Pointless Musings

[themostepotente]

Yeah, just like the title suggests. And besides, there are certain people that count on me for their day's entertainment :P

1.) Phantom of the Opera: I've noticed a good portion of my friendslist has been wibbling over the movie. People, I sure as fuck hope you know that PotO has been around a long time, and like this is NOT a new phenom :P I'm sorry, but I can't get excited over something that's missing two key elements; Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman. 'Nuff said.

2.) The asshats across the street whose Christmas tree is still visible from the window: Take the fucker down, you lazy sons o' bitches. It's bad enough it's stilll up, but to plug the sucker in?

3.) Kittens that prefer empty toilet paper rolls over 'real' toys: I could make a real killing marketing this :P

4.) On hating the snow and cold: I live in Michigan and I H-A-T-E both. I'm up there in smarts with the dumbshit 'I'm going to leave the Christmas decorations up all year' neighbors :P

5.) On laughing at the idjits smoking out in the freezing cold: *dons nametag* Hello! I'm now one of those fucking idjits! Ah, irony.

More later,

--P

Comments

[froda-baggins.livejournal.com]

People, I sure as fuck hope you know that PotO has been around a long time, and like this is NOT a new phenom

Does being a fan for about...five years count? (Or would the proper term be "phan"?)

As for Crawford and Brightman....I rather adore Crawford, which is why I have the Original London Cast. But he's not the reason I like the show. Actually the first production I ever saw of it (a national tour) had a better Phantom than Crawford. I kid you not.

And I could do without Sarah Brightman ever having been born, no offense. I much prefer Emmy Rossum's voice.

Have you seen the film yet? It's worth a look you know.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

is it possible your neighbors with the tree are eastern orthodox? the orthodox just had their christmas last friday.

i was in borders the other day. they were blasting brightman at me. i do not like her voice, particularly when she duets with people like bocelli, who don't need her.

[loupgarou1750.livejournal.com]

1. I'm sorry, but I can't get excited over something that's missing the one true element; Lon Chaney.

2. I have dreamt of driving around with a beebee gun, shooting out Christmas lights. There ought to be a law that these things come down on January 2nd.

3. My cats have an astounding attachment to the little plastic rings that come off of a gallon of milk.

4. I have no comment. I live in California. Where it's been raining forever.

5. Hello idjit. I'm an idjit too.

[saruwatari.livejournal.com]

3.) Kittens that prefer empty toilet paper rolls over 'real' toys: I could make a real killing marketing this :P

TP rolls, the plastic rings off milk containers, bread tags, and twist-ties. You'd make a mint.

[-quanta-.livejournal.com]

If you need any help coming up with graphics or marketing ideas for the kittytube, you let me know, a'ight? *winks*

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

The people in my neighborhood tend to keep lights up and *lit* all year. It's a bit disconcerting to see a Christmas star still up in June.

Pretty, though. I don't mind.

[ladysorka]

3.) Kittens that prefer empty toilet paper rolls over 'real' toys: I could make a real killing marketing this :P

Don't forget milk rings and those little clear caps on sport bottles.

And I once had a neighbor who left their (real) Christmas wreath on their front for 3 years. Same wreath.

We finally called the fire department, who made them take it down.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm really really sorry about #2. Didn't know you could see it from there...

But I took care of #4. Neener-neener-neener. Livonia does not miss me one iota. And vice-versa.

[schmoo999.livejournal.com]

Sweetie,
I saw Phantom in NYC five years ago in '99. And then saw the movie version a month ago at BNAT. I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by how closely the movie was to the stage version.
Now I have been a fan of the whole Phantom thing since 1987 when I got my mom to get me the soundtrack. I wore those cassette tapes out.

Also here is another thing your post reminded me of. I grew up in a fairly small city. (about 10,000) and there was one main road to get to the grocery store and so forth. One year when I was 13 I noticed this house on the road with their Xmas tree still up in the picture window in mid January. And then I noticed it again in Feb. and so I kept looking and by golly that tree was up the whole year around until the next Xmas. *bg* But alas they didn't turn the lights on July or anything.

My Xmas crap is down and put away on the 2nd of January. It is the one thing I am really anal retentive about.

I live in the snow belt region of Ohio. 50 miles from Lake Erie. I feel your pain sweetie.

lol.

<3
~me

[starkittyn.livejournal.com]

*sticks tongue out at you*

I never was able to afford seeing the play but I had the highlights of it for years.

However, the movie makes it much more accessible to me. So, um, there.

Plus, sorry, Michael Crawford does not compare in the looks department to Gerard Butler.

I used to just faint that Michael Crawford could even sound like that. All I can think of is him as the little squeaky guy in Hello Dolly.

so, nyah.

[fierceglow.livejournal.com]

1.) I'm sorry, but I can't get excited over something that's missing two key elements; Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman.

The key element that the movie is missing for me is Steve Barton. :-( But he died some years ago, so...

[tytoalba.livejournal.com]

"3.) Kittens that prefer empty toilet paper rolls over 'real' toys: I could make a real killing marketing this :P"

From my experience, they prefer emptyING toilet paper rolls, heheh, into messy piles and confetti all over the bathroom and adjacent rooms. Also, they love balls of tin foil, those silly puddy eggs with all the puddy pushed down to the bottom so it wobbles but doesn't fall over when they kick it around, the caps to cheap ballpoints, and foreign films, and all sorts of other crap. I think they know when you've bought the toy. They don't like them too 'manufactured.'

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Regarding Phantom, I've been a rabid fangirl for 10 years now and Sarah Brightman still leaves me cold. I've only heard one person who did Christine justice and she was a minor actress in the UK tour. She was incredible and gorgeous to boot (plus, I saw her play Fantine in Les Mis and melted and wailed over her).

But oh, the film is pretty even if some of the orchestrations are dubious. To me, during the Phantom of the Opera song, it sounds like there's some mad banjo player on crack strumming away.

[ldybastet.livejournal.com]

1.) I watched it on stage in Stockholm... 93 I think... It was played for 8 years straight, or something like that. I still feel sorry for the poor guy who played the Phantom, having to be in that headspace for that long. ;-) We had crappy seats though... very crappy. My mum was absolutely obsessed with it for years. It's very possible I'll watch it with her, for old times sake...

2.) I'm an asshat! *grins* But, it's also tradition in Sweden to have the stuff up until 20 days after xmas (which we celebrate on the 24th, just to be annoying). Which means that... I have to take it down today! *wail*

[mizbean.livejournal.com]

I grew up in Michigan. I know your pain. Ah, memories: shoveling out our driveway everyday after school, all that yellow snow from the neighborhood dogs, good times. Although, I moved on to Illinois, so I'm no smarter in the weather department... looking forward to that 20 degree drop in temperature forcasted tonight.

[cedarlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Package those toilet paper rolls with balls of aluminum foil and you might as well be printing your own money.