Topic: IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL THE FAT LADY SINGS (Read 24690 times)

vixmom · « **Reply #90 on:** February 22, 2005, 08:34:59 AM »

Quote from: JMK on February 22, 2005, 08:24:35 AM

There was actually a passle of us 40-somethings literally lying on the floor in that jungle-gym play area when you come out of the ride, all of us moaning. I think most, if not all, of us were guys. Maybe it's a gender thing. It was easily the sickest I've ever been after a ride. Even after lying down in that play area for a good half hour, I could barely move and I lay down again on a bench in the Imaginarium while Betsy took the kids around that place. Unbelievable.

Didn't you love the whole concept of the ride though? Didn't you feel like you really were in a space capsule rocketing through the clouds and out of the atmosphere?

vixmom · « **Reply #91 on:** February 22, 2005, 08:36:29 AM »

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]PAGE FOUR DANCE!!![/move]

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #92 on:** February 22, 2005, 08:36:59 AM »

I hope ALL the Melismas get out of Dodge while the getting is good...

...that includes Melisma Etheridge, Melisma Sue Anderson and Melisma Gilbert.

(God help the hisma who comes between me and Melisma....)

Ann · « **Reply #93 on:** February 22, 2005, 08:37:04 AM »

Good morning...a rather early good morning, for me. I was awakened by a dream at 8 am, and I gave up trying to go back to sleep. It was a rather disturbing dream at that. I had died, apparently, but I couldn't fully leave yet. I'd left my body somewhere, but everyone could still see me. It seemed that I had to pack up everything in order to leave. I had this pick-up truck (I've never driven a pick-up truck in my life) full of my earthly posessions. My father was there, and was trying to delay things by insisting that my clothes were still in the dryer and couldn't yet be packed. My HS choir teacher was around too, but I didn't see her. My father told me to avoid her because she didn't know I was still walking around as a ghost, and I would scare her. I remember balking when I learned I was supposed to carry my body with me, in a casket on top of the truck. I drew the line there, I think. The dream was also muddled with packing for a trip with the two-year-old I take care of, or some baby that was vaguely representative of him. Someone had packed stuff on top of the babyseat in the back of the truck, and I was quite annoyed because I had to shift things around so I could hook it up properly to put the baby in it.
The last thing I remember is sitting on the couch in my parents' house, knowing that I had to leave soon, and my sister and some nameless person coming over and saying that they wanted to sing me a song before I left. (note - my sister does not sing) For some reason they chose Somewhere, from West Side Story. It was still ringing in my ears when I awoke with a start.

Bizarre, no? Sorry that was so long...I had to get it out in writing so it would stop bothering my brain.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #94 on:** February 22, 2005, 08:39:39 AM »

American Idol: THE BEST singer last night in the best performance last night was Bo Bice.

The last singer last night was the WORST singer last night...he was flat half the time...I thought him disturbingly inept compared to the others.

And wouldn't you know the three judges just fawned over him and praised him to the skies.

It's the end of the world....

JMK · « **Reply #95 on:** February 22, 2005, 08:40:10 AM »

Moment of Theater Department: I played the big regional cattle-call auditions last night that all of the Northwest theater companies come to to check out talent. There's always one unforgettable moment every year, and last night's was this:

An elderly (relatively speaking, most of these people were still in high school or just out of college) woman traipsed in wearing a kind of belly-dancer flowing gown sort of thing. Behind her was a man carrying an accordion. I knew we were in for something good (a Richard Rodgers reference). So, she gets up on stage, and begins to speak, and it gets better: she has a very heavy eastern European accent. I can't remember her name but she announces she will be performing Granada whilst her husband accompanies her on accordion. So in she launches on a delightful rendition (she actually had a nice, semi-operatic soprano), replete with beautiful (?) dance moves. She clicked her fingers together as if she were holding castanets, which she was not. Then, as an encore, she began to sing Memory. Now here's the hilarious part (at least to me): as I'm sure y'all know, the song is sung "Mem-ry, blah, blah, blah," but because of her heavy accent, she sang all three syllables of the title: "Mem-o-ry, blah, blah, blah," whilst her husband provided lilting accordion accompaniment. Ready for the punch line? I was talking about this with some of the theater staff after the auditions (all of the audtioners had left, obviously) and it turns out this lady was the Gymnastics coach for the East German Olympic team in the 70s.

vixmom · « **Reply #96 on:** February 22, 2005, 08:51:48 AM »

Quote from: Ann on February 22, 2005, 08:37:04 AM

Good morning...a rather early good morning, for me. I was awakened by a dream at 8 am, and I gave up trying to go back to sleep. It was a rather disturbing dream at that. I had died, apparently, but I couldn't fully leave yet. I'd left my body somewhere, but everyone could still see me. It seemed that I had to pack up everything in order to leave. I had this pick-up truck (I've never driven a pick-up truck in my life) full of my earthly posessions. My father was there, and was trying to delay things by insisting that my clothes were still in the dryer and couldn't yet be packed. My HS choir teacher was around too, but I didn't see her. My father told me to avoid her because she didn't know I was still walking around as a ghost, and I would scare her. I remember balking when I learned I was supposed to carry my body with me, in a casket on top of the truck. I drew the line there, I think. The dream was also muddled with packing for a trip with the two-year-old I take care of, or some baby that was vaguely representative of him. Someone had packed stuff on top of the babyseat in the back of the truck, and I was quite annoyed because I had to shift things around so I could hook it up properly to put the baby in it.
The last thing I remember is sitting on the couch in my parents' house, knowing that I had to leave soon, and my sister and some nameless person coming over and saying that they wanted to sing me a song before I left. (note - my sister does not sing) For some reason they chose Somewhere, from West Side Story. It was still ringing in my ears when I awoke with a start.

Bizarre, no? Sorry that was so long...I had to get it out in writing so it would stop bothering my brain.

Thank you for sharing this dream, although it may have been understandably disturbing to you (after all you were dead in it!) I found it highly entertaining! DH has actually warned me that I better not die first because he isn't going to deal with all my "crap" as he so rudely calls my treasures

. he would love the idea that I would HAVE to take it with me!!

Stuart · « **Reply #97 on:** February 22, 2005, 08:54:42 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on February 22, 2005, 08:24:36 AM

I also loved a ride that would show up when ever one of the traveling carnivals came around (and which is now one of the Vixter's favorites as well) it would be advertised under different names, but basically would be the same ride, you would stand against a padded wall in a giant wheel and it would spin veru fast so that the centrifigual force would plaster you against the wall and then it would spin sidewides and upside down, ...

This is what I consider Tilt-a-Whirl. Am I incorrect in my nomenclature? (But, yes, I thoroughly enjoy these things!)

Jrand74 · « **Reply #98 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:13:26 AM »

LOL JMK - that woman MUST play MAME!

DR STUART we always called it a Centrifruge - but what did we know?

Matt H. · « **Reply #99 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:13:33 AM »

The 3-D attractions at Disney World are loads and loads of fun. Don't know if they qualify as rides exactly, but I loved them.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #100 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:14:04 AM »

A new word everyday - I feel like I am in Mr Margolis' class.

Matt H. · « **Reply #101 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:16:38 AM »

I enjoyed Bo's performance very much. I feel sure he'll end up among the finalists, and I'm going to be interested to see how he fits his rocker voice around some of those theme shows that are surely to come. It will be entertaining.

As a pure singer, I think Anthony is leagues in front of the others, but I'm not sure what his appeal will be. Possibly the same folks who supported John Stephens last year.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #102 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:18:33 AM »

Oh, great scott! I am back from my New Jersey vacation and finally caught up on all the rampant posting that's been going on around here.

Ann, I want to buy the rights to your dream for a script!

A tilt-a-whirl is more like these little domed cars you and a couple friends can sit in and they rotate you around and around. There are mayby 8 of these cars, each independently spinning on its own axis. Then the apparatus that the cars are on is itself spinning. The cars are usually red and blue.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #103 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:19:56 AM »

ONE DAY AT A TIME - reunion show.....why?

Rodzinski · « **Reply #104 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:20:10 AM »

All I saw last night was a guy singing "Never Can Say Goodbye" and he was quite flat, and I wondered why the judges couldn't just say, "You were flat." They basically complemented him and told him to "up his game".

Jrand74 · « **Reply #105 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:20:52 AM »

That's the way I remember them DR RODZINSKI.

Matt H. · « **Reply #106 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:20:58 AM »

My copy of THE DAYDREAMER arrived today. Don't know when I'll find time to watch it with all this sensational TV still running this month, but it'll go to the top of the stack of to-be-watched DVDs.

Also got ON A CLEAR DAY, MY SISTER EILEEN, 20th CENTURY, and several others. So many DVDs, so little time!

Matt H. · « **Reply #107 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:22:26 AM »

Yes, I always liked the Til-a-Whirl and the Scrambler. I haven't ridden either in many decades.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #108 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:23:19 AM »

Vixmom- I am with you on Mission Space. Fun. But it is very scary and nervewracking because the whole time you are in line, you don't know what the ride does or is exactly, and there are constant warnings that you could get sick and so forth. The buildup to the ride itself is very intense. The Gal refused to go on with me so I went alone, and this made it even more scary.

Jennifer · « **Reply #109 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:26:49 AM »

Re: American Idol

Maybe Anthony will appeal to those who liked Clay?

As for Bo, he needed the judges praise. I really don't see him being a fan favorite. And unless he is amazing from now on, I don't really see him as contending to win.

As for Mario Vasquez. He could have stood there and recited the phone book, and he would be one of the top 2 vote getters last night. For some reason the teeny boppers have chosen them as their favorite.

I'm telling you, I suspect Anwar, Constantine, and Mario can just stand there and they will make it to the final 6 men.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #110 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:31:37 AM »

You can't beat the Scrambler for a good-time fairgrounds kind of ride. Unlike, say the Zipper, which is physically abusive!

My faves at Walt Disney World are the boat rides in Mexico and especially Norway. The Norwegian one is really atmospheric and, if you let yourself, at one point you will really feel like you are out on the seas.

I also love the ride that takes you inside the sphere at Epcot. "Spaceship Earth". I just appreciate that dated sense of teaching people the wonders of communication and how great man is. You couldn't pull this off as sincerely today, and you couldn't have a ride that called for as much passive listening anymore, as it would be deemed too boring for the kids.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #111 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:35:21 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on February 22, 2005, 09:19:56 AM

ONE DAY AT A TIME - reunion show.....why?

Pat Harrington's legion of fans has demanded it be so.

MBarnum · « **Reply #112 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:49:33 AM »

I guess I don't have a favorite ride. The merry-go-round is about as far as I usually go! LOL!

Tom Wopat's new CD (Tom Wopat Sings Harold Arlen) comes out today. I am going to buy it! I love his voice (among other things).

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #113 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:50:21 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on February 22, 2005, 09:16:38 AM

I enjoyed Bo's performance very much. I feel sure he'll end up among the finalists, and I'm going to be interested to see how he fits his rocker voice around some of those theme shows that are surely to come. It will be entertaining.

As a pure singer, I think Anthony is leagues in front of the others, but I'm not sure what his appeal will be. Possibly the same folks who supported John Stephens last year.

Ummm...how about the folks who supported Clay Aiken?

John Stephens could not sing.

Fedorov is on the same level, performance-wise, as Fantasia.

MBarnum · « **Reply #114 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:51:25 AM »

I have a million things coming in the mail (Amazon.com, Ebay, IndiaPlaza, etc.)...I do hope some of the arrive today!

bk · « **Reply #115 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:57:16 AM »

I'm up, I'm up. My phone is fully charged and now I must program some of its functions, especially voice mail.

bk · « **Reply #116 on:** February 22, 2005, 09:57:41 AM »

Everybody, LUMBAR!

Sounds like one of our dances to me.

Stuart · « **Reply #117 on:** February 22, 2005, 10:15:19 AM »

Quote from: Rodzinski on February 22, 2005, 09:31:37 AM

I also love the ride that takes you inside the sphere at Epcot. "Spaceship Earth".

Ditto. Also "Imagination," or whatever it's called, with that cuddly dragon, Figment.

bk · « **Reply #118 on:** February 22, 2005, 10:19:58 AM »

Hard to say what kind of day it will be, weather-wise. It rained through half the night, but there seems to be a really light drizzle going on now, but there is a patch of blue peeking through so we shall see.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #119 on:** February 22, 2005, 10:22:34 AM »

We have patches of blue, too....and I'm stringin' beads....yes I am!

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