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she's back at it again...talking about the damn musical... BUT WE'RE A MERE 13 DAYS AWAY NOW!!! Can you believe it...I can't...
Anyway. I finally finished the piece I had been working on for Justin, had it printed...now it's just a matter of seeing if I can get it to him! No problem if not, I know I can send it digitally to the tour management company or something... I think they put them in a scrapbook or something? How cute! The hardest part so far has been not posting the damn thing early, but then the longer I hang onto it and look over it again and again...I keep finding stuff WRONG WITH IT. Every time I sit down and actually finish something for once I keep finding issues with it! Just let me enjoy my little drawing I worked so hard on it please...

As I've been mulling about online jumping between tags, I always notice there is such a distinct lack of talk of Justin! I literally think I brought this up a few days ago but it crushes me!! Tears me apart!! He is darling and I wish more people spoke of him...an image i posted to my mastodon yesterday...

 I know most of you have seen me blabbing at length about the Beetlejuice musical, namely the version of it that's currently on tour for some time now- but I don't think I've really spoken at length about it much? Not so far at least. I of course adored the show when it was still on Broadway, and I lovvvve Alex Brightman's version of the character, but I have gained such an immense fondness of Collette's version of the character-- that I simply must yell about it!! I have to!! Mostly because it's so rare that I see discussions of him online much...maybe I'm looking in the wrong places? Who knows! Regardless...Let me flap my gums about him a bit because he is so dear to me.

I first became aware of him through his time in School of Rock of course, he made a very cute Dewey Finn, and I loved the energy he brought to the show...he is always so chaotic. Which is what I love about him in the tour version of Beetlejuice! I remember the first time I came across a clip of him in it...Namely yelling at Adam Maitland's crotch during the little meltdown scene after "Fright of Their Lives". That's when I realized: Oh this guy just kinda takes the character and runs with it. From reports of him apparently bursting out into barking and snarling, to completely changing lines in songs...such an improv king is surely after my heart because WHAT??? HUH???

From different reports from shows and videos I've seen he really does seem to do as he pleases to try to get a laugh out of the audience, and it comes across as so charming I just adore seeing him onstage. It helps that he always looks like he's having a ton of fun, and I truly hope he is! I hope the tour stays on for as long as it can, as I really want to see him onstage as The Juice for as long as possible! I see the show in a couple weeks, and I'm really hoping I'll get to talk to him for a moment if he decides to stage door, just to let him know how much I've really enjoyed seeing him onstage as BJ, and how much I'm looking forward to following the rest of his tenancy in the show! I also want to...maybe...give him a drawing that I'd done for him but...We'll see if I'm even gutsy enough to do that.

Anyway that's all from me for now.