12 of 12: August Edition

[leighblack]

Finally! A 12 of 12 where I'm actually doing something interesting!! For a refresher: Chad Darnell's 12 of 12. 12 photos on 12th of the month. Got it? Good!


7:44am - Way too early for a Sat morning

Fresh out of the shower. Why the hell am I up this early??

10:24am - Oh yeah. I have to work.

Get me the hell out of here!

12:52pm - My rescuers!

Bren, Jamie & Shandai picked me up at work and we headed down to the St. Paul Irish Fair. The weather was perfect!! Here we are waiting for a dance lesson to begin.

1:07pm - Who's the man again?

Bren & Jamie dancing a reel.

3:22pm - What a beautiful day!

Me, enjoying the sunshine.

3:26pm - Yes, St. Paul has a downtown too

I honestly do prefer St. Paul to Minneapolis. This is the mighty Mississippi river. My dad used to work in that orange/brown brick building on the other side.

3:45pm - Here we are at the dancing lessons again

Why? Hmmmm...it might have had something to do with the super hot Irish instructor with the sweet pointy boots, fabulous accent and nice rear end. ;) Yes, even I danced. And he used me as a demonstration partner! I may have whispered "He touched me!" to Shandai. *g*

5:58pm - *drool*

*pffft* Like I wasn't going to get a photo with him. Gerard: "So, is this going on your MySpace then?" Me: "Ummmm, yeah, actually." *much giggling* I got his business card too, so I'm debating emailing it to him.

6:25pm - The Fuchsia Band

Once we were finished with the last lesson, we moved over to the crowd by the main stage. And became completely entranced with The Fuchsia Band. They were great! And yes, that's the hot Irish dance instructor making another appearance. He and some friends did some spontaneous dancing in front of the band.

6:45pm - ROY!

The last time I saw my friend Roy was when I somehow ran into him in the middle of a huge crowd at the Minnesota State Fair last year. Now I managed to find him in the middle of 50,000 drunk Irish people.

7:01pm - More adorable Irish boys!

The Fuchsia Band did a CD signing at a nearby booth, so we stopped by.

8:31pm - Gaelic Storm

The reason we were really here: Gaelic Storm! I've never seen them before, or heard any of their music, but I'm now a fan. They were so entertaining! I love a band that puts on a great live show.

Bonus pic!
This months bonus pic was to get a photo based on the keyword "homage."

Bah! I couldn't really come up with anything good for this word. So, here's a photo of my hallway that's dedicated to photos of my Faster Pussycat boys. I guess that counts.


Check out the other 12 of 12 participants over from all over the world at Chad's blog!!

Comments

Wow!

[(Anonymous)]

What a fun day for 12 of 12! Great photos.

-Bon. (fellow 12-of-12er) http://spynotebook.org/bonnie

Re: Wow!

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

It was a totally fun day!

Re: Wow!

[(Anonymous)]

Nothing better than a cute Irish guy, great music and a couple of beers!!! YES!

Michele
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=87288656

[dazeebean.livejournal.com]

ROY!!! OMG-sweet. Man, looks like you all had a blast! I'll have to make it there next year. Thumbs up on Hot Irish dance instructor!!!--And Irish accents...Mmmm dreamy.

:( b/c I wasn't there, but :) b/c I'll see you tomorrow for Bowling!

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Yep! It was pretty fun!

[vertical-chaos.livejournal.com]

Nice pics. :) The festival looks like a lot of fun!

And yeah...the challenge this month was kind of...off. I seriously considered taking a picture of cheese and being like "Oh! You said homage. Not frommage." LOL.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Yeah, I really had no idea what to do for homage. I didn't think my friends would find it funny if I asked them to bow down before me. =)

[vertical-chaos.livejournal.com]

The cheap and dirty thing for me would have been to go to the Ground Zero area. But that felt...cheap and dirty.

The RENT signage seemed a better option for me.

Someone did do "homage to fromage". :)

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

When I was in NYC, I was totally disgusted by the people using Ground Zero as a photo opportunity. I mean, I understand taking some photos to document the experience (I did take a couple myself), but some people were standing there with big smiles and waving to the camera. I didn't get that at all.

Yeah, I liked the Rent marquee much better.

Sweet! Now that I'm sort of awake, I'm going to check out the rest of the 12 of 12ers.

[vertical-chaos.livejournal.com]

Right. I had thought more of "the little church that stood" or something. But I liked the signage. :)

[kaeleighjustice.livejournal.com]

Looks like you had a fun day!

And I had nothing for the bonus picture either!

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

It was a lot of fun!

Yeah, it was kind of a weird word.

[hollyk.livejournal.com]

so, Leigh, because I'm lazy...

Can anyone do the 12 of 12? Can you do it on Myspace, too?

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Yes, of course! Everyone is welcome to join! It would be awesome if you could do it!! You can post the photos wherever you like. I know some lj'ers who post theirs on a more public blog (like MySpace) just so their personal journal isn't linked. I cross-post mine over on MySpace.

[hollyk.livejournal.com]

So, I sign up on his LJ?

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Nope, you don't need to sign up. After you've taken your photos and posted them, leave a comment over at Chad's blog (http://chaddarnell.typepad.com/runchadrun2/) with your name, city & state, and the link to your post. (He'll make a specific post for the 12 & 12 comments to go on) And that's about it!

[hollyk.livejournal.com]

Sweet, thanks, Leigh!

So, every month on the 12th, right?

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Yep. That's it exactly! And check Chad's blog a couple days before, because he posts the suggestion for the bonus pic, if you want to participate in that.

[hollyk.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Thanks for all the info.

I'm so gonna do it next month!

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Great! That's awesome! It's interesting to see how everyone's day went, all over the world.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Oh, it definitely was a great reason! YUM!

[seimaisin.livejournal.com]

Yay, Gaelic Storm! :) That's a great picture of Ellery and Patrick. Hee. I wish I hadn't missed their shows!

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have a lot more Gaelic Storm pictures. I just need to have the time to post them. Maybe on Tuesday. They were so great! All night I kept thinking about how it wasn't right that you weren't there.

[seimaisin.livejournal.com]

Awww ... well, next time they come to town - they usually play the Fine Line when they're not at the Fair - you guys will have to come with me! :)

Can't wait to see the rest of the pictures!

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Definitely! I'd love to see them again!

[duckduck.livejournal.com]

Aww. Now I'm doubly sad I couldn't go. But, eh, responsibilities.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

We definitely missed you!

Hey

[(Anonymous)]

Hey! Great pics! Thanks for doing it again!

-Chad

Re: Hey

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Thanks! =)

[(Anonymous)]

Great pix! Thanks for sharing your day.

Mine are up too :) http://purple4mee.blogspot.com

[nici-cavanaugh.livejournal.com]

Wow, great pics!! It seems as if your day was much more exciting than mine. And the weather was definitely better than here.

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It was really the first 12 of 12 where I've actually done anything, so I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

The weather was so perfect on Saturday! I'm very glad we went then instead of on Sunday, because it rained most of the day. And when it wasn't raining, it was so very muggy that a dark foggy haze sat over the city. It felt like you could swim through the air. Bleech.

[somethinksfishy.livejournal.com]

Great pictures! Sounds like you had an awesome day :)
Yay for drunk irish people! heehee

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

It was a very fabulous day! =)