Pushing my boundaries

I participated in something new last night.

Misty and I attended a live broadcast of This American Life. It was the first time they had ever done anything like that. Ira Glass was in New York, on stage, and the show was broadcast using the same technology the Met uses to broadcast its performances. Not only had the show never done anything like it; no one had ever done anything like it. There were performances, outtakes and previews of the tv show, and questions from the audience.

Misty and I were the first to arrive in the theater. Finally, someone else came in, and we talked to her for a few minutes. We agreed that we didn’t understand why anyone wouldn’t come to this. Ultimately, about fifteen people showed up, which was about twelve more than I had thought would be there.

During the show, I was thinking about how odd it was to attend something like this with no idea what to expect. I’ve listened to the show for years, so I had some idea what it the folks who were putting it on might provide, but beyond that, I was clueless.

Every movie I’ve gone to see I already expected something from. Every new tv show I start watching, I have preconceptions of. Even if it’s just that a reviewer says a show is like if Ricky Gervais directed Citizen Kane, you have ideas. But there were no reviews of this. It was live. It had never been done before. I didn’t know what it would be like.

In all honesty, that made me a little nervous. How often does one get to participate in something new? I had no idea how long it would be, how the show would arc, none of that. It made me realize how sheltered my life is

Well, this isn’t much of a post, but I want to post at least once a week, just for the exercise. I hope everyone’s doing well.