Well, it turns out I can. Rather well, too, I guess?
Unfortunately, I don’t have any real interesting photos from the event – It was a friend’s birthday, and we’d headed to a spot called Flight Club downtown. A clean and fun evening of camaraderie and competition… Yeah, I’m not sure sure what to write about it. It was fun, it got us all out of the house and away from the anxiety and chaos of work (and looking for work), and… yeah.
Simple and easy, fun and exciting, good conversation and enjoyable competition.
I say “I think” because, let’s be real here – If you’re going to see a mentalist / illusionist, then who can really say what I actually saw?
Well.
I do have photos, so I’m pretty confident that I saw a stage, a dude on said stage, and the absolutely beautiful theater that the whole event was staged in. I saw showmanship, preparation, and misdirection. Lots of preparation. Probably quite a bit of cold reading too?
I don’t think I saw any audience plants, but I do expect that I saw some creative use of AI and big data – possibly the use of Facebook and other social media accounts?
I definitely saw myself writing this blog rather obtusely, in any case, in an attempt to avoid spoiling the show for anyone who happens to run across it ahead of seeing a similar show.
All I’ll say concretely is that this was a very lovely date night for Andrea and myself; The show was interesting, exciting, and very well done. I mean, seriously – incredible preparation and showmanship, I 100% recommend!
I adored the movie “The Devil Wears Prada”. To be clear – fashion and style aren’t my thing. I’m learning, vaguely, but… still not quite my thing. I enjoy Haute Couture, to a point, but I tend to prefer tents and hiking boots.
That being said, movies are fun! So Andrea, myself, and one of our friends all bustled up and headed to a nearby theater to check it out.
It was fancy – they had a whole waiting area ready for us. They had bubbly (I doubt it was actual champagne), they had snacks, and it just looked fancy.
We enjoyed, we headed in, and we watched a singularly disappointing movie (in my opinion, at least).
I won’t get into details, except that I have a huge problem with sequels that build themselves up by damaging the original… especially when I appreciated the original so much. Am I glad I saw the movie? Sure, yeah. Do I wish they hadn’t made it? Also yeah. Am I astounded that this is the best that Hollywood could do, with such a star-studded cast? You bet your butt.
Anyways. It was pretty, it was a nice day, and we had a lovely walk afterward. So I won’t complain any more than I already have.
