Day 35, 36 and 37 - Back to Basics

Day 35 was the fourth of July! But since I don't have a car or bike, I couldn't really go to any displays, so it was pretty much a normal day off. I slept in a good bit, because the day before was a long 15 hour day on 5 hours of sleep. The bus wasn't running because it was a holiday, and most businesses were closed.

I was trapped!

Actually, I went out to Trader Joe's a picked up a few things, but for the most part, I stayed inside. I miss shooting fireworks with Brandon and FPI. Next year!

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Day 36 was back into the technical rehearsal grind. It was the third technical rehearsal for "Tales of Hoffmann". There are some neat special pyrotechnic effects throughout the show that were tested.

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Day 37 was another day off. There doesn't seem to be much to do. I took the bus down to the Shopping District. I'm trying to get my pair of Apple headphones replaced, but nobody carries them. I've checked Radio Shack, AT&T Stores and now a Best Buy. I was going to head to Albuquerque, but because of the holiday all my bill payments got knocked back, and I have less money than I thought. After Best Buy I headed to Borders to pick up some books to help with the downtime. I had gone to Borders a few times before but never found anything I liked. This time, I found a bunch, and settled on two books about the space race, and another on cooking. After that, I headed to the AT&T Store to check on some headphones, and finally got my first dose of the iPhone 4.

It's pretty cool. It's hard to demo with all the security cables and clamps that AT&T puts on the thing, especially when they put the security sensor OVER THE CAMERA. The display is really nice, although I haven't found a good way to demo it compared to the older iPhones. It seemed about as fast as my iPhone 3GS. The WiFi in the store was really fast, fastest i've experienced out in New Mexico, and I think the new iPhone rendered data much faster.

Not much else to talk about. The second performance of "Madame Butterfly" is Wednesday night, talk to you then! In the mean time, here's a shot of the theatre from the back of the house, during pre-show of "The Magic Flute":