Musical Sunday!

Yaaaay!! Today we're going to talk about my newest musical obsession and the source of my new username - Next to Normal!

I am super excited that it's on tour now - starring OBC member Alice Ripley ("She's fierce! Hey, that's the first time I ever said the word fierce... that's the second." /[title of show]), and it's coming to DC! ... a year from now. But still!

I bought the soundtrack as soon as I came home from New York (where I didn't get to see it on Broadway), and fell in love with it pretty much immediately. The score is very rock-influenced, the actors' voices are amazing, the characters are all so relatable, the humor is sarcastic and snarky, and the show is a fascinating exploration of mental illness, grief, and family.

It's actually kind of hard to describe without spoiling the two plot twists in the first act. I've never seen the show, so I'm not really sure how shocking they're supposed to be (you can figure it all out from the soundtrack, which is what I did). But I'm obviously going to need multiple posts to talk about it - I kind of want to include every single song in the show - so I will talk about the first twist (it's impossible not to, since it's the whole premise of the show) in this post, and then for next week's post, I'll talk about the other one.

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Memes!

Snagged this one from maharet83:

What was your first impression of me?

And for those who have known me a while:

Has that changed at all?

I also did the Color Quiz. I can't remember where I got this one, it's been open in a tab for a while. My results are under the cut.

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