Nerdy Nights

Sorry I haven’t been blogging much, I’ve had a pretty busy weekend/beginning of the week thanks to job interviews, homework, oh and did I mention? It was Victor’s birthday this weekend. Being the greatest fiance in the world – I got him a great present. My thought was, since Victor proposed a few months ago and got me this sweet diamond ring I would get him a really great birthday present. I know he wasn’t too happy to be turning 24. I discovered from a friend of mine that there was an event on his birthday this year at Radio City Music Hall. I saved some monies and bought tickets to see a screening of The Lord of The Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring while an orchestra and choir performed the score. Basically everything he could have ever wanted.

Radio City!

I have to admit something to you, dear blog readers out there. I had never seen the movie before. You see, I read all the books in high school (thanks Mr. Modarelli – not) and they just aren’t my thing. I enjoy Harry Potter a LOT, but I think it’s because Harry was a normal kid at first. When, like Mr. Tolkein did, a world is created outside of any familiar world to me, I have little to no interest in it. Middle Earth? Just not as cool as Hogwarts.

This isn’t to say I didn’t have a great time, however! We got to meet a real Hobbit (or a guy who genuinely thought he was one):

Bilbo?

And I got to see the inside of radio city music hall. Which was incredibly beautiful:

pretty!

And we had great seats:

illegal photograph taking...we are stealth

Overall I think we had a great time, I thoroughly enjoyed the orchestral portion of the show, having grown up with a parent that was a musician, I am utterly captivated by watching the orchestra. It made me appreciate just how amazing the score of that movie really is. Good going!

However, I must note that it was by far the nerdiest thing I have ever been to. Seriously, people in the audience were cheering at specific parts of the movie that were of great importance. And I must admit parts of it were pretty badass. But Orcs are gross. And I don’t like them very much. Did I mention that literally all the women in the audience screamed at the top of their lungs when Orlando Bloom came on screen. It made me wonder: is that what going to see a Twilight movie is like? I shudder to wonder…

Did I mention that Elijah Wood and Billy Boyd showed up? Yeah, that was pretty awesome.

But, as we were leaving I saw a horrific sight:

Noooooo!!!!!

The ice rink is back – making it officially WINTER here. That plus the 45 degree weather is not a good sign for the winter to come. Expect much complaining from this west coaster!