Lisa and I spent the day in New York City and you would never believe who I bumped into… my old friend Sammy! We had a great little tête-à-tête. Sammy was very interested in my ideas and I have a very strong feeling you will see the new Spiderman outfit equipped with a bejeweled codpiece.

Here’s a pic of Sammy and me:
(I am Zelig)

Now, onto more important matters such as the play Lisa and I saw this afternoon, LESTAT!!!!!!! It was wonderful and I LOVED it but I understand why it is closing. Let me just say that back in 1996, America was not ready to embrace a homosexual vampire cop. That’s why Forever Knight was cancelled. For some reason Sir Elton John thought that 10 years later, perhaps America had advanced in their thinking and maybe they might accept a homosexual vampire MUSICAL! Elton, you were wrong. America still isn’t ready for vampires front and center. Vampires singing and dancing. Vampires kissing other vampires of the same gender on the mouth as the two Italian men wearing matching wife beaters with gold chains around their necks, sitting in front of Lisa and I, scoffed and made gagging noises. Quite simply, vampires are the scourge of the entertainment industry. Perhaps one day America will accept the vampire, Elton, but just not now.

After the play, Lisa and I bought a program and a poster. We walked outside and found ourselves in front of the stage door. As the actors came out, I asked them to sign my Lestat poster…. and they did! With their own Sharpies! Tomorrow Lisa and I are going to AC Moore to buy a frame and mat so we can hang the poster in our hallway. I can hardly wait!

It was right after obtaining the signatures of the newly unemployed cast that Lisa and I mistakenly wandered onto the Spiderman set which is where I met my old friend Sam Raimi (pictured above). After the meeting, Lisa and I walked around Central Park. We watched a rollerskating dance troupe perform and later we watched a man barely clad in a Native American-like outfit play the violin, shout, and turn around in circles. It was after that last performance we realized how very tired we were and we decided to head home. We caught the 7:03 train back to Trenton. Bo was waiting for us at our parents’ house. Now we are all home and I can assure you, I am going to have some wonderful dreams tonight! SAM RAIMI!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you believe it?

I can’t stop singing this song…..

I survived the dentist. He filled my tooth and filed it down. Even though the right side of my mouth and face were numb, I still met my parents for pizza! I tell you, I have no desire to work tomorrow. None! Zilch! Zip! Nada! I can hardly wait to see Lestat in NYC! Pizza was delish as always. The boys kept us entertained. I get such a kick out of all of them. Time for me to sleep. I am so tired.

Here’s a link to that Clay Aiken impersonator clip I mentioned in the entry below. It was so cute!

FACT! I thought Clay Aiken was a girl. I had stopped watching American Idol at that point and my only exposure to him was the cover of his album. All I can say is dude looked like a lady! This is not a bad thing, though! Especially for a teen idol. A requisite for being a teen idol is having dubious sexuality. Teen girls love boys who look like girls. I don’t know why.

Here is a listing of the idols I liked as a pre-teen girl:

1. Luke Skywalker (1983)
2. Ricky Schroeder (1984)
3. Simon LeBon from Duran Duran (1985)
4. River Phoenix (1986)

And then on February 23, 1986 my life changed forever! It was that day that MTV aired, Pleasant Valley Sunday, a 24-hour Monkee Marathon!

I didn’t catch all of American Idol last night but the one part I saw and loved was when that kid came out to collect his award for best celebrity (Clay Aiken) look-a-like. And they asked him to sing and as he warbled through some cheesy Aiken song, the real Clay Aiken came out and the kid was just overcome! How great was that!? I loved every squirming second of it!

Yesterday I read that Lestat, Elton John’s musical version of The Vampire Chronicles is closing on Sunday! I didn’t even know it had ever opened! I went to Youtube.com and found some fan recordings of scenes. Oh. my. gosh! SO CAMPY!
“I am leaving you Lethhhhtat, I want you to know that now, one night you will wake up and I will be GONE!!”
Yeah, gay vampires, right up my alley! (Shades of Forever Knight?) So I went to ticketmaster and purchased the last 2 tickets available for the Saturday matinee. Why not!? I go to NYC all the time. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity!

1. I really thought the girl was going to win. It doesn’t matter. Taylor is cool, I liked his style better anyway. (He’s no JD Fortune, though)

2. Someone filmed me here in the donnavilla and actually had the gall to post it on Youtube! I can’t believe it. When I find out who did it I will smash their head so far into their torso they’ll have to drop their pants to say Hello …but until then, ENJOY!

Other lines I considered:
I will kick their asses so hard they will taste shoe polish
I’ll wrap their legs around their neck and give them a new pair of shoulders

It’s Wednesday and already I am looking forward to the weekend. Tomorrow instead of DeLorenzo’s, I am going to the dentist. I suppose if I get out of the dentist chair early enough, I could swing by and meet my parents. My feeling is that my mouth will probably hurt too much and all I will want to do is go home. It is such a relief knowing my mouth woes will be over soon. Although the thought of the vast amount of work that the dentist will have to do frightens me.

I did something quite unusual this evening. Unusual for me. I went out on a date. I can’t even remember the last time I went out on a date. However, that’s not the unusual part. The man I went out on the date with asked me out just the other day. Typically I say no to such inquiries. The reason I said yes to this one is that the man looked amazingly like Roy Dupuis (Du-Pweeeeeee!). He had the same close set eyes and long (romance novel cover) hair. The main difference between him and Roy is that I don’t ever recall Roy calling Nikita “man” or “dude”. The conversation went like this, “Dude! The weather is so cold, man!” “Awesome bar, dude!” “Dude, I can’t believe you agreed to go out with me, man, like no way!” Oddly enough, I had a good time. I can’t imagine we will ever go out again but it served it’s purpose. I had a great time, dude!

24 was very predictable. I know I already mentioned how I saw the Chinamen plot but I also knew the president was miked. C’mon! JACK BAUER DOESN’T WAIVER! Did you see how his lower lip quivered and his hand holding the gun shook as he counted 1 – 2 – 3? It was a set up! I am also quite certain the whole killing Christopher Henderson was a joke too! He’ll be back. Definitely.

The other day I was wearing my fleece hoodie and I turned to Lisa and said, “As a matter of national security, I think we should order dinner in tonight.” It just popped out! And that’s not all! Yesterday morning I said to Lisa, “You didn’t make coffee and you are responsible for the assassination of President David Palmer, a man I respected and someone I was honored to call my friend!” I think it’s a good thing the season is finally over.