But Soft! What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?

It is the east, and Trivia Weekend is the sun.

Coming to 89.9 WWSP on April 17-19 is "Trivia 40: Here's ooking at you, Kid", a fifty-four hour trivia extravaganza. This raw display of mental muscles is not for the weak of heart (or the weak of liver, come to think about it). I will be staying in Stevens Point proper for the weekend, just so I can be a little more snuggly with the vibe that is trivia weekend. It's the world's largest trivia contest, so for all you road-side attraction fans...this does qualify as a weekend-long roadside attraction where people do phone-in responses as well as city-wide scavenger hunts. And since Easter will be a fond memory by the time Trivia rolls around, wouldn't you like to have a little extra in the way of scavenger hunting? I know I do!

For those of you who have been so cruelly parted from Trivia by time, distance, or inclination, I would like to mention that WWSP has online streaming radio here:

http://www.90fmtrivia.org/

You might just want to scroll through the team names, because they are generally a hoot. The team I'm in is called "This is why we can't have nice things." It's not "Gene Autry's Ninja Warriors" (actual team name: http://members.tripod.com/~ganw/) but it's appropriate and always makes my roommate and me laugh.

And as a hint for the newbs: The first question always has something to do with Robert Redford, and Belt's (Home of the Big Cone) always has "Trivia Mavens" on their sign.

Seriously. Always. So here's to the first Trivia that I plan to attend since Trivia 33: All in the Family. Let's hope that Trivia 40 is even better...or at least that it isn't a tragedy.

Happy April, Fools!

Okay, it was needlessly cruel, but I have been waiting to say it alllllll day. Some of the highlights of my day have included, but are not limited to:

• Having a conversation which included the word "skep," as in a place where people keep bees. Yay!
• Watching Fruits Basket until the wee hours this morning (seriously, we're talking 4:30 am here) and crying like a girl (conveniently enough) made for a remarkably happy morning.
• Recognizing visually that Fruits Basket is animation-ally speaking (and I know, is not a word, but it should be) directly between Full Metal Alchemist and Code Geas. Early to mid episodes have the "V" fingers and noodly body shapes which typify Full Metal comic relief..as well as the quasi-feminine eyes of male characters (thick black upper lids, etc). As the series progresses, the faces become more idealized, the limbs longer and more elegant. That is Geas.
• Those who are into the voice actors should know that Tohru (FB) is voiced by Laura Bailey, who I first heard as Sana on Kodocha and that Kodacha's Aikito and Fruits Basket's Kyo Sohma are both voiced by Jerry Jewell. (YAY! Super COOL!)
• Oh! Speaking of Full Metal- Aaron Dismuke, who did the voicing for Alphonse Elric (the walking suit of armor) also did the voicing for Hiro Sohma, who was incidentally the CUTEST SHEEP EVER!!!
• AND!!!! If you register at www.tor.com you can get a free e-book from Charles de Lint, Spiritwalk. Fabulous book, fabulous author, fabulous day. No foolin.