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Again, I was sick for like a week! And apparently it's not over yet. Body, why do you hate me? My lungs are still giving me trouble. Jeez. I wish I was healthy right now. I want to go out biking so bad!

Despite the illness, I still got dressed up and went to see Wicked last Thursday. Me and my friends Lily and Fanie got all dressed in green just for it. I was originally going to have more bling and high heels, I but I decided to forget about it on account of sick. The show was pretty good, although a bit different then what I remembered. There was some tidbits of added dialogue that weren't there in the version I saw 3 years ago. 



The show itself was good. It's as disney-esque as I remembered. It's funny - 3 years ago, I loved the actrice who played Glinda and didn't really like the one playing Elphaba. This year was the opposite - I loved the Elphaba but didn't really appreciate the overly zany Glinda. My friends really loved the play though. I hear they are speaking of making a movie based on this again. although I didn't like the book that much, I do hope that a film would burrow a bit more of the serious tone of the book, sorta make a nice book/musical hybrid. 

Also, I now own a flying monkey.



Speaking of the land of Oz in the entertainment world, i'm amazed I haven't yet squeed here over the fact that Disney is making a movie about the arrival and rise to power of the Wizard of Oz. Again, the film looks a bit fanfic-y (i'm REALLY hoping they at least used some of the original book's ideas and not just invented the whole thing), but the visuals look amazing! I'm disapointed that the army seen on screen seems to be composed of dudes, when the most powerful army in Oz is technically female. I'd pay good money to see the female army of Oz on the big screen. Those ladies are flawless. 

Good to see Oz is inspiring so many people to be creative (including myself). Although in my case, the "Oz" themed segment of Namesake is soon to be over. Onwards to other words!

I'm going to go back to nap now. Tired sicky Isa needs sleep.

- Isa