Antivaxxer, gluten free, etc etc

I worked with this woman who was my manager from a previous job.  She is white, college educated, middle age and middle class.  She only eats gluten free food and she talks about glutathione like she is a chemist or nutritionist or medical doctor.  She is the type of person who have enough education on some liberal arts degree to know how to search the internet and understand the surface of some scientific facts and then forms a conviction on something that is controversial in the scientific community at best.  I find these kind of demographic quite annoying.  They are the type who easily joins a bandwagon on some exercise fad like pilates or some food fad like gluten free without truly understanding that fad.  Some of these fads are harmless and perhaps marginally helpful while some are downright harmful.  And one of these harmful fad this demographic tends to have strong opinion on is the anti-vaccination.  They believe claims that have been refuted by an overwhelming majority of the experts in that particular scientific world.  To top it off, they don't even understand fully what they are believing in.  They are educated but not on the right education to be an expert on the very fad they hold a strong conviction on.  So annoying.  So stupid.  If I hear of an antivaxxer mother, I instantly picture that ex manager of mine.  And the thought of her makes my eye roll.

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NO LEFT TURN IDIOT!!!

When there is road construction, a 4 lane road is often temporarily turned into a 2 lane as the road crew work on one side of the road.  This allows the road to be open during the duration of the work.  And when the road is turned into 2 lane, the construction crew would put a No Left Turn sign to allow free flowing of the road in intersection.  During this time, there will always be idiots who would insist on making a left turn thus blocking the flow of the intersection.  So even if the light is already green, the cars stuck behind the idiot who is trying to make a left turn can't proceed.  This create more delay and unnecessary traffic.  So annoying.

The Phantom of the Opera at the Pantages.

I have not seen Phantom live ever till recently.  It is one of those iconic musicals that has been out for ages that everybody has heard about but yet I have only seen it recently at the Pantages Theater. 

It did not disappoint.  The music was just as iconic hearing it live.  The production and stage effects were fantastic.  I was especially floored seeing the scene where the Phantom and Christine descended into the dungeon and rode the canoe over the underground river.   The actors did a superb job acting and singing.  Even the understudies that played the roles of the Phantom and Christine Daae.  I am not sure if I would have preferred seeing the actual actors on the lead roles.  I figured there was nothing I could do about it so I did not let it bother me further.  Act 1 was definitely more entertaining.  The songs in Act 2 were slower and a tad bit boring at some point.  But still I was entertained.

I am glad I can now say I have seen The Phantom of the Opera in theater live!  Next stop, Les Miserables.

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