Amazing creatures

Last night was a good night.

Due to a freak problem my sister was having I ended up with 2 tickets to watch Cirque Du Soleil's Dralion show and took Naomi along. Having witnessed a Cirque performance before, I came into the chapiteau wondering how they could top the last one but as it turns out my apprehensions were totally baseless.

In short, I lost count of the amounts of 'oohs' and 'aahs' I exclaimed over the the show. Human beings are capable of such feats of strength and dexterity it would seem like we can be..well...inhuman. Everyone has heard of a contortionist, for example, but what I saw last night made me doubt that the performer had a full skeleton underneath that outfit.

I still doubt it.

I guess the circus life is not for me. I can't even begin to imagine the dedication and the time spent in training to be able to perform even one set.

My recent attempts at finding gainful employment have not met with much success so in near desperation I decided to bite the bullet and call for help. Come Monday i'll have a meeting with employees of my parents friend so we'll see how that goes.

I have also been spending a lot of time in Will Wright's probably genre breaking Spore. The game is an interesting dichotomy. In encouraging us to gaze in wonder at a galaxy full of life, we're required to sit by our computers...

This could be the dawn of a new era of gaming though. Spore is essentially a game where players create almost everything that goes in it. While a number of examples are helpfully provided, once you get into the thick of it almost everything you see can (and will) be manipulated. Spore has subtle faux-MMO features that make it infinitely interesting, considering that there is no direct interaction between players.

Instead, the many creatures, buildings and vehicles created by the player base are propagated in the background and you never know what you'll encounter over on the next rise, continent or planet.

I can only hope that my little creatures are able to carve a niche for themselves in a galaxy gone mad.