So I'm trying to watch "The Beast Below" right now. I can't wait until I can actually watch Doctor Who on TV again. Pretty good episode, though. Reminds me a little of "The Long Game" but I have a feeling this one will be more popular...
Two episodes in and I still really like the Eleventh Doctor. Seriously, Matt Smith is great. There's a bit in it, though, where he just snaps at an impossible decision he had to make and I see a bit of the Tenth's fire and ice coming through... but in the end it's Amy who saves the day, and the Doctor! And it's brilliant!
Now then, what happened on culture trip today? Let's go over it piece-by-piece:
Tour of the Guthrie Theatre: Rather interesting, getting to see backstage of a professional company and their building. Besides being quite nice, Patrick Stewart apparently once performed there! How cool is that?
Seeing "Iron Ring" at the Children's Theatre: Fun show, definitely had some great dramatic and comedic moments, not too bad at all for being based off a kids' book. Though seeing Ernie from the Bert and Ernie show way back when as the protagonist was kinda odd...
Break time between stuff: Went to a rather crowded McDonald's to eat, then hit a used book store and surplus store in the... I think downtown area? Something like that? Found a couple of books, nothing too particularly notable. Need Mickey D's more often though. Seriously, Subway has been a meal three times over the last two days. Blimey. Then we hung out at the hotel, just chilling for a while, ate dinner (SUBWAY AGAIN!), then headed off to...
The video game music orchestra!: Freaking awesome is the best way to describe this. Besides what you'd expect- including some Halo, Mario, Zelda, World of Warcraft, and Final Fantasy music (the One-Winged Angel performance was freaking epic)- there was also some audience participation and video messages from a few composers, plus we got to see the guy who invented Pong live over video conference projected on the big screen. Yes, that guy is still alive! Okay, so the seats were kinda crappy, but it was still a great show- and then they announced partway through that NEIL FREAKIN' GAIMAN was attending the performance that night as well! I looked for him all over but never did see him, alas. Could have met one of my heroes tonight...
And now I'm back here, having finished Doctor Who at long last and probably showering soon so I can be ready to go early tomorrow morning. A couple of the guys are still out, so I'm waiting for them, at least for now.
Back to Pella tomorrow, sadly. Only a few weeks left...
Saturday, April 10, 2010
If Sephiroth were a math geek, would his theme song be "One-Winged Angle"?
Labels:
books,
Doctor Who,
exhaustion,
geek mode,
happiness,
theatre,
video games
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