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Well, I'm back from my last tour with the Pennsylvania Girlchoir.  It's crazy.  I thought last year (the Russian tour) was my last, since they tend to age girls out of the choir after they graduate from high school, but I was fortunate enough to be invited back with three other alumnae to tour with them for another year.  (It's the first time in the choir's history that that's happened, which is pretty damn cool!)  AND I GOT MY THIRD CONTINENT IN!  We were in Uruguay and Argentina, with a random detour to Miami on the way down when the volcano in Chile grounded all Northern American flights to South America.  (So we totally accidentally got to spend a day on South Beach and then got free food at a fancy yacht club because the owner was at this impromptu Miami concert that our director organized to give us something to do while we waited for a new flight and he really liked us.  HAAAAAAAAAaccidentalvacation.)  

It's been awesome singing with the Girlchoir these past seven years.  As a founding member (I was totally one of the first ten people to ever even audition for the choir when it first started up) it's really sad to say goodbye.  I'm in an adult choir now that actually performs with the Girlchoir a lot, and I actually got recruited to sing with the girls for a few smaller gigs this year when there weren't enough altos available, but I kind of doubt I'll ever be back in the uniform again, singing a concert as a member of the Girlchoir.  (Unless I get recruited again  as a founding member for our rumored return-to-Iceland tour for our tenth year!)

I'm still kind of trying to process that this major arc in my life has officially ended.  It's been great, ladies!  (And Mark! <3)
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Chris Colfer: OHMIGOD I THOUGHT HE WAS BEAUTIFUL ON CAMERA BUT HE'S SO MUCH HOTTER IN PERSON

Darren Criss:  OHMIGOD HIS EYEBROWS ARE SO MUCH MORE TRIANGULAR IN PERSON
















Come on.  You all know it's true.
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GLEE: Season 2

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Just.  Wow.  I'm just...blown away by how amazing this season has been.

I can't believe one of the biggest shows on TV devoted almost an entire season to the bullying (and acceptance) of gay teens.  I can't believe there's a strong pan/bisexual character for me to love and look up to.    

I can't believe they wrote Blaine.  (Actually, I can't believe Dalton exists on this show.)  I can't believe how much I love him!  I'm just so emotionally invested in this character.   I want him to go to Mckinley (even though that last scene with him and Kurt in the Lima Bean leads me to believe that he's already THERE) and face his bullies, because if he gets better and fights back then it'll be like my Idiot Darling wasn't so much of an idiot and actually fought back instead of hurting himself.  And I really stupidly need that.  

I can't believe how strong Kurt is.  He's grown into such an amazing man in the last season.  I've never had his problems but I look up to him so much.  He (and Chris Colfer himself) is my hero.  He's so kind and patient and loving and accepting, and is still just so fucking hilarious and witty.  He will always be my favorite character, especially because he's not only saving himself, but Blaine (who, like I said, I NEED to be saved) and Dave (who I love so, SO much.)  

I can't believe how much I LOVE Rachel Berry.  I loved her at the beginning of season 1, but these last two seasons kind of made me forget why until recently.   After Original Song I kind of started to remember, but this last episode really hit the point home.  I think she's tied with Brittany for my favorite female character.  She is just such an epic force.   

So, thanks, RIB, for THE best season of ANY TV show ever.  

And I just have to say:  the Klaine fandom is AMAZING.  The Klainers are just so gracious and intelligent and kind and HILARIOUS.  This fandom is more than I could ever wish for!  <3

And we've got at least one more season!  (I kind of want them to wrap it up after season three.  I don't think I could go on without Kurt or Rachel or Brittany or Santana or Finn or Puck or Tina or Mike or Blaine...well...anyone!  I just love ALL OF THEM too much!)
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5/11/11

I met Robert Sean Leonard.  I saw Born Yesterday on Broadway...And then after the show I met him.

And we talked.  

Like.  

Had a conversation.





About Dead Poets Society.

He was so excited that I'm 18 and even knew what it WAS!


AND I GAVE HIM A DRAWING!!! <3  





No.  But seriously.   Like.  An actual CONVERSATION.
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I just keep hearing songs and going "THAT WOULD SOUND SO GOOD!!!!"

Dress and Tie - Charlene Kaye (feat. Darren Criss!)   1. Chris Colfer would sound AMAZING singing Charlene Kaye's part.  Her melody involves some of Chris's best notes!  He'd beast it!  2.  I don't even need to comment about Darren.   3.  It'd be a PERFECT song for them to sing around prom. I mean, I can totally see Kurt asking Blaine to prom singing that song, and then Blaine joining in.  4.  It shows off Darren's FUCKING GORGEOUS FALSETTO.  I SERIOUSLY CANNOT HANDLE HIS FALSETTO.  The quality is just EXCELLENT!   As someone who's been performing professionally for a third of their life and as a result has heard ZILLIONS of amazingly talented singers, I SERIOUSLY have a musicgasm whenever I hear it.  5.  The words are PERFECT.  I was PLANNING on copy-pasting some example lyrics, but they're actually ALL perfect.  SO JUST READ THEM.  www.karaoke-lyrics.net/lyrics/… ACTUALLY EVERY.  SINGLE.  WORD. APPLIES TO KURT AND BLAINE'S STORYLINE.  Like...I feel like Charlene Kaye knew what was gonna happen in Original Song and wrote this for Darren to sing.  

Seaside Rendezvous - Queen  It'd be fucking hilarious as a duet.  Like, they're planning a date or something.  The thing is, while I think Chris would do great I'm a little worried about Darren's range/vocal quality.  I'd personally like to hear him sing this because it involves a lot of sliding into falsetto, and, like I said I CANNOT GET OVER HIS FALSETTO.  I CANNOT.  TOO gorgeous.  My problem is is that Darren's voice is a little too dark for Queen.  But it'd still be hilarious.  And Chris's voice is plenty bright.  Except that scene would like ACTUALLY be the gayest thing to EVER happen on TV EVER.  

Not Alone - Darren Criss Okay.  I know.  EVERYONE wants it to happen.  But I actually really kind of want CHRIS to sing it.  And it'd be really sexy if he did it in the key Jamie Lynn Beattie sings it in for AVPM.  (I THINK Darren brought it down a little for his EP.  Way to be a barritenor or something, Darren.)  AND THEN BLAINE COULD COME IN SINGING THE SAME HARMONY HARRY SINGS IN AVPM AND THE WORLD WOULD EXPLODE FROM HOW TOTALLY AWESOME IT'D BE.  I'm a little worried that stylistically it wouldn't work with Chris's voice (he's a little vibrato-heavy for pop songs) and Darren's music tends to be more chill than anything I've ever seen Chris do.  BUT I think it would be INCREDIBLY sweet.  We need to see Blaine be vulnerable and we NEED to see Kurt be the mentory one.  I think it'd be incredibly empowering to see Kurt come out as the strong one, because we've seen more of his story than Blaine's.  We KNOW what Kurt has been through in this last season and a half, so it'd mean more to the audience if he overcame all that crap.  I mean, it's nice that Blaine is so strong despite all the crap he's been through, but we're kind of seeing the second half of his story out of context.  Sure, he's a big character now, but we still don't know much about him.  

Take On Me - A Ha!  Well, I want Chris to sing this.  (The ACTUAL one, not the Literal Version.) Mostly just because he has the range to pull it off, and that is NOT something to turn your nose up at.  That song covers like 3 octaves!  It goes from somewhere deep in baritone range to soprano range over the course of like 3 measures!  I kind of wanted to hear Darren sing it, because I think his voice would go REALLY well with it, but sadly, I don't think he has those high notes.  Not even with that WONDERFUL, SEXY FALSETTO OF HIS.  ALSO Morten Harket (the original vocalist) uses a lot of vibrato, which is PERFECT for Chris.  (DAMN I want to hear some straight tones from him.  IT'D BE GORGEOUS.)  Also, sadly, ever since Original Song I don't think the words apply quite as well (I always imagined Kurt singing it out of frustration with Blaine for refusing to be more than friends.)  Maybe now he can sing it because he's frustrated that Blaine is being way too slow/careful with their relationship.  (I feel like Ryan Murphy would NEVER have Blaine try to rush Kurt.  It'd TOTALLY undo EVERYTHING he's been trying to accomplish by introducing Blaine.)  

Higher - Creed   It'd be REALLY sexy to hear Darren sing this, even though it isn't even KIND OF his style.  (Nor is it Blaine's, for that matter.)  BUT!  It's lower in his range, but we've totally heard him projecting that low.  (He's just gotta put it all in his head voice and he'll be fine.)  It applies to that whole "I'm realizing I'm feeling caged here at Dalton and I really need to break out and be able to see the real world again and not be afraid."  The reason he fell for Kurt in Original Song is that he realized that Kurt is CAPABLE of transcending this cage world and wants to get out too, and knows how.  OBVIOUSLY Blaine would be singing it to Kurt.  "So let's go there.  Let's make our escape.  Come on, let's go there.  Let's ask 'Can we stay?'  Can you take me higher?  To a place where blind men see.  Can you take me higher?  To a place with golden streets."   Now I really wish Blaine was transferring to WMHS WITH Kurt, rather than like half a season later.  I want them to do it together.  

A Heart Full Of Love - Les Miserables It actually makes me DIE how perfect this is for them.  Chris would KILL Cosette's part.  AND HE CAN USE HISMOTHERFUCKING VIBRATO, MOTHERFUCKER!!!  (They MIGHT have to change around some notes, since Chris isn't ACTUALLY a soprano, but whatever.  He is NEVER hitting Cosette's last note.  He can have Eponine's.)  Also, the words are just SO FUCKING PERFECT.  It's Marius trying to be romantic and then worrying that he's screwing it up.  ("A heart full of love / A heart full of song / I'm doing everything all wrong / Oh God, for shame!")  That is just SO Blaine.  We all by now that he thinks he's horrible at romance, and that he's really insecure about messing up relationships.  Especially with Kurt.  And then in the song Cosette is encouraging Marius and kind of helping to initiate the romance.  We all know how Kurt is SUCH a sappy romantic, and we all know just how BADLY he wants this with Blaine.  Oh GOD it's SO perfect for them.  (Also, Darren LOVES Les Mis, so he'd FLIP SHIT.)   And then I have this weird crack idea of Karofsky singing Eponine's part.  XD  Not gonna happen.  Also, it's not even FUNNY how BEAUTIFULLY Darren would sing Marius's part.  It's in a GREAT part of his range, and he's just so good at communicating these complex, shy, terrified, confused, IN LOVE emotions Blaine is feeling.  It might ACTUALLY make me cry if he did it!

A Beautiful Mess - Jason Mraz  The words are like ACTUALLY describing Kurt.  Like...word for word.  Like, I think Ryan Murphy heard this song and was like "This is AWESOME.  I want a character like this!"  And then Kurt was born.   AND Darren's own individual style is really similar to Jason Mraz's style in a lot of ways.  Like, vocally Jason Mraz does a lot of things that Darren does.  (Falsetto sliding, lazy graveley-voicing, overblowing to get that rough breathy effect.)  Also their phrasing is really similar.  I mean, there's no way they CAN'T have Blaine do Jason Mraz at some point.  It's just TOO perfect.  I can picture Blaine singing this to Kurt sometime in the third season, once he's joined New Directions.  They're going through kind of a rough patch (it's inevitable that that'll happen, because they're both really hot-headed and, like it says in the song, "[their] comebacks are quick and probably have to do with [their] insecurities) and Blaine wants to fix things.  So he gets out a guitar and serenades him during a Glee rehearsal.  And then they kiss and it's adorable.    AND on the topic of Blaine doing Jason Mraz, I think Geek in the Pink would also be GREAT for him for like 60,000,000 reasons.  The sunglasses have to make a comeback.  Also that has the potential to apply the Klaine dynamic.  

Your Song - Elton John  I absolutely LOVE this song.  It might be my favorite love song.  It has like 300 plays on my iTunes and I only downloaded it like 3 months ago.  I do NOT get tired of Elton John.  This would be great for Blaine.  I know for a fact because Darren did a cover and it sounds pretty darn good.  I'd love to hear Blaine do a much more desperate, less laid back version for Kurt.  I think the "I hope you tell everybody that this is your song" sentiment is great for Kurt and Blaine.  They just want to be able to express their love like a straight couple.  They don't want to have to hide.  ALSO "Excuse me forgetting, but these things I do.  You see, I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue.  Anyway, the thing is, what I really mean.  Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen" is ACTUALLY my FAVORITE verse in any love song EVER and it applies SO wonderfully to Kurt!  

Make You Feel My Love - Adele  (Too lazy to insert the link. *fail* )  I feel like, even though Blaine is beginning to realize that HE actually depends heavily on Kurt, I think fanon Blaine especially is still very tender and protective and affectionate.  I feel like this song fits Blaine WONDERFULLY.  He just tries so hard to let Kurt know that he's cared about.  Notice how I don't say "he tries so hard to make Kurt feel loved."  That implies that Blaine is putting up a front just out of pity.  But that's not the case.  Blaine genuinely cares.  He genuinely wants Kurt to be happy.  (As evidenced by that scene in the coffee shop in SLS.  He didn't go right for Kurt because he knew that if he rushed into something with him it'd mess everything up.  He had to wait until he knew he could actually love him and couldn't live without him.  He didn't just want to date him.)   Anyway, I can really see Kurt being upset over something, and Blaine trying to cheer him up.  I can just see him with a piano or a guitar.  The thing is, I don't think this song would work if it was Blaine singing in well...Blaine style.  He's too clean cut and measured for Adele.  I think it'd only work if the Glee gods let Darren have his way with the song and unleash some of his soul side on it.  It'd be gorgeous.   (Darren is MUCH better at line and creating a phrase than Blaine.)

That's Why You're Beautiful - Beyonce  I feel like with their powers combined Criss Colfer might be able to equal one respectable Beyonce.  (It's kind of like how two normal drummers equal an acceptable substitute - in a pinch - for Keith Moon.)  It'd be gorgeous for Kurt to take the melody on this and then have Blaine come in on the - ABSOLUTELY FUCKING AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL - supporting harmonies.  (Like he does in Candles.  Except this would be WAY better, because the arrangement of Candles the Glee people pulled out of their asses for OS was horrendous.  I was like DARREN!  SHUT UP!  THAT JUST SOUNDS AWKWARD AND IMPROVISED!!!)  The words really fit where Kurt is coming from, I think.  We never really saw him smile genuinely until he met Blaine.  I'm a little worried that Chris doesn't have the vocal chops to do Beyonce, but I think he might have proven himself with I Wanna Hold Your Hand.  He sang that with some SOUL, man!  (Also, That's Why You're Beautiful has some notes that would just be ORGASMIC to hear Chris sing.  He'd ROCK those low notes.)  

I Still Think - Darren Criss This would actually be wonderfully perfect!  This song is all about being happy with the life you're given and all of its little blessings.  (Oh god Darren SO WOULD write this song, dear lord.)  I can imagine Kurt getting really upset over Klaine being faced with some kind of adversity from, well, the world in general, and then Blaine comforting him.   I mean, it's even got the words "...The world will roll their eyes / But I still think / Well I still think that we're in love."  Seriously, I think Darren may have foreseen this role in Glee.  The guy's a psychic.  Those eyebrows must be magic or something.  But, anyway, I think this form of (super cheesy) comforting is really in character for Blaine.  I mean, even though he's said he's really bad at romance, he's still a hopeless romantic.  (He's just not quite as prudey as Kurt.)  I mean, he freaking serenaded Jeremiah.  And those speeches he made to Kurt in Original Song?  ("You move me, Kurt!"  And "You did win!  And so did I!  We got each other out of this.")  He's such a cheesy little goob!  Really, even if he is sucky at romance, Blaine is totally one of those gooey people who believes that love conquers all.  (GOD I love that boy!)  ALSO, this song is kind of goofy, but I think it's like...the right kind of goofy for Blaine.  It's really sweet and charming.  

Getting Better - The Beatles  This would be a GREAT song for Blaine to sing for his audition for New Directions in season 3!  Seriously, every word applies to his relationship with Kurt.  Except he MIGHT get punched in the face for singing this.  The Beatles are kiiind of Kurt's territory.

Dick In A Box - Lonely Island  Obviously this is COMPLETE AND UTTER CRACK but my sleep-deprived brain just WON'T let this go.  Seriously.  I can picture Blaine singing the Justin Timberlake part seductively at Kurt (and Kurt being like "Blainewtf") and then Finn Andy Samberging in the background Good Vibrations style.  Seriously.  Their voices would actually go REALLY well with that song.  I can NOT get this out of my head.  Totally gotta be some kind of crack!scene for next season's Valentines Day episode.  

Sing - Dresden Dolls I just think it'd be sexy to hear Chris Colfer sing this.  Or really anything by Dresden Dolls.  I think his voice would go really well with Amanda Palmer's.  (He uses WAY more vibrato than she does, but hell, he did I Want To Hold Your Hand just FINE.  WAAAAY more than fine.)  Also, it's actually a REALLY appropriate anthem for Glee, and the harmonies at the end or GORGEOUS.  

-----NON-KLAINE STUFF------


Grace Kelly - Mika  Well, it's not for either Kurt or Blaine.  I just REALLY think Jon Groff should sing it when Jesse makes his reappearance.  I mean, we all know it's going to happen eventually, and the song fits his character SO FREAKING WELL.  "I try to be like Grace Kelly" (Uh of COURSE Jesse does), "...So I try a little Freddie" (Uh he DOES try a little Freddie ON THE SHOW!)  But, honestly, all of the words apply exactly to him.  Like, to the point where I get really excited whenever my iTunes shuffles through it because I'm CONVINCED they're gonna use it.  I can totally see him singing this to Rachel.  AND I feel like he could rock a Mika song.  Actually, I feel like Jon Groff is the only Glee guy who CAN do Mika, and I'm kinda craving summa that soooo yeah.  

Marching Bands of Manhattan - Death Cab For Cutie  Another non-Klaine song on my wish list.  I'd LOVE for Finn to sing this to Rachel when ND goes to New York for Nationals.  Obviously Finn loves Rachel and wants her to be happy, but he's worried about all of that ambition in her killing her ability to connect with other people.  ALSO, Cory Monteith has a GREAT voice for Death Cab.  It's a totally different quality than Ben Gibbard's but it still TOTALLY works.  It's like how Darren Criss sounds NOTHING like Adam Levine, but Misery sounded AMAZING!  Even if they don't have Finn sing exactly that song, I'd LOVE to hear him do SOMETHING Death Cab.

Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones In general, I just REALLY need to hear Chord Overstreet sing SOMETHING by the Rolling Stones.  SERIOUSLY.  I will DIE if he doesn't.   Them not having Sam do the Stones is like Blaine not doing Jason Mraz at some point.  It's a crime against humanity.  He'd be an AWESOME Mick Jagger.  SERIOUSLY.  Chord has that same weird vocal quality, and Sam TOTALLY has that dorky shamelessness to pull off Sympathy For The Devil!  Oh god words cannot even BEGIN to express my UNDYING BURNING LOVE FOR SAM EVANS.  I LOVE HIM.  SO.  MUCH.  Ryan Murphy HAS to stop torturing that poor darling!  </3

I'M JUST GONNA CONTINUE UPDATING THIS AS I HEAR MORE AND MORE SONGS
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