I have banana bread in the oven. Or muffins, sort of, since I used a bread recipe and cooked it in mini muffin tins. Kind of an experiment - I used a fat-free banana bread recipe, which is actually pretty decent, and substituted maple syrup for half of the sugar and then threw in some dried sour cherries.

I've come to the conclusion that I am constitutionally incapable of following a recipe.

Oh, that's a bummer, Lilty. Oh, well...next time.

Steph, that's going to be much fun! Tell her I said hello.

I really need to make coffee. I keep going to do it and getting sidetracked. See, this is why I need coffee or possibly ritalin.

Oh, that's a bummer, Lilty. Oh, well...next time.

Yes, absolutely. And soon!

ION, I finally have the Wicked soundtrack. There isn't a synopsis, but from reading the words, I can only gather that they've changed the book a LOT. Which isn't a big deal to me, but it'll make following along tricksy.

Anouncement: I get to have pancakes with Sean this morning.

Analysis: Yay.

Announcement: I am going to make pancakes for DebetEsse and me this morning.

Analysis: I am teh awesome.

There isn't a synopsis, but from reading the words, I can only gather that they've changed the book a LOT.

Yeah. I thought that what they did with it made it work as a musical in a way that trying to follow the book exactly wouldn't have, but there were a ton of things changed. (The one thing that I did wish they'd kept in was the clock at the beginning , though I think that they had it in some earlier version, because it kept showing up as a theme, in the sets and some of the lines, but it wasn't there to make the theme make as much sense as it could have.)

I saw this on Animal Planet: [link]

Barbecue-type sauces for dog food. Really.

Yeah. I thought that what they did with it made it work as a musical in a way that trying to follow the book exactly wouldn't have

Yep- I think that following it exactly would have made for a very long and clunky musical. But what I'm wondering is if Elphaba dies, because I don't see anyone cast as Dorothy, and I don't see how that scene could be possible without her .

Maybe she just doesn't sing?

Lilty: Dorothy is refered to, but only appears on stage as a shadow.

Ah. That's actually kind of cool. I think I'm going to just enjoy it for what it is, rather than as an adaptation of the book- my favorite part of the book is the forgiveness/atonement theme, which doesn't look like it's so much the focus of the show.

But I heard Defying Gravity and it rules. Off to listen to the rest in the car. I've been summoned to Mom's house. She's got me a surprise. I can only imagine...

Hmmmm...interesting. I was wondering that too, Lilty. Thanks for answering, Hil.

I get to go see Wicked in March. I'm SO excited. We don't have great seats, but it should be fun anyway. I just hope Emily doesn't have to strangle me because I keep trying to sing along!