Becky: what's up?
Me: not too much, how about you?
Becky: trying to find a book but I don't know the author
Becky: I think YOU are just the person to ask
Me: okay, how can I help you with that? :)
Becky: well it's a phantom of the opera book
Becky: :)
Becky: but I want a specific one
Becky: that my friend has
Me: ooooooh
Me: which one is it?
Me: *hops up and down*
Becky: ok umm, it's black, and it has a rose on it
Becky: and a white mask
Me: um
Becky: and
Me: that doesn't help me much
Becky: um
Becky: lol
Me: that's the POTO logo
Becky: I KNOW
Becky: lol
Me: do you know the name? :-P
Becky: yes
Me: what is it?
Becky: "The Phantom of the Opera"
Becky: : P
Me: lol
Me: that would probably be the original by Gaston Leroux then
Becky: ok, 'cause um, I have never read it
Becky: or seen anything about it
Me: it's good, but if you want to read a *stunningly* good Phantom book, read "Phantom" by Susan Kay
Becky: so I was thinkin' of doing so
Becky: ok I'll keep that in the back of my busy little brain
Becky: : )
Me: heehee
Me: no, push it to the front
Me: it is vital
Becky: LOL oh really?
Me: extremely
Me: how else can you win in the POTO category of Hannah Knowledge Jeopardy? :-P
Becky: I wasn't planning on it
Becky: lol
Me: well, you should
Me: besides, it's an absolutely gorgeous story
Me: the Susan Kay book makes me cry
Becky: I wouldn't know
Becky: lol
Becky: I don't cry...it's very sad, I feel apathetic
Me: apathetic?
Me: DON'T feel apathetic
Me: you feel apathetic toward Erik, I cut your toes off
Becky: goodness! I don't even know anything about this thing!!!!!!!!
Me: lol
Becky: man
Becky: lol
Me: heh
Me: am I frightening you with my extreme... er, passion about the story? *sigh* it's just soooo beautiful... and sooo sad
Becky: yes you are
Becky: *sobs*I have no clue and you're biting my head off!
Me: lol
Me: I apologize
Me: let me give you some tips about the way you have to think about the book though
Me: one simple rule:
Me: you must hate Raoul and love Erik
Becky: whoever they are
Becky: ok
Me: lol
Becky: ok I put the Susan Kay one on hold
Me: Raoul is the annoying dude generally looked on as the good guy, Erik is the incredibly irresistible deformed genius Phantom of the Opera
Me: umm... like at a library or in the back of your mind? heh
Becky: library
Becky: ok so Erik is the Phantom
Becky: Raoul likes the girl
Becky: or something like that
Becky: they both like her?
Me: yes
Me: they both like her
Becky: ok
Me: Erik is her music tutor but she doesn't know anything about him
Me: and Raoul is a childhood friend of hers who comes back when she's grown up to bug her about marrying him lol
Becky: ok
Becky: how can she have a music tutor and know nothing about him?
Me: he's a ventriloquist and teaches her in her room but he's not actually in there, he's in a secret passage in her wall or something
Becky: oh I see
Me: she's really not sure who he is or what he is... when she was younger her father told her stories about "the angel of music" who chooses certain people to teach to sing beautifully, and that's sort of who she thinks he might be
Becky: ah ok
Becky: that's cool
Me: he's got the voice of an angelk
Me: errr
Me: an angel
Becky: haha I like angelk
Me: heh...
Me: but on the CD he's got the most gorgeous voice that could ever... ever... exist... *falls into a sort of dreamy Erik-induced trance*
Me: lol
Becky: so is the story about those two fighting over the girl?
Me: hey! do you want a sound file of a song sung by the dude who plays Erik on the CD whose voice is amazing?
Becky: oo
Becky: ok
Me: well, sort of, they don't like duel it out or anything, but yes, they are each trying to win her in their own way
Becky: ok
Becky: wow this should take a nice long while
Becky: *while
Me: but it will be worth it
Me: totally
Becky: haha
Becky: ok
Me: because it's BEAUTIFUL
Me: lol
Me: sorry, I'm just a wee bit obsessed
Becky: haha you really like this guy
Me: *sigh*
Becky: wow
Me: I'm not sure if it's the character or the singer
Me: they both rule
Becky: can we say obsession?
Me: *grin*
Becky: yes I think we can
Me: well it amuses other people
Becky: lol
Becky: yes I'm sure it does
Me: lol I watched a movie last month just because it had the singer in it.... my parents only know who he is because of my talking about him, so we're watching it and every character who pops up, my mom goes, "is that him? is that him?" lol
Becky: oy
Becky: that's kinda sad, Hanu
Me: LoL
Becky: heh I've done that too though
Me: I wanted to see if he was as good in that role as he was in this role
Becky: was he?
Me: Well it was like 20 years before he did POTO so his voice was pretty quirky and it was a shallow character in a boring musical... so no. LoL
Becky: oh what musical?
Me: Hello, Dolly!
Becky: oh my word
Becky: who
Becky: is
Becky: he
Becky: in that
Becky: ?
Me: have you seen it??
Becky: heh we own it
Becky: and i have no clue why
Becky: it's so dumb
Me: LoL
Me: Yeah it is
Me: He was Cornelius
Becky: *eye's get huge*
Becky: you're JOKING
Me: lol
Me: nope
Becky: ummm
Becky: I'm not so sure I wanna listen to this.....
Me: uhh please don't judge him on that role
Me: lol
Me: he's soooo much cooler now
Me: he was amazing in POTO
Me: he's actually got a good voice now
Becky: but
Becky: yet again I would not know
Me: that was when he was just starting out
Me: this song I'm sending was recorded like ten years ago
Becky: ok I believe that
Becky: that he was just beginning
Becky: that is
Me: yes
Becky: brb a quick sec
Me: young and inexperienced with a weird voice
Becky: LOL
Becky: almost there
Me: woohoo
Becky: lol
Becky: so what is this song for again?
Me: it's a song from POTO
Me: sung by Michael
Me: or, as we Phans refer to him, MC
Becky: ahh! that explains your s/n PhanHannah
Becky: *lightbulb*
*** Becky has received Wishing U Were Here Again.wav.
Becky: :O
Becky: It's done
Me: it's done!
Me: LOL
Me: yeah
Becky: lol
Me: Phanhannah -- from Phantom of the Opera
Me: yeah
Me: :-P

(And a little later, we had this convo)

Me: I have discovered something amazing -- Forbidden Broadway!!! it's a group of people who go around parodying Broadway songs!! They're AWESOME!
Becky: haha
Becky: that's nice...where didja find that?
Me: The best one was when they parodied "Bring Him Home" from Les Mis, which is much higher than any non-mutated human being should be able to sing
Me: I downloaded some MP3s of them
Me: Anyways, they parodied that song so this guy is singing in this falsetto voice, "It's TOO HIIIIIGH.... it's tooo high...... could you pleeeeease change the keeey.... bring it down.... bring it down.... it's tooo HIIIIIIGH.... much TOOO HIIIGH!"
Becky: lol
Me: it was crazy
Me: but a lot of the jokes they make you have to know Broadway to get
Becky: hmm yeah I don't so....
Me: except they sang one that made me mad... they mocked Michael.... *angry glare at them for writing that song*
Becky: lol
Me: but all the rest are funny
Becky: ok that's good : )
Me: they can mock Andrew Lloyd Webber for his repetitiveness, they can mock Sondheim for his wordiness, they can even mock Les Mis for its being 3 hours long, but they mock Michael and they DIE
Becky: LOL
Becky: they have to mock everyone though
Becky: it's the way it works
Me: but all the other things are TRUE
Me: but Michael does NOT have a phony-sounding voice. well, not now.
Me: he used to, but he didn't when they wrote the song! not in '97!
Becky: haha
Me: he had a creepy voice in '65 or whenever Hello Dolly was made
Becky: mmhmm I agree
Me: but his voice now is amazing
Me: but maybe they were mocking his '65 voice because it was a paordy of a Hello Dolly song
Me: it was a parody of "Put on your Sunday Clothes" called "Put on your Phony Voice"
Me: if they're mocking that, I don't mind it
Becky: see?
Becky: it was his old voice
Me: it better have been

The poor girl. She has been roped into my obsession.

Taleia: Do you listen to rock on your own time?
Me: I listen to anything except country.
Me: Do you like rock?
Taleia: Nope.
Taleia: No offense of anything... I find "The Phantom Of The Opera" song beautiful in words and everything... but painful. ;-)
Me: Heh.
(NOTE: This is what I wanted to say.)
Me: You fool! How dare you chastize that music! It is perfect! YOU WILL SUFFER FOR THIS.
(But I was a good friend and refrained.)

Me: *puts on a CD*
Me: well I would put one on if I could choose... Barbra Streisand or Michael Crawford? mmm... I'll go with Barbra for now
Taleia: Michael Crawford. ;-)
Taleia: Lol, illoyal fan!
Me: heh
Me: well I just listen to Michael this morning
Me: so I'll listen to him again after this CD is over
Taleia: lol.

Manda: GUESS WHAT I GOT FROM THE LIBRARY! you will be so proud :-D
Me: what??
Me: heehee
Me: what will I be proud that you got from the library?
Manda: The Lord of the Rings: Volume 1 The Fellowship of the Ring
Manda: I've decided I shall read them after the movie
Me: Good for you!
Manda: it's like 12,000 pages long...
Manda: but hey who cares...
Me: Although I will admit I was prepared to be a bit more hyped up with your "You will be so proud." I thought maybe you had gotten the POTO or Les Mis recording or something.... heehee.... now I would REALLY have been proud of that

Me: how ya doing?
Willa: I'm good... u?
Me: good... I'm back into POTO obsession mode, lol, I listened to the CD this morning and today when we go to the library I have to get the Susan Kay book
Willa: lol
Willa: POTO?
Me: Phantom of the Opera
Me: *smile*
Willa: ooh
Willa: LOL
Me: I was trying to share that obsession with my friend Dani but she just sang Avril Lavigne to me lol
Willa: lol
Willa: I don't like Avril much
Me: "Flattering child you shall know me, see why in shadow I hide" "CHILL OUT, whatcha yelling for, LAY BACK it's all been done befoe".... the two don't mix
Willa: LOL
Willa: nope, not at all
Willa: LOL
Me: but that's okay, she doesn't like musicals anyway
Me: lol
Me: I guess I'll just have to wait until my friend Gina gets online and then sing to her :-)

Dani: I'm sorry i ticked you off
Me: you did?
Me: I wasn't ticked off at any point
Me: lol
Dani: really then why did u tell Kyle that?
Me: oh you mean way back when
Me: yeah I was mad then
Me: but I'm not mad now
Dani: uh huh
Me: I was just irritated because you mocked POTO... lol. that would be my immature side.
Dani: really?
Me: yeah
Me: the only time I really get mad is if someone mocks God, my family, POTO, or Michael
Dani: i noticed
Dani: WHO CARES ABOUT YOUR PUNY LITTLE BOY BAND, DANI???
Dani: U know
Dani: if i brought u in a chat with other ppls
Dani: and quoted you
Me: *sigh*
Dani: U would be a very regretful person :-P
Me: I am regretful now
Dani: lool
Dani: why?
Dani: cuz i finally read ur website?
Dani: lol
Dani: they aren't Puny though :'(
Me: nah, just cuz I feel bad... here, let's see, I won't mock PC and you don't mock POTO or Michael... actually only one person I've ever met mocked him, and that was okay because that was for something that he can be mocked for...
Dani: Smitty?
Me: no no no
Dani: dude I couldn't do that to him
Me: Michael Crawford
Dani: and haven't i chilled on mocking POTO
Me: heh I've never run into anyone who has mocked Smitty
Dani: lol
Me: yes, you only mocked POTO that one time
Dani: o0o
Dani: neither have i
Dani: I enjoy it too but
Dani: U were seriously making me mad
Dani: lol
Me: heh
Me: yeah, that one time I was really ticked off too
Me: but we have peace
Dani: so anyways
Dani: lol
Me: I solemnly vow not to mock Phat Chance and Dallas when I'm with you.
Me: :-D
Dani: dude then its just not fun
Me: lol but if I mock PC, that gives you license to mock POTO which will make me mad
Dani: i swear not to MOCK POTO
Dani: i'll pick
Dani: on.......
Dani: ur nutty nicknames
Me: lol
Me: that I can handle

Me: *ahem* hello, these people cannot group Michael Crawford and Charlotte Church in the same category
Me: MC is far far far far far far far above Charlotte Church
Taleia: No. I hate Charlotte Church
Taleia: sorry if that's offensive, but she stiks
Taleia: *stinks
Me: I totally agree!
Taleia: Great! The only thing I ever liked hearing her sing was "the prayer" with Josh Groban
Me: Josh Groban isn't bad
Taleia: No, he's not. Not incredibly great, but worth listening to. ;-)
Me: Yeah
Me: He's in between Charlotte and Michael
Me: Not spectacular but definitely not atrocious
Taleia: Yeah...
Taleia: Btw, I watched the 1940's version of Phantom of the Opera tonight...
Me: The one with Claude Rains?
Taleia: it was... interesting. I think if this plays with my emotions so much, watching the broadway one on video will be murder
Taleia: I'm not sure, lemme check
Taleia: yeah, it was
Taleia: he's not a very *strong* phantom, if you know what I mean
Taleia: sort of apathetic
Me: oh well pah
Me: Erik is a very strong character
Taleia: Erik is, but Claude Rains wrecked it
Taleia: IYIYI! I haveb't fed my neopet in DAYS!
Me: Pfffft. No more respect for him. LoL.
Taleia: haven't you seen it?
Me: No, I hvaen't
Me: Just heard about it
Taleia: well, they show the girl throwing acid on him, and him writhing in agony, and I hated it
Me: Oh sheesh
Me: What's with the acid? Everyone knows he was born deformed!
Taleia: lol, sorry. but I get grossed out easily
Taleia: Oh, you mean that!
Taleia: Well, nobody knows that. Everybody thinks he was deformed by acid Me: Yeah. Heh. I'm sorry, it bugs me when things are not Phantomically correct. ;-)
Me: Well any phan knows he was born deformed! This acid thing is just ridiculous.
Taleia: yeah, agreed. and it's GROSS1

Here are two I am ashamed I had:

Me: I'm working on a quiz for my top 50 Broadway songs lol
Mandy: oh gosh
Mandy: My favorite is "Hard Knock Life" from Annie
Me: lol that didn't even make the list
Me: my favorite is "Stars" from Les Mis
Mandy: I knew it would be from Les Mis, that's a no brainer
Me: loly eah
Me: that or POTO
Me: POTO came in 2nd with "Music of the Night"
Mandy: That's one of my favorites too, I can play that on the guitar.
Me: oh boy, I wrestled over that... "Music of the Night" or "Stars"? "Music of the Night" or "Stars"? Andrew Lloyd Webber or Boublil and Schonberg? Michael Crawford or Phillip Quast? aaaaaargh!
Mandy: lol
Mandy: but i see you solved the problem
Me: lol yeah
Me: I'll probably switch them around in another week or so

Me: I've got a new fav musical too... well it hasn't replaced my REAL favorite, but it's way up there
Mandy: lol your real is still POTO right?
Me: Into the Woods
Me: POTO comes just below that
Me: and Les Mis below that
Mandy: oh ok, i thought POTO was at the top
Mandy: lol
Me: POTO's music is better than ITW's but ITW's lyrics are totally cool
(How could I be such an idiot?)

Me: but on the bright side, I'm confusing and irritating Dani!
Mandy: lol
Mandy: how, or should i not ask? lol
Me: I'm obsessing over POTO
Me: and she's like "you're scaring me!"
Me: so I just start singing to her :-)
Mandy: i'm used to that, so i just play along
Me: heehee yeah
Me: oh gosh I'm taking this POTO purity test and sheesh, one of the questions is "Do you spell Erik with a K?" well of COURSE that's the only way TO spell it
Me: this guy from my youth group, his name is Erik, only it's spelled with a C, but I refuse to spell it that way
Mandy: lol
Mandy: oh and if i don't talk to manda by sunday tell her i said happy birthday
Me: LOL LOL LOL LOOK AT THIS
Me: this was a question on the POTO test
Mandy: lol
Me: "Have you ever dressed up as David Letterman, find an empty stage or auditorium, write an entire "Late Show" fiction, get a friend to play Michael Crawford, and have the Erik on as a guest so you could show your friends "Music of the Night" as the guest's 'movie clip'?"
Me: I LOVE IT

Sarah: I like Taleia's stuff (but basically the stuff I've read that is NOT on TYWC, because most of ehr stuff from TYWC is from when she was quite young)
Me: She hasn't sent me any of her stuff yet...*sigh* She needs to
Sarah: lol
Me: Except some limericks she wrote to help me with my "Phantom of the Opera in limerick" project
Sarah: lol I liked those limericks they were quite amusing. They'd also be funnier if I remembered the Story a bit better *frowns* when I was about 6 or 7 I watched a version of 'Phantom of the Opera' but mama made us turn it off *grins* i remember it much better then I should
Sarah: It creeped me out
Sarah: But I do remember liking the guy in the mask
Sarah: He had really dark brown hair, and he had this strange silky voice
Sarah: lol
Me: The guy in the mask is Erik, who is AWESOME :-)
Sarah: lol do you have a movie version of it?
Me: Ah, yes, the strange silky voice...the voice of Erik....heehee...
Sarah: LOL
Me: Nah, I just have the Broadway musical CD
Sarah: lol shame that we don't have the movie anymore.... of course there must have been a reason WHY we turned it off but I was so little I didn't notice.... Though I do remember despising Christine's count whatshisname.....
Me: Oooh! You learned early! Raoul, the Vicompte de Chagny, was THE wimpiest character in the history of fiction

Dani: waz up
Me: not much, you?
Dani: addressing a letter
Me: to who?
Dani: and finding change for stamps
Dani: My best phriend in the hole world and Phan Mail to duh pc
Me: *snickers*
Me: Phan Mail...
Me: oh well
Dani: ha ha ha
Me: Phan Mail is related to POTO and is usually address to either WB or ALW but ah well
Me: *addressed
Dani: no PC PHAN mail is addressed Phat Chance P.O. Box 5971
High Point, NC 27262
Me: Ahhh, PC Phan Mail, not Phan Mail
Dani: remember I am NOT a PHantom
Me: Uh, no, I'm not a Phantom either
Me: Just a Phan
Dani: well I am PHAN a PC PHAn

Me: nadir \NAY-dir; nay-DIR\, noun:
The lowest point; the time of greatest depression or adversity.
Me: That is my word for the day.
Me: Shoot, the Persian's name means "a time of great depression"?
Dani: Ok good for you
Dani: HUH?
Dani: you lost me
Me: Heehee
Me: It's a Phantom of the Opera thing
Dani: I LOVE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Dani: That is my Favorite
Me: Musical or book?
Dani: Musical
Me: Read the book. It's even better.
Dani: I haven't read the book
Dani: ok
Dani: on my list
Me: And then read the book "Phantom" by Susan Kay. It is the best book of all time.
Me: And there you shall meet Nadir, a.k.a the Persian who for some reason doesn't appear in the musical

Me: I'm back into POTO obsession mode, lol, I listened to the CD this morning and today when we go to the library I have to get the Susan Kay book
Dani: sweet
Dani: oy!
Me: so yeah that's fun
Me: "Flattering child, you shall know me.... see why in shadow I hide....."
Dani: "Whatcha ya yellin for? Lay back its all been done before."
Me: "Look at your face in the mirror, I am there inside"
Dani: "Why you gotta go and make things soo complicated?!?! Youre making me frustrated!"
Me: "Angel of music, guide and guardian, grant to me your glory"
Me: "Angel of music, hide no longer, enter at last, master"
Me: "I am your angel of music, come to me angel of music"
Me: "Who is that voice? Who is that in there?"
Dani: g2g eat
Dani: be back in a bit
Me: okee
Dani: bye bye my POTO Obsessed friend
Me: "I am your angel of music, come to me angel of music..."

Dani: (Link: http://www.click2houston.com/sh/entertainment/stories/entertainment-172179820021015-151000.html)http://www.click2houston.com/sh/entertainment/stories/entertainment-172179820021015-151000.html
Dani: POTO doll
Me: ok
Dani: :-D
Me: let's see if this will work
Me: "The sponsor assumes no responsibility or liability for damages, losses or injuries resulting from use of or acceptance of any prize." What the heck does that mean?
Me: lol
Me: This POTO doll might injure me if I got it... right
Dani: um um
Dani: LOL I dunno!
Dani: ROTFLOL
Me: lol
Me: that's insane
Me: well he's the Phantom
Me: he could Punjab me!
Dani: LOL
Me: *THINKS everyone knows what the Punjab is lol*
Dani: it must hurt
Me: the Punjab is a magic lasso

Me: hmm... what other categories should I have in Hannah Knowledge Jeopardy?
Me: what else do I know a lot about?
Dani: POTO!
Me: yup that's in there
Me: lol
Me: you wanna hear the POTO questions? :)
Dani: s
Dani: sure
Me: ok, for $100
Me: Erik sends many of these throughout the musical. The managers, Carlotta, Piangi, Raoul, and Mme. Giry each receive at least one.
Me: Do you know? :-P
Dani: ahhhh how am I supposed to know I watched Poto "WISHBONE" style!
Me: lol
Me: sheesh
Dani: ^
Dani: LOL
Me: he doesn't even DIE in that one
Dani: i know
Me: Wishbone makes me laugh because I actually read all the classics lol
Me: anyways
Dani: i have it on CD though * i think i losted it :'(*
Me: the answer is "notes"
Dani: o0o
Me: HOW can you LOSE it? FIND it and LISTEN to it! *grin*
Me: $200- During the "Masquerade" scene, Erik arrives, dressed in this frightening costume.
Dani: dude I know this!
Me: heehee
Dani: AHHHH!
Me: R-- D----
Me: if that helped at all
Dani: Red Devil
Dani: Demon
Me: errr close
Me: Death
Me: Red Death
Dani: hey they all equal the same thing!
Me: $300- Christine was originally cast as the pageboy in this opera.
Me: This one is hard
Me: lol
Me: my sister said Carmen
Dani: true
Me: and I was like "no no no, that was Italian, this is in France"
Dani: AH me losted now
Me: the answer is Il Muto
Dani: O my special breakfast :-D bbl
Me: $400- This is the name of Erik's spoiled mother.
Dani: toodles!
Me: lol
Me: I was gonna give youthe Christian msuic questions next *glower*

Me: NO! OVER MY DEAD BODY ARE YOU MAKING A DISNEY VERSION OF POTO!
Manda: lol
Me: THEY'D MURDER IT! LIKE THEY DID WITH HUNCHBACK!
Manda: excuse me?
Me: Hunchback of Notre Dame was a beautiful story, and they totally destroyed it!
Manda: lol
Me: heh I went POTO-crazy last night and dedicated a section of my site to POTO chats. the best one is the first one, where Becky asked me like one little POTO-related question and I bombarded her with all my info.... lol I felt so bad for her afterwards
Me: oh dear, I'm getting very angry at some of these posters on (Link: www.musicals.net)www.musicals.net lol
Manda: why?
Me: they're arguing over the POTO movie cast..... heh, they're saying "well we need to have a big name as Erik" and I'm thinking "no, the first priority needs to be that he can sing..."
Manda: yea no kidding!
Manda: ok the only problem with this movie is they talk about sex too much
Me: well that sounds like fun
Manda: sorry
Manda: keep going
Me: okay, anyways, back to the POTO thing (heh, sorry, gotta rant) at least they're considering actors who have actually been in musicals now... although I will say John Travolta is NOT the one for the role.....
Manda: no way!
Manda: he's too... ya know? not cool enough for that
Me: I'm thinking the voice is not nifty enough
Me: he's around the right age though
Manda: I mean I would go see it but I don't think he is good enough
Me: you would go see it?
Me: you would go see the POTO movie?
Me: I thought only phans were going to see this lol
Manda: maybe
Manda: I don't know
Me: well that's cool anyway
Me: wait, you're right, you would go because I would make you go
Manda: when it's at the cheap theater but I'm not paying over 6 buck to go see it
Manda: lol
Me: I would if it had a decent singer in the lead role...

Sarah: By the way... I was reading your Phantom of the Opera chats the other day... I was looking at one that yo uhad with Taleia. She should have TOLD me that she had seen that version of Phantom of the Opera
Sarah: Honestly!
Sarah: I've *seen* that
Sarah: Honestly!
Me: lol... but then we tore it apart
Sarah: I know..... lol I don't mind it isn't that good
Sarah: Sort of wierd
Sarah: Of course I am not nuts about that story so it dons't make a diffrence to me that it was so diffrent
Me: Heh, I was just irate that they did the whole acid thing
Sarah: I was telling Taleia the other day about this other version I have seen, and I casually mentioned an event which took place in it and Taleia told me "THAT DOSN'T HAPPEN IN THE STORY"........ I am now repentent ;)...... Actually I hate the acid part.... very gross
Sarah: Very wierd
Sarah: I looked up the story on the internet and I have now decided that neither version of Phantom of the Opera that I have seen was even remotly connected to the real thing
Me: lol
Me: what happened in the other version you saw?
Sarah: Of course, now that i have an expert with me I might as well ask a question.... In the 'Real' story, does at one point this primadona girl give Christine this 'potion sort of drink' that makes her unable to sing?
Me: dude, no!
Me: but Erik does make "the primadonna girl" (Carlotta) croak like a frog in the middle of a performance....
Sarah: hehe I suppose Christine dosn't go to this party with this smarmy looking chap, and get home REALLY late at night and Erik get mad at her? (That was what Taleia was so indignant about)...........
Me: well.... hmm
Sarah: hehe
Me: she goes to the masquerade with Raoul but Erik shows up there
Me: she goes up to the roof with Raoul but there Erik's mad because they pledge their love to each other
Sarah: No No Erik wasn't there, he waited for her back at wherever he lives and Christine and Raoul drive home from this party very late and there carriage gets in an accident and they get thrown down the hill into the woods and it takes FOREVER for them to get home and Mr. Erik is extremely put out
Me: heh he was probably following them around but nobody knew it
Me: lol
Me: he knows everything Christine does
Sarah: Hmmm... Well I seem to remember that when she came back Erik was sprawled out on the floor
Me: wha-?
Me: lol
Me: "WOE IS ME!"
Sarah: Lol I guess so
Sarah: We never got to see him without his mask though
Sarah: We turned it off before the end *pouts*
Sarah: I mean, he was extremely handsome in his mask I wanted to see what he was like BEHIND his mask
Me: Yeah... I seriously think that they always look so good-looking in the mask
Sarah: I do remember that Christine REALLY had to plead with Erik to be able to go to that party
Sarah: lol
Me: Heh... that's wacko
Me: I am going to have to watch all the POTO videos some day to mock them
Sarah: hehe, you will have some trouble finding this one! I can't find it anymore
Me: I know I've recommended it to you before, but have you read "Phantom" yet? Wait... I think you said it's out of print last time I mentioned it
Me: Who was in it? Any idea?
Sarah: Yes I know, it was out of print *pouts* I looked. I have NO clue who was in it or at what date it was made..... I was maybe seven when I saw it.... I remember that Christine was blonde :-D
Me: Christine's SUPPOSED to be blonde
Me: lol
Sarah: Ok, well then they followed the story there right
Sarah: :-D
Me: Good for them!
Me: lol
Sarah: lol, yes I know..... Actually believe it or not I went through the larger part of my child hood (not ending till when I talked to Taleia) believeing that that versionw as faithful to the story
Sarah: :-D
Me: LoL
Me: Wow
Sarah: Sad Sad
Me: Well now we're educating you
Sarah: I know! So good that i have you and Taleia ;)
Me: Yup
Me: Otherwise you would grow up like... most other people out there, not knowing that Erik was NOT BURNED BY ACID
Sarah: I know! Its' terrible the way they mislead today's youth!
Me: Seriously
Me: *chuckle* I was talking about baby names with a friend the other day and I mentioned that my first son's name will be Erik Michael, but then I confused her by saying, "Erik after THE Erik, and Michael after THE Michael."
Sarah: Actually, its really gross when he gets burned by acid. She throws this big dish of acid at him...Ergh......... THE Michael? Who is THE Michael?
Me: Michael Crawford, who played Erik in the Broadway version of Phantom of the Opera, and has the most wonderful singing voice known to mankind
Me: Yeah, Taleia said she was feeling rather sick when she threw the acid on him.... but that sentence makes it sound like it was Taleia who burned Erik. Yar.
Sarah: I will dispute that! I'm sure that Fekete Attila has a better singing voice! So THERE! And what about Michael Hayes? He is WONDERFUL in The Merry Widow... hehe arn't I waxing eloquent?
Sarah: Yeah, It is sort of sick, he really gets over excited when he thinks they are stealing his concerto
Me: Pah! Pah! Pah pah pah! Nobody has a better voice than Michael! Let me find a sound clip to prove it!
Me: Who is stealing his concerto?
Sarah: Sure! Send me a sound clip! Then I will tell you *grins* I am posotive I cannot find a clip of either Michael Hayes or Fekete Attila singing. The Former because... well I'm just sure I can't, and the latter because I'm pretty sure I can't ;-)
Sarah: The Publishing place! He writes a concerto so he can continue to pay for Christine's singing lessons, and when he hears his music being played from somewhere in the Publishing house he thinks they stole it
Me: *looks through her sound files for the perfect Michael clip*
Me: He pays for Christine's singing lessons? Wha-? Who's giving her singing lessons??
Sarah: This singing teacher! He trains Opera stars! And Erik is paying for her to learn how to sing, but then he gets fired from his job and he can no longer pay for her lessons
Me: He has a job?
Me: *is simply baffled*
Sarah: Yes! He plays the Violin in teh Orchestra at the Opera House!
Sarah: And Christine sings in the Opera and that is how he meets her
Sarah: Well he never meets her but that is how he begins to pay for her lessons
Me: DUDE
Me: How skewed!!
Me: He doesn't go out in public, he lives in a tunnel under the opera house and teaches Christine himself
Sarah: And there is a tenor called Anitole and a Police Officer called Raoul and they both fall in love with Christine but Erik dosn't really. Well he DOES live in a tunnel, after he gets the acid thrown on him! The acid makes him go crazy and that is why he becomes that Phantom
Me: Did he build the Opera House?
Sarah: Why would he have done that?
Me: Because that's what he did.
Me: He built the Opera House and then lived in a tunnel underneath it.
Sarah: HE DID NOT! He is merely a lowly musician, and he lives in this appartment (which looks pretty cold) and he composes his concerto..... and THEN he goes crazy and goes into the sewars and discovers the tunnels under the Opera House
Me: Is he a genius?
Sarah: Yeah, I guess so. His concerto is pretty good but he takes part of it from an old lullaby (which Christine sings at one point).... but yes, he is a genius
Me: Hmm
Me: How does he meet Christine?
Sarah: Well, he dosn't really..... She lived in the same village that he did when he was a child, so he didn't KNOW her (He dosn't really meet her until the end), but he had a crush on her I guess
Me: Weird, weird, weird
Sarah: hehe
Sarah: THe clip is 46% complete
Me: Yup yup yup!
Sarah: LOL
Me: You are going to love it
Me: Or you better
Me: If not, I shall pull off your toes
Sarah: hehe I hope so... Rebekkah has just informed me that Michael Crawford is the young nerd in Hello Dolly and A Funny THing Happened on the Way to the Fourm
Me: Yes, he's the guy in Hello Dolly, but please PLEASE don't judge him by that role, he was like 17 there, his voice is a heck of a lot better now that he's in his 50s
Sarah: Maybe he improved with time....
Me: he has, he has
Me: Never seen Forum, but... if he was young, he was probably bad in the role. LoL
Sarah: He WAS really nerdy, but the movie itself is sort of funny lol
Sarah: "It's against Roman Law to take one's own life, The Penalty is Death" lol I'm not sure why I find that so funny but that never fails to amuse me
Sarah: :-D
Me: LoL... that is funny
Sarah: I dunno I just sat there for a few minutes, thinking about it and then I was like ":Oh Yeah, duh...." *grin*
Sarah: 87%..... comeon! HURRY UP!
Sarah: 90%
Me: GO WONDERFUL SOUND CLIP!
Me: lol
Sarah: *grin*
Sarah: 99%
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Me: YOU'VE GOT IT!

(The next day)

Sarah: Oh! And I listened to that clip of Michael Crawford singing
Me: And...? :)
Sarah: Well, he is a LOT better then when he was younger (difficult to believe that he is the same guy really!), but Carlo Scibelli and Micheal Hayes are better :-P
Me: Well pah.
Me: They could never be.
Me: Who are they?
Me: lol
Sarah: Carlo Scibelli is EXTREMELY...... Ummm... well here: http://www.operasj.org/scibelliA.html
Sarah: But sadly no clips of him singing
Me: Extremely "Um'?
Sarah: He isn't skinny but for an Opera star he isn't bad ;)
Sarah: And his voice!
Sarah: lol
Sarah: Well.... Extremely was what it was and 'Ummmm' was *I'm thinking where I saved that link*
Me: lol
Me: His voice can never be as amazing as Michael's, really
Me: I heard him singing "Mary Did You Know" the other day and I was like... crying because it was so beautiful
Sarah: It IS, its's BEAUTIFUL..... absoloutly magnificant! Such a shame that you don't live near Washington... then when we got back to the states I could show you our opera with him in it
Sarah: (I was talking about Carlo Scibelli,'s voice by teh way)
Me: Hmm... could you record clips of him singing from the opera? That's how I got the clip of Michael, I recorded it off a CD
Sarah: Erk, problem is we don't *have* a CD.... we only have the opera (I'm almost posotive that there IS no C.D. in fact)
Sarah: Which is a rotten shame!
Me: Aha.
Sarah: There *should* be a CD
Me: I'll have to look and see if I can find him anywhere to see if he even comes close to Michael
Sarah: I've looked *sighs* Almost impossible to find him.... lol But I;ll try to bring it to washington with me and show it to Taleia, then she can get online and tell you how he isn't NEARLY as good as Michael Crawford ;)
Me: The other two best male singers I've ever heard (aside from Michael of course) are Anthony Warlow and Phillip Quast... who I heard ina duet the other day... wow
Me: LoL, yes, Taleia will reassure me...
Sarah: I'm sure she will ;)
Me: I am going to go out and buy a Michael CD today, just to spite you

Taleia: Hannah, I'm wrecked as a true phan, tho! *is brokenhearted*
Me: You ARE?! How? Why?
Taleia: I watched that STUPID old phantom movie, and now I keep thinking "Somebody stop the ccrazy maniac before he KILLS someone else!"
Taleia: What am I going to DOOOOO!
Me: AAAAAHHHH
Taleia: I need help!
Me: You are going to listen to the Phantom of the Opera soundtrack.
Taleia: I did!
Me: And read the book "Phantom," if you haven't alrady.
Me: *already
Taleia: mayhap I should listen again?
Me: And... oh this should help
Me wants to send file G:\Hannah\Stories\finished\Music of the Night.doc: here you go - something I wrote - this hopefully will help ;-)
Taleia received G:\Hannah\Stories\finished\Music of the Night.doc.
Taleia: *is reading*
Me: Besides, he wasn't a maniac, he only truly killed a few people. Buquet was an accident (he really didn't mean to kill him) and the other two were like, attacking him. Not physically, but they were threatening to expose him to the public and such, which would mean his death.
Me: Sheesh, Raoul was coming down to kill him! I think he was entitled to try to kill the guy
Taleia: I think Raoul should be banned.
Me: Whoo!
Me: Death to Raoul
Taleia: (actually, in the movie I saw Raoul was replaced by two guys with a decent personality between them, lol1)
Me: LOL
Me: TWO guys?
Taleia: A Baritone and a policeman
Taleia: who are fighting over christine