Three for Three

Today is a day that I have 3 things that I'm gushing about and have posts running through my head about all 3.  Granted, one is much more important and serious than the other 2 but all 3 are quite post-worthy on their own.  So I've decided to just write about all 3.  I'm sure you're super excited...

~ We'll get the most important one out of the way first.  At this very moment, a group of Democratic congressmen and women are staging a sit in to force a vote on gun control.  I'm astonished by this simple act of rebellion on their part.  It's powerful and hopefully it'll be useful to call members to action.  I'm equally astonished (in the other direction) that not only has Paul Ryan blocked the cameras from recording it, but he's also asking his followers to retweet a message claiming the sit in is a "stunt."  When did politicians get so slimy and unprofessional?  They're using Twitter now as a way to disagree on matters of legislation? Disgusting!  I'm very much in favor of gun control and back these members 150% in what they're trying to do.  #NoBillNoBreak

~ Ok, now that the important stuff is out of the way, I can gush a bit.  First in the gushing category is Hamilton, mostly because I: A. Haven't gushed about it in a while and B. Work with boys who could care less about anything theater related and they roll their eyes when I try to gush at work.  So even though I fangirl a lot about Hamilton (as does everyone else on God's green earth) I've been attempting to avoid the music.  I know a few of the more famous songs that they use for news stories and things, but I had never listened to the album all the way through.  I wanted to be surprised when I finally got to see it in September.  But due to some cajoling, I decided to give it a listen.  And now (expectedly) I'm hooked.  It is as good as everyone says it is, it might even be better.  Every line, every note, every intonation is perfect. I can't even imagine the amount of energy that Lin Manuel Miranda spent writing this masterpiece.  He really and truly does deserve every bit of credit he receives.  Also, it's hard not to love a guy that does this...

We snuck Tveit in &out thanks to our good friends at @LesMizBway next door & caught this along the way... pic.twitter.com/HPQyXseOfT

— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) June 22, 2016

While still managing to film live #Ham4Ham's like this one every single Wednesday (on top of the 532 other things he's doing currently.) 


~ Last gush of the day belongs to the amazing and heart breaking final episode of Person of Interest.  I will admit to not understanding every single thing that happened in the show over the last 5 years, but I have loved all the characters and the writing, oh so much. It was so groundbreaking when it came out, and it was one of the only shows that really kept me on the edge of my seat from week to week. To see it go was pretty sad.  But, I'm so glad they were able to get a final run to tie up all the loose-ends.  And while my favorite, (Spoiler Alert!) John didn't make it out alive, he died rescuing his friends, who all survived to fight another day, even Bear their adorable canine mascot/6th member of the team.  All of that makes me hopeful that one day in the near future, we'll get a re-boot and get to see what the team's been up to a few years from now. (And if that reboot could possibly be a prequel so we could see John and Root again, that would be fabulous...)