Help me make the music of the Night...

You are Gaston Leroux's Christine -- THE Christine!
The original, one and only. Too bad most
people don't like you. Isn't it strange how
many phans hate the original? And just about
everyone thinks you're a b*tch! But you can't
help that. You're a progressive female
character in a turn-of-the-century novel! Times
were a-changin' then. No to mention you must,
of course, fit all the standard requirements of
a Gothic Heorine--Small, beautiful, prone to
fainting, pure and innocent, but also with a
tricky mind quick at deception and confusion.
Maybe that's why everyone hates you. Ah well,
that is your plight. They're just jealous
anyway! Because, afterall, you're the REAL
Christine. And you know what that means? You
get the REAL ERIK!!


Which Phantom of the Opera Christine are YOU?
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Sweet Intoxication

Nighttime... sharpens... heightens... each sensation
Darkness... stirs... and wakes imagination
Silently the senses... abandon their defenses...

Slowly... gently... night unfurls its splendour
Grasp it... sense it... tremulous and tender
Turn your face away from the garish light of day
Turn your face away from cold, unfeeling light
And listen to the music of the night

Close you eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams
Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before
Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar
And you'll live as you've never lived before

Softly, deftly, music shall caress you
Hear it, feel it, secretly possess you
Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind
In this darkness which you know you cannot fight
The darkness of the music of the night

Let your mind start a journey through a strange, new world
Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before
Let your soul take you where you long to be
Only then can you belong to me

Floating, falling, sweet intoxication
Touch me, trust me, savour each sensation
Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
To the harmony which dreams alone can write
The power of the music of the night

You alone can make my song take flight
Help me make the music of the night

Three Things Meme

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:

1. Petra
2. Pet
3. Patey (this was as close as I could come, as a small child, to properly pronouncing my name and is still a nickname that some, like my paternal grandmother, use for me). Keep in mind, this knowledge best not delude any of you into thinking you should use this nickname when referring to me.

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:

1. CeltiCat3
2. anam_moon
3. norseoak9

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:

1. I'm calm in emergency situations.
2. I'm artistic.
3. I'm loyal.

THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:

1. My tendency to become complacent.
2. My skill at procrastinating.
3. That I don't always manage my time off as well as I would like.

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:

1. Swedish
2. Norwegian
3. Irish

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:

1. Needles
2. Never succeeding at my goals.
3. ....

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:

1. personal hygeine (I'm a very unhappy person if I don't get to shower every day).
2. caffeine
3. food

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:

1. glasses
2. black turtleneck
3. Mjollnir Hammer of Thor necklace

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS (or artists(at the moment)):

1. Loreena McKennitt
2. They Might Be Giants
3. Vienna Teng

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:

1. Prevenge (by TMBG)
2. Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera)
3. Sleeping Sun (Nightwish)

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (love is a given):

1. supporting each other in working toward goals.
2. humor
3. friendship

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (not necessarily in that order):

1. I am a minister through the Universal Life Church.
2. I find my job very gratifying, getting to work so closely with the public.
3. I wish that I was fluent in several languages.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX (or same) THAT APPEAL TO YOU:

1. Hands
2. Eyes
3. Smile

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO: ummmm...

1. give up chocolate
2. travel through time
3. imagine not having James in my life.

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE PASTIMES:

1. Reading
2. Art
3. Movies

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:

1. Stay home from work and finish the hand drawn gift bags that I'm doing for people's gifts.
2. Go to Sweden.
3. Go back to teaching children art.


THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:

1. Art Instructor
2. Art Gallery Owner/Art workshop director
3. Film Costume Designer

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:

1. Italy
2. Scotland
3. Sweden/Norway

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:

1. Own a house.
2. Have two children.
3. Have a career that I find fulfilling and will sustain me.

Phantom of the Opera movie review

( Stuff that isn't a Phantom movie review )

All in all I'm very pleased with the film adaption of the play that I'm so taken with. The gal who plays Christine Daae has a lovely voice, she's a very promising talent. Gerard Butler (Phantom/Erik) does not have the vocal range to play Phantom. I'm not saying that purely because I am biased toward Michael Crawford in that role, that is part of it, but Butler really can't handle some of the range in the Phantom songs. He sounds slightly nasally a few times while singing. He can do the breathy, seductive singing voice just fine and he's fine to look at (shiver), but otherwise he really can't pull it off.
I must say that Christine Daae runs about scandalously immodest for a young Victorian woman. He must have really had her swooning, I think most Victorian ladies would notice that all of their legs were showing from beneath their dressing gown. Minor detail. I just thought I would mention it because it amused me, in a time where the legs on tables weren't even supposed to show she is sitting around with the band of her thigh high stockings showing. They didn't even have her wearing a garter belt! How inaccurate! Seriously though, it was lovely, I was pleased, thrilled by getting to see it on the big screen. I will own it! The young man that played Raoul was...okay. I wasn't overwhelmingly impressed by him, but I don't think Raoul is a character that you have to be wowed by for the production to work. I think, for me, the fact that I already love the character that Butler was portraying went a long way toward letting me forgive him for his shortcomings. My only other issue with the film was that some of the original lines that they sing on the stage they spoke on the screen, but said them with the same rhythm they would have if they were singing them. That sounds absurd. No one talks that way, except perhaps Will Shatner and folks mock him for it. Raoul it scares...don't put me through it...Raoul I'm frightened, etc. spoken doesn't work. Sing it or speak normally and transition into song. The sets were gorgeous as was the costuming. It was very cool seeing a close up look at the masquerade. Mr. Webber changed some things around, like when the chandelier falls, but I was okay with it.
Might I just add....my, but it was cold and rainy last night!