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Hi! I hope you had a very nice Christmas! How was it? Mine was good and I liked all of my gifts, which was mostly some new clothes, pajamas and Wicked and Taylor stuff. What did you get? Did you get anything cool? For me, it was just a few things but that's fine. Haha I definitely think of weeks starting on Mondays. Aww it's so cool your friend is coming! Will you guys do anything fun while she is here? It's nice that you will able to spend time with her for a while when they are here! I'm happy for you.

Taylor deserves a long break so I totally get it. I'm pretty excited for rep TV but I really don't mind waiting. Haha you can always wait until rep TV is announced and then have some time to listen to all of her albums leading up to it, if you don't get to it now. That's what I usually do..the week it's supposed to be out, I spend my time listening to her albums, but now I usually just pick a few lol. Like for TTPD, I thought it was going to be more like Red, since it was a breakup album, mixed with maybe rep, and Folklore. I also listened to Lover, which was her and Joe, and Evermore, and Midnights since that was the newest obviously lol. But for when rep gets announced, I'll probably just relisten to all the rerecordings, but not rep until the night it comes out. So that's what I do, and you still have time to. I'm pretty sure it's going to be rep at this point, but before, I did think she might save it for last and it might still be a possibility. But the 20 year debut anniversary is next year already..thats crazy, and I think maybe she could wait until then, just to make it more special..idk. What do you think? I really don't mind either way though! I would be just as excited for debut.

Ahh wow I didn't think you would read it that fast! I did see and was excited for you but I didn't think you would already be done lol. It's fine that you're waiting a little bit for the movie, and it gives me a chance to read it before then and give you my thoughts. So what did you think? Did you enjoy it? Who is your favorite character? What was your favorite part..in the book like an actual scene or just about the story in general? Mine is definitely Ponyboy and my favorite part is his friendship with Johnny since it reminds me of my sister and me. I also relate to the whole being outsider thing in general but I wasn't sure if you would. Since I don't think you knew everything, what surprised you? Was it pretty much what you were expecting? Did you love it or just like it? Did the age range play a part..do you think you would like it more if you read it when you were younger? I think I read it at the right age when I was 13 and that's why I love it so much. Do you have any other thoughts or predictions about the musical after reading it? What scene do you wonder about or want to see on stage? I remember thinking how would they do the fire and the hair change..which I think are mostly successful. I'm also a bit worried I may have given some spoilers or just over hyped it and especially with the musical..but I'm so glad you liked the story at least! I also don't know how much you knew about it in general, like the vibes but I hope some stuff I said makes sense now haha. I'm excited for you to see the movie as well, which is also good in it's own way. Do you think you will watch the musical after seeing the movie or wait more..I just want to know what you think lol.

Oh that's good to know about the Wicked book and audiobook. I'm actually surprised you thought that it wasn't that bad considering I read a few things about it. I agree about being curious about how it was adapted since the book seems pretty long but they also had some of the Wizard of Oz stuff to pull from too. I just read that the added song in Part 2 is another song for Elphaba, and Cynthia helped write it so I'm wondering where it could be..since No Good Deed already exists. What do you think? I think maybe she is trying to push her chances more for an EGOT in case she doesn't win an Oscar for her acting, but if it fits and makes sense, then it could be good.

I totally see what you mean with the Back to the Future musical criticisms, and how it just seems like a big, more of a spectacle musical with the special effects. So the theme park thing makes sense to me, especially since it seems like a musical for people who don't love musicals, and more fun and like you're on a ride..like you said, which made me laugh! Thanks for the warning about the loudness and the lights so I know what to expect, in case I go. Do you think it would still be worth it to go if I get rush tickets? That and me not knowing much about it..like the songs, would be a reason, but it's also only here for a short time so I don't know yet. The songs not being the best doesn't exactly surprise me though. I read your thoughts out loud to my sister and asked what she thought, and she laughed and said it seemed interesting so we will see. I hope it was still worth it to go, and at least they did a good job adapting it from the movie.

What have you been listening to now? It's just been Christmas music, like Laufey, Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Clarkson. I'm hoping I can try to watch the Sabrina Christmas special soon, maybe by New Year's Day or for New Years Eve? What are you doing new years Eve? So throughout the year, my sister and I have a playlist that we update throughout the year and listen to it on shuffle at the end of the year to the first few weeks in the year, so I'll probably be playing that. It has a lot of songs, and we usually turn it into a drinking guessing game on new years lol and we pick our top 10 albums and songs of the whole year, so I always look forward to that. I also have to try to think of lyrics that are like new years resolutions for the new year. If you have any, let me know! I have a few in mind but still have to think so I will tell you once you respond. the only resolution I have so far is to read more books..two a month, one book I own and one I don't. I said that for the past two years though so maybe I need to try to keep better track. I usually put them in pairs, so it will help, but I don't think I finished a whole single book this year so maybe we will see. I think I will start with Outsiders and work on it since you've already read it, and hopefully that gives me a good start or motivation. Anyway I hope you have a good rest of the year and a fun new years Eve and day since I probably won't reply until the new year. Sending hope and good wishes for the new year too! 🩷

hello my friend! happy new year! i hope this year is kind to you and filled with all things good; good health, good reads, good foods, good music, good adventures, everything! my christmas was lovely — very cozy and chill, but very lovely! i think the best thing i got was my friend visiting (she's still here, just out exploring seattle while i'm working right now!)! i am a very sentimental person — some favorite gifts of mine this year were (in no particular order): deep heat (which my best friend brought me from australia since we can't get any here & one of my other friends also sourced some online for me), crafting supplies (one of my friends hole punched letters for me for crafting, one of them collected stickers/supplies for a while), a friend got me the special edition the notebook playbills — and a bunch of supplies for my many sicknesses (throat coat, advil, tylenol cold & flu, excedrin, shower stems, etc) which was so thoughtful (throughout the last few months they've asked me what i want from santa and i said a healthy immune system so i thought this was very thoughtful and fun). i also got some clothes from my mom! one of my friends got toto a kraken hockey toy which i thought was really fun and sweet too (i always get her cats, toto's cousins, some christmas gifts and she always gets toto a little something too).

my best friend & i have been doing the touristy seattle stuff mostly! but also she's been doing some exploring without me while i've been at work! luckily her trip overlaps with a homestand here for the kraken, so we're going to a bunch of games and then we've got california next week! should be very, very fun!

i actually did the whole discography relisten in two days last week! crammed it in and my schedule looked a little crazy but it all worked out! oh i didn't even think about 20 years of debut, that's sooooo. wow. time is really just passing, huh! i really am so so excited for debut and those vault tracks — i'd love a second album of vaults but i know that won't happen haha.

okay with the outsiders.... i think my best friend and i may watch the bootleg (or try to) while she's here — so either before california or after (not that we have a lot of time together left post-california), so i'll post about it and send you a bat signal if we do that! and then jamie and i are going to watch the movie sometime so i guess i will be doing that out of order, but that's okay! i think darry and sodapop were probably my favorites but obviously i also quite liked ponyboy! i think i would've liked it more if i was younger, but i did like it! and you're totally fine with spoilers haha, some of my friends are frequent visitors to the bernard b. jacobs and i see a lot of their posts/stories/etc. about the outsiders musical!

i'm really intrigued about the new song. i've been seeing some tweets of the wicked deleted scenes and it feels like they deleted ... a lot of scenes that would've really elevated the glinda/elphaba dynamic and add more depth to it so i'm ... kind of sad. and it feels like if it wasn't for ariana and cynthia's love for the stage show, a lot of the heart of the musical wouldn't have been there? so that's ... interesting. am a bit worried for part 2. but am intrigued either way!

i think if you got rush tickets it's totally worth going! i'm always in favor of going to see a show if you can make things work! and i think by then you'll have the new george mcfly? which could be fun to see! hi to your sister :)

i'm actually trying to do 365 albums in 365 (loosely) but at the very least a new album a week or something. we'll see how this goes. i'm hoping to get through some of your recs from last year at least! i watched the sabrina special when i came back from eras! i knew there was something i hadn't talked to you about and was meaning to! i thought it was just so fun! i hope you enjoy it when you get to it!

new year's eve was very uneventful for me and mary (my best friend) — we had a hockey game the night before and came home pretty tired + i worked on the 31st/she went touristing (went down to the waterfront, etc.) and then for new year's we had lunch with my uncle and then mostly just hung out! it was really lovely and cozy! tonight we're going to another hockey game so we needed the rest! i hope you enjoy your reread of the outsiders! i have a few goals myself for the new year (and ways to track it) but don't think i will have time to sit down and read until maybe california? when i'm on the plane? who knows!

hope your new year is off to a good start already! 🤍 sending love!

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