Admittedly, I have a little too much fun teasing Chris about being sexiest geek, but hey, he's the only official one I know. I'm a geek too of course (sans title and glory), who gets seriously excited about anything and everything space. That's SPACE mind you.. astrobiology, supernovas, galaxies, wormholes, and Sagan. Not to be confused with being a Trekkie/Battlestar Galactica geek. [Note: THAT is a link worth clicking]. You see, I want to be an astronaut whereas those folks dream of cylons. Two whole different subsets of geekdom altogether.
Now that I've cleared that up, I'd like to turn your attention to something really cool related to space that the National Symphony Orchestra is doing near the nation's capitol tonight. Picture it.. Wolf Trap, 2007: Eco-inspired masterworks from Beethoven, Debussy, Vaughn Williams, and Stravinsky performed live while images from NASA are projected onto high-def large screens around the park. It's called Fantastic Planet and footage brings you on the journey to an underwater volcano, through the Grand Canyon, over Antarctica, and into space.. oh and Chris, did I mention there's also a flight into the eye of a hurricane?!
All happens this evening at 8:30, 20 minutes down the Beltway from DC. Details here. You can even download the podcast of the conductor's commentary to listen to while watching the show. I'd be there if I could, but headed further north to Beantown..
