Angel of Music, Guide and Guardian! Grant to me your Glory!

He's here, the Phantom of the Opera!!!
So yesterday I went to check my mail, and I had recieved a little note saying that I had a package to collect at the front desk! I fought off the temptation to walk up there and quote Legally Blonde: "I've got a package." ("... He's got a package!") I recieved a little box from Barnes and Noble... then I remembered a previous email from my grandma, saying that she was happy that I had gotten into Phantom of the Opera during the last weeks of the summer, and would send me the complete soundtrack. So had one of those "Can it be true?!" moments, then proceeded to shred the box open and inside was...
Oh come on, you can guess by the title! It WAS the Phantom of the Opera! I was so thrilled! I bounded with joy down the isle to my dorm room, stopping by the first open door I saw-- one of my neighbor's dorms across the hall, to announce the wonderful news! The two girls weren't all that ecstatic, but they tried to understand that it was a monumental moment for me. After that I went into my room, and basked in the glory of what was before me! I opened the CD case and saw that it came with a complete libretto too! I listened to the whole thing, and then had a better understanding of the story. I want to see this musical so bad!!! There is a movie coming out, though, I might have to settle for that one. I kinda want to read the book too, I'm sure there's even more to this story. As of now, I'm rocking out to the actual song, "Phantom of the Opera!"
So I remember two days ago I was complaining about being lonely and a bit depressed about no one coming to visit me. Well last night Mathes had "Open Door Night," which meant everyone (or what was supposed to be everyone) would open their doors for people to come in, look at the rooms, and meet the people who occupied them; meanwhile those of us who weren't in our rooms would tour the other rooms, one floor at a time (there are nine in total). Although I was a bit afraid to do some venturing by myself, I found a few cool people to travel with--I even switched around from one group of people to another! I saw some neat dorm rooms, met some cool people, and even a few hot guys! OOH! What was REALLY cool at one point was earlier on campus I had seen this guy who, to me, resembled Seth Green, except with blonder hair and really pretty blue eyes... in short, he was HOT! Well, it turns out he lives in Mathes! Sweet! I was just walking down the 4th floor (boys floor), and peeked into one room, and there he was! WHOA! I went in, introduced myself... (Crap! I can't remember his name! I have a real problem with those...), made some observations of his room, including his possession of a guitar! (Later I learned that about 70% of the students here have a guitar! SWEET!) So then he offered to play me a few tunes! YAY! He said he wasn't all that good, and truthfully he still has a while to go with his skills, but he wasn't bad! It was very cool! I met many people that night, including some Napoleon Dynamite fans! In one room there were about 4 of us, and we had a ND-quoting fest! Wonderfulness! In all, I'm grateful for last night! I just wonder how it will be from now on... I can't really remember who's room was what and what their names were... I would know them if I saw them, and I would know their dorm room... And I'm not sure what the weirdness factor would be if just walked up to them and said, "Hi! Remember me? I was in your dorm that one night, but I can't remember your name..." Ah, oh well. Hopefully there will be more events like this to bring out the social butterfly in me...
So this weekend I will be going home for the first time in two weeks. It'll be interesting... Crap! I forgot to get my brother a present! (Evan's gonna be 15 on Monday) He won't be too happy about that... Oh well, I'll make up for it. I'm rather getting used to life up here... but there are some things about home I miss. Like my kitty... and my music that I left behind... and some other things that aren't easily described in words...

"You alone can make my song take flight -
help me make the music of the night...."
~The Phantom of the Opera