is not as fat as i was afraid she’d be. Just saw her show at the Birchmere in Alexandria. She’s pretty funny. Much funnier than Gorge Lopez. She disses on men a great deal, but at least she doesn’t pantomime all white people as gay flamingoes. Also, I’ll never be able to watch The Sound of Music again. Would I rather have stayed home and played WoW? Maybe, but only because dinner was overpriced.
The Birchmere operates on a Dinner Theater model which means that you have to arrive two hours in advance to get a good seat for the show. I had insufficient reading material with me so I decided to play body language games. I attempted to take up as much space as possible at my table and surrounding tables without actually filling that space - or alternatively, I imposed a massive amount of personal space on my neighbors. It was pretty simple: I assumed an upright posture and didn’t express interest in conversation. My table was at a corner of the stage, so not directly in front but still pretty good and yet I was alone in the middle of a twelve foot bubble until there really wasn’t anywhere else to sit in the hall. I was very friendly when people engaged me, but I didn’t start conversations and I didn’t look interested in conversation. Folks seemed intimidated. Twice a couple approached and the women asked if they might join me. Their men both glanced around nervously and said they saw a better spot - which ended up being the far corner of the hall out of sight of me. I was amused. I’m also still pondering whether that was a reaction to my posture or to their ladies’ demeanor with me.
Anywho, I’m feeling full of myself tonight and I’m going to take it out on Horde.