Otherwise known as the best way to introduce a dramatic entrance, if you weren't aware. I actually practiced some entrances a couple of weeks ago, and I sense that the internet is just dying to hear allllll about them.
We went to Nuit Blanche in Toronto, all night arts festival. A few interesting things happened, and there were certainly things to look at. Highlights: Royal Conservatory of Music (even though there was a line, it was nowhere near as long as they led one to believe it would be), the floating filmstrip, a van with thousands of holes in it, really late-night fried rice, City Hall - especially glowing cube and ball of elastics, and photographs at Bau-Xi Photo. Lowlights: CRAZY people on the bus, kind of disappointing Holt Renfrew facade thing, equally or perhaps more disappointing ROM facade thing, and 40 minute round trip to discover that the "secret" installation was no big secret and then hitting my head on it.
What does this have to do with entrances? Well, I arrived in line for the RCM thing with a certain amount of panache, and then proceeded to celebrate winning a small argument with more enthusiasm than I generally display in public. This I think set the tone.
Enough about that, let's talk about the Zoo! Where I work! For free! Because the city bus is capricious at best - malicious at worst - I often arrive with some drama here as well. The days are blending together a bit, but it's a rare week when I arrive on time more than three times in a row. It seems self-evident to me that if a city/province wants people to use mass transit, that city/province should guarantee service. I'm not asking for expansions or improvements, at least at this time, all I want is the bus to show up within 3-5 minutes of the posted time, not 30-40. Yes, that's really all.
Having completed the rant, here's an animal picture for you. My favourite pavilion at the Zoo is the smallest one, Malayan Woods. It has free range butterflies, a couple of cool bugs, a giant fish, birds, snakes and the clouded leopard, one of the world's cutest cats. So, a bit of everything, a fun rainforest climate, and less than five minutes from my desk! I may make a surreptitiously dramatic entrance there at the end of the day. Would not want to frighten the animals.
