Damn, it's been a while since I updated. We went to San Francisco for the 2nd MCR show, and it was as fantastic as the first. There were some minor tweaks done to the non-music parts of the performance, and from what I hear more minor tweaks were done for the two L.A shows. Gerard Way is indeed living his best theatre kid life.

The SF "stage B" performance (when they perform non- Black Parade songs) wasn't as meaningful for me as the Seattle one. They didn't play "Thank You for the Venom" or "Vampires Will Never Hurt You", sigh. To the delight of others in the crowd, they covered "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by Smashing Pumpkins. I say "to the delight of others" because I am a Seattle Old and Have Opinions about Smashing Pumpkins. (Not as bad as my opinions about Courtney Love, but I still Have Opinions.)

We also got to hang out with friends while in SF, one of whom was celebrating her 50th, yay! And we made a pilgrimage to Borderlands Books, where I foolishly looked in the rare books cabinet and then spent money on a first edition of The Vinegar Works, a three book box set of Edward Gorey books. (While I was dithering the Stroppy One said, "Will you regret not buying it?", which made it clear it needed to be mine.)

I brought a rotten cold home from SF; It's been slightly over a week and there's a crackling sensation when I breathe, so I'm headed to a clinic later today to (probably) get a z-pack and steroids.

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OH MY GOD THE TEASER FOR S3 OF INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE THE VAMPIRE LESTAT. Part of the teaser did confirm they're changing the name of the show, because the upcoming season focuses on my beloved egotistical vampire rock star boyfriend. Remember before the show premiered when I had concerns about Sam Reid playing Lestat, and how those concerns were blown to dust after episode one? Holy mother of god, Sam Reid has been possessed by the spirit of Lestat and I am frothing at the mouth about that teaser. I'm also stamping my feet in frustration because we have to wait until 2026 for the show omg I need it NOOOWWWWW.

So between MCR stuff and Lestat content, my Tumblr has been fannish incoherency. In L.A MCR played an unreleased song from the scrapped "Paper Kingdom" album. As I said over there, all I need now is for Hannibal S4 to be announced and my head really will explode.