Ch. 4: Confessions of A Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)

January 24, 2008
Time: 7:54 PM
Mood: Sleepy
User: adhasnovds

I was surfing the net today, completely bored as usual, and I stumbled upon tracks from Idina Menzel’s new album. To say I was excited would be an understatement of the highest degree. I’ve had a thing for her, and by thing I of course mean a huge crush, for years; ever since I saw her perform live on Broadway in Wicked. Which if you haven’t seen it yet, you need to go do so.

A few months before my dad died he flew the “family” out to New York City for “bonding time.” He thought it’d be a good chance to get away from life for a while and spend time with us all. He had a really busy schedule; very important person in LA unfortunately. He and I hadn’t seen eye to eye for months and were fighting constantly. Constantly being whenever I actually saw him.

It was just dad and I going to see Wicked, on opening night. Do you understand how unbelievably amazing that experience is? The fact it was that particular show made it that much better, but being in the audience on opening night of a Broadway performance; getting see the cast completely raw and fresh…it’s astounding. I quote the ever philosophical Ferris Bueller, “If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.” Of course he was referring to a Ferrari…but that’s beside the point. You know what I mean.

The Bitch Battalion (a.k.a. my stepmother and her offspring of hell) had no interest in seeing the show and made that quite clear before we even left LAX. The only thing they were interested in was spending ass loads of dad’s money on Fifth Avenue. I know that’s the only reason she married him…but we’re not talking about that. We’re talking about Idina.

Since he had so many connections he was able to get us amazing seats on the floor. Granted balcony seats would’ve given us a better view of the stage overall, but orchestra seating gave me a much better, and well appreciated, view of the only Elphaba for me: Idina ‘I am the sexiest Broadway performer in the history of Broadway’ Menzel. Yes I dubbed her that, what of it?