For Christmas, Cathie got me tickets to go see Rent with another couple and we went tonight. The downside was that we're in the midst of getting dug out of a major snow storm and the musical was in downtown Detroit at the Masonic Temple. We drove out there and the roads sucked. We were supposed to meet two other couples out there (Reynolds and Girards) but the earlier show they were going to at 2:00 got cancelled due to weather. We had dinner at an old Italian Resturant called The Roma Cafe. The food was good, but I'm not a huge fan of traditional Italian food. They offered a shuttle to the Masonic Temple, which we took. If you've never been to the Masonic Temple, it's a beautiful place, the largest Mason Temple, whatever that means. It's in a horrible area, surrounded by Crack Houses, but inside it's awesome.

Rent was amazing. Easily in my top 5 of all time musicals, with Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair and Tommy. The music blew me away, great story, great cast. I've heard a lot of people complain about lots of overt Homosexuality in the musical. It's there, but it's not central to the plot, it's not what it's about. Sure, there are gay relationships in it, but the plot revolves around relationships, and some of them just happen to be homosexual ones. It's a strange audience - almost a cult like following. Much younger, very interactive. We sat next to two girls who'd been to see it 3 times. One of them was deathly afraid of Midgets, which I found interesting. Driving home was a lot of fun. Apparently the City of Detroit still hasn't gotten the whole plowing the roads thing down - which should make the Super Bowl interesting next year if we get any snow.