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elabyThe results from my lactose test are back, and it turns out I'm not lactose intolerant! I was pretty happy to hear that (although I still have no answers about what IS wrong with me). Being able to eat dairy again has made it significantly easier to get protein into my diet.
Last night, Rachel and I went to the live Welcome to Night Vale show in Boston. It was AMAZING. I haven't been to a large fan event like this since Anime Expo in 2011, and this was of a different flavor because anime cons tend to be 90% people under the age of 25. The WTNV show had people of all ages, which was pretty cool. We were at the Berklee Performance Arts Center at the Berklee School of Music, and the theatre was gorgeous. When we arrived there yesterday afternoon, we were peering around, wondering if we were in the right area, looking for our parking garage… and then we realized that ALMOST EVERY person walking down the sidewalk was carrying an instrument, and we knew we were in the right place XD
The show was fantastic - thrilling performances, awesome music, so much thought and care put into the content - and it was such an incredible experience to see and hear something live that had, before, really only existed for me on the internet. The internet used to be such an island, a little secret-club enclave, and these days culture is changing so the internet bleeds into "the real world" faster and faster. I really like that change. Random strangers can come up to you and say "Hey, I bet I don't even have to ask what you're doing here today!" when they see your Night Vale t-shirt, three or four hours before the show. It makes shared experiences so much easier, and allows us to have the in-person feeling of community about something we really love rather than something that's only mildly interesting but conveniently close to where we live.
Last night, Rachel and I went to the live Welcome to Night Vale show in Boston. It was AMAZING. I haven't been to a large fan event like this since Anime Expo in 2011, and this was of a different flavor because anime cons tend to be 90% people under the age of 25. The WTNV show had people of all ages, which was pretty cool. We were at the Berklee Performance Arts Center at the Berklee School of Music, and the theatre was gorgeous. When we arrived there yesterday afternoon, we were peering around, wondering if we were in the right area, looking for our parking garage… and then we realized that ALMOST EVERY person walking down the sidewalk was carrying an instrument, and we knew we were in the right place XD
The show was fantastic - thrilling performances, awesome music, so much thought and care put into the content - and it was such an incredible experience to see and hear something live that had, before, really only existed for me on the internet. The internet used to be such an island, a little secret-club enclave, and these days culture is changing so the internet bleeds into "the real world" faster and faster. I really like that change. Random strangers can come up to you and say "Hey, I bet I don't even have to ask what you're doing here today!" when they see your Night Vale t-shirt, three or four hours before the show. It makes shared experiences so much easier, and allows us to have the in-person feeling of community about something we really love rather than something that's only mildly interesting but conveniently close to where we live.
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