In Pursuit of Mysteries

Dralion

I finally bit the bullet and bought tickets to see Cirque Du Soleil tomorrow. I missed it two years ago and kicked myself ever since. I even got us good seats so R and I can enjoy the show.

From their site:

Dralion is the fusion of ancient Chinese circus tradition and the avant-garde approach of Cirque du Soleil. The show's name is drawn from its two main symbols-the dragon, representing the East, and the lion, representing the West. Dralion derives much of its inspiration from Eastern philosophy with its perpetual quest for harmony between humankind and nature.

Suspended in time between the past and the future, Dralion is a celebration of life and the four elements that maintain the natural order: air, water, fire and earth. Innovation soars to new heights as it defies the laws of nature. Dralion is a dynamic performance that transcends the boundaries of the imagination and leads us into a dreamscape with a new and sparkling perspective.

Grrr!

All I want to do is one thing: I want to take audio input and record it into a figgin’ mp3 file. I don’t want to pay for the software to do this…

I’m trying to capture a Real Audio broadcast by one of my favorite Buddhist teachers and I can’t find any mp3 encoding software that can read a line in and actually encode…

Faery King

So, I got to play Oberon, the Faery King in a short little piece that the Cabiri did on Saturday at a small ecological festival at Camp Long in West Seattle. We just kind of threw the whole thing together at the last minute but it seemed to go well. I find it amusing that when I’m in a really goofy costume for a show, the Fish Priest costume (aka “The Grand Salmon”), we have a horde of pictures taken. When I’m in a cool costume and actually get compliments on it, we don’t have any pictures. Life’s a bitch that way. ;-)

Today is my birthday for all that got confused. The little banner thing counts in a funny manner. I’m not doing anything super special today. R made me a cake last night, which was quite nice, and gave me some cool presents. The best (and most risky for her) was a Buddhist altar cabinet (I can’t remember the term). It’s basically a small freestanding cabinet with two doors on the front that open in the middle. It’s for a Thoth shrine that I’ve been wanting to build. I was looking at converting an old portable bar cabinet or somesuch but she found this online. It’s very cool.

So I’ve officially into my fourth decade by a year (that’s 31 for the challenged). Perhaps it’s time to get on the ball about what I want to do with my life?

In the meantime, I’m waiting for our infamously incompetent mail staff to deliver the three packages that make up my new computer. I’m also downloading the Asheron’s Call 2 beta to run on it and my super-spiffy new video card.

If I change careers, I think I’m going to miss the money but a lack of life stress would be a good thing. I’m too high strung to do this forever.