the journal of a fangirly insect

“Hi everyone! Umm, I'm in Las Vegas, and we got here, umm, I think we flew in about 9:30[pm], but we didn't get to our hotel until about 11:30[pm]. So we did go out last night, but it seems like everything's closed. I don't know if I would ever come back to Las Vegas in December because a lot of things are closed, but that's not why I'm calling. [beep & cut out] Sorry, my battery's low. The reason I'm calling is I'm seeing IAN FREAKING JON BOURG tonight in Phantom. I cannot believe it! I went to pick up my tickets, and they didn't have the thing [understudy board] up, and I went to um, we went to the Boutique, and when we came out of the Boutique, I was like, I seriously about dropped all my bags and my purse, and I was like "You're kidding me! Ian freaking Jon Bourg is going to be Phantom tonight?!?" I saw him in 1999, when he was an understudy on the tour, and forty-five shows later, he is still my favorite, so I am absolutely ecstatic about seeing him tonight. So, I am going to be squeeing all night and all tomorrow. It made everything worthwhile, just knowing I'll be able to see him in Phantom again. So, I will be back in Ohio tomorrow, and I will be back home on Sunday. Bye!”

sparklybee

“Hello! I'm still in Phoenix, and we're going to be in Phoenix until 9:00 tomorrow night. That's the bad news. The good news is there's some amazing people working at the Phantom Box Office, so they actually let us cancel tonight's performance and tomorrow's performance ticket-wise, and they're not going to charge us for them and we're gonna switch around the VIP tour for Friday night. So I'll get to see Phantom once, provided that the weather holds and that we can actually get out of here tomorrow night. So Phantom is coming up, VIP tour is coming up, it's just going to be very delayed. We're going to have about two nights and one full day, and then we're leaving Saturday morning-ish. So definitely an abbreviated trip. Beaver, I am sorry for the card I sent you, and I know you haven't received it yet, but I think I am being smited for being cruel. Yes, I actually said I'm being cruel, and I am being smited for it. But I think I'm going to crash soon, so hopefully we'll actually make it to Vegas eventually. Bye!”

sparklybee

“Hello! I am not in Las Vegas. I am in Phoenix. Apparently Las Vegas is going to be getting three to five inches of snow, and they closed the airport, so I'm in Phoenix and I have no idea when we're going to get to Las Vegas - probably not tonight, hopefully tomorrow. Phoenix is three hundred miles away from Las Vegas, so not an undoable drive, but don't really want to drive three hundred miles either, so we're going to see what happens. But, looks like I'm in Phoenix for tonight. First time I'm ever been in Arizona - wish it was under better circumstances. See you later!”

sparklybee