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A B O U T M E

Elisa Valero; 18 years old; George Washington University Sophomore; Vertically Challenged; Aesthete; Musical Theatre Enthusiast; Phangirl; Ringer/Tolkie; Gay Man Trapped in Woman's body; Not-So-Hopeless Romantic; Aspirante Francaise; Victorian Doll; Chanteuse (Mezzo/Alto); Basketcase; Old Soul; Incurable Elitist; Devout Wildean; Raging Liberal; Also Known As: Phruity McLeftwing (often just Phruity or Phruits).

L I K E S

Broadway Musicals: Phantom of the Opera; Les Miserables; Evita; Jekyll and Hyde; Aida; The Secret Garden; The Mystery of Edwin Drood; The Scarlet Pimpernel; 1776; Notre Dame de Paris; The Lord of the Rings; Elisabeth; RENT; Jesus Christ Superstar; Cabaret; Sweeney Todd; The Rocky Horror Show; Altar Boyz; Five Course Love; The Full Monty; Kiss of the Spider Woman; Into the Woods; Sunset Boulevard; Bare: A Pop Opera; Anything Goes; CATS; La Cage aux Folles. Books: Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; Les Miserables, Notre Dasme de Paris, and The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo (really anything by this man); Des Profundis and The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (again, this guy can really do no wrong); Le Fantome de l'Opera by Gaston Leroux; The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Silmarillion and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien; The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis; The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham; Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig; The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins; Frankenstein by Mary Shelley; The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Angels in America by Tony Kushner; The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon; A Tale of Two Cities, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens; Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence; Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert; To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque; The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orzy; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. Movies: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy; Angels in America; Love, Actually; Schindler's List; The Talented Mr. Ripley; The Dark Knight; American History X; Dead Poet's Society; The Painted Veil; Les Choristes; Billy Madison; Anchorman; Dodgeball; Wedding Crashers; Ever After; The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian; WALL-E; The 40 Year Old Virgin; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Swingers; The Original STARWARS Trilogy; The Princess Bride; Anastasia; The Swan Princess; several Disney movies; Chicago; RENT; Muppet Treasure Island; Goodnight, and Good Luck; The Constant Gardener; Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Clueless; Milk; Frost/Nixon; Pan's Labyrinth; The Departed; South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut; that scene in Harry Potter 3 where Remus and Sirius have buttsecks right in front of the Trio. Actors: Howard McGillin, Michael Shawn Lewis; Phillip Quast; Pattie LuPone; Patrick Wilson; Edward Norton; Liam Neeson; Colin Firth; Geoffrey Rush; everyone who was in Lord of the Rings; Gary Oldman (Potato!); Bradley Whitford; Ralph and Joseph Fiennes; Leornardo DeCaprio; Kate Winslet; Tim Curry; Sarah Jessica Parker; Will Ferrel; Paul Rudd; Steve Carrel; Jon Stewert; Stephen Colbert; Chris Noth; Hugh Laurie; Robert Sean Leonard; Stephen Fry; John Partridge; Linda Eder. Music: Showtunes; Jamie Cullum; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Rufus Wainwright; Coldplay; The Beatles; Queen; Howard McGillin; Nirvana; Jason Mraz; Oasis; *N SYNC (and all things sparkly!); Classical Music and Operas. Television: Queer as Folk; Sex and the City; House, M.D.; Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip; The History Channel; Jeeves and Wooster; LOST; Southpark; The Nanny; The Daily Show with Jon Stewart; Law and Order; Project Runway; The Chappelle Show; Best Week Ever; I Love the 90's. OTPS: Erik/Christine (Phantom of the Opera); Merry/Pippin (Lord of the Rings); Remus Lupin/Sirius Black (Harry Potter); Brian/Justin (Queer as Folk); Faramir/Eowyn (Lord of the Rings); Valentin/Molina (Kiss of the Spider Woman); Jason/Peter (Bare: A Pop Opera); Archibald/Lily (The Secret Garden); Kitty/Walter (The Painted Veil); Fantine/Jean Valjean (Les Miserables); Enjolras/Grantaire (Les Miserables); James/Lily (Harry Potter); Carrie/Mr. Big (Sex and the City); Harry/Ron (Harry Potter); JC/Justin (POPslash); Luke/Han/Leia (Starwars); Marius/Cosette (Les Miserables); James/Remus/Sirius (Harry Potter); Harry/Ron/Hermione (Harry Potter); Raoul/Christine (The Phantom of the Opera); Frodo/Sam (Lord of the Rings); Emmett/Drew (Queer as Folk); Caspian/Peter (Chronicles of Narnia); Jasper/Rosa (The Mystery of Edwin Drood). Miscellaneous: Writing; Broken Gay Love; Writing Broken Gay Love; Olivia Ordonez; Barricade Boys; Proving That Javert is Very, Very Gay; Jean Valjean; Enjolras; being as Gay for Jean Valjean as Javert is (read: A LOT); Hobbits; Harvey Dent; Disney Princesses; Disney World; History; World War I; Marauders; Marauder's Era; Shoebox Project; Pretending There's Nothing in the Harry Potter Universe Except The Marauders; The Sims 2; France; Paris; the French language; French culture and all things French; Greek Mythology; LiveJournal; New York; Travel; Quotes; Playbills; Battle Cries; Rainbows; Roses; Obsessing; Democrats; Singing; Romance; Playbills.

H E A D E R

This header features Gary Mauer and Marie Danvers as The Phantom and Christine from The Phantom of the Opera. Characters belong to their respective owners. Picture from: TheMauersOnline.com.

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