{"id":536,"date":"2007-04-16T23:28:42","date_gmt":"2007-04-17T04:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=536"},"modified":"2007-04-16T23:29:26","modified_gmt":"2007-04-17T04:29:26","slug":"theres-still-nothing-to-do-in-morris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/04\/16\/theres-still-nothing-to-do-in-morris\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s still<\/em> nothing to do in Morris :-)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\\"Looking for my leopard\\" at the Mutant Variety Show. Nic, Tom, Huck Brock, and John Hanson.<\/p>\n

What a crazy couple of weeks! First we had the insanity of the Mutant Variety Show, which has already been discussed at some length here<\/a>. Above we have a cool photo (courtesy of Joey Iverson!) of “Looking for my leopard”<\/a>, with Sub-Evil<\/a> conducting our all-girl boy chorus of Huck Brock (L) and John Hanson (R). You gotta love<\/em> Sub-Evil’s excellent pink jacket, and that top hat he’s wearing is a silk top hat from the 1920’s, which both I and my grandfather were married in. (I’m wearing the jacket from that same suit, but you can’t really see it in this photo.)<\/p>\n

Then I took a couple of students to Owatonna<\/a>, home of Federated Insurance<\/a>, for a College Fair hosted by Federated on Thursday and Friday. Federated hosted a fine event (they certainly fed us wonderfully!), and it was cool to catch up with Chad Zeman (alum of a few years ago who now works there). I also got to shadow one of their software developers for an hour, which was a really excellent way to really get a more detailed sense of their processes and operations.<\/p>\n

We headed back promptly on Friday because Sub-Evil and I had been invited to perform that night at the annual Pride Week Drag Show. We made good time, and I actually got to watch the entire show, which was thoroughly excellent. Sub-Evil and I didn’t actually perform in drag, or as part of the drag show proper, but instead provided a little light and silly entertainment at the end while the judges were off deliberating. We did “Taco Man” (to thunderous applause and enthusiastic sing-along), “Looking for my leopard” with Huck in his alter-ego form as Zoey Vulturina doing the backup singing (most<\/em> excellent!), and rounded things off with “No more booze (Fireman save my child)”.<\/p>\n

The next night (Saturday) was the 3rd annual UMMys (UMM’s film festival), with yours truly as the MC for the event. We had four nice films, including a very silly comedy produced by various alum-turned-staff at UMM and an excellent short by Tyler Hutchison reflecting on the uncertainties of life and the one’s mark on the world.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow we begin the process of on-campus interviews for my sabbatical replacement (oddly enough I get to serve on the committee to find my replacement :->), and Friday morning way too early we head up to Grand Forks, ND, for the 40th Anniversay MICS conference<\/a>. Somewhere in here I hope to sleep and grade, but don’t hold your breath. Sadly, on-line participation is gonna be very thin on the ground for a while.<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t

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