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nessaheart Member	posted 04-11-2008 08:28 PM quote: originally posted by dldennis: I read _Wicked_ about a year ago or so and was abso-freaking-lutely blown away! Abso-freaking-lutely... I'm laughing. Welcome to the boards. You too, Lucy. IP: Logged
zen Member	posted 04-21-2008 03:58 PM Hiya, my name's Aubry, i'm 22, and i'm from a pointy, pretty little place called Cornwall in England. I first heard about the Wicked musical when I went to NY for a weekend last year, and was interested in the idea of it, but not interested enough to spend a whole load of money to go and see it. I found out about the book when i got back to the UK and loved it! I've since read Mirror Mirror, which i only love way much more! The notions of Lost and Confessions of an Ugly Step Sister make me go "urg?" though. And Son of a Witch is a sequel... so never mind... So yeah, been lurking for a while and thought i should say hi. Hi. IP: Logged
munchkin Member	posted 04-22-2008 04:40 AM Hi and welcome I've never been to Cornwall but I would love to go, I know people there and it seems so lovely. I'm in Newcastle which is just about as far away as you could get! I'm reading Mirror, Mirror again at the moment and I'd forgotten how much I love it. It's definitely up on a level with Wicked for me. I also really like Confessions but I'm not a fan of Lost, I don't really understand that book. Very nice to meet you, anyway. Another person to add to the English list! That makes it 2... (no, perhaps 3!). IP: Logged
lostladyknight Moderator	posted 04-22-2008 06:31 AM It's probably going to sound weird but I have a fish named Aubrey and it's just neat to meet someone with a name I liked enough to name a pet! Welcome to the boards! I noticed that a lot of people were lurkers around here before they actually signed up. I wasn't. I found these forums, loved them, and signed up. I do lurk on other forums... but not this one. Who else of the older members lurked a while before they joined? ------------------ IP: Logged
helenbooktrip Moderator	posted 04-22-2008 08:19 PM i was not a lurker. i would like to get to know myself again. ------------------ IP: Logged
Yero the Hero Moderator	posted 04-22-2008 08:35 PM Never lurked. IP: Logged
zen Member	posted 04-23-2008 03:05 AM Thanks for the welcome namesake-fish-lady and Geordie munchkin. I'm glad to boost up the English numbers! I have a friend from Sunderland but that's about as close as my ties with the Tyne go, i'm afraid. And i've NEVER met another Aubry in my life - (especially considering that it's short for Auberon; my parents are weird, wonderful people), so it's nice to know that there's at least a fish out there to be friends with. I lurked for a month-ish, maybe? Is that a bit pervy? I dunno. IP: Logged
munchkin Member	posted 04-23-2008 03:51 AM I've been trying to remember whether I lurked. I think I did, because I remember being a bit scared about posting and trying to follow all the rules. I'm not actually Geordie, I'm just here for uni. Home town is about an hour north of Manchester, right on the border of Lancashire and Yorkshire. IP: Logged
Plant a Note Moderator	posted 04-23-2008 05:28 AM I don't think I lurked. I remember finishing SOAW and having a boat-load of questions, Googled Gregory Maguire, found the site, read some threads and joined. Aubrey/zen, I like your user name. ------------------ IP: Logged
lostladyknight Moderator	posted 04-23-2008 08:04 AM Welcome. Not sure if I said that first off but I meant to. It's nice to have a new member. ------------------ IP: Logged
valenticed Member	posted 04-26-2008 10:28 PM hello, all. i'm gabby, i'm 15 and from new jersey. i am an avid reader, writer and musician. i seem to have a lot in common with all you friendly and wise people; i dance hiphop, jazz, and ballet, i play the cello and clarinet for my school's orchestra and marching band, and listen to various types of rock, my favorite being symponic metal or melodic metal, or whatever they are calling it now. i am also a grammar/spelling freak, but i do not like to use capitals (i'm very lazy) when writing or typing. i hope it does not peeve any of you. i keep a picture of gregory maguire as the screen saver on my cell phone and speak of him in a stalker-like-fashion to my friends when persuading them to read his novels. i would also like to add that in an epiphanic moment, i realized the other day how important wicked is in my life. while filling out a tedious questionaire for health class, i was stumped by the question "what is your greatest accomplishment?" after rolling my eyes about the sillines of asking a 15-year old what her greatest accomplishment is and then feeling ashamed that i couldn't name one, i realized that my greatest accomplishment would be reading wicked. i may be young, but i feel that understanding wicked has led to so much learning and discovery that it has given me wisdom and also taught me many things about my "inner self," i suppose you could say. i would say that it has influenced my soul, but, in an elphaba-like way, i question the existence of souls. i hope this post hasn't been too long. i just love this board so much, once i start typing i find it hard to stop . IP: Logged
wehttaM Member	posted 04-27-2008 12:10 AM Welcome Gabby. I can tell already that you will fit in just fine. As a sidenote, I consider not playing the cello my first mistake in life. The envy I feel currently is immense. What a gorgeous instrument. In response to all the posts about lurking... I think I lurked for a day or two if I remember correctly. To be honest, I think it started with me looking for information about the musical. I had recently finished the book during my sophomore year (I am now a senior) and wanted to see the musical but was worried it would be a disappointment. I was hoping for opinions from other who had read the book first. I sure am glad I joined! IP: Logged
valenticed Member	posted 04-27-2008 09:02 AM thanks! if you don't mind me asking, how old are you? you know they say it's never too late...hahah, corny, i know. but you should, it's such a beautiful instrument. i lurked around for maybe a week before i registered. i've never been a member of a discussion board, and i was quite intimidated by it. i'm so happy i joined, it's great to find people who are as obsessed with wicked and GM as i am. IP: Logged
munchkin Member	posted 04-27-2008 09:12 AM Welcome I asked Gregory Maguire the question you posted on the book discussion board about languages. You can find his response in a thread further down this page ("I might get to meet the big man himself..."). He liked it! IP: Logged
helenbooktrip Moderator	posted 04-27-2008 10:36 AM wow, gabby. You're cool! ------------------ IP: Logged
valenticed Member	posted 04-27-2008 12:50 PM wheeee thanks ^-^ IP: Logged
lostladyknight Moderator	posted 04-27-2008 01:05 PM What part of Jersey are you from Gabby? I grew up in Monmouth county. Area codes 732 and 908. Uh... and in case you DO know the area (I'm from some of the smaller towns.) Red Bank, Fair Haven, and Colt's Neck. While I know that to the rest of the world dropping my area code would seem silly, us NJers use it as a way of telling where people are from quite a bit. It's like asking which Mall you go to... Or the legendary "exit" question which was always lost on me becuase I used the NJ transit to get anywhere I needed to go. ------------------ IP: Logged
Minxy Moderator	posted 04-27-2008 01:19 PM WOOT 908 represent! heh... I still have a 908 cell number :-D Warren County here, by the way. Er, formerly here. IP: Logged
lostladyknight Moderator	posted 04-27-2008 01:27 PM Yay 908! Do you remember back years ago when they changed the area codes around? I wasn't even in kindergarten yet, I don't think. But you're a little older than me so you might remember it. Colt's Neck (the town I was born in) is still 908 but the rest of Monmouth co, everything that's not near the Freehold/Asbury Park area, changed to 732. 908 used to be a MUCH bigger area. I should also admit that I moved away from New Jersey some years ago. It's still home though. ------------------ [This message has been edited by lostladyknight (edited 04-27-2008).] IP: Logged
Plant a Note Moderator	posted 04-27-2008 02:56 PM I'm sure it doesn't matter much, but my bf "reps" the 609. And even though he lives in MA now, he still has his NJ cell phone number. ------------------ [This message has been edited by Plant a Note (edited 04-27-2008).] IP: Logged
Minxy Moderator	posted 04-27-2008 04:45 PM I was in 609 for college What exit is he? (this is a test) IP: Logged
munchkin Member	posted 04-27-2008 05:05 PM So you have different mobile phone numbers depending on where you live? And not just by state, by smaller areas? IP: Logged
valenticed Member	posted 04-27-2008 05:28 PM LLK, of course i know those areas! i live in toms river, area codes 732 and 908. i love visiting red bank, and i've been to the monmouth mall a couple times. our mall is the ocean county mall. it is probably the crappiest mall in new jersey. what high school did you nj natives go to? i'm in sophomore year at tr high school east. IP: Logged
lostladyknight Moderator	posted 04-27-2008 05:58 PM Knollwood Middle school Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School. And, I LOVE Monmouth mall. I grew up going to that mall. Red Bank is still my favorite town in the world. Have you ever been to "The New Corner Pizza?" It was my favorite place to eat when I was a kid. I still go there every time I go back. They used to give me free food all the time. ------------------ IP: Logged
valenticed Member	posted 04-27-2008 06:15 PM no, i haven't been there. i love the store "funk and standard," though, if you know of it. i used to go see the nutcracker playing at the count basie theatre with my mom every christmas...aww sweet childhood memories IP: Logged
wehttaM Member	posted 04-27-2008 06:34 PM quote: Originally posted by valenticed: thanks! if you don't mind me asking, how old are you? you know they say it's never too late...hahah, corny, i know. but you should, it's such a beautiful instrument I'm about to be 18. Trust me, it isn't for lack of trying! I play woodwinds, brass, piano and vocals. I am going to be an oboe major in college. Cello, however is a string instrument. I played guitar for quite a few years, but it unfortunately never really clicked for me like the others did. Apparently strings are not really my thing. However, someday I hope to play the bassoon proficiently which I consider to be the beautiful woodwind equivalent of the cello. IP: Logged
Plant a Note Moderator	posted 04-27-2008 06:42 PM quote: Originally posted by Minxy: I was in 609 for college What exit is he? (this is a test) Um... everytime he drives, I fall asleep... Everytime I drive, I just go where he tells me. Haha. What exit off of what road? ------------------ IP: Logged
lostladyknight Moderator	posted 04-27-2008 06:54 PM quote: Originally posted by valenticed: no, i haven't been there. i love the store "funk and standard," though, if you know of it. i used to go see the nutcracker playing at the count basie theatre with my mom every christmas...aww sweet childhood memories Yes I LOVE that store! I used to go there all the time. Now I only get to go about once a year. They have great clothes, great novelty items, great buttons, great everything! ------------------ IP: Logged
helenbooktrip Moderator	posted 04-27-2008 07:14 PM queue music..... "i got hoes (i got hoes) in different area codes (area codes)." ------------------ IP: Logged
valenticed Member	posted 04-27-2008 07:53 PM hahahah. wehttaM, i wouldn't say that just because you had difficulty with the guitar you wouldn't be good at another string instrument like the cello. i must say, and i don't mean this to sound like bragging, but i am a pretty good cello player. 2nd chair in my school's orchestra, 1st chair next year. but for the life of me, i can't learn guitar. i've tried several times, but never got the hang of it, except for a small part of "malaguena" that my dad taught me. i have high regard for those who are accomplished players of the bassoon, though i have yet to meet one in the toms river area that doesn't sound like they are squeezing the life out of a goose. i must visit red bank soon, i hope they'll have one of those "obama for yo mama" shirts in funk and standard hahah. [This message has been edited by valenticed (edited 04-27-2008).] IP: Logged
wehttaM Member	posted 04-27-2008 08:02 PM I like to pretend I have a promising future as a cellist somewhere in the future. IP: Logged
Minxy Moderator	posted 04-27-2008 10:10 PM Well it depends Munchkin. Here in Missouri 417 is a widely used area code. More populated places have to have more numbers. Pan, what exit is a Jersey thing. It means what exit off the GSPW (aka, the parkway.) Instead of asking what town someone was from- you ask what exit and get the info that way. It doesn't work 100% of the time- for example, I lived off of exit 127, but I was over and hour from the parkway. Val (sorry I can't spell and it's easier to abbreviate- Ocean county mall is pretty nice compared to Phillipsburg Mall. Any mall is nice compared to that! I <3 Cherry Hill mall too. Although the Hamilton Mall was pretty nice too (I went to college at Stockton College, in Pomona, if you know where it is) IP: Logged
lostladyknight Moderator	posted 04-27-2008 11:00 PM I'm pretty sure that I was exit 109 but I could be wrong. I never really did drive it. Cherry Hill mall is one of my favorites. Monmouth just because I've been going there since before I could walk. And Freehold Raceway Mall for all of my big shopping trips. Freehold Raceway is huge... it could so eat Monmouth in one bite. Gabby you're making me miss Funk and Standard. And the pizza place I was talking about is just around the corner from there. Actually, I think if you walk from there to the end of the block, towards W. Front/First St. (it's First in Fair and West Front in Red Bank) it's right there on the corner. ------------------ [This message has been edited by lostladyknight (edited 04-27-2008).] IP: Logged
Plant a Note Moderator	posted 04-28-2008 08:56 AM quote: Originally posted by lostladyknight: Cherry Hill mall is one of my favorites. Now there's something I can identify with. As far as the exit thing goes... I'm like you Minxy, I couldn't use that analogy, because he's not off the parkway, he's off the turnpike. If I had to pick one, it'd be exit 67 or 63, but again, it's about an hour west of the coast. ------------------ IP: Logged
valenticed Member	posted 04-28-2008 11:33 AM wait, i got a little confused here. PaN, LLK and Minxy, you're all from nj? that's so cool! cherry hill mall is beast :P but west depford mall is definitely the biggest one i've been to. and they have talking trash cans!!! i don't know about you, but i find that pretty fascinating. LLK, thanks for the directions. i should check that pizza place out the next time i visit red bank, hopefully soon. i want to get a new cello bow at that awesome music shop. IP: Logged
Minxy Moderator	posted 04-28-2008 11:37 AM LLK and I both grew up in New Jersey. She now lives in NC and I am in Missouri. Pan lives in Boston (right?) and her boyfriend is from NJ. IP: Logged
valenticed Member	posted 04-28-2008 11:48 AM aww. do you miss nj? i certainly will when i move out. PaN, if i lived in boston i would definitely hunt down GM. i am so creepy...but that is one of my life goals (not to be creepy, hah. but to meet GM) IP: Logged
zen Member	posted 04-28-2008 01:02 PM quote: Originally posted by Plant a Note: I don't think I lurked. I remember finishing SOAW and having a boat-load of questions, Googled Gregory Maguire, found the site, read some threads and joined. Aubrey/zen, I like your user name. Hey Thanks Plant a Note! I've only just seen you message. judging by your picture you're a yoga-y person. I'm a teacher, and after i qualified "Zen" became a bit of a running mock nickname for me among my friends! But they are unbendy loosers who wouldn't know a sun salutation if it snapped their hamstrings so i forgive them. Nam as dei. IP: Logged
Plant a Note Moderator	posted 04-28-2008 01:08 PM Hahaha. That's classic, zen. I am currently in teacher training as well! I am so excited to get certified and begin teaching. My friends sound quite like yours, though I do have some friends that practice yoga, none of them even know what a sun salutation is. They just do the movements as they're told, hehe. I actually went to a workshop yesterday where I first tried full handstands and variated headstands (without the support of a wall). It was quite the experience! That's really cool to have another yogini aboard. Namaste (Nam as dei?) quote: Originally posted by Minxy: LLK and I both grew up in New Jersey. She now lives in NC and I am in Missouri. Pan lives in Boston (right?) and her boyfriend is from NJ. Yes, that's right. And Valenticed, I wouldn't even know where to start! Besides, I'm not really one of those people. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner live in Boston, too, but to me, celebrities want to be able to live their lives like everyday people, so I wouldn't be one to search them out if they just want to be left alone. ------------------ [This message has been edited by Plant a Note (edited 04-28-2008).] IP: Logged
Minxy Moderator	posted 04-28-2008 04:16 PM I do... I'm a Jersey girl at heart. But it really is so expensive to live there. IP: Logged

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