Heaven, I'm in Heaven

And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak!
And I seem to find the happiness I seek.
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek.

Beginning with the quizzes:


You come from Heaven. You're the purest of pure, a
saint. You're probably an angel sent directly
from Heaven.


Where Did Your Soul Originate?
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(Ah, if only! Run the good race, eh?)


You represent... hope.
You're quite a daydreamer and can be a hopeless
romantic. You enjoy being creative and don't
mind being alone at times. You have goals, and
know what you want in life... even if they are
a little far fetched.


What feeling do you represent?
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Awwww - isn't that sweet! Kewl - I'll claim it! :D

Anywho, right, so saw Footloose tonight, which set me to thinking - I'm simply going to make a bid for HDW next year. Perhaps Carousal (sp?). You know, I laughed, I cried, it moved me, Bob. Actually, I was singing "When You Walk Through a Storm" to myself in church last week and getting all teary. I have some issues with the play, just a few, and easily worked around to deepen here, expand there, make sense of a few parts - and I suppose we'll just go with the asinine idea of Heaven they promulgate.

As for the show - I was tres tres proud of my Bearskinites. They had eye contact, focus, energy, character - and danced so very well! But the play itself - the script esp. - was simply weak. It lacked focus, plot, direction. The songs - with the exception of the three big ones (oh my goodness - throw me back to first grade will you? Weeeird flashbacks, there) - were mostly horrible. Poor rhyme schemes, no point to why they're singing - and no attempt to give the song a reason. So many of them were simply "let's sing a song - after all it's a musical!" A few exceptions: the Eyes are Watching one was haunting, although could have been choreographed better - you know, more circles, more leaning over Ren, more creepy blocking, more use of chorus in general - and the Mama Told Me So, which was probably the highlight of the whole play. Basically, as Julie pointed out, for a play that's supposed to be all about dance...there wasn't a whole heck of a lot of it. Let's put it this way, in the Country Bar scene, I was watching the chorus. But even so - a lot of it I chalk up to a basically bad script. Sorry all my 80's fans - but the 80's didn't produce much artistically, as far as I can see. Goonies, maybe - the Lucas/Spielberg stuff is good - but elsewise? Ah ca!

Oh, give me Kenneth Branaugh's Love's Labour's Lost! Even though that, too, had issues with - not the dancing, but the filming of the dancing - it had energy, spark, fun.... And of course, one of the BEST parts >drumroll please<

DANCE WITH ME!
I want to feel my ARMS around you!
The charms around you
Will carry me through to -

Heaven! I'm in Heaven! &c.

*sigh*

So, tomorrow, I'm waking up early, scanning photos, and then going to the wedding rehearsal for Sh. God bless her! And may this rehearsal go well. A tad nervous - I know no one but the bride and groom and they've troubles enough of their own without worrying whether I can hold a polite conversation. So polite conversation I will hold, and wear my dress new starched and cross my ankles and all that Grammy taught me *nnngh*. No, I really don't mind it - I just get nervous and awkward in new situations. Stupid, really. But there it is. TTFN - scanning calls!

Mood: Still the prettiest
Music: And the cares that hang around me through the week/Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak/When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek
What made my day: Still being the prettiest
What ruined my day: Having to wait an hour and a half before discovering I was still the prettiest
What I deserved to be hit over the head for: Being the...urp...savvy?