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What I Did on My Weekend
Sep. 16th, 2008 08:42 pmI've been trying for the past three days to write up a summary of the weekend with no success. It sucks when I have to actually do work while I'm at work! =/ But I should have some actual free time today. Maybe.
Friday night was the Great Big Sea concert. I like them, but certainly not as much as some of the other peeps on my f-list. But I'm still happy to tag along, especially since they're pretty fucking awesome in concert. And thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
seimaisin's fantastic ticket fu, we (including sister_wolf) were in the second row! Practically sitting in Sean McCann's lap was not something any of us were going to complain about.
What I will complain about is the Asshole Attractant that Jaime & I seemed to be giving off once again. Even though there was only one row of people in front of us, they still managed to be completely annoying. Well, two of them were. The girl dancing a jig off in the corner was strange, but mostly stayed out of the way. Except when she started singing very loudly in a extremely off-key voice during one of the slow songs. But. Those two guys in front of us. ::sigh:: They were the typical drunk, bad white guy dancing (and I mean BAD), fist pumping, flailing, yelling at inappropriate times annoying frat-boy types. Except that they were well into their 40s and should know better. One of them brought his son along for his first concert and I'm sadden that this is the type of concert behavior that he'll see as being appropriate. Exuberance is fantastic. Being a jerk and pissing off everyone around you is not.
But other than that, the concert was wonderful!auroram, taylorea and their man candy were also sitting a few rows behind us, so we got to hang out and fangirl together during intermission. GBS played quite a few songs from the new album. And plenty of crowd favorites. There was lots of clapping and dancing and singing and everything else that makes a concert an enjoyable time.
I made sure to get my photos edited and uploaded within a decent amount of time, rather than letting them linger in a folder with all my other photos. You can see them here! Mostly Sean and Bob since I was on their side of the stage. I didn't have my good camera and the photos from Alan/Murray's side didn't really turn out.
Saturday was the joint birthday party for myself andtaylorea. unfortunately, Henry wasn't feeling well since he's teething and managed to acquire a virus, so things were not quite as festive as they perhaps could have been. But it was still a lovely time. Sometimes it's just nice to chill out and play some games. Plus I got to spend most of the day with Bren, which is always lovely. I got a whole bunch of awesome T-shirts and other swag from my fabulous friends. It's nice to be loved, you know? =)
And then I got home and discovered FOB is putting a Pedobear furry on their album cover. WTF?
On Sunday we went to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. The day was rather dreary and drizzly, but it was actually kind of nice since it kept the crowds away. And we managed to escape the festival grounds before the sky really opened up and it started pouring. We mostly ate our way from one end to the other, although many shiny things were also purchased. I stuck to my purchasing game plan. Mostly. I only bought one little extra thing, besides the things I had decided I could buy in advance.
Sunday night was mostly spent staring blankly at the TV. As normal.
Also this weekend, after buying some random pieces that didn't really fit together, I figured out something for my Halloween costume. Yes, by Sept 15th. I like to plan ahead! Especially since we're actually going out on Halloween. I'm going with an evil fairy look. I just need to make a red tulle crinoline for myself and perhaps find a new corset. Otherwise I'm all set! Fairy wand and all. =)
Sometime over the next two nights I need to pack for my trip to Chicago (YAY!!!), clean out my car, color my hair, upload like15 6 albums, do a load of laundry and clean my bathroom. Oh, and go to The Cruxshadows show tomorrow night. I'm sure I can make it all work somehow.
NOTE TO SELF: Don't forget that Kasey Chambers is on Conan tonight!
Friday night was the Great Big Sea concert. I like them, but certainly not as much as some of the other peeps on my f-list. But I'm still happy to tag along, especially since they're pretty fucking awesome in concert. And thanks to
seimaisin's fantastic ticket fu, we (including sister_wolf) were in the second row! Practically sitting in Sean McCann's lap was not something any of us were going to complain about. What I will complain about is the Asshole Attractant that Jaime & I seemed to be giving off once again. Even though there was only one row of people in front of us, they still managed to be completely annoying. Well, two of them were. The girl dancing a jig off in the corner was strange, but mostly stayed out of the way. Except when she started singing very loudly in a extremely off-key voice during one of the slow songs. But. Those two guys in front of us. ::sigh:: They were the typical drunk, bad white guy dancing (and I mean BAD), fist pumping, flailing, yelling at inappropriate times annoying frat-boy types. Except that they were well into their 40s and should know better. One of them brought his son along for his first concert and I'm sadden that this is the type of concert behavior that he'll see as being appropriate. Exuberance is fantastic. Being a jerk and pissing off everyone around you is not.
But other than that, the concert was wonderful!
auroram, taylorea and their man candy were also sitting a few rows behind us, so we got to hang out and fangirl together during intermission. GBS played quite a few songs from the new album. And plenty of crowd favorites. There was lots of clapping and dancing and singing and everything else that makes a concert an enjoyable time.I made sure to get my photos edited and uploaded within a decent amount of time, rather than letting them linger in a folder with all my other photos. You can see them here! Mostly Sean and Bob since I was on their side of the stage. I didn't have my good camera and the photos from Alan/Murray's side didn't really turn out.
Saturday was the joint birthday party for myself and
taylorea. unfortunately, Henry wasn't feeling well since he's teething and managed to acquire a virus, so things were not quite as festive as they perhaps could have been. But it was still a lovely time. Sometimes it's just nice to chill out and play some games. Plus I got to spend most of the day with Bren, which is always lovely. I got a whole bunch of awesome T-shirts and other swag from my fabulous friends. It's nice to be loved, you know? =) And then I got home and discovered FOB is putting a Pedobear furry on their album cover. WTF?
On Sunday we went to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. The day was rather dreary and drizzly, but it was actually kind of nice since it kept the crowds away. And we managed to escape the festival grounds before the sky really opened up and it started pouring. We mostly ate our way from one end to the other, although many shiny things were also purchased. I stuck to my purchasing game plan. Mostly. I only bought one little extra thing, besides the things I had decided I could buy in advance.
Sunday night was mostly spent staring blankly at the TV. As normal.
Also this weekend, after buying some random pieces that didn't really fit together, I figured out something for my Halloween costume. Yes, by Sept 15th. I like to plan ahead! Especially since we're actually going out on Halloween. I'm going with an evil fairy look. I just need to make a red tulle crinoline for myself and perhaps find a new corset. Otherwise I'm all set! Fairy wand and all. =)
Sometime over the next two nights I need to pack for my trip to Chicago (YAY!!!), clean out my car, color my hair, upload like
NOTE TO SELF: Don't forget that Kasey Chambers is on Conan tonight!
