21 Kislev/8 December, 2009
Dec. 8th, 2009 11:00 pmWhatever virus I got right after Thanksgiving weekend has pretty much infected my whole house. Which is my fault, of course, according to some. Mama’s voice is now all lower and Papa’s occasionally too. My voice is back to mostly normal but I still cough now and then, with occasional coughing fits and my nose still gets stuffy sometimes in fun Christmas colors. Unlike Mama, who is not taking being sick that well, I’m actually not minding this cold or maybe non-temperature flu (which can happen) that much. When I have a cold or allergies, I found in the last year and a half, I actually feel like an old me. I feel like a normal person with a cold or allergies and not a person who has to take it day by day to see if I will have energy, palpitations or balance. And I can do regular person things and not worry that much. I went to Manhattan and when I left the house and got on the bus, my thought were not apprehensive of upcoming trip and having energy for the day, but I felt excited and energetic despite the cough. I don’t really want this cold to last, really, but I do appreciate that it is giving me moments to behave like a regular person and go to the city for fun stuff without thinking I will collapse in the subway.
Medusa and I went to see “The Colbert Report.” It was so much fun and I really enjoyed it. I liked the afternoon in general. Once I left the house at 2pm, I felt on a roll. The only time I felt a bit shaky and out of balance was when we got seated in the studio until the show actually began. (Probably because we were just standing for almost three hours, and finally the body could relax; I noticed that I get this only in certain situations – I learn to ignore it). But other than that until 10pm I felt great and I could just enjoy it. It was cold but I did get bundled up and that helped to stand outside the studio. I wore my new wool sweater and my winter fur coat. My feet were a bit cold, but other than that it wasn’t too cold. We had to go through a metal detector and wait some more to get into the studio proper. Once in the studio we got “entertained” by the warm-up comedian making pretty stereotypical, often racist, and “edgy” jokes. I did enjoy the bit where he was trying to find someone in the audience without a great college education or post-graduate degrees. I do think only a certain type of people watches the show, and one needs good vocabulary for it. Stephen Colbert came out for a little Q&A before the show, out of character, which was good to see. The show itself is pretty much like you see on TV, except he did crack up at couple of the jokes that he had to reshoot. If the laughter on TV is louder than the joke warrants it is probably because it is a second try. The guest on the show was the host of conservapidia.org and it was fun watching Colbert to completely eviscerate him in the interview. That were some great responses to silly premises that the guest took so seriously. But the guest was a good sport. The best part was the we were sitting in the front row on the far right. That meant not only we sat right in front of interview table but we got the initial high five from Colbert and we got to shake his hand after the show!
On the way home I took N train from 49th street to Union Square and then express bus home. Before I got on the train I stopped by at Sbarro’s and picked up a slice of pizza. Because they actually post the calorie breakdown of their pizzas I actually just got the plain slice – the difference with topics was very big. I ate my pizza on the subway (after I used my handy alcohol wipes, of course).
I’m so glad we went. Next up, “Daily Show” in January!
Medusa and I went to see “The Colbert Report.” It was so much fun and I really enjoyed it. I liked the afternoon in general. Once I left the house at 2pm, I felt on a roll. The only time I felt a bit shaky and out of balance was when we got seated in the studio until the show actually began. (Probably because we were just standing for almost three hours, and finally the body could relax; I noticed that I get this only in certain situations – I learn to ignore it). But other than that until 10pm I felt great and I could just enjoy it. It was cold but I did get bundled up and that helped to stand outside the studio. I wore my new wool sweater and my winter fur coat. My feet were a bit cold, but other than that it wasn’t too cold. We had to go through a metal detector and wait some more to get into the studio proper. Once in the studio we got “entertained” by the warm-up comedian making pretty stereotypical, often racist, and “edgy” jokes. I did enjoy the bit where he was trying to find someone in the audience without a great college education or post-graduate degrees. I do think only a certain type of people watches the show, and one needs good vocabulary for it. Stephen Colbert came out for a little Q&A before the show, out of character, which was good to see. The show itself is pretty much like you see on TV, except he did crack up at couple of the jokes that he had to reshoot. If the laughter on TV is louder than the joke warrants it is probably because it is a second try. The guest on the show was the host of conservapidia.org and it was fun watching Colbert to completely eviscerate him in the interview. That were some great responses to silly premises that the guest took so seriously. But the guest was a good sport. The best part was the we were sitting in the front row on the far right. That meant not only we sat right in front of interview table but we got the initial high five from Colbert and we got to shake his hand after the show!
On the way home I took N train from 49th street to Union Square and then express bus home. Before I got on the train I stopped by at Sbarro’s and picked up a slice of pizza. Because they actually post the calorie breakdown of their pizzas I actually just got the plain slice – the difference with topics was very big. I ate my pizza on the subway (after I used my handy alcohol wipes, of course).
I’m so glad we went. Next up, “Daily Show” in January!