Thursday, November 27, 2008

As One of Vincents Friend, I Guess I will Contribute As Well

I guess I won't say my name, since I like the idea of being anonymous instead. Since I can post about anything that's going on in my life or whatever I'm doing, I'll just type about my trip. I've just recently gotten back from my trip in Boston. It was really fun, course this was not my first time but this time (2nd time) was a bit different. We (4 friends and I) drove there; that was fun. Surprisingly, the drive went smoothly, as in, we didn't get lost or whatsoever.
Why this time I thought was different was because I was more aware with the whole sight seeing ordeal, and got to inhale the different architecture and 'styles' that were in Boston; last times trip to Boston was just to party. Can I post pictures on here? oh well, I'll post them anyways. I took some pictures with my friends cam and I guess I want to share them while I'm at it. (Ok I'm too lazy to position the photos nicely)
But you can get a good feel for what I was seeing and looking at. A lot of their Architecture reminds me of Europe, which I love, oppose to NYC - you only get a European feeling particularly on 1 or 2 streets. It's also a mixture of the new and old, just like a lot of big cities these days I guess, although that big blue phallic building is a bit of an obnoxious addition to the rest of what Boston had I think. Too bad I didn't have an official tour guide to get the names of each building, but I guess I can find out myself if I have time. Umm...............lets see what else. I'll just give the other highlights of my trip. I went shopping on Newbury street, which was extremely pretty. I like the whole boutique set ups. The other time I was in Boston, I went to Mulberry street instead, which I think isn't up to par to Newbury IMO. For some odd reason (I haven't noticed before), Boston stores such as Urban Outfitters, or Marc by Marc Jacobs, and so forth tend to have much more stuff, less chaotic, and their sales rack have all sizes, which my friends loved. I loved it too. hehe
My other good trip highlight was the Blue Man Group.



It's a bit hard to explain, (for those that have seen it should know) but basically it's a three men, painted in blue - their faces and hands, wearing black, their facial expression never changes, but still you'd understand the comedy, satire, and comfortably enjoy their musical performances. It's like a mix of abstract art performances with comedy. I've heard of them before but haven't paid much attention until a friend suggested we should go see. Thing is, I didn't know they had a habit of choosing random audience to partake in their show.
Yippee me, I was one of the two that got chosen and my friends kept verbally pushing me to go, so I did. I went up stage and it felt really strange, kind of scary, kind of exciting, kind of WTF (I'm on stage with three men painted in blue, staring at me in a scary fashion, and they don't speak!) So I didn't know what to do at first but with my common sense, whatever they kept doing for a long time, I just copy, and notice they'd move onto a new act. The most I got was little cues where one of the man tapped me on my lap when I guess I wasn't doing what I was suppose to. The act was simply sitting at the dinning table, eating a twinkie. I don't feel like going into more detail since it's WAY too much to type for one to understand. The only disappointing thing was the show restricted cameras and stuff so my friend couldn't record for me to see how stupid I looked on stage. At the end of the show, a little video clip of me even showed up in the credits LOL and I was like WTF THAT'S ME! (covers face in embarassment) And at the corner of my eye there was this little girl (7 - 8 ish) who just gave me a smile since I realize she watched me walk back to my seat and remembered where I had sat. For some reason it made me feel good, and felt partially the satisfying feeling that these performance artists would probably get that would eventually propell them to do and enjoy what they do when they get someone, especially a little kid giving them such attention.
But yeah, that was an exciting experience no lie. I didn't expect it to happen which was the better part.
I guess I'll end it here, since the rest of my trip was pretty usual, and thanksgiving went like how it should be.

There, my small contribution.

1 comment:

Lucem said...

Wow, you set a bar with that one. Pictures and a long story. 8X And I'm jealous, the blog gets more chat from you than you give me. Haha. But you are right that I say we communicate differently in person, talking, chatting, writing e-mails, and blogging. That is the important part--sharing.
Still, thank you for sharing. I need more exciting stories now. Haha.
Vincent