Bittersweet Victory

Guess what??? As of right now, there is a ticket to a taping of the Colbert Report with my name on it. It was offered to me by a friend on TekJansen.com, AR7, as she is known. She has 4 tickets for the January 8th taping, and she offered me one. My problem is, though, all the red tape that I'm gonna have to cut through to go. Problem number 1, cost. Airfare alone is going to cost a little more than $800. At least that includes the return flight and all the fees from Charlottetown. I'd go from Halifax, but I priced it, and it's actually cheaper to fly from here. Go figure. Problem number 2, security regulations. As of January 8, 2007, anyone entering the United States by air must have a passport, and well, I don't have one. That is the next thing I must work on. Besides, any good nut needs to have a passport from the country of their origin, right? Problem number 3, dialysis. I want to take half a days supplies with me on the plane. Since the largest portion of those supplies are 2 litre bags of fluid, I'm not sure if I'd be allowed to take them on the plane. Plus, there's also the masks, handwash, caps for the tubing, clamps, and my pole, which I was going to put in my checked bag. That will probably get a look or two. Problem number 4, and this is actually the hardest one, my family. They don't want me to go to NYC by myself. I can understand that. I'm small, and legally blind. I could easily get lost or hurt, and no one would ever know about it. but that could happen to anyone. I trust the people I'm going to meet, even though I don't know their real names. I do talk to them on a daily basis, and they share my love and adoration of Stephen Colbert. What's not to like? Anyway, I'm going to start looking into everything tomorrow. I want to find out if it's feasable to even try to make the trip, before I put any money down. I'll keep you posted.

Passionately from the Heart

After Monday's beautiful show, which I am still reeling from, some of us on the ColbertNation boards were talking about the different times we've heard the beautiful singing voice of the object of our affections, Stephen Colbert. One poster, m0ment.0f.z3n, put together a compilation of downloadable songs.

And now, for your listening pleasure




m0ment.0f.z3n, you are a true Colbertan Hero.

Barry Manilow and the Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude

Oh wow. A full 40 hours later, and I'm still tingly. The fangirl in me came out on Monday night. I was rather excited to watch the show anyway, because I, like all the other fans, had just gone through a week of reruns. I don't mind reruns. I can watch reruns. I just wish the Comedy Central/Comedy Network would show some older reruns when the show is on hiatus. Anyway, I'm digressing.
Barry Manilow was the guest, and as we all know, Barry stole the Emmy from Stephen last August. After that, some on the ColbertNation boards started an all out war against Manilow. I didn't engage in that one, took the Switzerland stance, because I am guilty of having a copy of the Copacobana on my ipod. Srephen and Barry brought an end to that war, with a peace treaty, and they decided to share the Emmy. I think that was mighty big of Mr. Manilow. But it was what happened after the interview that made it for me, and I'm going to share it now.



Oh My God!! It still does it to me.*L* I'm glad that my mother was the only one home, because she could sleep through a train wreck. I squeeled. I swooned. I shed a tear. It was beautiful. When it was done, I went to the ColbertNation.com boards to congregate with my fellow fangirls, because I knew they would be there, and they were. Someone mentioned the Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude, and a new mission was born.
Many of us fangirls are now making Christmas cards for Stephen. I intend to have mine ready to be mailed by the first of December. I have so many ideas, and hopefully the finished product will get his attention. I'll post a picture of it when I'm finished. I'm also going to add the letter that I've been working on, although, I've been working on that one for weeks and I just can't get it to sound right. I'll keep you posted.