Shantell and I occasionally like to go on strolls. Typically the destinations for our walks here in Redmond is the “weird tree”. The best way I know how to describe it is a real life “fake christmas tree.”
Here is a picture:
If any one knows what type of tree this is, we’d love to know! It has really hard spiky leaves… it looks like a conifer but we think it might be some kind of weird palm… or maybe a mutated pineapple bush….
This week Shantell and I had the chance to go to Cirque Du Soliel (Kooza)! It was awesome. It was a special private showing just for the interns (and their spouses). It was a good thing Shantell’s parents where in town, because it made it possible for both Shantell and I to go together. Like all Cirque shows the performances were phenomenal! However, we were a bit disappointed by the crude clown acts. The Coolest act was this death defying stunt where two guys ran around in and on top of these two connected rotating hamster wheels 50 feet in the air. It looked kind of like this:
In addition to the free show and the free concessions, they also gave all of us interns personalized 16GB Zune HDs!
EDIT: Shantell thought my picture of “the Wheel of Death” wasn’t dramatic enough… So here is another one:
