Wicked

i remember writing a lot about WICKED the first time i encountered it...

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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

I'M NOT THAT GIRL

i just spent my weekly indulgence on a CD.

yes...i bought one, something which i haven't done in a long time.

and i had wanted it so much on a whim that i walked back to borders to get it after That CD Shop told me they didn't have it (like, what?!).

i had chanced upon the CD at borders earlier when i thought i'd just browse a little before heading off to training.

i chose one song to listen to.

and i was instantly hooked.

i wanted that CD so badly, yet didn't want to spend close to 30 bucks for it.

anyways, yes...i got it...the soundtrack of a new musical called Wicked.

i saw the book too and the context made me want to get the CD even more.

it's about the wicked witch of the west in the story of the wizard of oz and how things are told from her perspective.

and perhaps she's not as evil as she's made out to be, evil being subject to interpretation.

so now i've gotten the soundtrack, i shall probably wait a few more weeks before i spend another indulgence on the book. =)

the song which struck such a chord in me is one called "I'm Not That Girl".

hands touch, eyes meet
sudden silence, sudden heat
hearts leap in a giddy whirl
he could be that boy
but i'm not that girl

don't dream too far
don't lose sight of who you are
don't remember that rush of joy
he could be that boy
i'm not that girl

ev'ry so often we long to steal
to the land of what-might-have-been
but that doesn't soften the ache we feel
when the reality sets back in

blithe smile, lithe limb
she who's winsome, she wins him
gold hair and a gentle curl
that's the girl he chose
and heaven knows
i'm not that girl...

don't wish, don't start
wishing only wounds the heart
i wasn't born for the rose and pearl
there's a girl i know
he loves her so
i'm not that girl...

and if it's still on when i make my trip to new york next year...

he could be that boy
but i'm not that girl.
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back to present day.

eric and i have both read the book and heard the music.


AND WE'VE JUST BOOKED OUR ORCHESTRA TICKETS AT THE GERSHWIN THEATER FOR THE MUSICAL ON 10 JULY 2007!!!

talk about KNOWING.

i read and introduced the story to eric way before i realized the musical's a huge hit on broadway.

i had also promised myself (when i was 16 and standing in front of the huge christmas tree at rockefeller center) that i would be back there someday, feeling the same warmth i felt that christmas as i was standing there alone.

so to trot down the theater district, times square and central park with my snuffy hubby would surely be fulfilling one of my wildest dreams ever.

thank you, snuffy darling. =)