PHANTOM OF THE OPERA!
Alright so i was casually talking to one of my old roomates and i noticed that part of her msn name was "Phantom is coming to Winnipeg". So instantly after i saw the words "Phantom is coming..." I started freaking out and Googling it just to see when the show was coming to Manitoba. Then i find out that it's coming to Calgary in July!! Whoah! Again with the freaking out!! I was talking to my friend Amy (also on MSN) and she's a big musical fan too (she was recently in a small town production of "The King and I") and so she was freaking out too. I called a friend of mine in Red Deer cause i was sure that he'd love to hear my excitement over this and when i told him the dates of the show in Alberta he was taking notes. Now me being an obsesse of the show i wanted to go very very badly and I think Scott caught on to that cause he said that he'd see what he could do. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! I seriously should have timed my "freak out session" which lasted from hearing "Phantom is coming..." to when i e-mailed my fellow obsessees in Saskatoon. Now that i think about it I think the whole process lasted about half hour. And it included screaming, jumping, breathless talking, and yes, even some crying. And i was showing Amy my Phantom mask on webcam and was telling her all about my Phantom merchandise. Curious? Well I have piano music, 2 copies of the soundtrack (musical and movie, and i have the movie one pretty much memorized), and a Phantom mask. Ok I know that that really doesn't sound like alot, but still.
I guess this whole obsession started in July of 2004 when me and by friend Trent were driving from Saskatoon to Stoney and we listened to the whole soundtrack. He already saw it in London and since i wasn't driving i was following along with the lyrics and Trent would pause the CD accordingly to tell me what went on on stage during that part when he saw it in London. And trying to invision what Trent was telling with what i was hearing, i was amazed. Then when we got to camp a few of our friends started getting curious about it too so they hopped on the band-wagon. Then just before i headed off to New Zealand, Trent, me, Krystin and Nicole heard that the movie was coming to S'toon. So what do we do? We dress up all fancy like and headed off the movies! Observe...
Then on my way to NZ i had a stop over in LA and of course there was music stores in the LA airport and my eye instantly sought out the POTO soundtrack (movie version). And since i considered it my LA "splurge" i bought it. And since I had it at school and a mini poster that I printed out and took overseas with me, everyone at school pretty much knew i was a Phantom fan. I even captured my friend Mark playing the Phantom's theme on keyboard on my digicam.
So since this whole fiasco started of my goals has been to see POTO live. And this year, i just might get my wish.
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