"hey, i've got The Hives for you" "i beg your pardon"

two words.
Carol Channing.
oh my goodness.

so, thursday night we got to hear her talk for an hour or so about her childhood, theatre, and the meaning of life...you know, the usual. and let me tell you, any fears i ever had about getting old are gone when i see that woman. she is 87 and not only is she still kickin', but she is hilarious and still the tony award-caliber performer she was 60 years ago.

towards the end of her lecture, she started into this beautiful monologue from Hello Dolly and then started singing "before the parade passes me by" (or whatever it's called)....it was AMAZING. it was like "is this really happening? am i really watching this legendary Broadway star perform in front of me?" wow, it was amazing.

so Friday night, as if i wasn't geeked out enough already, we got to perform on the same stage as her. we sang "santa evita" (among other awesome songs performed by the amazingly talented CSUB theatre students) and after a brief intermission, got to watch her perform. it was spectacular, to say the least.

she invited us to sing a chorus of "Hello Dolly" with her.
.............
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

i geeked out even more.
oh, and she blew a kiss at me and smiled at me a lot :D
she's such a sweet lady!

so yeah, all the carol channing-ness gave me some happy thoughts for the weekend of boredom at work i just endured while some of my besties were out having a grand ole time in frazier park...but now the weekend is over, thank the Lord :D

until then,
mjl.