an evening with ira

Today, joy of joys, I got to see Ira Glass speak at Colorado College. He's the host of NPR's This American Life, which I've been listening to fanatically for a little over a year now. So imagine my shock and awe to find that he was coming here, to Colorado Springs! It's like learning that the actor you've had a crush on since, like, forever, is going to be in your town. I was ecstatic.
I met Rina, fellow intern and Ira fan, who had somehow found out that doors opened at 7:30 and gotten good seats. When he came on stage my heart literally skipped a beat. There is just something about seeing a celebrity in person that can't be matched no matter how many times you see them on TV or hear them on the radio.
Anyway, it was awesome, he talked about storytelling techniques that he had learned in his years of working for NPR, and how he met his wife. He also played a couple of stories he had worked on, either as a producer behind the scenes or as a reporter actually doing the interviews, and talked about how the stories came to be. I was fascinated.
Here's a photo that I took secretly.

Ira Glass

Today I also read a book the park, got a little sunburned, wasted too much gas, considered renting a moped, walked around Old Colorado City (which was stupid), tried to find a skirt at the mall (also stupid), and watched part of "Semi Pro" (which I turned off because it was stupid). So Ira Glass really made up for a long day of things that could have been a lot more fun.
Cheers!