Talents? How?
Fri Jan 30, 2009 22:55 (UTC -5)This may surprise you. After all, it surprised me. But here it is:
I’m going to be in a talent show tomorrow.
Yeah, it is kind of a weird thing. But a while back, I agreed to be in some sort of charity talent show with my multi-instrumentalist (is that a word?) friend, Evan. It was supposed to be in December, but it got postponed to… tomorrow!
I had almost forgotten about it, to be honest, but I haven’t been worried too much because I don’t think it’s going to be a big thing. But I got together with Evan the other day so we could practice. I had thought we were going to do “She Loves You,” which we practiced together a lot when we were suitemates last spring. But he suggested that we play this one song I wrote that I played for him one time. I thought it was a good idea.
Interestingly, I also played the song (solo) at my band’s last gig in 2005, so now I think I know how a one-hit wonder feels when he’s touring the country with all this great material and all everyone wants to hear is that one song. Anyway, Evan plans to make things interesting by playing the ukulele and harmonizing. He’s quite the talent. (Wow, I just realized I’ve been spelling “ukulele” wrong my entire life.)
This is supposed to be a two-hour show, and judging from the set list, it looks like there are seven acts, several of which are real bands. I wonder if we could squeeze in another song so as to take some focus away from my songwriting abilities. Oh well. It should be fun. I just hope it goes down better than my last talent show experience. That was, well, interesting.
Not many of you are likely to get this, but: If programming languages were religions…
Do you travel a lot? Thanks to the good old Freedom of Information Act, you can find out what the Department of Homeland Security knows about you! Well, some parts are censored, of course. And it could take a long time for you to get a response, like a year. But one guy went through the process and shares the results. Scary? Yes!
Here’s something I always wondered: why do gas prices include that extra nine-tenths of a cent? Of course, part of the reason is to make you think you’re spending less than you are, but there’s a little more to it than that. (Via J-Walk Blog)
Filed under Computers, Friends, Music, Musings and Observations, Programming, Stuff
3 comments
#1 by Kirsten: Sat Jan 31, 2009 02:56 (UTC -5)
Will there be a YouTube video of this talent show?
#2 by Jordon Kalilich: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:17 (UTC -5)
I don’t know. I hope there will be some kind of recording, and I’ll share it if there’s one available.
#3 by Sean: Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:23 (UTC -5)
That link to the story on why gas prices have the 9/10ths of a cent is fascinating. Thanks for posting.