Is It Theatre?
30 March 2009 - 08:17.
The last part of my birthday celebrations came this last weekend, when I got taken out of the house for the weekend. The highlight of it all was going to see Tony And Tina's Wedding, a sort of performance piece dinner theatre type thing.
If you haven't seen it, you don't have much time left, as the run ends in late May. Of course it's been running for something like 14 years in this city....
It's an interesting work, really, but I don't know if it qualifies as theatre per se. I mean really, how often do you end up with cast members sitting at your table eating dinner with you? That having been said, it's still really interesting. The food you're fed is decent, though hardly inspired, and certainly not what I'd expect from an Italian wedding buffet. But of course the food isn't the purpose of the evening is it?
The action takes place all over the venue, literally inside and out. The "reception hall", the bathrooms, the hallways, and even outside are all fair game in this performance piece. There are sub plots and side plots galore, and you actually have to pay fairly close attention to catch as much as you can.
Without giving anything away, it's kind of like going to the wedding of that distant relative that someone told you was on the Jerry Springer show once. No actually fights, but it's that kind of train-wreck drama/comedy. You can't decide if you're going to laugh or cry, but either way you can't keep your eyes off it.
Missing Muse
24 March 2009 - 18:15.
Has anyone seen a muse lately? I can't seem to find mine.
There's been a lot on my plate and mine lately. Some of it is important, some of it isn't. But for whatever reason, I haven't been blogging about it. Looking back at some of the posts on here in the past couple months, I find them (at least in my own eyes) rather trite, and certainly uninspired more often than not.
I think part of it is apathy. Hardly anyone ever comments here, even though my stats page shows nearly 20k hits a month. Now granted most of that is going to be feed readers and bots. But if even 1% is real people, that still leaves something like 6 or 7 people visiting each and every day. Considering I can keep one hand in my pocket and still count the number of regular commenters here... well, let's just say it's tough to speak when you don't feel like anyone is listening.
One change I'm going to try is to come up with some more interesting content. Peechie, the author of one of the blogs I follow (
World Wide Water Cooler) found something I'm going to try for a bit. It's called
Plinky, and leaves me wondering if they're
slinky fans or love the
Plinko game from The Price is Right.
I'm not sure if it'll help, but what the hell, right?
Parts Required
23 March 2009 - 09:56.
I do some volunteer work with an organization in Stanley Park, here in Vancouver. If you've never been to Stanley Park, or don't know much about it, it's a jewel in our city. A thousand acres or so of temperate rain forest in the middle of the city.
This group I volunteer with needs networking help though. Badly. Currently they use a bunch of cheap 8-port network hubs daisy-chained together. I was hoping someone reading this might have access to a 16 or 24-port network switch, that they can let go of for low or no cost. If so, leave a comment or shoot me an email.
The critters and trees in the park will thank you.
Seen In Vegas
13 March 2009 - 07:47.
On the strip, outside Caesar's Palace
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But wait! There's more!
Quotable
09 March 2009 - 21:23.
Andrew: Here, take a picture of this. Tell people it's the only pussy we got in Vegas.
Me: Bwahahahaha
But wait! There's more!
Live Blogging McCarran Airport
08 March 2009 - 20:20.
Our flight is delayed due to mechanical out of YVR. So instead of landing in Vancouver at 10:15 as expected, we're supposed to be leaving Vegas at around 11:00 PM. This gets us home at some point around 1:30 or so, which means I'll be lucky to see my own pillow before 2:30 - 3:00 am. I have to leave home at 9:15 for work tomorrow.
Bitch bitch bitch. Whine whine whine.
I actually would live blog the airport here if there was anything worth blogging about. In the secure area of Terminal 2 there are 3 food outlets currently open, along with 1 newsstand and a duty free shop. This place is so boring that I think I actually might prefer to sit and watch paint dry. It's almost as bad as being at the Dallas-Ft. Worth airport.
Maybe they have the same designer... There's something to keep me amused for the next 2 hours.
More Love Hate
08 March 2009 - 17:40.
I love airports. I grew up in an airline family, and have been flying all my life. Airports are great places to watch people and things (ever see the movie '
Dogma'?).
On the flip side, sometimes I hate waiting at airports. It's the actual travel that excites me. Not the sitting in a holding area.
The Duality Of Poker
08 March 2009 - 01:05.
I've played in two different poker tournaments today, both at the same property.
The first one was bigger, with 42 players. I got knocked out in 19th place. And at that, it was mostly because I was playing marginal hands, since I had to go see a show. I could have played more strictly, and likely lasted much longer. At one point I was chip leader on my table.
The second one had me blown out in the first round, by 3 of a kind over my two pair. I feel like I've been violated; bent over a barrel and taken advantage of, almost.
The luck of the cards can be a real bitch.
Thoughts On Vegas
02 March 2009 - 14:33.
I was asked the other day if I was going to be taking my camera to Vegas this next weekend. My question is.... why would I want to take the chance of bringing back incriminating evidence?