You may know about how the Octopus can get bored and depressed in zoos, so giving them toys and puzzles to pull their food out of helps to bring them out of their shells, so to speak. Well, what about in the wild? Apparently some have figured out that they can create and carry a shell around. Step 3, Profit!
This must be how they found Coconut shells in Murcia! Not carried by swallows, they were brought by cephalopods!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
The Rockettes, a review.
I got to see the Rockettes show on opening night this past Saturday. It seems to me like it's the kind of show that conservative old rich people would want to see their daughters perform in.
The show was well produced, and it looks like they have tried to keep up with the times, but at the same time, it felt like we were being transported back to the days of yore when they first burst onto the scene. It seemed to me to be the 1950's, but looking at their Wiki page shows that they were first put together in the 1920's, so what do i know?
The final act of the show was a living nativity, which included live sheep, camels, and a donkey. This only went on to heavily reinforce my view of this being a heavily "conservative values" influenced production. Reading about them performing for GWB's 2001 inauguration only piles it on.
There were some really great song and dance numbers in between the Rockettes routines, and when they were on stage they nailed their marks and did all their kicks in unison. But for some reason, it left me feeling a bit uncomfortable. It was almost as if i was watching a show designed for a totally different demographic.
If you do get a chance to see the show, by all means, go for it, but watch out for the animals at the end. I think one of the sheep relieved itself on stage that night...
The show was well produced, and it looks like they have tried to keep up with the times, but at the same time, it felt like we were being transported back to the days of yore when they first burst onto the scene. It seemed to me to be the 1950's, but looking at their Wiki page shows that they were first put together in the 1920's, so what do i know?
The final act of the show was a living nativity, which included live sheep, camels, and a donkey. This only went on to heavily reinforce my view of this being a heavily "conservative values" influenced production. Reading about them performing for GWB's 2001 inauguration only piles it on.
There were some really great song and dance numbers in between the Rockettes routines, and when they were on stage they nailed their marks and did all their kicks in unison. But for some reason, it left me feeling a bit uncomfortable. It was almost as if i was watching a show designed for a totally different demographic.
If you do get a chance to see the show, by all means, go for it, but watch out for the animals at the end. I think one of the sheep relieved itself on stage that night...
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