Q: What did you do this 4th of July?
A: I watched a town burn to the ground.
My "friend" convinced me to get in the back of a pick-up truck with a slightly less than sober driver under the premise that since the playa was completely flat and nothing existed for miles, there would be no chance of a collision.
While rumbling down the usually flat and empty desert at 30 miles an hour on the back of a pick-up truck, my gluteus maximus came to understand the term Jello-butt. At the same time, desert dust swarmed around us and into our eyes and nostrils.
When the truck mercifully came to a stop, a small town made of painted facades and plywood rose up in front of our dust-filled eyes. In the middle of this impressive construction stood a wooden pole with what appeared to be many large marshmallow-like piñatas. Lucky volunteers were instructed to spin the wheel to choose a number. The corresponding wooden donkey replete with jihad quantities of explosives, was daringly lit and pushed towards the centerpiece.
I just came back from playing with Weezer at the Alameda Navy base's O'Club. There were about 80 people invited. It was hot, sweaty, and one of the most amazing experiences of my life.
I knew all that Rock Band playing would pay off :P
The audience gasps as the unicyclist tosses his partner into the air and across his body like a lithe feather boa gliding around one's body. Only this adornment is a hundred pound girl who makes dancing with a unicyclist look easy.
Kooza is one of Cirque du Soleil's traveling shows. So although it does not benefit from all the trappings of your typical Las Vegas Cirque du Soliel show with mult-million-dollar special effects and lighting, one quickly forgets because their artists are so skilled in transporting the audience from their humble seats into their magical realm.
The creator of Cirque du Soliel, Guy Laliberté, is a magician who creates with unexpected media. He turns acrobats into majestic dancers, jugglers into sophisticated showmen, and clowns into story-tellers. Although this formula of acrobatics, dancing and juggling may seem tiring to anyone who has seen more than one Cirque du Soleil show, the sheer skill of their performers more than makes up for repetition in theme.
There is always something unexpected at a Cirque du Soleil show. Catch Kooza in San Jose from now till March 16th! I wonder if Cirque du Soliel needs a magician...
Easily the most addictive and hence dangerous games I have ever played.... anyone up for a game of Rock Band?
Lovemakers at cafe du nord
Anyone going to MacWorld Tuesday or Wednesday?
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