. Little did we know that Sho was RIGHT behind us. Like 2 feet behind staring at our butts and Wicked bags. Lmfao.
So Cait turned around and started waving. I was like, "Who are you waving to?!" And I turned around and it was SHO!!! She started blowing these kisses and I started spazzing out blowing back kisses. It was so cute. Then she went into this restaurant with some friends.
The best part though: Kim was like, "OMG! Guess what Sho just said to her friend? Her friend was like, 'Who are those 2 girls?' And Sho was like, "They were my first 2 fans..EVER! When I was just a standby!' " I was FREAKING out. I'm so glad she actually remembers. I thought she forgot.
Now for some more of the best parts of the night. We went to the after-party for BKLYN at the Marriot Marquis[sp?] It was INSANE. As we were walking in, everyone was cheering for Barri and Mark. We thought they were like cheering for us so we were spazzing. It was hilarious.
[Us at the Bklyn after party]
So we got this really fancy pizza and drinks while we were like sitting right near Ramona Keller and Karen Olivo/Matt Kaplan. By the way, we saw Amanda too which was exciting! Cleavant is OBSESSED with her and like her brother. haha.
Anyway as we were eating, Eden came in. I freaked. Kim and I went over to try to get a picture, but she was eating with her family. It was so embarrassing though because Kim like asked her and then I ran away because I was embarrassed. HAHAHA.
[Eden hugging Cleavant!]
So after we ate *trying to cut this short* we walked around to talk to everyone. We FINALLY got to talk to Eden. I was shaking so much and I was so scared because sometimes she isn't that nice. She was INCREDIBLE though!!! We asked for a picture and she put her arms around us. I raved to her for like a second and thanked her. She kept looking in my eyes to respond and I was so nervous. Hahahaha. And I kept apologzing because I felt so bad that we were taking up her time. She was really sweet though.
So we walked around, took pics with Ramona [who was so nice!] and Lee [amazingly nice too! He was SOOO appreciative of our comments too.]
THE BEST PART OF THE NIGHT. Literally. We were walking to find Karen Olivo and some guy comes up to us and goes, "Are you BKLYN fans?" And we were like, "Of course!" And he was like, "I'm the producer's assistant" or something. His name is Scott Prisand. From what I can tell, he was DRUNK out of his mind. LOL. He talked to us for like 20 minutes and he kept telling us that we were, "SO CUTE!" So we talked about his producing skills, his new shows, the people he's worked with, our future careers, etc. He was SOOOO awesome and funny!
All of the sudden we got into talking about IDINA MENZEL. [LMFAO] So he goes, "Omg. This is the craziest story. My wife was BEST friends with Idina. My wife broke up Idina's sister and her boyfriend in High School." So we were like, "WHAAAAAT! CARA!? WHAT!?" I started freaking out and I wanted him to call up Idina for me. Haha. He said he didn't have her number. So anyway we asked him to tell us the story. He was like "In HS, Idina and my wife were BEST BEST friends. They saw different Broadway shows every weekend together and my wife was an aspiring actress like her. They used to talk about their dreams and making it together on Broadway. So one day, my wife made Cara [Idina's sis] break up with her bf. So Idina and my wife got into a HUGE fight. It was like a major fight and they haven't talked since." So the 4 of us were DYING. We were dying of laughter and freaking out. He told us that she's not nice and it was kind of sad. =( He could just be saying that though because I mean, hey, his wife broke her sister up with her BF! That's depressing.
So then we were talking and he wanted to introduce us to cast members. So he brought us over to Cleavant which was the BEST THING OF MY LIFE. Us, Cleavant, and Scott were going nuts. They were drunk and we were all laughing so hard.
So then Scott left and Cleavant gave us career advice for like 20 minutes. He's by far the nicest man I've ever met in my entire life. He gave us SO much incredible advice. Here's some of the convo at the end because I forgot most of it:
Me: You have to come back to Bway soon!
Cleavant: Hmm, I don't know. But you girls MUST email me so that I can come see YOU on Bway!
Us: What? Your email?
Him: Yes! *gives us email* Please email me. I want to hear about your careers and I can't wait to see those sparkling eyes of yours on Bway.
He was so freaking nice. So then we walked away because Ashley needed him for a sec. Then as we were about to leave we walked over to him and thanked him for being so incredibly nice and helpful. He then gave us all HUGS! He kissed Cait on the cheek too and he was SO sweet. I was peeing myself from his nice-ness. No joke. He's the biggest sweetheart I've ever met.
Anyway, I'm sure I left out like 20 million things so read Kim/Rachel's LJs. I forgot a lot! Sorry. And I'm sorry this is so rushed. I have my first day of Usdan tomorrow really early and I NEEEED SLEEP LIKE A MOTHA.
Also, this weekend was INFREAKINGCREDIBLE. Long Beach Island with Dster/Alicia/Melissa was hilarious. So much happened, but I can't write about it now. The funniest was the 4 of us peeing in our pants on the bridge on the way home. So funny. Pics up on my site.
Uhh, it was just INCREDIBLE. I love the girls so much. We MUST MUST MUST do this again!! It was just amazing. I love everyone so much!
Finishing up the pics now. I still don't have a few from Kim like the pic of us with Lee and stuff:
http://community.webshots.com/album/379073708AvqZgr
1 more weird thing. One year ago today I saw Eden in Wicked. I saw Eden in BKLYN today. Weird? Lol.
Okay, I'm going to TRY and NOT get into too much detail because we'll be here for years.
Cait and I met up with Kim, Rachel, Scottaye, Samantha, Gabby and a few others at the Gersh. They were all going to do lotto for us. There ended up being 8 of us entering lotto just for Cait and I. And of course, we ALL lost. This family behind us won like 6 tickets, no joke. So out of 8 of us, none won, which leads into my 11th Wicked lotto loss. Lovely. I want to write a letter to the Gersh and complain. Lol. But thanks guys for trying for me!
[Skipping boring stuff like how we didn't eat and I almost fainted lol]
C&I were going to do "Spelling Bee" lotto, but we decided to ditch it to get BKLYN tickets. So we did! We got for us 3 and Ker. Then we got Jamba Juice and the guy gave us the biggest size, but charged us for the smallest. I was in heaven.
We then went back to the Gersh and Kim said they saw Sho who told them she were meeting us [Cait and I] later. We saw Fed at the stage door, and I literally peed in my pants again. The best part though was when Kim and Rachel asked Walter Winston O-yea [lol] to take us backstage. He was like, "Sure! But just you 7 girls and that's it." So now I'm FREAKING out. Like freaking. I didn't even know they were talking about me in this group of 7. So we're all like in heaven that we're going backstage with him. We were nervous because we had plans to meet up with Sho, but we weren't giving this up for her. Hahah.
Obviously we saw Kerri and we gave her this book we made for her. It was exciting? We were screaming when we saw her. Hahah. HAPPY HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY KERRI! I LOVE YOU SO EFFIN MUCH. You're the best EVER!!!
So now we're getting ready to see BKLYN and we're spazzing like crazy mothas because we were GOING BACKSTAGE AT WICKED WITH WALTER. We were literally freaking out. I peed in my pants like 20 times from laughing and being so excited. Kim makes me so hyper. I swear. I'm an animal with her. Lmao.
So we got into BKLYN and it was amazing. I'm not going to go into detail because it's not important, but it was incredible. The standing ovations for each number/performer was amazing. I had the chills. Eden's voice is like heaven-sent. I can't comprehend how she reaches those high notes so powerfully. It was just incredible and everyone was so into the show. Eden cried at the end. It was sad. I'm so sad it's all over.
Then the 5 of us went outside [Me Cait Kim Ker Rachel] and we met up with Ashley, a bunch of SBers, Maria, Ally, and a bunch of other girls? I don't even know anymore. I'm so out of it. Haha. We were chillin next to Karen's sister and Eden's entire family. It was awesome. We waited for a little, but I thought I would pass out because we didn't eat like the entire day.
So C&K&R&I went to the hotel where the BKLYN after party was going to be. There ended up being no one there and we were like chickens without legs. Hahaha. We were running all over and it was madness.
So then we left to get ready to GO BACKSTAGE WITH WALTER. We were all DYING. We were so excited! So we get there and the gangstah backstage guy was being an asshole to Kim and Rachel. We were waiting for Walter and all of the sudden he comes out on a bike and goes, "I can't take you guys" and rides away. I swear to God. We were like, "WHAT THE FUCK!" It was SO SO SO SO mean. Everyone at the Gersh=sooo mean. Seriously. Like, he told us to meet him at the stage door at the time and then just bailed out. It was SO mean. We were so pissed. You have no idea. My Wicked luck sucks. And it's annoying because we're the fans who have been there from DAY ONE. Day ONE. Not like all the little fangirls who just joined in. It's so frustrating.
So then we were like moping around and we saw Robb Sapp. CUTEST GUY EVER. I want to hug him right now. So R&K told him how we were supposed to go backstage with Walter and he felt SO awful. He was like, "OMG girls! I so would have taken you if I was running out right now! I'm so sorry! Next time you come to the Gersh leave me a note and I'll definitely take you back!" He was SO adorable. Then I told him I saw him as Boq and loved him and he like had a spaz attack; he was so happy. Haha. So adorable.
I'm forgetting stuff. Umm, we saw Bill who knows us by now. He's so cute. He looks like he's anorexic though. I swear. He was SOOOOO skinny today. Hahah. Yes, Bill Youmans!
So then Sho came out. I literally had a stoke. I couldn't breathe and Cait and I were trying to hide. We were so scared. We were FREAKING out. Like, beyond freaking out. So she was looking around after she got through the line I think for us? So we ran out and she was like,
Sho: Heyyyyyy girrrrrls! BEST PART: *hugged us for a really time. I ended up breaking the hug. She was so sweaty and we hugged and then all of the sudden she squeezed us tighter. It was sooo heartwarming. Haha. She was squeezing me so tight that I literally couldn't breathe. And the 3 of us were SO sweaty! Lol.
Me: *after breaking the hug* We missed you.
Sho: I missed you girls too! I haven't seen you in so long.
Cait: *says stuff but I can never remember* How are you? You look so pretty. *More stuff*
Me: We lost Wicked lotto for the 11th time today!
Sho: You WHAT?
Me: Lost Wicked lotto for the 11th time.
Sho: Oh my god. That's rediculous! The numbers for that are just crazy!
Me: Ughh, I know!
Sho: Uh ho, someone dropped their sunglass lens.
Me: *dies of embarrassment because my sunglasses like rolled down the street HAHA. I picked them up while Cait talked to her for a sec*
Sho: So, what are you girls doing for the summer?
Me: *Spazzing out like totally forgetting what I'm doing for the summer* Uhh, I'm going to Usdan. It's a theater camp. They said Wicked was coming to perform!
Sho: What? Well, they didn't tell me ANYTHING about that! *does the most gangstah head/facial expression haha*
Me: Ughh, you really should come! I want you too!
Sho: Yea! *looks to Cait* And what are you doing?
Cait: Just relaxing...beach and stuff.
Sho: Nice! Staying out of trouble? *Like we're smoking pot on the weekends or something? Haha* Well, behave girlies! *She acts like our moms. I swear.* Well, Don't be strangers girls!!! It was great seeing you 2 as always.
Us: Bye! Great seeing you! *blahhh blah I forget*
So then Cait and I started walking away as Kim and Rachel were still there. We were really happy so we started like jumping up and down. Haha. Little did we know that Sho was RIGHT behind us. Like 2 feet behind staring at our butts and Wicked bags. Lmfao.
So Cait turned around and started waving. I was like, "Who are you waving to?!" And I turned around and it was SHO!!! She started blowing these kisses and I started spazzing out blowing back kisses. It was so cute. Then she went into this restaurant with some friends.
The best part though: Kim was like, "OMG! Guess what Sho just said to her friend? Her friend was like, 'Who are those 2 girls?' And Sho was like, "They were my first 2 fans..EVER! When I was just a standby!' " I was FREAKING out. I'm so glad she actually remembers. I thought she forgot.
Now for some more of the best parts of the night. We went to the after-party for BKLYN at the Marriot Marquis[sp?] It was INSANE. As we were walking in, everyone was cheering for Barri and Mark. We thought they were like cheering for us so we were spazzing. It was hilarious.
[Us at the Bklyn after party]
So we got this really fancy pizza and drinks while we were like sitting right near Ramona Keller and Karen Olivo/Matt Kaplan. By the way, we saw Amanda too which was exciting! Cleavant is OBSESSED with her and like her brother. haha.
Anyway as we were eating, Eden came in. I freaked. Kim and I went over to try to get a picture, but she was eating with her family. It was so embarrassing though because Kim like asked her and then I ran away because I was embarrassed. HAHAHA.
[Eden hugging Cleavant!]
So after we ate *trying to cut this short* we walked around to talk to everyone. We FINALLY got to talk to Eden. I was shaking so much and I was so scared because sometimes she isn't that nice. She was INCREDIBLE though!!! We asked for a picture and she put her arms around us. I raved to her for like a second and thanked her. She kept looking in my eyes to respond and I was so nervous. Hahahaha. And I kept apologzing because I felt so bad that we were taking up her time. She was really sweet though.
So we walked around, took pics with Ramona [who was so nice!] and Lee [amazingly nice too! He was SOOO appreciative of our comments too.]
THE BEST PART OF THE NIGHT. Literally. We were walking to find Karen Olivo and some guy comes up to us and goes, "Are you BKLYN fans?" And we were like, "Of course!" And he was like, "I'm the producer's assistant" or something. His name is Scott Prisand. From what I can tell, he was DRUNK out of his mind. LOL. He talked to us for like 20 minutes and he kept telling us that we were, "SO CUTE!" So we talked about his producing skills, his new shows, the people he's worked with, our future careers, etc. He was SOOOO awesome and funny!
All of the sudden we got into talking about IDINA MENZEL. [LMFAO] So he goes, "Omg. This is the craziest story. My wife was BEST friends with Idina. My wife broke up Idina's sister and her boyfriend in High School." So we were like, "WHAAAAAT! CARA!? WHAT!?" I started freaking out and I wanted him to call up Idina for me. Haha. He said he didn't have her number. So anyway we asked him to tell us the story. He was like "In HS, Idina and my wife were BEST BEST friends. They saw different Broadway shows every weekend together and my wife was an aspiring actress like her. They used to talk about their dreams and making it together on Broadway. So one day, my wife made Cara [Idina's sis] break up with her bf. So Idina and my wife got into a HUGE fight. It was like a major fight and they haven't talked since." So the 4 of us were DYING. We were dying of laughter and freaking out. He told us that she's not nice and it was kind of sad. =( He could just be saying that though because I mean, hey, his wife broke her sister up with her BF! That's depressing.
So then we were talking and he wanted to introduce us to cast members. So he brought us over to Cleavant which was the BEST THING OF MY LIFE. Us, Cleavant, and Scott were going nuts. They were drunk and we were all laughing so hard.
So then Scott left and Cleavant gave us career advice for like 20 minutes. He's by far the nicest man I've ever met in my entire life. He gave us SO much incredible advice. Here's some of the convo at the end because I forgot most of it:
Me: You have to come back to Bway soon!
Cleavant: Hmm, I don't know. But you girls MUST email me so that I can come see YOU on Bway!
Us: What? Your email?
Him: Yes! *gives us email* Please email me. I want to hear about your careers and I can't wait to see those sparkling eyes of yours on Bway.
He was so freaking nice. So then we walked away because Ashley needed him for a sec. Then as we were about to leave we walked over to him and thanked him for being so incredibly nice and helpful. He then gave us all HUGS! He kissed Cait on the cheek too and he was SO sweet. I was peeing myself from his nice-ness. No joke. He's the biggest sweetheart I've ever met.
Anyway, I'm sure I left out like 20 million things so read Kim/Rachel's LJs. I forgot a lot! Sorry. And I'm sorry this is so rushed. I have my first day of Usdan tomorrow really early and I NEEEED SLEEP LIKE A MOTHA.
Also, this weekend was INFREAKINGCREDIBLE. Long Beach Island with Dster/Alicia/Melissa was hilarious. So much happened, but I can't write about it now. The funniest was the 4 of us peeing in our pants on the bridge on the way home. So funny. Pics up on my site.
Uhh, it was just INCREDIBLE. I love the girls so much. We MUST MUST MUST do this again!! It was just amazing. I love everyone so much!
Finishing up the pics now. I still don't have a few from Kim like the pic of us with Lee and stuff:
http://community.webshots.com/album/379073708AvqZgr
1 more weird thing. One year ago today I saw Eden in Wicked. I saw Eden in BKLYN today. Weird? Lol.