June 24, 2008

  • I Just Met Wayne Brady

    I'm in Las Vegas right now, at a training course for ASP.NET programming.  It was supposed to be held in San Francisco, but there weren't enough people.  So the company offering the course said they'd pick up my airfare and hotel.  So, um, yeah, okay! Happily, boss man agreed to let me go.  So . . .

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     . . . that's where I'm staying.  It's not on the strip.  It's not actually really far from the strip, but amazingly, it's a $15 cab ride to the Strip.  Heh.  So, could a Mardi Gras themed casino be that bad? Yes, yes, it can.  In fact, it can be downright terrifying.  Alligators? Check.  Crawfish? Check.  Terrifying, garish masks? Oh, check, please!

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    What's scarier? I'm glad you asked.  How about a Cameron Diaz wax sculpture at Madame Tussaud's.  Okay!

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    Madame Tussaud might get cozy with Cameron, but I think she'd eat me after frying me with her lazer eyes.

    Oh, for no reason, here's me in front of an artichoke.

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    I look slightly stunned, you say? Well, it was nothing compared to my first night here.  I don't gamble.  In fact, I hate it utterly.  Not in a "...Then you should too" sort of way.  Too many -- far too many -- of my personal hobbies are disdained for me to tell what other people should do with their time.  Mazel tov, gamblers.

    But the other side of Vegas has always been the shows.  I've got tickets to Blue Man Group, Cirque du Soleil, and, tonight, I just saw Wayne Brady.

    I don't idolize many performers, but given that I'm trying to succeed at improvisational theater, I can't help but be a little awed by Brady's skills.  If you've ever seen him on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, you know he's damn good, and does some really excellent singing improv, which, to me, is an absolute apex of improvisational ability.

    Well, I got tickets for his show last night, and, for whatever reason, I was moved up in the theater.  To. Front. Row. Center.  Not only front row center.  But Apparently, I was in a VIP seat that included a meet-and-greet with. Wayne.  Brady!! AFTERWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    I love and hate this picture.  I hate it, because it is not a flattering shot of me.  I'm starting to look my age, and that's kinda sad/annoying/wonderful.  I love it, of course, because that's Wayne Freaking Brady.  

Comments (6)

  • oh fooey - I thought you met Tom Brady!!  Anyhow, that's cool that you got to meet him!  I like your short do - see you when you get back!  Have you checked out the David replica at Caesar's?

  • a Mardi Gras themed casino... it sounds horrifying. Actually Vegas seems vaguely horrifying to me. I confess it's on my list of last places on earth I plan to visit.

    When did you cut your hair?!! I've never seen you with short hair. Post more pictures of this event with explanation.

  • love the hair!  When, why, how and are you keeping it?

  • see, everyone wants to know about the hair!

  • Your hair looks great!

    And you look cute -- everyone looks like *that* in Las Vegas.

    Who is Wayne Freaking Brady?

  • What's the whose line thingy? TV or radio?

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