I hung out backstage at Conan O’Brien again on Friday. I actually got to see Conan this time. Before he goes out in front of the crowd/cameras, he goes through a ritual to psych himself up. He reviews the monologue jokes off of flash cards while hopping up and down, busting dance moves, and mugging outrageously. Then, during the drumroll, he rips out the beating heart of an intern and eats it. It was pretty intense.
After that I had dinner with a bunch of friends. At one point, the conversation had covered both China Mieville and Blade (yeah, it was those kinds of friends), so I tossed out my recent observation that China Mieville is like the Blade of geeks — “All of their strengths, none of their weaknesses.”
Then Saturday morning I was on the radio. Check out my site’s new and improved Media page.
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