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Foul Play
If you havenât heard of it:
â Foul Play is a digital, immersive, improvised comedy murder mystery game from the minds of folks from Broadway, tabletop gaming (Dimension 20, Dungeons and Dragons), and comedy (Upright Citizensâ Brigade, The Phoenix). Think of it as âClue,â but improv comedy, but âSleep No More,â but digital. â
The one I bought a ticket for was "The True Real Life of Real Life People", a murder mystery set in a reality TV show. Alex Brightman was the "host" and many other actors including Rob McClure played characters who came back to the show for a "special reunion". Like a murder mystery party, no one had much time to prepare who they were playing and had to open cards to find out more information about themselves and the plot. Then they--and the audience--had to work to find out who killed the victim.
What I discovered it that with twelve different cameras + so many characters it is hard to solve the mystery of âwho done itâ, but it was silly fun to watch with lots of laugh out loud improv.
Thereâs a discord server where people can talk (mostly just repeating funny lines so no one missed them, lol) and solve the mystery. I personally gave random updates to another Beetlejuice fan who wasnât watching it, so Iâm sure it seemed super weird without context. That was part of the fun, so you get them too:
It is weird af and I don't really know what is happening, so I am just watching Alex and Rob
It is improv and as we know, Alex is really good at itÂ
His character is Jimmy F. Pop. Someone said, "Jimmy, fuck--" and he replied, "No one has used my middle name in so long! James Fuck Pop."
Now there is a zombie apocalypse, lol
ROB IS MAKING WEAPONS
He is going from room to room for weapons!
Now he had a sieve as a helmet and a garage can lid as body armor
Now Alex is laying in a bunkbed like he is in a coffin
Alex just said, "I am Jimmy Fuck Pop corn and I don't care"
His character has extreme daddy issues
HE IS SO SWEATY
He mistakenly called someone else Jimmy. That person called him out and he said he was recently diagnosed with narcissism
"We as men are a nightmare."
"She is a motherfucking zombie."
Now he is painting his nails for why?
NOW WHITE NAIL POLISH ON HIS FACE FOR WHY
Redneck uneducated Rob is trying to save everyone even though he "just heard his mom eat his dad over the phone."
NOW HE JUST DROPPED HIS CHARACTER AND SAID HIS REAL NAME IS ALEX BRIGHTMAN A CHARACTER HE'S BEEN DOING FOR YEARS AND IS NOW SAD HE CAN'T DO A MENAGE A TROIS
"Time for a makeup tutorial at the end of the world. Chose black. The color of anger. The color of lust. The color of ants. This will be our little secret: I killed JFK."
He just asked for a show of hands would like to eat Rob's ass
A DOUBLE CROSS?!!?!
IT'S ALL TWISTY
(I did not guess the killer correctly but that's okay. It was a fun way to watch improv weirdness on a Friday night)
#alex brightman#Alex brightman appreciation#Rob McClure#Beetlejuice#mini beetlejuice reunion#improv shenanigans
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Beetlejuice headcanon/mini fic that just popped into my head. Iâve heard some criticism that The Ghost with the Most leaves for the Netherworld at the end of the show, even after heâs made amends with everyone and even when Juno is no longer an issue. Now I love a good found family trope as much as the next person (my AO3 history will agree lol) but what if he went into the Netherworld to find Lydiaâs mother?
As a disclaimer, Iâve never seen the Tim Burton film or any of the cartoon or comics, so idk if itâs elaborated somewhere else. But if Juno is gone and therefore the regulations lifted from the entryways, whatâs to stop ghosts from leaving the Netherworld?
So some amount of months to years pass and Lydia and the Deetzlands have all adjusted to their strange and unusual family dynamic. Lydia enters the living room, maybe on the way to the kitchen for a homework snack, and stops in her tracks, notebooks and pens clattering to the floor as she registers two familiar figures standing in the middle of the room. BJ launches into some monologue about how arduous it was searching through the vastness of the Netherworld and how many Sandworms he had to fend off in order to bring Emily back to the portal and that Miss Argentina sends her regards, but Lydia canât bring herself to make a sound, her eyes still stuck on the translucent, but intensely familiar form of her mother. Eventually another grownup (my brain imagines Charles, bc obvi) enters the room to investigate the sound of things being dropped and respond in a similar manner to Lydia, attention captured by the sudden reappearance of Beetlejuice and his new ghostly companion.
Lydia eventually managed to break the silence with a shaky and disbelieving ââŠMom?â
Emily smiles in response, her arms opening in an invitation. Her touch is now cool, like mist, and she doesnât smell the same anymore due to her status of deceased, but Lydia is simply glad that she doesnât phase through her like she feared she would.
Sometime during his journeys in the Netherworld, Beetlejuice has learned the power and value of silence, settling to lean back against the banister of the stairs with the other assembled adults, content to let this reunion play out without him. Eventually, he finds himself being dragged forward into a hug by a joyfully tearful Lydia, her dark eyeliner now running down her face.
âWelcome home,â are the only words she can say.
A/N: maybe one day Iâll expand on this more and write an actual fic, but, for now, this is the best Iâve got
Also, barring the whole green card thing, Lydia and BJ are strictly friends/chaotic family here
#beetlejuice#beetlejuice the musical#lydia deetz#charles deetz#Emily deetz#deetzlands#delia deetz#Delia schlimmer#barbara maitland#adam maitland#beetlejuice fic#beetlejuice headcanon#alex brightman#elizabeth teeter#shit I actually post
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Map of Amity Park
So I did a bunch of research and traced over the map the GIW had in DCMH and extended it to try and build a map of Amity Park. I also paid close attention to locations and places named in canon. I am by no means an artist, map maker, photoshop pro, or civil engineer; I just wanted a general reference map for the phandom to use.Â
Here is where I place Amity Park. We know AP isnât in Michigan or Wisconsin, but is most likely a day drive away from Madison (Bitter Reunions). AP is a decent sized city of itself, so I can see it being an outskirt of a large city like Chicago. Lancer mentions the Northwestern Testing, and Northwestern University is in Evanston, IL, which is why I placed it where it is.
LIST OF PLACES (in great detail):Â
Every city needs itâs basic services: energy supply, water supply, sewage, and trash/recycling. These of course are located more on the edge of the city, as they need a large amount of space and are typically isolated.
I placed a local airport in the city as well. Typically you would fly out of one of Chicagoâs airports anyway, but private planes (Vlad, Mansons, etc.) can take off and land here.Â
University of Amity Park is located at the north side of the city, and is home to a Nasty Burger location, an LGBT Center, and is probably near a gas station. The blocks surrounding the campus are more student housing.Â
Near the University, we have the Science Center, Axion Labs, a Mental Institute, and the Museum, as a lot of research from the University would go into those places.Â
In the more isolated areas, we have the Penitentiary, the abandoned North Mercy Hospital, and the GIW Headquarters.Â
The Zoo is located on the north side of the park and is also close to the University for research purposes.
The Observatory is also located in a more isolated area, so you can actually see the stars without a bunch of light pollution.
Going into the center of town, where most things are actually located:
A community college, which is near the internet cafe where Danny and Tucker play games, a gas station, a liquor store, a thrift shop, a Planned Parenthood, Java Jive (the coffee shop), a tech store, and a gym.Â
We also have a shoe store, the hunting goods store and Guitar Palace that Skulker and Ember take over in Reign Storm, the U-Ship Box Store the Box Ghost takes over, a barber and a hardware store.
There is a hair salon, tanning salon, and nail salon, where Paulina frequents. There is also Elmerâs Pharmacy, a dentist office, a law office, the TV repair store, butcher shop, and pet store (which we see next to each other in an episode), a toy store, and a vet office.
Government buildings include City Hall, a public library, a court house, a DMV, a bus station (for all mass transit in the city), a community center (likely where town halls are located and other smaller events; Ida plays bingo here every week), and a retirement home.Â
There is also the post office, Amity Park Fire Department, a bank, the 24K Jewelry shop, a nearby ice cream shop, and another Nasty Burger location (this is the one right by Casper High that the trio usually hangs at). Also an animal shelter, a grocery store, and a pizza joint.
Education: there is a preschool and daycare, the elementary school, a playground/park, the middle school (yes, a Beetlejuice reference), and Casper High. Casper High campus also has the track, a fieldhouse, and the football field.Â
Moving towards Amity Park Mall:
Buckyâs Music Mega Store, an apartment complex, Amity Park Police Department, a bookstore, doctor clinic, gas station, a Dennyâs (where Phight Club happens), Material Grill restaurant, the mini golf course and bowling alley, Freddy Fazbearïżœïżœs (which is actually a horror video game, but here itâs a kids pizza place like Chuck E. Cheese), a furniture store, a party supply store, and the movie theater (which is Marmelâs Multiplex 22, Amity Park Multiplex, and Googolplex Cinemas...it seems that they go to the same movie theater throughout the series and the names just change, or these could also be other movie theaters in the area (like near the college campus). I just picked Multiplex 22 cause it sounded very mall-y).
Along the interstate, thereâs a pawn shop, a publishing house (which somehow prints all 5 of Amity Parkâs newspapers), a homeless shelter, the diner, Safe House Motel, a laundromat, the 89Âą Store (a nod to Fanning the Flames), and the car dealership.
Also near the mall is Amity Arena, which hosts concerts, sports events, and other large entertainment events. There is a hotel near both the arena and the hospital (the one that isnât abandoned and haunted). Towards the outskirts of the hospital, thereâs a trailer park; north a few blocks is the TV station, where News 4 is headquartered. Thereâs also a construction site near Amity Arena, but that kinda went out the window when Undergrowth hit.Â
On the other side of town, we have:
A-Mart, a convenience store. I named it like this because it can be like an offshoot of KMart, but A for Amity!Â
Floody Waters, right off the interstate.
North of Floody Waters, East of Casper High, we have the main residences: the Foley household and only a couple blocks away is Fenton Works.Â
Thereâs also another gas station and the Amity Park Radio Station nearby. Thereâs also a private school near ultra posh Polter Heights, but the A-Listers attend Casper High because the private school doesnât have a football or cheerleading team.
Moving into Polter Heights and the surrounding area:
The Polter Heights Golf Course and Country Club are exclusive to those in the neighborhood, as well as their private neighborhood pool; members only.Â
The Mayorâs Mansion (eventually Vladâs) is located in here too.
All of the A-Listersâ houses are of course in this neighborhood, as well as Valâs previous residence and the Fentonâs temporary mansion from Living Large (which is of course right next door to Vlad, but with some distance, because the rich are always socially distancing with their big houses).
Polter Heights is adjacent to a bunch of farmland (this is the midwest, we like cows and stuff), and there is a church close by as well.
Just outside Polter Heights is the Manson Mansion (with Samâs greenhouse). Lucky for Sam, the Skulk and Lurk Books and an occult shop are just down the street. The Manson residence is also near a funeral home and graveyard (how did Sam get so lucky? Oh, because I love her), a synagogue, Marioâs restaurant, and a dry cleaners.Â
We get more spacious as we get away from the center of town!Â
Along the shore of Lake Eerie, there are the docks which are home to many warehouses, including the mattress factory.
Also along the shoreline, there is a pier which doubles as an amusement park (think kinda like Navy Pier in Chicago in comparison) and alongside the pier is the public beach area.Â
Camp Skull and Crossbones is located on the other side of Lake Eerie, and the fishing area is more on the north side of the lake. Lake Eerie is not one of the Great Lakes, itâs just its own thing in Amity Park.Â
Back towards the park, we have event grounds space, which is where Circus Gothica is located, as well as the Meet Swap and flea market. Basically whatever rotating event hits town, it comes right here. Just next door is a theatre (for music, opera, Broadway, etc.). There is also the third and final Nasty Burger location in AP.
This is all surrounding the actual park Amity Park, which has a pond, a big fountain, and also hosts that really big hill that overlooks City Hall.
On the south side, across the bridge and over the interstate is Elmerton, where Val currently is resided.Â
All the other blocks are filled with more office buildings, apartment complexes, houses, and businesses, but all of the main places are already listed and placed.Â
Finally, yes, I did name some places for myself and my friends because theyâre great and they deserve it. These include Stephâs (mine) Occult Shoppe, Nickâs Liquor Emporium (@ecto-american), Lexx R Us Toystore (@lexosaurus and appropriately named after the Lexxpocalypse), Lazâs Law Offices LLC (@kinglazrus), Deeâs Dentistry (@qlinq-qhostâ), Lilyâs Looks Thrift Store (@dannyphantomisamemeâ), Ceciâs Funeral Home (@ceciliaspenâ), Vicâs Amusement Park (@babypop-phantomâ), and Reverie Books (@wastefulreverieâ).Â
#Danny Phantom#Amity Park#this is literally not a perfect map but here have it anyways#I hope this actually comes into use for you guys#stephanie shares things#Amity Park Map#map of Amity Park#long post
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ao3 wrapped: 7, 23, 30??
7. If you use song lyrics, which artistâs songs did you pull from the most?
I actually only used one song lyric title this year on a work that's finished and posted, and it was a Beetlejuice: The Musical fic, so the title is from Beetlejuice: The Musical, LOL. I'm kind of shocked that I didn't end up Taylor Swifting it again this year like I usually do, but I didn't. (I already know the title for one of my first fics of 2023, though, which is the Steve/Joyce and it comes, OBVIOUSLY, from Fountains of Wayne... "Could Use A Guy Like Me.")
23. Did you do any collaborative works this year?
Yes! I did the Marvel Reverse Big Bang (although I wrote mini bang length) and the Star-Spangled Mini Bang (although I wrote big bang length lol). @schatten-wolfsdrache and @potterspink did the art for both of those bangs, respectively, and I'm so pleased to have gotten to work with them. But I didn't co-write anything this year! And I don't think I co-wrote anything last year, either! It's so unlike me and weird!!! Oh, wait, that's a lie, @catboynickjackson and I started a Reunion J sheylinson one-shot that we haven't posted yet, and it was sooooo nice to co-write with them again. :)
30. Biggest surprise while writing this year?
I just answered, but I feel like this question could have endless answers, so let's see... I am surprised that I kept writing Not In The Answer But The Question even after discovering that it was a little bit The Mortification Of Being Known in more ways than I'd necessarily want to ever write. I HATE the idea of anything about myself being imbued in my writing, even though I know that for most people that's ~the point and what makes it ~art and you're ~supposed to or whatever, I just fucking hate it. I never want anyone to know anything about me that I didn't explicitly tell them as a humorous anecdote. So I'm genuinely surprised that it didn't send me into a quit-writing-forever tailspin when I realized that obviously a story about Queer Disabled Jewish Trauma was, shockingly, also about me, a queer disabled Jew. Again, ::that's growth meme::
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BOOTYLEGS (updated nov 22 2021)
Hello! Hereâs a list of my bootlegs. They are all video, the ones which are audio are specified.Â
If thereâs only the title of the show then I donât know which cast it is (sorry).Â
Iâm willing to gift these but  trading is appreciated!Â
If I gift you a bootleg PLEASE consider donating something to my Ko-Fi, Iâm putting away some money for University, and your donation no matter how small can really help me out!
If we are trading send me your list and I would appreciate it if you sent your bootleg first.Â
If you want any of these MESSAGE ME, also be nice, i wonât give you anything if you are rude so please keep that in mind.Â
I might not always be able to answer, so just wait, if more than 2 days pass write again.Â
PLEASE be specific about the bootlegs you want.Â
*All shows starting with âtheâ are under the letter T*
Thank you :)
[TITLE OF SHOW]
unknown castÂ
&JULIET
West End Cast - november 2019
21 CHUMP STREET
21 Chump Street - Brooklyn Academy of Music (June 7th, 2014) - Original Cast
A CHORUS LINE
A Chorus Line (2006 Broadway revival, opening night)
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
Broadway 11.3.13
A MIDSUMMERâS NIGHT DREAM
2013 PROSHOT Globe
Bridge Theatre NTL
A NEW BRAINÂ
2015 cast
1998 cast
A VERY POTTER MUSICALÂ
A VERY POTTER SEQUEL
A VERY POTTER SENIOR YEAR
AMADEUS
National Theatre Live (2016) PROSHOT
AMELIE
Original Broadway Cast
AMERICAN IDIOT
AMERICAN IDIOT | Los Angeles | Full Show PROSHOT
Broadway 2017 cast
AMERICAN PSYCHO
unknown cast
ANASTASIA
Anastasia OBC (Hartford Stage, off Broadway)
Anastasia on BROADWAY
ANGLES IN AMERICAÂ
National Theatre Proshot version
2003 mini series
ASSASSINS
Original Broadway Cast
AVENUE Q
OBC
BANDSTAND
On Broadway, unknown cast
Bandstand - Fatham Events
BARE: A POP OPERA
Off Broadway cast
BAT OUT OF HELL
West End version july 2017
West End (with Alex Thomas Smith as Tink)
BE MORE CHILLÂ
AUDIO bootleg
The play (Chicago at the Griffin theater), THIS IS NOT A BOOTLEG OF THE MUSICAL VERSION
Be More Chill UNCG Workshop (NOT OBC AND NOT COMPLETE)
INCOMPLETE bootleg of the musical (first 35 minutes)
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST
AUDIO revival (11.10.17)
AUDIO Australian Premiere Cast
BEETLEJUICE
Beetlejuice - 09-2019- BROADWAY CAST
closer view
Beetle juice play original cast (7âą27âą19) ( 1080 X 1920 ) [Missing Girl Scout Song]
Beetlejuice with Presley Ryan
Beetlejuice with Will Blum
BENT
Los Angeles, CA (Center Theatre Group), 8th August 2015
BILLY ELLIOT
Billy Elliot (Chicago 2010) Tommy Batchelor
Billy Elliot the Musical Live PROSHOT
BOMBSHELL
NBC cast reunion 2020
CABARET
alan cumming 1998
Cabaret (Emma Stone)
Cabaret Adam Pascal.
CAROLINE OR CHANGE
West End cast December 2018
CARRIE THE MUSICAL
Carrie the Musical- 2012 Off-Broadway Revival
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Broadway OBC
Charlie Mezzanine OBC
charlie broadway Audio First Preview
CHICAGO
AUDIO, Chicago (12/3/17) featuring Todrick Hall as Billy Flynn (link in text)Cast: Leigh Zimmerman- Velma Kelly, Charolette d'Amboise- Roxie Hart, Brian O'Brien- Fred Casely, Peter Nelson- Sergent Fogarty, Raymon Bokhour- Amos Hart, Nicole Bridgewater- Liz, Gabrielle McClinton- Annie, Donna Marie Ashbury- June, Tonya Wathen- Hunyak, Robyn Hurder- Mona, LaVon Fisher Wilson- Matron "Mama" Morton, Todrick Hall- Billy Flynn, R. Lowe- Mary Sunshine, Beth Johnson Nicely- Go-To-Hell-Kitty, Michael Scirrotto- Harry/ The Jury, Jason Patrick Sands- Doctor, Denny Paschall- Aaron, Barrett Martin- Bailiff, James T. Lane- The Judge, Barrett Martin- Court Clerk
COME FROM AWAY
OBC
Broadway Proshot 2021
COMPANY
West End Production AUDIO, February 25, 2019 - Rosalie Craig (Bobbie), Patti LuPone (Joanne), Mel Giedroyc (Sarah), Jonathan Bailey (Jamie), George Blagden (PJ), Ashley Campbell (Peter), Richard Fleeshman (Andy), Alex Gaumond (Paul), Richard Henders (David), Ben Lewis (Larry), Daisy Maywood (Susan), Jennifer Saayeng (Jenny), Matthew Seadon-Young (Theo), Grant Neal (u/s Harry).
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Broadway OBC
OBC HD version (ACT ONE ONLY)
AUDIO with MLB as Evan Hansen (7-12-17)
AUDIO Colton Ryan as Evan Hansen
AUDIO 7.19.17 (MLB as Evan, Colton as Jared, Garrett as Heidi)
AUDIO 7-30.17 MLB DEH
AUDIO, DEH PREVIEWS WASHINGTON DC (slight changes to songs, should be OBC)Â
AUDIO, MLB AS CONNOR (first act cuts off after Sincerely Me, second act complete)
AUDIO, MLB as Evan, Olivia as Zoe, and Garrett as Heidi
AUDIO, second stage audio
AUDIO, Ben Platt last show
AUDIO, Colton Ryan and Olivia PuckettÂ
AUDIO, Lisa Brescia Cynthia 8-3-17
AUDIO, Noah Galvin
9.30.18 Taylor Trensch (Laura Dreyfuss, Alex Boniello, Lisa Brescia, JLT, Phoenix Best, Asa Somers, Sky Lakota LynchÂ
Taylor Trensch Broadway (Mallory Betchel, Alex Boniello, Lisa Brescia, JLT, Michael Park, Phoenix Best, Sky Lynch):Â
 JANUARY 2020 Broadway Cast (Jordan Fisher)
DIANA
Netflix Proshot 2021
ELEGIES
2003 off Broadway
ELISABETH DAS MUSICAL
Elisabeth das Musical Wien 2005 English Subtitles
EUGENIUS!
West end Proshot
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
AUDIO west end 21.11.17
PROSHOT versionÂ
Amazon Prime movie 2021
FALSETTOS
Proshot version (with audio fixed, i also have a subbed version)
Frontal view
Side/up view
Falsettoland - Original Off Broadway Cast
Falsettos LA1993OBC(Jason played by Sivan Cotel)
Falsettos Lincoln Center Revival National Tour April 19th 2019 Cast: Max Von Essen (Marvin), Nick Adams (Whizzer),Eden Espinosa (Trina),Nick Blaemire (Mendel),Thatcher Jacobs (Jason), Bryonha Marie Parham (Charlotte),Audrey Cardwell (Cordelia) Notes: Pretty much the full show. Missing the last 15 mins of Act Two. Ends at the Bar Mitzvah Scene. Occasional head blocking the right of the stage. (thegr8ststarofall master)
AUDIO Falsettos Oct 1, 2016 (Today4uTomorrow4Netflixâs Master)
AUDIO 08 January 2017 - Closing night
AUDIO 1/6/17 (Peyton Lusk u/s Jason from Making a Home)
WEST END video Septemebr 2019
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
 AUDIO, fiddler on the roof revival (jessica vosk understudy for golde starting in act 2)
FIRST DATE
OBCÂ
FLEABAG
NTL 2019 production PROSHOT
FRANKENSTEIN
NTL PROSHOT with Johnny Lee Miller as The Creature
NTL PROSHOT with Benedict Cumberbatch as The Creature
FROZEN
Live at the Hyperion (FIRST SHOWING) [THIS IS NOT A BROADWAY PRODUCTION]
AUDIO: Frozen (Denver) First Preview (August 17 2017)
DENVER 8.17.17 (USED TO BE NFT)
FUN HOME
Victor Garden Theatre Proshot
FUNNY GIRL
Funny Girl with Stephanie J.BlockÂ
GHOST QUARTER
Ghost Quartet at the McKittrick Hotel, Jan. 12, 2015.
GIGI
GROUNDHOG DAY
OBCÂ
first preview (set breaks)
HADESTOWN
AUDIO, Edmonton, secon previewÂ
AUDIO, Hadestown (audio, Off-Broadway)
VIDEO of West End Production at National Theatre
Broadway Preview
Broadway January 2020
HAIRSPRAYÂ
Hairspray with Andrew Rannells
Hairspray Live (12/07/16)! Cast: Maddie Baillio (Tracy Turnblad), Dove Cameron (Amber von Tussle), Kristin Chenoweth (Velma von Tussle), Garrett Clayton (Link Larkin), Billy Eichner (Rob Barker), Harvey Fierstein (Edna Turnblad), Sean Hayes (Mr. Pinky), Ariana Grande (Penny Pingleton), Derek Hough (Corny Collins), Jennifer Hudson (Motormouth Maybelle), Shahadi Wright Joseph (Little Inez), Andrea Martin (Prudy Pingleton), Rosie O'Donnell (Health Ed Teacher), Ephraim Sykes (Seeweed J. Stubbs), Martin Short (Wilbur Turnblad)
Hairspray with Aaron Tveit
HAMILTON
Hamilton OBC (I also have a version eng subbed, and one with ita sub)
Hamilton OBC filmed from stalls
Hamildoc
Drunk History full episode with Lin
Hamilton Chicago
AUDIO Hamilton with Jon Rua (for cast details message me)
Hamilton with Andrew Rannells (FIRST ACT ONLY)
AUDIO 08/16/2017 - Los Angeles - Michael Luwoye (Alexander Hamilton), Solea Pfeiffer (Eliza Schuyler), Joshua Henry (Aaron Burr), Emmy Raver-Lampman (Angelica Schuyler), Isaiah Johnson (George Washington), Jordan Donica (Lafayette/Jefferson), Mathenee Treco (Mulligan/Madison), Rubén J. Carbajal (Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Amber Iman (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Rory O'Malley (King George)
AUDIO ANDREW RANNELLS (What Comes Next and I Know Him)
HAMILTON TOUR 2017 (VOB, Itâs the one which used to be NFT)
AUDIO, Hamilton Tour Cast (Oct 6, 2017)
Hamilton West End November 2018 Cast: Sifiso Mazibuko (s/b Alexander Hamilton), Rachelle Ann Go (Eliza Hamilton), Giles Terera (Aaron Burr), Rachel John (Angelica Hamilton), Obioma Ugoala (George Washington), Jason Pennycooke (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Tarinn Callender (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Cleve September (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Christine Allado (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Michael Gibson (King George III), Jade Albertsen, Johnny Bishop, Leslie Garcia Bowman, Jon Scott Clark, Kelly Downing, Gregory Haney, Leah Hill, Waylon Jacobs, Miriam-Teak Lee, Phoebe Liberty, Gabriel Mokake (Ensemble)
DISNEY PLUS PROSHOT (also with Italian subs)
HAMLETÂ
 National Theatre, Andrew Scott (PROSHOT)
The Globe 2018 PROSHOT
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
april 2017 bootleg
Broadway (undated)
Broadway April 2019
HEATHERS
Heathers the Musical (New Version-proshoot)
I also have another version found on youtube
heathers oobc
AUDIO, Heathers with Thomas SandersÂ
Heathers | West End | 2018/11/24 Closing Night
West End July 2021 (Christina Bennington as Veronica)
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
Andrew Rannells
Andrew Rannells (better quality)
Neil Patrick Harris
Lena Hall
Off-Broadway
Anthony Rapp
Darren Criss
Michael C. Hall
Hedwig Lena Hall (25-11-16)Â
AUDIO: Andrew Rannell's birthday show
AUDIO: Hedwig Andrewâs closing night 10-12-14
Andrew Rannells 21-08-15
Andrew Rannells 30-08-15
John Cameron Mitchell 2015 Proshot
HELLO AGAIN
2017 movie versionÂ
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
Daniel Radcliffe
IF/THEN
If-Then (Broadway preview performance)
IN THE HEIGHTS
low quality proshot
obc
IN TROUSERS
IN TROUSERS TRINITY COLLEGE PRODUCTION 1992
INDECENT
Indecent- 08-03-17 Pro-Shot
INTO THE WOODS
Into The Woods(OBC PROSHOT)
JAGGED LITTLE PILL
Broadway AUDIO Broadway November 2019
JERSEY BOYS
Andrew Rannells 12/22/07, FIRST 15 MINUTES ARE MISSINGÂ
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
2018 PROSHOT Concert
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
The film
JULIUS CAESAR
NTL 2018 PROSHOT
KING LEAR
King Lear (Donmar Warehouse NT), PROSHOT (Derek Jacobi)
KINKY BOOTS
Kinky boots (unidentified cast)
Kinky Boots 2017 with Brendon Urie (starts at Sex is in the heel)
PROSHOT by BroadwayHD
AUDIO, with Brendon Urie as Charlie (Opening Night)
AUDIO, with Todrick Hall as Lola
OBC VIDEO Stark Sands (Charlie Price), Billy Porter (Lola), Annaleigh Ashford (Lauren), Lena Hall (Nicola), Andy Kelso (Harry), Stephen Berger (Mr. Price), Eugene Barry-Hill (Simon Sr.), Daniel Sherman (Don), Marcus Neville (George), Tory Ross (Pat), Jennifer Perry (Trish), John Jeffrey Martin (Richard Bailey), Adinah Alexander (Milan Stage Manager), Caroline Bowman (Maggie), Sebastian Hedges Thomas (Young Charlie), Marquise Neal (Young Lola)
LAZARUS
Original Cast Proshot
LEGALLY BLONDE
Legally Blonde The Musical -MTV (Christian Borle) proshot [I also have it with english subtitles]
Legally Blonde - February 24th 2007 - San Francisco, CA (it should be OBC, it features Christian Borle)
Legally Blonde - September 16th, 2007 (I think itâs OBC)
Legally Blonde | 2007/10/25 | Broadway | VOB [no smalls] | MEGA
Becky Gulsvig (Elle u/s), Andy Karl (Emmett u/s), Richard Blake, Kate Shindle, Michael Rupert, Orfeh, Nikki Snelson, Haven Burton, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Tracy Jai Edwards, Matthew Risch (Kyle/Dewey u/s), Rod Harrelson (Grandmaster Chad/Carlos u/s), Cara Cooper (u/s). Note: Starts in the middle of "Omigod You Guys."
LES MIS
Les Miserables (2014 Broadway Revival)
AUDIO BOOTLEG, current west end cast (summer 2017)
les mis BRASIL CAST
les mis london cast 2010-11 (Samantha Barks as Eponine)
Les mis with Carrie Hope Fletcher (London 19th September 2013)
AUDIO Les Mis west end (2017 09 02) [NFT]
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
AUDIO Little Shop of Horrors Pasadena Playhouse 9/17/19 (first preview) Cast: George Salazar (Seymour), Mj Rodriguez (Audrey), Amber Riley (Audrey II), Kevin Chamberlin (Mr. Mushnik), Matthew Wilkas (Dr. Orin Scrivello), Brittany Campbell (Ronnette), Tickwanya Jones (Chiffon), Cheyenne Isabel Wells (Crystal)
Little Shop of Horrors, Menier Chocolate Factory production. UK Tour, 2009.
LOVE IN HATE NATION
Original Off Broadway Cast
LOVE NEVER DIES
Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Joseph Milson, April 29, 2010; London (Pre-Changes)
Australian cast 2011, PROSHOT
MARY POPPINS
AUDIO Mary Poppins - Christian Borle
MATILDA
Matilda Broadway (Queen Lesli)
ME AND MY GIRL
Christian Borle and Laura Michelle Kelly
MEAN GIRLS
HQ broadwayÂ
July 4, 2018 BROADWAY
AUDIO, Mean Girls - DC First Preview 10-31-17 (opening night))
MEDEA
National Theatre Live 2014 PROSHOT
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
merrily we roll along encores 2012 (Lin Manuel Miranda)
MISS SAIGON
Miss Saigon.25th Anniversary.2016 (proshot)
MOULIN ROUGE
Boston cast
MOZART DAS MUSICAL
Budapest 2003 Proshot Cast: Wolfgang: Dolhai Attila, Constanze Weber: SzinetĂĄr DĂłra, Colloredo: SzabĂł P. Szilveszter, Nannerl Mozart: Janza Kata, Leopold Mozart: Földes TamĂĄs, WaldstĂ€tten bĂĄrĂłnĆ: PolyĂĄk Lilla
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Proshot with David Tennant and Catherine Tate
NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
OBC
OBC HD VIDEO FROM DECEMBER
AUDIO, closing night (9.3.2017)
AUDIO Demo Album Dave Malloy (Pierre), Phillipa Soo (Natasha), Brittain Ashford (Sonya), Grace McLean (Marya), Lucas Steele, Amber Gray, Nick Choksi, Blake DeLong, Gelsey Bell, Paul Pinto
Demo songs including If He Were Here Now, Prologue, Natasha Lost, Charming, Letters, Sonya Alone tracked, mp3
AUDIO Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 25/03/2017, Broadway  Josh Groban (Pierre), Denée Benton (Natasha), Brittain Ashford (Sonya), Grace McLean (Marya D), Blaine Alden Krauss (u/s Anatole), Amber Gray (HélÚne), Nick Choksi (Dolokhov), Nicholas Belton (Andrey/Bolkonsky), Gelsey Bell (Mary/Maid Servant/Opera Singer), Paul Pinto (Balaga/Servant/Opera Singer) [* The master was sitting in the orchestra right next to the curvy walkway so you can hear footsteps/stomping (and HélÚne during the Abduction)! Includes the BC/EFA speech by Josh Groban and Denée Benton.] Tracked, mp3
AUDIO Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 05/05/2017, Broadway Dave Malloy (t/r Pierre), Denee Benton (Natasha), Brittain Ashford (Sonya), Gelsey Bell (Mary/Maidservant/Opera Singer), Nicholas Belton(Andrey/Bolkonsky), Nick Chokski (Dolokhov), Amber Gray (Helene), Grace McLean (Marya D), Nick Gaswirth (u/s Balaga/Servant/Opera Singer), Lucas Steele (Anatole), Reed Luplau (Opera Dancer), Mary Page Nance (Opera Dancer), Sumayya Ali, Courtney Bassett, Josh Canfield, Kennedy Caughell, Ken Clark, Lulu Fall, Ashley Perez Flanagan, Alex Gibson, Billy Joe Klessling, Reed Luplau, Brandt Martinez, Andrew Mayer, Mary Page Nance, Shoba Narayan, Azudi Onyejekwe, Celia Mei Rubin, Heath Saunders, Cathryn Wake, Katrina Yaukey, Lauren Zakrin(Ensemble)
AUDIO Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 03/01/2016, A.R.T DenĂ©e Benton (Natasha), âScott Stangland (Pierre), Lucas Steele (Anatole), Brittain Ashford (Sonya), Gelsey Bell (Mary/Maid Servant/Opera Singer), Nick Choksi (Dolokhov), Lilli Cooper (Helene), Nicholas Belton (Bolkonsky/Andrey), Paul Pinto (Balaga/Servant/Opera Singer), Sumayya Ali, Courtney Bassett, Josh Canfield, Ken Clark, Erica Dorfler, Daniel Emond, Lulu Fall, Ashley PĂ©rez Flanagan, Nick Gaswirth, Azudi Onyejekwe, Pearl Rhein, Heath Saunders, Katrina Yaukey, Lauren Zakrin
AUDIO Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 22/08/2017, broadway Scott Stangland (Pierre), Denée Benton, Brittain Ashford, Grace McLean, Lucas Steele, Kennedy Caughell (Helene), Nick Choksi, Nicholas Belton, Gelsey Bell, Paul Pinto untracked, m4a
Closing night highlights
AUGUST 13, 2017 OAKÂ
Dave Malloy and Shoba Narayan
U/S for Pierre, Scott Stangland
NEWSIES
Proshot version
AUDIO BOOTLEG (pretty good quality, unknown cast)
Newsies (OBC, MIKE FAIST)
corey and kara (-finale)| MIKE FAIST, better quality
AUDIO Mike Faist as Jack Kelly
AUDIO Newsies Italia Audio (November 7, 2015) - (Note: This is all in Italian!) Cast: Flavio Gismondi (Jack Kelly), Roberto Tarsi (David Baum), Giula Fabbri (Katherine), Simone Leonardi (Joseph Pulitzer), Simona Patitucci (Edda Esposito), Andrea Fazio (Gruccia)
NEXT TO NORMAL
Next to Normal Broadway - last performance of Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, and Brian d'Arcy James
Next to Normal US Tour - Original Tour Cast (Los Angeles)
NINE
2003 Broadway revival [Antonio Banderas, Chita Rivera, Laura Benanti, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jane Krakowski]
NOTRE DAME DE PARIS
Proshot with english subs
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
Once On This Island 1118 matinee
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
Peter and the Starcatcher (Christian Borle)Â
PETER PAN
1998/1999 broadway cast [-peter pan: cathy rigby -captain hook/mr darling: paul schoeffler -mrs darling: barbara McCulloh -wendy darling: elisa sagardia -tiger lily: dana solimando -michael darling: drake english -john darling: barry cavanagh -smee: michael nostrand]
PETER PAN GOES WRONG
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
- May 17, 2014 Cast:Â Norm Lewis, Sierra Boggess, Jeremy Hays, Laird Mackintosh, Tim Jerome, Ellen Harvey, Heather Hill, Christian Sebek, Deanna Doyle
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
London 1995 proshot (Ethan Freeman, Jill Washington, Simon Bowman)
Broadway 1988 (Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, Steve Barton)
POKĂMON LIVE
with the wonderful Andrew Rannells
RATATUILLEÂ
The TikTok musicalÂ
RENT
Rent (2008 Live on Broadway), PROSHOT, ALSO SUBBED
Rent (OBC Opening Night)
Rent (OBCÂ 5th anniversary reuninion)
RENT 08-06-10 (Aaron Tveit)
No Day But Today - The Story of Rent (documentary)
Rent opening night documentary
AUDIO, 20th anniversary
Rent (Bruce Haasl, Mike Spee)
AUDIO, Rent 10/25/97 Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles (NPH as Mark)
10th anniversary reunion OBC
20th anniversary tour FIRST ACT ONLY (12/9/2016)
Rent Tour, LA, 1998-01-09 (NEIL PATRICK HARRIS AS MARK)
AUDIO Rent - 1997-06-10 - BWY
RENT LIVE 2019
RENT Manchester Production 2021 PROSHOTÂ
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Rocky Horror 04-20-01
ROMEO AND JULIET
R&I Lily and Robert PROSHOT
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
National Theatre Live 2017 PROSHOT
SALOME
National Theatre Live 2017 PROSHOT
SISTER ACT
Sister Act OBC ( 2 april 2011)
SIX
AUDIO SiX London 15th January 2018 10pm
LONDON CAST
SOHO CINDERS
off west end oct 2019, Luke Bayer and Ben Darcy
SOMETHING ROTTEN!
OBC (BROADWAY PREVIEW)Â
OBC PREVIEW March 28, 2015
Something Rotten - 2016-06-20 (Rob McClure)
Something Rotten Tour Cincinnati - 2017
AUDIO Something Rotten 3/22/16 - Andre Ward (Minstrel), David Beach (Brother Jeremiah), Kate Reinders (Portia), Christian Borle (William Shakespeare), Brian d'Arcy James (Nick Bottom), Eric Sciotto (u/s Nigel Bottom), Edward Hibbert (Lord Clapham/Master of Justice), Gerry Vichi (Shylock), Marisha Wallace (u/s Bea), David Hibbard, Brad Oscar (Nostradamus)
Will Chase, Rob McClure
SPAMALOT
Spamalot 2005 Full Show Original Production (with Christian Borle)
SPAMILTON
Off broadway (12.31.16)
SPONGEBOB THE MUSICAL
Chicago
AUDIO, SPONGEBOB OBC BROADWAY (minus Nick and Carlos, Plankton and Krabs)
BROADWAY NOVEMBER 2017
SPRING AWAKENING
OBCÂ
sa may 18 2008 (should be the last show with OBC)
Deaf West Presents Spring Awakening
sa deaf west 10/18/2015Â
sa 11-29-06
SWEENEY TODD
Sweeney Todd OBC (PROSHOT)
2014 Revival (christian Borle) PROSHOT
TANZ DER VAMPIRE
Berlin production with english subtitlesÂ
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
 THE BOOK OF MORMON
OBC (I also have it with subtitles)
OBC from balcony
Ben PlattÂ
London
Workshop
Kj Hippensteel as Elder Price (first part is missing, starts at their arrival in Africa)
Book of Mormon Jumamosi (2nd national tour, Cody Jamison Strand)
Cody J Strand, David Larson
AUDIO: Kj Hippensteel as Elder Price on Broadway
AUDIO: West End (Kj Hippensteel, Cody Jamison Strand)
AUDIO: The Book of Mormon (London 10-19-16e)
AUDIO: West end (KJ HIPPENSTEEL, CODY JAMISON STRAND, STEVEN WEBB)
BOM AUSTRALIA (not complete bootleg, just clips)
BOM US TOUR (Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner)
BOM AUDIO 15.04.2015 (NIC ROULEAU, BRIAN SEARS, DENĂE BENTON)
BOM AUDIO WESTEND Book of Mormon (KJ Hippensteel/Cody Jamison Strand) (6th Oct 2017)
BOM AUDIO west end September 9 2017 (the u/s for Cunningham is on, message me for cast info)
BOM WEST END (jan 3rd 2018)
THE CHER SHOW
Pre-Broadway Chicago July 13, 2018
Broadway (undated)
THE COLOR PURPLE
Revival cast
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTIME
proshot
OBC
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
The Drowsy Chaperone OBC
THE GRINNING MAN
West End Video (most of act one, parts of act 2)
Bristol Old Vic Proshot
THE LIGHTNING THIEFÂ
TLT off-broadway 2017 cast
Lightning Thief - August 20, 2014 Off-Broadway - Percy Jackson: Eric Meyers, Grover: Jordan Stanley, Annabeth: Kristin Stokes, Mr Brunner/Chiron/Poseidon/Hades: Graham Stevens, Sally/Clarisse/Thalia/Mrs Dodds: Zakiya Young, Luke/Ares/Mr D/Charon/Gabe: Parker Drown
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Royal Shakespeare Company PROSHOT
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROODÂ
revival
THE PRODUCERS
2005 Film with Eng Subs
THE PROM
PREVIEWS CAST
The Prom - Broadway - February 2, 2019
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Proshot 2018
THE VIEW FROM UPSTAIRS
Audio
THE VOTE
The Vote (07 May 2015)
TICK, TICKâŠBOOM!
Tick Tick BOOM 09-18-01
Tick, Tick...Boom! (Original Off-Broadway Cast)Â
TOOTSIE
11th September 2018, pre-Broadway, Chicago Production
TUCK EVERLASTINGÂ
BROADWAY
TWELFTH NIGHT
NTL PROSHOT
URINETOWN
 Urinetown The Musical - Entire Show - Studio Players
VICTOR/VICTORIA
VICTOR/VICTORIA 2001 production
WAITING FOR GODOT
november 2013 b-way (McKellen, Stewart)
WAITRESS
OBC (not sure though)
Betsy WolfeÂ
Jessie Mueller
AUDIO June 21, 2017 Matinee show Cast: Betsy Wolfe (Jenna), Charity AngĂ©l Dawson (Becky), Caitlin Houlahan (Dawn), Eric Anderson (Cal), Dakin Matthews (Joe), Joe Tippett (Earl), Molly Hager (Mother), Matt DeAngelis (Father), Dayna Jarae Dantzler (s/b Nurse Norma), Chris Diamantopoulos (Dr. Pomatter), Christopher Fitzgerald (Ogie), Stephanie Torns (Francine), Ella Dane Morgan (Lulu), Ensemble: Kayla Davion, Matt DeAngelis, Thay Floyd, Molly Hager, Dayna Jarae Dantzler, Jeremy Morse, Stephanie TornsÂ
AUDIO Betsy Wolfe, Jason Mraz
BETSY WOLFE 06.29.2017 (VOB, Itâs the one which used to be NFT)
WAITRESS featuring JEREMY JORDAN and SHOSHANA BEANÂ
WAITRESS featuring Colleen Ballinger
WE WILL ROCK YOU
2003 proshot (?) version
WEST SIDE STORY
West Side Story starring Matt Smith
WHOâS AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
NTL PROSHOT
WICKED
OBC
Wicked OBC pre bway 10 11 03
Wicked OBC (Idina Menzel last show)
WICKED OBC (Idina gets injured, comes up in the end in a red tracksuit)
Donna Vivino
04.09.2010, NYC, Mandy Gonzalez, Katie Rose Clarke
Aaron Tveit
Eden Espinosa, Megan HIlty (megan's last show)
Wicked (Laurel Harris, Kara Lindsay)
Stephanie J.Block
Wicked Annaleigh Ashford
Teal Wicks, Adam Lambert
October 29th, 2015 2nd National Tour - VOB + smalls Mary Kate Morrissey (s/b Elphaba), Carrie St. Louis (Glinda), Jake Boyd (Fiyero), Liana Hunt (Nessarose), Wendy Worthington (Madame Morrible), Stuart Zagnit (The Wizard). Lee Slobotikin (Boq), Chad Jennings (Dr. Dillamond) Notes:Â Filmed from orchestra but follows the action very well. MKM slays as Elphaba. Thereâs an audience member near the master in act two that yells a few drunk remarks, earning some laughs from the audience.
DUTCH WICKED: closing night (willemijn verkaik and keet deel)
GERMAN WICKED: Oberhausen 27th February 2011
YERMA
proshot with Billie Piper
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Young Frankenstein November 10th, 2007, Broadway VOB (Cast: Roger Bart, Christopher Fitzgerald, Sutton Foster, Andrea Martin, Shuler Hensley, Megan Mullally
OTHER:
OTHER:
AUDIO Andrew Rannells Live From Lincoln Center 12.20 7.30pm show
Andy Mientus Cabaret London
The Jonathan Larson Project at 54 Below 2018
WANTS:
Any BOM bootleg I don't have, especially anything with Kj Hippensteel as Price, Cody Jamison Strand as Cunningham and Steven Webb as Mckinley.
Wicked with Alice Fearn as Elphaba and Sophie Evans as Glinda
Any recent Charlie And The Chocolate Factory bootlegs with Christian Borle
Any recent DEH
Any VENICE boot
Anything with Christian Borle
WEST END boot of SOHO CINDERS
WEST END boot of RENT 2021
#bootleg#bootleg trading#bootlegs#bootleg list#musical theatre#theatre#broadway#west end#angels in america#be more chill#billy elliot#charlie and the chocolate factory#come from away#dear evan hansen#falsettos#hamilton#heathers#hedwig and the angry inch#kiinky boots#les mis#miss saigon#newsies#rent#book of mormon#wicked#anastasia#into the woods#the lightning theif musical#sweeney todd#assasins
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02/21/2021: Promotions, Old Friends, and Yellow School Buses
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February 21st, 2021
somehow i received a promotion at work last Friday even though i am literally probably one of the LEAST motivated people teaching at that school... fuck. so... now, instead of just being a regular-schmegular teacher, i am now the '6th grade head social studies teacher' which means that i have to run planning meetings for the social studies team, attend morning meetings discussing whole-grade growth and failings, and solutions for how we're going to get the kids to... not suck. uuuuuuggggghhhhhh!!! and this is for the rest of the year and the next!!!!
apparently, i am the 'perfect person' for this position because all of my classes have consistently performed better than the rest... but between you, me, and the entire internet, that speaks more to the abilities of my students than my own personal abilities as a teacher. i don't believe i'm a sucky teacher or anything but the fact remains that between work, grad school, delusional lovesick-related episodes, mental illness, and other varying distractions, i am not Doing The Best I Can. in fact, i'm literally in survival mode 95% of the time. the other 5% of the time, i'm in manic-as-fuck mode. so... do i really DESERVE this promotion? who even fucking knows? i like to believe, however, that i'll eventually figure out how to bullshit this new responsibility as well and no one will be the wiser. i mean, if this promotion came with a financial boost as well, i'd be more inclined to not fuck it up but, like... i'm doing more work for the same weak ass pay... i'm not as motivated with kind words and encouragement than i would be with a solid boost to my pay grade. anyway... whatever.
i was on tumblr the other day (i am fasting from all social media sites during the day for Lent but tumblr doesn't count because i literally just reblog five or six posts into the void, look at sad literature quotes, and log out just to do it all over again the next day... i am not addicted to tumblr as i am to twitter, instagram, pinterest, and linkedin... yes, linkedin. my quest to escape my job has led me down a very weird and addictive path) and i came across this post by user beetlejuices:
"isn't it all about old friends? like everything? all of it?"
and it is. i think so. i really do.
one of the things i've been conscious of in my early adulthood is that i am still chasing after the friendships i had in middle school. i wrote about this two Lents ago too. there is a memory that i remember so vividly in middle school and it reminds me constantly about how i felt so loved and appreciated and like the world couldn't go on without me if i somehow left or disappeared or went away. i think about it all the time. that is how freeing and loving and whole it is. just a simple memory of being three hours late to school (after a huge, blown out argument between parents who should've divorced years ago) and being startled by a flood of texts that starting pouring in at 7 that morning.
ashley: YOOOO where r u? they snagged all the donuts from the corner store!
alysha: you missed the bus this morning?
ashley: i bought donuts off eman 4 u... say im the best :D
kiera: U MISSED CRYSTAL'S FAT HEAD ASS SLIP DOWN THE STEPS LMAOOO
kiera: u're always here early u good?
alysha: are you coming 2 school today?
ashley: are u ok?
Christyl: don't forget we have a test in math!! where are you?
kiera: babe?
ashley: are you ok? why is ur phone off?
alysha: i just talked to ashley are u ok?
Christyl: where r u?
kiera: i just talked to ashley r u ok?
kiera: none of ur sisters r here either... u ok?
ashley: i'll call again @ lunch
alysha: pls be safe
Christyl: i'll tell the teacher you're sick and maybe you can take it tomorrow
Christyl: are you ok?
and even more messages that were sent during and inbetween classes... i thought it was a bit too late (and too time consuming) to respond to them all individually so after being signed into school three hours late, i decided to wait for all my friends at our table in the cafeteria to surprise them before explaining my mess of a morning. i was nervous because i thought they would be mad at me for some reason. but as soon as they saw me, ashley, alysha, kiera, and christyl, they came barreling towards me screaming my name. it was an entire scene. people looking at them crazy and then raising their eyebrows at me, not seeing what the big deal was. i probably looked the same exact way that i did the day before. unspectacular, bookish, awkward. they couldn't see what the big deal was. it embarrassed me but it thrilled me at the same time.
they nearly knocked me to the floor pushing each other to get to me first trying to steal the first hug. in the end, i stretched my arms out as far as i could and they all fell into them. we probably looked a mess. a tangle of brown legs, arms, frizzy hair, loose braids, and scuffed dress shoes. i remember feeling so loved and wanted. i felt bigger and grander than i was. i had stopped the world for five entire minutes and i didn't do anything. i was just existing.
i don't really talk to any of the girls anymore. i follow them on social media and i wish them happy birthday every year and we're all on each other's close friends list on insta... so i still know a few, if not all, of their secrets... but we'll probably never be as close as we were in middle school. and that's ok. i still love them as much as i did when they tackled me in the lunch room that day. i still root and cheer for them like we still spend every night after school on the phone for hours talking shit and planning presidential campaigns and gossiping about boys. i will never forget that day in the lunchroom. ever. and, like i said, it has only occurred to me now, as a young adult, that i've been chasing that kind of friendship and sisterhood since it happened.
i like to treat all my friendships as mini-romances. i remember a tweet that said, "friendships ARE romance," and i agree. i think i'm in love with all of my close friends, if not all of my friends. it's embarrassing (just a bit) but i have probably fallen in love with all of my friends at least once or twice. this is especially true for my group of college friends (at this point, they are really family). i have been in love, at least once, with all eight of them throughout our four years. i don't actually find this embarrassing like i said earlier. what's embarrassing is that this information might embarrass other people which, in turn, would thoroughly embarrass me. but the fact itself doesn't embarrass me. that is how i am. i fall in love and out of love at breakneck speeds. i think it's important to be a little bit in love with your friends.
i really enjoyed being in undergrad and planning literal dates between all eight or nine of us. and we would call it that. "what are we doing for our date next weekend?" "so who's going on the date tomorrow?" "are we cancelling the date or does the weather not matter?" (the weather always mattered.) my favorite college date was valentine's day senior year. we all went to korean-style karaoke and ordered so much food and drink we could barely stand to sing. we were all sat around the tv singing horribly to mariah carey or beyonce or rapping to nicki minaj verses. we took so many bad pictures and tone deaf videos and we kept leaning or hugging or holding each other's hands. that's another thing i love about my college family. most of us are touchy-feely people. i am a touchy-feely person. i'm southern and my mom is ridiculously gooey so one of my love languages, inevitably, is touch. i, usually, reign it in A LOT unless i have a partner but in college, i somehow discovered a whole group of people who loved to kiss each other on the cheek and hold hands and lean on other people, and lock arms. i felt at home. really.
maybe it's not only about old friends, though. maybe it's about feeling at home.
there was another post on tumblr and i think about it a lot. it's a screenshot of a tweet from twitter user @HumbleCore.
"HUGE NEWS: finally found my best friend from middle school on FB. We've both been looking for each other for over a decade. I told her I think about her whenever I play any boardgame or drive by a church. She told me she uses my name as her password at work. A perfect reunion."
when i read that the other night, i cried. i don't know why. it was heavy and ridiculous and i was worried my roommates would hear me. i don't know why i cried. at all. and even typing it out like that made me want to cry again. the feeling is not as strong or as overwhelming as it was the first time but it's still there.
i think about a best friend i had in first grade. even before i thought of ashley as my best friend (i have known Middle School Ashley since the first grade. i thought we were destined to be best friends forever and ever and ever, which is what i wrote in her middle school yearbook). his name was Malik. or Malique. my memory fails me. but anyway, i loved him like crazy. we didn't do anything without the other. we shared lunch together, we HAD to be partners on every field trip, i cried when Ms. Sanchez moved my seat from his in an effort to stop us from disrupting her lessons and i hated her for an entire week. (a very long time from a first-grade perspective.) even now, i think about him whenever i go to petting zoos or farms and when i ride on yellow school buses with my students.
Malik/Malique was my first kiss. we were hiding from Ms. Sanchez and the other chaperones so we could pet the goats one last time. while we were hiding behind a barn, he kissed me. "for good luck," he said. and then we sprinted across the farm to get back to the goats. and we pet them again before Ms. Sanchez found us and ordered us back on the big yellow school bus where we held hands for the entire hour-long ride back to school.
it's very silly to think now but in high school when i was trying to determine whether i loved my first boyfriend or not i remember thinking, "well, does he make me feel like Malik/Malique?" it's silly but sweet. at fourteen, still comparing the way he made me feel behind a barn at 5 years old to how another boy, years and years later, made me feel. it is silly but i think it's sweet.
i don't actually have any interest in finding Malik/Malique or knowing for certain what he does or how he's doing because i seriously doubt i had such an impact on his life, but i hope he's well and alive and happy because that's what i always naturally hope for when i pass petting zoos or farms or see bright yellow school buses.
so, yes. i think everything, us, our relationships, the entire world, is about old friends. all of it. every last bit of it.
i have a whole-grade data analysis, 300 pages of reading, and two mini-papers for classes to finish before tonight so i'm going to get going... i just wanted to write about old friends first.
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