My American Life

I had a good weekend. Hung out with Jonathan, got drunk, played Halo 2 online and tried to get him banned from it so he would roleplay more :P Next day I hung out with Mark and we went to the game store (thanks again for the book) and then got sushi. We then played Resident Evil 4.

Had to leave early to meet up with Stephanie for "An Evening with Ira Glass." Ira Glass is the host to a show called This American Life. Stephanie was a big fan of the show though I had never heard it (actually, I did briefly on the way to El Paso when I had to catch my flight after Christmas in Cruces and here on Joe's Blog). He had also been a producer and reporter for a number of shows on NPR including "All Things Considered" which I was more familier with. Neither one of us knew what to expect.

So, we headed up to UCSD which was disorganized. We had problems finding parking and then they had a double booking problem. However, after 15 min they got everyone seated and started the show. "An Evening with Ira Glass" reminded me a lot of the "Firefly/Joss Whedon" presentation at last years comic-con. He talked about the show and his history in radio. At the end he had a question and answer session just like Joss Whedon did.

In the end the show was educational. I was a bit lost as it was a show for fans of "This American Life" and I imagine my reaction would be similar to someone who went to the "Firefly" presentation and had never seen Buffy or Firefly.

On Sunday I ended up forming a migraine late morning and ended up drugging myself up. I did make a major effort to catch "This American Life" at 2pm. I turned on the radio and layed down. However, after about 10min I could not focus on the show, after about 20min I kept dozing off for a minute or two. After half an hour I had completly lost interest and turned it off to watch anime.

Later that evening I went to Stephanie's for my b-day dinner which she made paella, my favorite. We also had a bottle of wine, bread and orange slice. We then watched "Lord of the Ring: Fellowship of the Ring" which she had been putting off but because it was my b-day gave in. As I expected, she didn't like the movie but we had a few laughs making fun of the movie. She gave me a Cure CD and Tori Amos' new book :)