Dec 20, 2006
Last night I saw Evil Dead: The Musical at the New World Stages. In short, it was amazingly ridiculous. The entire show takes “not taking itself too seriously” to a new level. The story follows the plot of Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2, with some of the most popular lines from Army of Darkness thrown in to please the crowd. Though the fourth wall isn’t ever directly broken, the musical is filled to the brim with references to the essence of the whole thing (such as characters acting confused about the choreography they’re performing). And everything is simply done completely over the top, from the incredibly campy lines to the coreography to the immense amount of fake blood and gore.
Dec 19, 2006
Wow, it has been a long while since I posted. Here’s a quick recap of what’s been going on in my busy busy life. I officially received an offer from Google and accepted it, and will be beginning work on March 26th. That should be awesome. To answer the question I receive most: I don’t know what project I’ll be working on; after I go through training and orientation and such things, I’ll be assigned to a project that they and I think I’m suited for.
Nov 25, 2006
Thanksgiving with my family is an event with a long tradition behind it, and this year followed in the same basic footprints as the others. Since my parents just had their kitchen redone, this year’s Thanksgiving was held at our house. A total of fifteen folks were in attendance: our four family, our family friend Mark, and all the Pete Smyths.
Nov 19, 2006
Today on the subway, as I headed home from seeing a show with my sister, a guy on the subway commented on the fact that I was only wearing a short-sleeved shirt and slacks despite the cold. This kind of thing just doesn’t really happen to me, and it always seems a little odd when it does. I always feel like the person has some kind of alternate motive for speaking to me. We had a decently pleasant conversation, though, but the whole time I couldn’t shake the feeling that he was just talking me up to ask me for money or try to convert me to his religion or something.
Nov 16, 2006
I got a chance to see Spring Awakening last night at an invitation-only dress rehearsal, because my sister is way better connected than I am.
Nov 15, 2006
“So they’ve got Spreadsheet, they’ve got Writely, they’ve got Calendar, they’ve got e-mail, they’ve got wiki. What more does Google need?”