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Been so hard to put coherent entries together! It was only through sheer force of will (and a need to do *something* until I finished my glass of anti-hangover water) that I managed to put together a birthday greeting at all (see last post).

*looks back* That was a full fucking weekend. On Saturday, laughingimp and I hung out, talked, hit the used music store, saw a movie, *watched* a movie, and went out karoaking (sp?). I managed to get up the nerve to do three songs -- "Jose' Cuervo", "Self Control", and "Bitch". I think I did the best on "Bitch", even though part of me maintains after four Mike's Hard Lime's, it was because I pretty much didn't care anymore. Even so, I totally blew one of the middle verses. Couldn't remember the melody thread at all, and was so impaired I couldn't read the lines in time to even fake it marginally well.

We recovered though.

laughingimp was fantastic, even though he pretty much shot his voice on the first song. He's got an *amazing* singing voice, and clearly enjoys singing so much that I loved watching him.

Yesterday, Imp, Llama and I went to see "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind". Oh. My. Goddess. I've read multiple entries from both of them on how great this show is, and heard them talking about it to the point where you'd think there was no way it could live up to their build-up.

You'd be wrong.

This is a troupe of actors who label themselves "neo-futurists". TMLMTBGB is thirty plays in sixty minutes -- some funny, some deadly serious -- all thought-provoking. The order in which the play is performed is determined by the audience -- when the previous play ends (by someone shouting "Curtain!"), the audience calls out the number of the next play they want to see.

No, we don't compare notes before hand. Everyone randomly shouts out a number, and the first one that one of the performers can distinguish is the one they grab for.

I'm totally not explaining this well. It really is one of those "have to see to believe" kind of experiences.

I even got pulled up on stage to act in the play "So You Want To Be An Audience Member", where I was subjected to a job interview to be an audience member for the show. I threw myself into the experience, even though it was hellishly difficult not to dissolve into a fit of hysterical giggles.

I even got a package of chocolate chip cookies! Cookies, laughter and personal humiliation -- how great a theater-going experience could one hope for?

Afterward we went to bondage Mongolian barbeque. *g* No, I'm not kidding. Okay, not much. :) The restaurant was BD's Mongolian Barbeque, and their url is www.bdsmongolianbarbeque.com.

*You* tell me how you read that!

Then on the way home, we talked ourselves tired.

Today is a slow day. Imp's at work, Llama is somewhat under the weather, and I'm enjoying the fact that it's 12:30 central time, and I'm in my nightshirt, screwing around on LJ. Home tomorrow, and everything shifts back to normal.