Theme Song: "There's A Fine, Fine Line" (from Avenue Q)
Thanks to Jeff's company connections, he and Jiselle have graciously scored me FOUR TICKETS TO AVENUE Q! WHOOOOO! :-D I have NO clue what the play is actually about, but everyone I've talked to who has seen the play has given it fantastic reviews. After months of counting down, Friday, December 14th finally rolls around. I'm still in Gettysburg at the moment, so of course, I'm cutting it close--good thing my finals finished early (for the first time EVER). I run some last minute errands: take out the trash, donate a crate of Ramen & EasyMac, bearhug the Breidenbaugh janitor. Check, Check, and CHECK!
For the past week I've been surfing MySpace and FaceBook, narrowing down the guest list, and I decide on Janelle, EJ, and Jamie (who ends up having an Orchestra concert that night, arrgh). The three of us arrive at the Hippodrome Theater in Baltimore, mosey down to the tenth row (AMAZING seats), and after befriending the old ladies next to me (who like myself are NOT fans of the High School Musical), we strap ourselves in for the ride.
You can be as loud as the hell you want
When you're making loooove!
(Smack it and lick it and rub it and suck it!)
WHOA... I had noooo idea what we're getting into. A few minutes into the show, I realize that Avenue Q is basically an X-rated version of Sesame Street! Don't get me wrong, it's WRONG on sooo many levels but it's socially relevant and brilliantly executed; it even includes little animated Schoolhouse Rock-style Sing-A-Longs set to adult life lessons.
It tells the story of Princeton, a college graduate (A BA in English, like me, LOL!), who is living on his own for the first time and he has to learn how to adjust to the real, adult world.
If we all could just admit
That we are racist a little bit,
And everyone stopped being so P.C.
Maybe we could live in Harmony
During the entire show, I notice the old lady next to me has her index fingers shoved in both her ears--her white-haired friend was laughing hysterically at the show, so maybe, it was just a bit too LOUD for her. At least, I know the THREE OF US were just dying of laughter through most of the show! Personally, I'd say my favorite characters were the Bad Idea Bears (their picture should be in the dictionary next to "Bad Influence") and Lucy The Slut (Best name ever for a sexy-ass puppet).
You can count on me to always be
Beside you every day to tell you it's okay,
You were just born that way,
And, as they say, it's in your DNA, You're Gay!
Once the curtain goes down and the lights come up, we head back into the cold night and prowl the streets of Baltimore for a while. And as the three of us start about sex and relationships, I'm reminded of a quote from Dana on Rick & Steve: "Why gay guys and lesbians insist on trying to get along? We hate men. They hate women." Not that we hate women, but despite what many people think, gays and lesbians don't really have much in common in that area. Nevertheless, it's always good to have gay friends in every area code with whom you can engage in honest and frank conversations about sex.
There's a fine, fine line between a lover and a friend
There's a fine, fine line between reality and pretend
And you never know 'til you reach the top if it was worth the uphill climb.
There's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of time
After grabbing a bite at a local pizza joint (UNO's, I think), we make a mad dash for the light rail, but OF COURSE it's already down the street before we reach the station. Shit. It's a little after midnight, we won't all fit in EJ's truck, so... we decide to come back for Janelle in the morning. JUST KIDDING! We call up Jamie, everybody's favorite cellist, and she comes to our rescue! All things considered, it was a wonderful night--we saw a spectacular play and we didn't get mugged. Score.
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