First of all you guys, I should tell you that I hate my list. I've come to the realization that I am going to FAIL, and miserably at that, at completing my list. Like, seriously. I have until the end of December to complete all of this nonsense and it is just not going to happen. Look at number 83. Do you know how much a new bed costs? I am sorry, I do not have $1000 to spare for something like that. In fact, I don't have $1000 for anything at all. And look at number 28. That, my friends, is an act of purist optimism considering that I suck at strategy and sort of hate RISK, not to mention that Gary lives at his job and therefore isn't around to play anyway.
But moving on...
69) See The Daily Show live.
I feel sort of bad crossing this one off of my list, since I really didn't do anything at all to achieve this. Huge, major, MAD props go out to Christopher, since he did all of the work to get us to see this show. I just blithely allowed myself to be led around New York to all the Snark and Awesome.
And I really need to thank Christopher because not only did he arrange for the tickets and such, he also planned the entire day out for us. What time we should leave, how we should get there, what trains and subways to take, where to eat lunch, etc. I didn't have to worry about anything! He even had a little map that he printed out from the internet and a list of all the subways and their stops and which bus* to get on. It was all rather Eagle Scoutish and endearing, so of course Kelly and I had to give him shit for it. But really, it was a godsend and it was so nice to not have to worry about anything. So thank you, Christopher.
And friends, it was wonderful. I mean, the standing in line for an hour kind of sucked, but really, that was the worst part of the day. And if standing in line for a bit is the worst thing you can say about an experience like this, then you're doing pretty good.
We had Jose with us, and we managed to convince him to play the gimp card. And it worked, because they walked us around from the back so we got to walk across The Daily Show stage and thus right past Jon Stewart's desk. We also got rad seats right on the floor in the second row so I was about 20 paces from the man the entire time (the studio is TINY).
Jon Stewart is just as sexy, funny, and nice in person as you could hope. He took a few minutes to answer questions from the audience, was able to riff with general aplomb when some silly woman's cell phone went off -- despite approximately 50,000 reminders from all of the show's staff and crew to turn your cell phones off, not on vibrate or silent, but OFF, COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY OFF -- in the middle of the interview portion of the show, and then later still was so kind to her by telling her not to worry about it, that the editors would snip it out, and relating a funny a story about the Oscars. He was just so lovely and completely awesome. How I did not run on stage and tackle him in a moment of fan-girl glee is beyond me. It took a lot of self control, let me tell you.
The show whizzes right by when you're in the audience. The commercial breaks are considerably shorter, and sadly, Jon has no time to chat or engage with the audience during them since he's getting notes from writers/producers/fancy TV people during the breaks. Since the show goes by so quickly it's kind of anticlimactic when it ends. I don't want to say that it's a let down or anything, because it's not. It's just that the warm up people get you so pumped and your cheering loudly and laughing and giddy and excited and you really do sort of want to tackle Jon Stewart in a bear hug or at least high-five him, and then all of the sudden it's over. And you have to go about your normal Jon Stewart-free existence, and let's face it, it's just not as good.
Also dorkingly thrilling to me was to see how it was all done. Being an old amateur theater techie, I really coveted the crew's Boba Fett ear pieces and the dashing about with wires and watching them wheel the cameras in. I kind of want to work there. Hello Daily Show, will you hire me? I work hard and I am cute!
The show we taped broadcast last evening at 11 p.m. (which we didn't get to see because we were on our way home) and is being rebroadcast tonight at 8 p.m. (which I won't get to see because I'll be in class) so you should try to catch it and listen for Christopher's whistles and my WOOOOOOO!
*A bus, I might add, that we never got on, much to Christopher's dismay. We walked instead since 1) It was a beautiful spring day, 2) traffic was kind of sucky, and 3) It was only a mile, fer cryin' out loud. But M20 bus, if you're reading this, Christopher loves you and totally wanted to have a rendezvous with you.
But moving on...
69) See The Daily Show live.
I feel sort of bad crossing this one off of my list, since I really didn't do anything at all to achieve this. Huge, major, MAD props go out to Christopher, since he did all of the work to get us to see this show. I just blithely allowed myself to be led around New York to all the Snark and Awesome.
And I really need to thank Christopher because not only did he arrange for the tickets and such, he also planned the entire day out for us. What time we should leave, how we should get there, what trains and subways to take, where to eat lunch, etc. I didn't have to worry about anything! He even had a little map that he printed out from the internet and a list of all the subways and their stops and which bus* to get on. It was all rather Eagle Scoutish and endearing, so of course Kelly and I had to give him shit for it. But really, it was a godsend and it was so nice to not have to worry about anything. So thank you, Christopher.
And friends, it was wonderful. I mean, the standing in line for an hour kind of sucked, but really, that was the worst part of the day. And if standing in line for a bit is the worst thing you can say about an experience like this, then you're doing pretty good.
We had Jose with us, and we managed to convince him to play the gimp card. And it worked, because they walked us around from the back so we got to walk across The Daily Show stage and thus right past Jon Stewart's desk. We also got rad seats right on the floor in the second row so I was about 20 paces from the man the entire time (the studio is TINY).
Jon Stewart is just as sexy, funny, and nice in person as you could hope. He took a few minutes to answer questions from the audience, was able to riff with general aplomb when some silly woman's cell phone went off -- despite approximately 50,000 reminders from all of the show's staff and crew to turn your cell phones off, not on vibrate or silent, but OFF, COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY OFF -- in the middle of the interview portion of the show, and then later still was so kind to her by telling her not to worry about it, that the editors would snip it out, and relating a funny a story about the Oscars. He was just so lovely and completely awesome. How I did not run on stage and tackle him in a moment of fan-girl glee is beyond me. It took a lot of self control, let me tell you.
The show whizzes right by when you're in the audience. The commercial breaks are considerably shorter, and sadly, Jon has no time to chat or engage with the audience during them since he's getting notes from writers/producers/fancy TV people during the breaks. Since the show goes by so quickly it's kind of anticlimactic when it ends. I don't want to say that it's a let down or anything, because it's not. It's just that the warm up people get you so pumped and your cheering loudly and laughing and giddy and excited and you really do sort of want to tackle Jon Stewart in a bear hug or at least high-five him, and then all of the sudden it's over. And you have to go about your normal Jon Stewart-free existence, and let's face it, it's just not as good.
Also dorkingly thrilling to me was to see how it was all done. Being an old amateur theater techie, I really coveted the crew's Boba Fett ear pieces and the dashing about with wires and watching them wheel the cameras in. I kind of want to work there. Hello Daily Show, will you hire me? I work hard and I am cute!
The show we taped broadcast last evening at 11 p.m. (which we didn't get to see because we were on our way home) and is being rebroadcast tonight at 8 p.m. (which I won't get to see because I'll be in class) so you should try to catch it and listen for Christopher's whistles and my WOOOOOOO!
*A bus, I might add, that we never got on, much to Christopher's dismay. We walked instead since 1) It was a beautiful spring day, 2) traffic was kind of sucky, and 3) It was only a mile, fer cryin' out loud. But M20 bus, if you're reading this, Christopher loves you and totally wanted to have a rendezvous with you.
Labels: 101 in 1001, Dorkdum, The Boob tube
6 Comments:
You are quite welcome. It was an awesome time! And for the record, it was the M50 bus! =)
See what I'm saying? You love that bus so much you want to make out with it in the backseat of your mom's car.
Someone's getting a Tonka bus for his birthday!
I will gladly help you with #21. And #53. Maybe at the same time.
@ renalfailure: NO.
The point of the 101 in 1001 is not to complete the entire list, but to establish a habit of setting goals and daring to live life, which you're doing. Don't be so damn hard on yourself. Focus more on what you *have* accomplished and less on what you have not. You'll see you'll be able to get even more done that way.
Yeah, you may not have planned out the trip to NYC, but you went. You left your apartment. You socialized and tood advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. That's more than I did during my 8 months of depression following my father's death a few years back. Again, please give yourself some credit. You deserve that much from yourself.
Also: full size beds are not that expensive if you know where to look. You can probably buy used frames on the cheap side...plus ask around to anyone who is moving soon to see if they're selling.
Just sayin'. :)
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