Well we saw the Nuttcracker tonight and man I finally figured out why they call it the Nut Cracker.... cause I ain't never seen so many cracker's nuts befo! BA DUM CHING! But seriously folks. The wife and I went out to the mall area to dine at the Carabas which has become our new favorite chain oriented Italian place. Formerly it was the wife's Olive Garden, which i found bland and boring, then we tried the Macaroni grill which left my taste buds shouting, "No more too much flavor, system overload" and we settled on Carabas because of good bread with olive oil dippin, and flavorful meals that don't leave your tastebuds crying "MAMMA MIA!" The mall was insane, it was like everyone thought it was Christmas Eve and had to rush out to get that last Tickle Me Choltie doll before they ran out. Every stop light had a cop at it directing traffic, which just made things more hectic. But on to the Nut Cracker what the bulk of this blog is about....
Listen up you chattanooganers! I got a bone to pick with you! I swear I think people here don't understand how things like the Symphony work. Granted this was a ballet, but still the similarities are there. YOU DON"T CLAP AFTER EVERY FREAKIN PIRAWET OR TIP TOE TWIRL! I realize its pretty cool for people who've never seen a person in tights walk on their tip toes but they don't need the applause over the music. It was rediculous! People would just start clapping and it woke me out of my stuper and I was like, "uhh what did I miss?" So anyway, the nutcracker had the most convolooted plot, I mean where did those gumdrops come from? And the Toy soldiers? And how does a rat get that stinkin big and hold a sword and fight a nutcracker???? I want answers people. Maybe he was a relative of Master Splinter, you know Sensay of Rapheal, Michaelangemalo, Donatelo, and Leonardo. Who knows. It was like a bad acid trip or something, only with more tights than humanly possible. Good thing I'm not driving a bus... Soooo many tights, those poor poor legs... I also hope that those women wear steal toed slippers cause man thats got to hurt.
I must say though not a huge fan of the ballet, I'm an opera man myself, no not the character from SNL. I've seen one opera and it was pretty cool, lots of intensity, passion, and clowns. I like how they can sing so... whats the adjective... good. Plus the opera i saw had somewhat of a plot, which is nice. The wife liked the ballet thing though and thats what matters.
The wife let me open an xmas gift today which was nice. Though she bought it today and wasn't sure if I was going to like it so she just sort of said, "here open this and if you like it you can keep it." It was a pair of slippers that looked like Homer Simpson's heads. My feet went into his mouth and it was hilarious though very very very weird. I could just here homer going, "Hmmmm Toe Jam." and then making that gurgling drool noise he makes. We laughed for a good while but took em back, it was too odd to look down and see Homer chompin down on my feet.