A Little Fall of Rain

Okay, firstly, I want to tell you that I am not going to tell you about how Susan Boyle’s speech inspired me to the point that I want to try out of America’s Got Talent in order so that I can be the next Susal Boyle. Nope. I am going to take you on a trip down memory lane. You must know that my family was a very strict family, so much so that the only music I really was allowed to listen to when I was younger was Classical music. There is no harm in classical music but sometimes it got a bit too boring for me. So, to find out that people could sing to music and make it sound better or worse truly fascinated me. The moment I realized this was because my mom had bough the Broadway version of Les Miserables on CD. She loved that musical and so did I. But I really wasn’t interested in the history of Les Miserables (which, by the way, did not center around the French Revolution but instead the Paris Uprising of 1832), nor did I care about Jean Valjean’s struggle to be good despite his dishonorable past. I only cared about Eponine and Marius. You see, Eponine loves Marius. Unfortunately, Marius is in love with Cosette (Jean Valjean’s kind of daughter – it really takes too long to explain) and Cosette is in love with Marius. This sucks for Eponine. When Marius fights in the uprising, he is almost shot but a man steps in to take the bullet for him. Marius then realizes that it isn’t a man, it’s Eponine. And as she lies dying in his arms she sings him a song. I know it sounds extremely cheesy but it is definitely a moment I will remember. And it’s so frustratingly sad.