I become a Marathon Runner and Marry an Alcoholic

Yes, I'm doing this meme again. Put your iTunes on shuffle. Whatever song comes up, you write the title next to the time in your 'life.' No cheating.

Birth- White Flag- Dido [My mom was really young and everyone wanted her to have an abortion, but she didn't want to surrender her baby boy]

First birthday- The Wizard and I- Wicked [I felt I was magical]

First day of school- What is this Feeling- Wicked [I discovered my hatred of people]

Middle school- Don't stop believin'- Glee [I hated people so much, but I wasn't gonna stop]

First girlfriend- Defying Gravity- Kerry Ellis [But then I got a girlfriend, and it was like defying gravity.]

Puberty- Something Beautiful- Stephanie J Block [I became attractive]

First breakup- 4 Minutes- Glee [But I felt I had no time for a girlfriend, so we broke up]

High school- Both Sides Now- Joni Mitchell [I learned a lot about myself and walked in other people's shoes and thought a lot about love and life]

High school graduation- The Word of Your Body Reprise- Spring Awakening [I felt lonely]

Choice of college major- A Thousand Miles- Vanessa Carlton [I became a marathon runner]

College- Come to Your Senses- Tick Tick... Boom! [I realized I was living my life wrong]

College graduation- Seasons of Love- Rent [I thought about how I wanted my life to be great and full of love]

Meets future wife- The Dark I know Well- Spring Awakening [We had a lot of fights]

Engagement- Hello- Glee [We waved hello to our new life together]

Marriage-Rehab- Glee [She was an alcoholic]

Have a child-Without You- Rent [We realized we needed each other to go on, and we loved our new baby]

Become sick- Breathe- Michelle Branch [I felt I just needed to relax and I'd be fine]

Death- All Grown Up- Bare [Everything's ending and I regret so much and I'll miss the times alive]

Funeral- Out Tonight- Rent [My wife gets over me very fast and becomes a cougar.]

Well, this makes sense for the most part. Except the end... how sad. Please do this in the comments (Even though I don't get any comments anymore)

Cheers to "Both", Change, and its Persistence.

Change.

It happens all the time. Everyone changes. Change your clothes, your personality, your classroom, etc. Change is constant. It won't stop. So why should I hate something that's ever so persistent? Things in my personal life have changed, some gradual, others suddenly. Sometimes it's for the better. But not all the time. There's a bad kind of change. Ones you wish never happened, but unfortunately, you can't change change.

And then sometimes, change is a mixture of good and bad. And this is where you get lost. And you know why? It's because you can't figure it out. Are you supposed to be happy? Are you supposed to embrace this change? Or are you supposed to push it away? Refuse it?

I don't know the answer. Sometimes, you have to let it all go in front of you. Let change, change. That's what it does. It changes things. I'm not extremely passive, but I know that I can't resist it.

Right now, I'm lost. I don't know if I should be happy, or sad, or both. The latter is what I've been. Both.

Things are complicated around here. I can't really explain it at the moment. And that really sucks. Because I don't have a shoulder to lean on except my own. (And Jojo's) I'm mentally strong enough to tell myself that I'll be ok, and I legitimately believe that I'll be fine, but there's also this tug of... I don't know. The other half of "both." Whatever that is. I feel it.

You don't have to worry about me. Whatever change is bound to happen hasn't happened yet. It's nothing serious. For me, maybe, but it's nothing to be concerned about for you. For the most part, this change is a good one. But like I said, I feel some serious "both."

So cheers to "both", change, and its persistence. Because it'd be rude not to give them a nod, especially since they're here. And there. And everywhere.

Four Fact Friday

...When Things I Love Thursday fails.

Four Facts about me:

1. When I was little, I stepped on a hornet's nest. They all stung me. I was like, 4, and in Monticello, Maine, where my grandparents own a bunch of land. We were out picking Christmas trees (they grow them) and... crunch.

2. I love eating shredded Mozzarella cheese from a cup. I think it's magically delicious. Kind of like Lucky Charms, but without the stale marshmallows and cat food

3. Since after I was a baby, I've puked 2 times that I remember. Once was because my sister put the medication in my inhaler for me, but she put to much. So it went something like this: *Breathe in* *Quasi-honking sound* *vicious coughing and gagging* *puke*. The second time was after my 11th birthday party, I ate too much candy.

4. There's a pink wig on the far side of my room. It has a mysterious origin, one that even a handy-dandy PokeDex can't even tell.

I know, I know, I haven't posted actual blog posts with much effort lately. Sorry, but until something so interesting happens, in which I have an inner monologue which says something along the lines of "oh man, I should really blog about this. Isn't it creepy that when I have fun, the first thing I think of is to blog about it? Yea, it is. Wow, way to insert yourself into my conversation.

Now go away, and stop reading. You stupid humans.

So thanks for putting up with all of these pointless entries xD And my lame attempts at jokes. Really, you all deserve an award.

No they don't.

Stuff I Love Saturday

1. Blue Ice from Big Dipper

2. Oreo Fun Stix

3. My Nana (D'aww)

4. Cats in Hats

5. Talking Dogs

6. Solitary 4.0

7. RW/RR Challenge: Fresh Meat

8. Chelsea Handler

9. Karaoke

10. Riffing to the Western Sky

11. Maureen Johnson

Things I Love Thursday

These are some things I love this week. Join me in the comments, won't you?
Things I Love Thursday:

-Rain, and lots of it
-Jojo
-Wheat Thins (my God, they're fantastic)
-A League of Their Own
-Total Drama Island
-Ice cream parties
-The Book Thief
-Alexia Khadime
-Having the house to myself
-The celebrity apprentice
-Next to Normal (especially its tour dates)
-Jekyll and Hyde
-Chess
-Salt water taffy
-3 day weekends
-My clumsiness, even though it is extremely annoying

DedeCanGomezziblog #1- Percy Jackson & the Olympians, the Movie.

Danielle and I both went to see Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief together. As suggested by the movie title, the movie is both long and about a Lightning Thief. I don't feel the need to review it, because everyone who reads this has already read the book, and if you haven't, do I know you? Danielle and I both compiled this list, which spawned the title of this post. Isn't it amazing? Just as a precaution, the following contains spoilers to the movie and the book.

THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE BOOK
No Nancy
Grover's black
The action before he gets to the camp was either deleted or went fast
Riptide was gold, and was unnamed. It also never returned to his pocket.
Poseidon and Zeus acted like they never see each other
Persephone has a storyline
No cabins, only tents that aren't arranged.
Annabeth has brown hair and no invisible cap.
No camp half-blood t-shirts.
No Thalia's tree.
No Clarisse.
No Cerberus
No Ares
No Oracle
No Mr. D
No prophecy
You have to click Riptide, not uncap it.
Percy ends up taking his mom from underworld, and leaves Grover
Hades randomly comes to camp
Luke confronts them in the outside world
Annabeth doesn't have much of a crush on Luke
Thier quest is based around achieving pearls to get his mother
Luke has video games
Luke has his own cabin
He gives them a map and a shield with the lightning bolt inside it
They sneak out of the camp
Lotus flowers. Wtf.
*The Lotus Flowers are given to them at the Lotus hotel. Once eaten, they enter a drug-like, Euphoric state and gamble. In this movie, there is no age limits. At anything.
There's no Auntie Em. Just Medusa.
There's a woman who turns to stone in front of them.
Percy has an iPhone
No mist
Annabeth and Percy are on two different teams during Capture the Flag
No music label where Percy meets Hades
Nashville is added to their quest. One of the pearls is hidden in a fake Parthenon.
Mom doesn't work at the candyshop
The shoes were never rigged that Luke gave him and Zeus would let him use them
They're over 16 and can drive
No truck with animals in it
No three furies who attack Percy.

THINGS WE LIKED
Persephone's story line. And ROSARIO DAWSON was amazing.
When Percy and Annabeth dueled it out at the very end.
The music. Really, it's one of my favorite movies in terms of music choices. This include A Little Less Conversation by Elvis, Tik Tok by K$sha, and Just Dance by Lady Gaga. I know how it sounds, but trust me on this.

OUR ADVICE
If you haven't read the books, you should definitely go see it. However, if you have read the books, be aware that the movie differs so much. Don't expect it to be the book you read. We recommend watching this movie. We're glad it came out, just dissapointed that it's basically a different story.

FINAL THOUGHTS
Movie- 4 Stars
Compared to the book- 2.5 Stars
Worth the 9 dollars we paid to see it?- Mostly.

There you have it, our first DedeCanGomezziblog post. This will also be posted on Danielle's blog (Dedecanblog) with mostly the same information. Comment on both of ours! Now.

Chronological Timeline of Events leading up to my Love of Theater.

My first real time being in a theater to watch a show was to see Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with my mom. We went to see it at the Palace Theater in Waterbury. I can't remember much about it. I don't even know if it was a musical or just a play. I remember that all the grandparents were puppets, though. Some other things I remember: This was I believe in 5th grade. I didn't wear my glasses all that much then. I forgot them at home, and since we had balcony seats, my mom drove back home and got them. I remember getting to the Palace and it was amazing. Marble floors, balconies, box seats, wow. I got some Party Mix as a snack. (They let you have snacks in there.)

Although I enjoyed the experience, I never really got into musical theater until mid-eighth grade. I was looking for songs on Youtube and I remembered Seasons of Love from Rent. I loved this song. I looked at the related videos and saw some names I thought were familiar. I eventually made it through every song in the movie adaptation. After a month or so, I finally got to rent Rent (haha) from Blockbuster. I fell in love. The movie was great, but I thought that was the farthest this love would go. But I was wrong.

I soon discovered the theater version. I bought the DVD, and watched, and awed. It was so brilliant, fantastic, and emotional. The cast was pure perfection, and I realized that I liked this version better than the movie. There were more scenes, more songs, and although more simplistic, a better scenery. (I still don't know why I think that. The set pieces are just a table and chairs.)

Idina Menzel originated the role of Maureen in Rent, as well as reprising the role for the movie version. Danielle had mentioned a few times about Wicked. I never really paid much attention until one magical day. I was on pandora.com on my self-created Rent Radio. No One Mourns the Wicked came up from Wicked. I recognized Idina and decided to ask Danielle a little more about it. I soon downloaded the entire soundtrack and read the book (Wicked is based off of a 300-500 page book. No lie. I read it and loved it.) I later found bootlegs of Wicked. The first full show I saw was with Stephanie J Block and Annaleigh Ashford on Google Video. It was so fantastic. I shared the link with Danielle, and to this day, Wicked is one of our most talked about topics. It's something we both get and enjoy and love. 

One day at a get together, I gave Danielle a huge bag of stuff I wanted her to read and watch. A couple days after her birthday, we met up at Woodland for the wandering party. I gave her her birthday present, Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway. She really enjoyed it, and we still make references to it on Twitter occasionally. We actually might have been able to see it, but that didn't work out too well. She gave me back my bag of stuff to borrow. In the car I was looking through it to make sure everything was there, and I found a Playbill from Wicked at the Gershwin theater. I gasped loudly, and read it front to back. The cast was Marcie Dodd and Alli Mauzey on Broadway. I called her immediately after to talk about it. She said she went with her dad, and she had an extra Playbill, so she gave it to me. I was, and still am, so thankful. It's on my shrine of favorite things ever. 

Ever since then, my love of theater has grown and grown, and probably won't stop. (Select favorites include 9 to 5, Next to Normal, Spring Awakening, and of course Rent and Wicked.) I'm now interested in pursuing acting and singing. I might be going to see Wicked in October on Broadway (fingers crossed, people. Fingers crossed.) I suppose credit for the start of all this goes to Mrs. Coneglio from Community School for teaching Seasons of Love to the chorus... Wow. I never really thought about it that much. Also: My mom, Angela (for the day before my discovery of Rent for reminded me of Seasons of Love at Josh's get together while bouncing the yoga ball) and Danielle for showing me Wicked and the Playbill.

So, yea, this post is one of those "I didn't need to know this" kind of posts. Sorry, but hey, it's my blog.