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Pushing Daisies

For some reason, I stopped watching Pushing Daisies once I reached the last episode. I wanted to put it off until later, always opting for something else to save Pushing Daisies for a better time. I finally sat down to watch it earlier this week. I’m glad to have finished it, but I am sad that it’s over.

I was under the impression that it was cancelled suddenly and that there was no ending, but that wasn’t the case. Yes, it was rushed, but it definitely ended. However, they could easily bring it back (and I’d love it). Unfortunately, the plots that were concluded were wrapped up way too fast. The final episode led toward the conclusion of one plot and then, at the last minute, decided to wrap up other plots as well. Odd.

Regardless, if you haven’t watched Pushing Daisies, I’d highly recommend it. And if you have the magical ability to bring back cancelled TV shows, please work your magic on it!

A birthday celebration at the Dinner Detective

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To celebrate gem’s birthday, I got us tickets to the Dinner Detective, a murder mystery dinner show. I’d been wanting to do this for her for some time now because I know she likes mysteries. This was the perfect time!

The show was fantastic. It was incredibly funny and more of a show than I expected. I thought there’d be more mingling (and I wasn’t sure how that was going to be), and there was a little, but there was only 10 minutes or so of it total besides talking to the people at our own table.

Having actors mixed into the crowd meant that you weren’t sure if someone was part of the show or not, which really added to the fun. Everyone wore name tags with aliases. gem chose Charlotte Charles (“Chuck”), so I chose Ned to match her. (It’s a reference to Pushing Daisies.) Roleplaying was encouraged, which was really exciting yet odd. It made the evening feel kind of surreal. Usually when you socialize, you’re getting to know people, and you might make new friends. At the show, I socialized with people without knowing if they were choosing to tell me about the real them or a make believe them. I think it’d be fascinating and fun to throw a party at which each person was supposed to roleplay as a made up person. In fact, it’d be fun to attend a normal party and just make up a personality.

Unfortunately, gem and I didn’t figure out who the killer was. Despite having figured out very few of the clues, Pete actually won!

We didn’t get a chance to take any pictures at the show, but we took one after the show with our name tags still on our shirts. gem is holding her birthday gift from my parents. You can tell that Labbit is smart and distinguished from his magnificent mustache.