Friday, March 02, 2007

I never thought I'd see the day

when I'd be (willingly) going to a William Finn musical! My only defense was that I had no idea Finn was associated with the play when I accepted the offer. Genevieve got tickets to The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for $3 through Ticketmaster, so of course I said I'd go--even high school musicals aren't that cheap anymore! And frankly, it would be ridiculous to not go in protest of William Finn. ;) It looks amusing enough, anyway. I'll just enjoy going to a show. And getting to dress up, since it's a gorgeous day out there and I haven't worn a skirt in forever.


Three days down! Only nine and a half weeks left!

Also, I've had a sudden explosion in readership, according to my map. Or maybe the spammers have found me.
ETA: Oh, not those 35 messages. Those are all legitimate. There is a very vocal William Finn fan club. ;)

Still reading: You guessed it. I've gotten through maybe 10 pages in the last few days. I hope this is not the beginning of the "you'll never have time to read for fun again!" phase of teaching...

34 comments:

Becky said...

Everyone at Harvard loves William Finn. It was the number one qualification for Drew Gilpin Faust to be named president. Everyone at Simmons loves William Finn. 45% of the entering class wrote their admissions essays on William Finn. ALL SMART PEOPLE LOVE WILLIAM FINN. As a predictor of success and happiness in life, love for William Finn is 95% more accurate than GPA or SAT scores. If you hate William Finn, or even just don't like him, you should not be allowed to see his productions. There are a lot of students here who would like to take your spot.

P.S. Nearly all divinity school students agree that William Finn's work is prophetic. The ones that don't are UUs and aren't sure that they are allowed to make definitive statements about prophecy.

Becky said...

IF YOU DON'T LIKE WILLIAM FINN, YOU DIE ON MAY 27TH AT 8!!!!

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HOMOSEXUALS LOVE WILLIAM FINN.

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WOMEN WITH CHILDREN LOVE WILLIAM FINN.

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CRAZY FAMILIES LOVE WILLIAM FINN.

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LOVERS LOVE WILLIAM FINN AND ALSO EACH OTHER.

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EX-EX-LOVERS LOVE WILLIAM FINN. (AND EACH OTHER, AGAIN.)

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YOUR SISTER LOVES WILLIAM FINN.

Becky said...

William Finn is the Miracle of Judaism.

Becky said...

I noticed that today I am the only visitor to your blog so far. I bet if you put up a post about how much you love William Finn, there will be many more visitors again.


Just try it! You'll see.