Avenue Q and You!

So in the thrill of Trapeze School, I completely forgot about my other really cool weekend thing - seeing Avenue Q! (It was truly a banner weekend here in muggy NY!)

Avenue Q was even better than I had hoped. You know, you hear the hype and the build up and, usually, the show doesn't match it. I was uber disappointed with Rent when I saw it several years ago and Phantom left me unimpressed.

Avenue Q, however, was amazing. I found myself thinking that if this show were not done with puppets, it probably would not still be open. That's what I love about puppets - you can get away with saying just about anything as long as it comes out of the mouth of something furry and/or cute. The show touched on things that everyone is thinking/feeling but, because the puppets were doing the talking, it didn't feel so harsh. But oh, was it spot on!

Even if you don't get a chance to see a production, I highly recommend the soundtrack. Available here: http://www.avenueq.com/

My favorite songs (at the moment) are "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist", "The Internet is for Porn", and "There's a Fine, Fine, Line." But, honestly, they are all great.

The actors were fantastic and I found myself focusing more on the puppets than the actors themselves - although occasionally I would watch an actor and marvel "How's he doing that?!?"
I have to admit, however, that I was distracted by one of the actor/puppeteer's horrid comb-over.

I left my stomach on the Lower East Side

Well, I had a great post but then my cat managed to disconnect my modem and I lost it all. Figures. The little bugger is most jealous of me. You see, today I went to

TRAPEZE SCHOOL!!

Yes, I flew through the air screaming like a stuck piggy. It was easily the most terrifying thing I have ever done in my entire life.

Everyone should try it. Check out: www.trapezeschool.com for yourself.

I am sunburned, sore and still a bit shakey from my flights and I am so amazed that I did it. When I get my film back, I'll post pictures and more thoughts on the experience. I think I still need to process everything. It was really, really wild and completely and utterly terrifying.

>^..^<

ARRGH! My Eyes! My Eyes! (My Job! My Job!)

Or…the dangers of random blog surfing whilst at work.

Sigh. So I had some down time at work yesterday and I was surfing through the different blogs on blogspot.com. There are some really cool ones on here. However, aside from the ones that are ALL ADVERITSEMENTS ALL THE TIME! there are a few that shouldn’t be opened. Ever. Nothing like clicking on the “Next Blog” button and suddenly come face to face with a woman’s naked body in a bath tub. And I'm not talking about a Playboy Bunny, either. Yikes!

Did I mention I was at work?

And since I no longer have an office, my computer is pretty much visible to most people around me. Not to mention the fact that all my web-surfing is being monitored somewhere, I’m sure.

Sigh.

And although I could draw the obvious connection between cats and nekkid women, I think I’ll refrain for now.

Adjusting other people's clothes

Now I know I'm out of touch with fashion. I was walking through Grand Central Station this morning behind a woman who was not fat but certainly wasn't model-thin. She was wearing a pair of low-rider jeans (which look horrible on about 99% of the population - nothing like wrapping something tight around one of the fattest parts of the body) and a tight tee shirt that wouldn't stay down. I ended up walking behind her from the train to 42nd St. And fighting the urge to reach over and pull her shirt down.

I can't decide if all this display of non-thin flesh is a good thing (Hey! Girls are so confident these days, they don't care if their less-than-firm tummies and butts hang out!) or a bad thing (Hey! Girls are such a slave to fashion, they don't care if their less-than-firm tummies and butts hang out!) All I know is that everything I go to the mall these days, I find myself thinking more and more "I'd never let MY daughter out of the house looking like that!"

And since my cats don't wear low-riders I really can't think how to tie them into this.