I love Andrew. He says some of the dumbest things.
Example 1: A long time ago, I was sitting at the table doing something and Andrew was in the kitchen putting the dishes away when I heard, “Snaggletooth. That’s what I’ll call you.” I turned to look at him and he was all like “what?” One of the knives had a bent tip.
Example 2: On the ride home from Mom & Dad’s Saturday, we were “playing” the license plate game. I called Florida just because and the very next car (surprisingly) was a Florida and Andrew goes “ha! I call Florida.” Then, under his breath, “Ooh bip.” With emphasis on the p. I laughed so hard that he asked if I wanted to pull over.
Another thing that made me hysterical was on Sunday. We were watching The Smoking Gun Presents…The World’s Dumbest whatevers and this idiot stole a Krispy Kreme truck and was running from the cops spilling donuts everywhere. One of the commenters said it was like chum to angry sharks and I just about lost it for like half an hour. I even did that stupid wheezing thing.
And now for something completely different…
I put the Xmas pictures up on Picasa. Click on the slideshow to the right. I’m trying to come up with a better design for the site. Just give me some time (or ideas).
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Where to start…
Xmas was fun. Andrew made a batch of beer. It bubbled all week long. I think we get to bottle it tonight. I did it! I surprised Andrew with his present. He had no idea. But then we had to watch Fearless lol. He got me The Dark knight. We watched it at Mom and Dad’s although it was their Netflix copy. I don’t remember the drive down. Traffic? Probably. When we got there, we opened presents. Mom got me a beautiful wind chime. I have a place to put it already. :D We did nothing for a week. It was wonderful :) On Friday, we went to the new casino for dinner. It was good. We went to play nickel slots after. The guy at the entrance carded me and Andrew. He was like, “You look 19.” I was thinking, “Don’t you have to be 18?” Mom won $6 and Andrew lost $10. :) Me and Dad watched. I have pictures, but they are still on my camera. Mom also lost all her Xmas pictures along with some of the dog. Folders just disappeared off her computer. Andrew also got his phone broken. It has this lovely orange blob at the top of the screen. T-Mobile was like, “Suck it up, you get new phones in June.”
The doctor says I need surgery, so I get to call everyone today to find out how much this is going to cost. >:-P
When we have grandkids, I hope we are the favorite set of grandparents.
A funny post is coming tomorrow!
Links:
- Restraint
- Sleepy
- Rat falling asleep
- Nothing in there!
- Access denied!
- Construction job
- Bad hair days
- Cheese!
- A cat that listens
- Hello, my name is…
- Javajavajava
- Ugly throw pillow
- Gifted
- Not so loud
- Solar energy
- Big dump
- V-E-T
- Tiny puppy
- Bulldachsund
- Jerk
- Toasty
- Bananaphone
- You’re kidding? <-bad word
- No breeding
- Tom Cruise is a tool
- Get it off
- Blank
- Pam Anderson
- Mr. Hankey
- Ghetto airplane
- Toothpicks
- I’M NOT TIRED
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Xmas!
I'll post something better when I have some time. But until then...Merry Xmas! I hope it was as good for you all as it was for us!
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Xmas Eve!
Happy Xmas Eve! I’m so excited!
Last night almost all the Watkins’ got together for dinner at Morallia’s (sp?). Man did that waiter work! 20+ people and he was all by himself. But I don’t think he got any orders wrong. It was nice to talk to Carly and Aunt Shelly. It was nice to see everyone else too; we were just sitting next to them. At the end of the table. Near the wall. lol
Tonight is dinner with “the in-laws” and presents I think. I’m making Andrew wait until Xmas morning to open his from me. I don’t really know what’s going on though with stockings and such on Xmas. I guess it really doesn’t matter :)
I had to go get a blood test today. So I figured it might be busy. I forgot it was Xmas Eve. It took like 15 minutes. I got there at 6:30 and was walking slowly to the car since I don’t know where my office keys are. The lady was wonderful. He roped off my arm and patted and patted and patted. I told her that you can at least see the vein on top of my hand. So she flipped my hand and was like “Woah, that’s much different from your arm. I’ll make a note of that.” She hit it the very first time. Yay! And luckily the office was open. I think someone forgot to lock it last night though because I did a walkthrough and didn’t see anyone. I have a Dr. appointment later this morning too. I have a big ol’ band-aid on my hand though because she didn’t want the cotton ball normal thing to come off.
Woohoo! It’s Xmas Eve! At 7:45am, Santa is in Khabarovsk, Russia *<]:{D}}}
Last night almost all the Watkins’ got together for dinner at Morallia’s (sp?). Man did that waiter work! 20+ people and he was all by himself. But I don’t think he got any orders wrong. It was nice to talk to Carly and Aunt Shelly. It was nice to see everyone else too; we were just sitting next to them. At the end of the table. Near the wall. lol
Tonight is dinner with “the in-laws” and presents I think. I’m making Andrew wait until Xmas morning to open his from me. I don’t really know what’s going on though with stockings and such on Xmas. I guess it really doesn’t matter :)
I had to go get a blood test today. So I figured it might be busy. I forgot it was Xmas Eve. It took like 15 minutes. I got there at 6:30 and was walking slowly to the car since I don’t know where my office keys are. The lady was wonderful. He roped off my arm and patted and patted and patted. I told her that you can at least see the vein on top of my hand. So she flipped my hand and was like “Woah, that’s much different from your arm. I’ll make a note of that.” She hit it the very first time. Yay! And luckily the office was open. I think someone forgot to lock it last night though because I did a walkthrough and didn’t see anyone. I have a Dr. appointment later this morning too. I have a big ol’ band-aid on my hand though because she didn’t want the cotton ball normal thing to come off.
Woohoo! It’s Xmas Eve! At 7:45am, Santa is in Khabarovsk, Russia *<]:{D}}}
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Almost Xmas
It's been a long time since I updated this. It's just been really busy at work. Yesterday we exchanged Xmas presents (mostly) and had brownies for John's birthday. LeeAnn gave me a bracelet she made (so pretty!) and she gave Jennifer the pretiest hat and scarf. Jen got us all a yum-o candy and a lottery ticket. We didn't know how it worked, so Andrew called someone to ask. I think it was Laura. I thought that they called you or something if you won. Everyone seemed to like the cocoa cups. But that's a good long story...
So we bought mugs, cocoa packets, marshmallows, and candycanes for the "cup of cocoa" presents. I wanted it to look like I put more work into it than just shoving two cocoa packets into a cup, so I transfered the powder into little baggies I made from celophane (sp?). I kinda made a mess. The mallows went easier into the baggies. (Making the bags involved lining one of our funnels with celophane, dumping the contents into the funnel, and twist-tying it shut.) The fun part was getting the cinnamon incorporated. I wanted to give everyone a complete cup of cocoa. Cinnamon included. So I read somewhere on the internet that you could put stuff in styraws and then seal them up with a flame. Awesome! That's perfect! I tried with terrible results. As I was hunched over the candle with the straw melting and not sealing the way it looked online, Andrew says from the kitchen, "You know that makes poisonous gas?" No. :( He said it would be fine though. So I made the packets in the straws and made a big mess of melted plastic. Woo! But everyone seemed to enjoy the cocoa. Yay!
I managed to finish the craft project last night that was the very first thing we bought this year for Xmas. Sheesh! All's we need is glue and it will be ready to go! If the glue dries in time. :/ Can you staple wood with a regular stapler?
Addy turned 2 on Sunday. It was a fun party! Nicole went all out on the milkshake theme. The cards, the cake, the food. It was pretty awesome :) I'm glad Addy liked our present. I hope she likes her Xmas present! It's not as soft. I think this might be the first present that isn't a stuffed thing. (Don't tell her Nicole!)
I'm impressed with myself. I think I have Andrew stumped with a present that I bought him. Yes! He gave me ideas, but I think hwe gave me too many because he doesn't know wat I got. Hahaha! If he guesses it though I'll kick him in the knee. It's obvious from the shape what it is, but he doesn't know exactly what!
On the radio:
After listing a bunch of things that you can get on the internet, this came on "Living next door to the Wicked Witch of the West? Move! Duh! Then get your change-of-address forms from USA.gov." lol
Speaking of the Wicked Witch, the Wizard of Oz was on recently. I really love that movie. It's on the list of "movies that I like but knowing my usual taste in movies, I shouldn't like it". Like Homeward Bound. Or Down With Love.
Bluebery crack is wonderful.
Links:
So we bought mugs, cocoa packets, marshmallows, and candycanes for the "cup of cocoa" presents. I wanted it to look like I put more work into it than just shoving two cocoa packets into a cup, so I transfered the powder into little baggies I made from celophane (sp?). I kinda made a mess. The mallows went easier into the baggies. (Making the bags involved lining one of our funnels with celophane, dumping the contents into the funnel, and twist-tying it shut.) The fun part was getting the cinnamon incorporated. I wanted to give everyone a complete cup of cocoa. Cinnamon included. So I read somewhere on the internet that you could put stuff in styraws and then seal them up with a flame. Awesome! That's perfect! I tried with terrible results. As I was hunched over the candle with the straw melting and not sealing the way it looked online, Andrew says from the kitchen, "You know that makes poisonous gas?" No. :( He said it would be fine though. So I made the packets in the straws and made a big mess of melted plastic. Woo! But everyone seemed to enjoy the cocoa. Yay!
I managed to finish the craft project last night that was the very first thing we bought this year for Xmas. Sheesh! All's we need is glue and it will be ready to go! If the glue dries in time. :/ Can you staple wood with a regular stapler?
Addy turned 2 on Sunday. It was a fun party! Nicole went all out on the milkshake theme. The cards, the cake, the food. It was pretty awesome :) I'm glad Addy liked our present. I hope she likes her Xmas present! It's not as soft. I think this might be the first present that isn't a stuffed thing. (Don't tell her Nicole!)
I'm impressed with myself. I think I have Andrew stumped with a present that I bought him. Yes! He gave me ideas, but I think hwe gave me too many because he doesn't know wat I got. Hahaha! If he guesses it though I'll kick him in the knee. It's obvious from the shape what it is, but he doesn't know exactly what!
On the radio:
After listing a bunch of things that you can get on the internet, this came on "Living next door to the Wicked Witch of the West? Move! Duh! Then get your change-of-address forms from USA.gov." lol
Speaking of the Wicked Witch, the Wizard of Oz was on recently. I really love that movie. It's on the list of "movies that I like but knowing my usual taste in movies, I shouldn't like it". Like Homeward Bound. Or Down With Love.
Bluebery crack is wonderful.
Links:
- http://www.cutethingsfallingasleep.org/
- Is there room?
- Urban legend kitty
- I like the cat on the far left.
- Kitty in tree
- Shoe hater
- Xmas costume
- This dog is kind of creepy
- Gary Busey
- Nike Slingshoting
- This train is impressive.
- How much would it suck to be this guy? <-video
- Who thought this one up?
- Some of these are funny. Geek graffiti
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Optical illusions
This is silly:
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to do this to the car in front of me. Also it irks me when the car in front of me at a light doesn’t pull up to the line.
This gif says that if you see the person spinning clockwise, then you are right brained and if counterclockwise, then you are left brained, but you can make it spin the other way. It seriously took like 10 minutes of staring at the shadow and repeating the direction she was going to get it to switch. I think everyone sees it clockwise first.
This video is too cool. It’s proving that you can’t see a face inside-out.
I hate the little red “x” boxes for pictures that can’t be seen. This makes me hate them a little less. lol
Santa's main distribution center is a sight to behold. At 4,000,000 square feet (370,000 m2), it's one of the world's largest facilities. A real-time warehouse management system is of course required to run such a complex. The facility makes extensive use of task interleaving, literally combining dozens of DC activities (putaway, replenishing, order picking, sleigh loading, cycle counting) in a dynamic queue...the DC elves have been on engineered standards and incentives for three years, leading to a 12% gain in productivity...The WMS and transportation system are fully integrated, allowing (the elves) to make optimal decisions that balance transportation and order picking and other DC costs. Unbeknownst to many, Santa actually has to use many sleighs and fake Santa drivers to get the job done Christmas Eve, and the Transportation management system optimally builds thousands of consolidated sacks that maximize cube utilization and minimize total air miles.Thank you Wikipedia.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to do this to the car in front of me. Also it irks me when the car in front of me at a light doesn’t pull up to the line.
This gif says that if you see the person spinning clockwise, then you are right brained and if counterclockwise, then you are left brained, but you can make it spin the other way. It seriously took like 10 minutes of staring at the shadow and repeating the direction she was going to get it to switch. I think everyone sees it clockwise first.
This video is too cool. It’s proving that you can’t see a face inside-out.
I hate the little red “x” boxes for pictures that can’t be seen. This makes me hate them a little less. lol
Links
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Busy busy busy
So yesterday was crazy busy at work. From at least 10 until 4:45 or so, there was back to back stuff to do. The only breaks I took was to change the YouTube song from one Muppet Christmas Carol song to another. A big Commission thing came in that took precedence over everything else, so that got done before lunch, but not much else did. I got to eat with Kelly today. It was fun. I like Kelly. She gave me my Consultis Xmas gift. It is a book just like Andrew wanted. Sheesh. She also gave me some yummy candy. lol
After lunch was a barrage of requests from marine fisheries. When they get going making changes, there really isn’t anything to stop them! j/k. I heart Gus. I accidentally made an entire page of edits from the wrong reference. I was completely done before I realized. Oh man, that was totally a wasted hour. Law stuff cam in as did Birding trail stuff. Lots and lots and lots of stuff today. And I have to do it all twice because of the redesign. I love working at FWC. :) It makes me happy.
Apparently, the La Fiesta on the Parkway is having some trouble. Well it’s just nice that they have activities for roaches; most restaurants aren’t that thoughtful.
This is the creepiest Santa I’ve ever seen. The caption under the picture was “I can’t believe my Mom gave me to him”. This cartoon is funny.
After lunch was a barrage of requests from marine fisheries. When they get going making changes, there really isn’t anything to stop them! j/k. I heart Gus. I accidentally made an entire page of edits from the wrong reference. I was completely done before I realized. Oh man, that was totally a wasted hour. Law stuff cam in as did Birding trail stuff. Lots and lots and lots of stuff today. And I have to do it all twice because of the redesign. I love working at FWC. :) It makes me happy.
Apparently, the La Fiesta on the Parkway is having some trouble. Well it’s just nice that they have activities for roaches; most restaurants aren’t that thoughtful.
03A-07-1 | Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cheese cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit since 10:30 AM discard leftovers at 2:30 PM. |
04-01-1 | Critical. Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. Cooks line prep table. Service unit. |
08A-29-1 | Critical. Observed uncovered food bag of sugar in holding unit/dry storage area. |
08A-29-1 | Critical. Observed uncovered food in freezer. |
09-05-1 | Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food sugar that is not ready-to-eat. |
10-04-1 | In-use utensil for nonpotentially hazardous food ice not stored in a clean, protected location. |
32-15-1 | Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink in wai6 station used by food employees. |
32-16-1 | Critical. Hand wash sink in wait station lacking proper hand drying provisions. |
35A-05-1 | Critical. Observed roach activity as evidenced by 25 live roaches found under dishwasher. |
35A-05-1 | Critical. Observed roach activity as evidenced by 20 live roaches found under meat grinder. |
35A-05-1 | Critical. Observed roach activity as evidenced by 4 live roaches found on walls in meat room. |
41B-03-1 | Critical. Observed unlabeled spray bottle. |
45-36-2 | Critical. Hood suppression system tag out-of-date. For reporting purposes only. |
47-06-2 | Critical. Observed extension cord in use for non-temporary period. For reporting purposes only. |
53A-09-1 | Critical. No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation. |
This is the creepiest Santa I’ve ever seen. The caption under the picture was “I can’t believe my Mom gave me to him”. This cartoon is funny.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Budget?
Redneck 12 Days of Xmas. <- after much upload trouble, here it is.
Kittens running up a slide. This is too cute.
For a bit of Xmas music. They’ve been playing it since at least Thanksgiving.
An awesome potato song.
The feast is mine!
We had fun playing frisbee golf with Hoyt and Carrie this weekend. We also had everyone come over for dinner so Andrew could play with his deep fryer. I like it when the family is over. Addy only made me nervous once when she threw the panda, but she was very very good! We played Apples to Apples and Balderdash. It was only until Addy had her meltdown that folks decided that maybe it was time to go home. :)
We got all of out Xmas shopping done. Now all we need are a few more things for stockings and for me to get my craft act together.
December budget? What December budget?
Kittens running up a slide. This is too cute.
For a bit of Xmas music. They’ve been playing it since at least Thanksgiving.
An awesome potato song.
The feast is mine!
We had fun playing frisbee golf with Hoyt and Carrie this weekend. We also had everyone come over for dinner so Andrew could play with his deep fryer. I like it when the family is over. Addy only made me nervous once when she threw the panda, but she was very very good! We played Apples to Apples and Balderdash. It was only until Addy had her meltdown that folks decided that maybe it was time to go home. :)
We got all of out Xmas shopping done. Now all we need are a few more things for stockings and for me to get my craft act together.
December budget? What December budget?
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Mele Kalikimaka!
Usually I think Jimmy Buffet is excruciatingly annoying. But this is fun to say and I can identify with it more than White Christmas.
This is pretty cool. This guy drew the Mona Lisa as she would be drawn by other artists. Some of them are brilliant :)
Want to waste time? Visit this site. You are supposed to click on the picture you think is the cutest :)
This is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen. The internet is wonderful.
Neave.com is fantastic. I think you can actually go brain dead for a while. I like the dandelion.
I just hear this on the radio. “…There are lots of teenagers in foster care that would love to push your food around on their plate. Call 555-5555…” Is that kind of a weird thing to pitch or is it just me?
My arm is killing me. I thought it was from the Frisbee, but it still hurts so I’m thinkin’ it’s something else. To change the subject abruptly in mid-paragraph, I’ve been using a desk lamp at work to keep warm. It works really well actually. You just can’t touch it or it’ll burn you. Change! I like Xmas music. Change! Andrew called at work this morning and I picked up the phone, but it kept ringing. It was totally weird.
Pictures
Monday, December 8, 2008
Busy weekend
This weekend was wonderful. Andrew played poker with his family, I got our house decorated, we played Frisbee golf with Nicole, Robert & Addy, watched the Xmas parade thing, went to Market Days, made fondue, watched a movie and played a game that Lauren gave us for Xmas.
Friday night Andrew went to play poker with his family at Grandpa’s place. That gave me time to decorate the house without whining :). I managed to get everything out this year that wasn’t broken. I was going to wait for Andrew to help me put up the tree because I didn’t remember how to do it, but when I got it out to look, it was easy. The hardest part was finding the lights plug for the middle section that I forgot to plug in. I love our Xmas tree. The snowbabies are perched perilously on the china cabinet. But the display is impressive I think. :)
We woke up later that we were planning to to go to play at the park. Robert is too good at Frisbee golf. It was fun. Addy came and was cute. Nicole played some too. That night we went to the Winter Festival thing downtown with the family. It was fun. Andrew had to work until after it started, so we decided to skip the headache and just park at FSU and walk from there. Let me tell you, that is a haul. We walked through the lights on Park and Addy got her face painted by Daisy the Clown (aka Lauren). Andrew got some food and I got a corndog. We watched the top half of the parade since we were so far back. We saw Lauren on stilts. Woohoo!
Sunday was Market Days. We wandered around all the booths and bought some stuff. We got a crapload of scrubbies. These should last all year. We wore the one we have completely out. It was so worn out it was soft. :) We got some Xmas presents and a birthday present. Andrew also got some dip stuff. It was totally fun. Addy managed to pour an entire bottle of water on herself, so they bought her a new shirt to wear. She was out cold before we left.
The plan was to cook dinner for Lauren & Paige and then take them to see the TCC production of A Christmas Carol. Well, we did the dinner part. Andrew made cheese fondue. It was wonderful. Better than last time. We also had chocolate fondue for dessert. We piled into the car and made it to TCC, but it was strangely deserted. Whoops! No play tonight! Saturday must have been the last day. It was a nice ride though. ;) Instead we watched A Muppet Christmas Carol. Only the best Xmas movie ever. Lauren gave us presents. I got a game that is totally the Calvinball of board games. It was so much fun to play! Andrew got a deep fryer. He was so excited about it. Thanks Lauren! We love you!
We are going to start the shopping tonight for what else we need. I like my secret stocking person. They are easy to buy for :)
You know how they find images of Jesus in toasted cheese sandwiches?
Cream filling!
Flamingos v gnomes
Ew! Dog germs!
If Chuck Norris was a dog…
Cup-o-pup
Pixilation
Xmas decorations!
Friday night Andrew went to play poker with his family at Grandpa’s place. That gave me time to decorate the house without whining :). I managed to get everything out this year that wasn’t broken. I was going to wait for Andrew to help me put up the tree because I didn’t remember how to do it, but when I got it out to look, it was easy. The hardest part was finding the lights plug for the middle section that I forgot to plug in. I love our Xmas tree. The snowbabies are perched perilously on the china cabinet. But the display is impressive I think. :)
We woke up later that we were planning to to go to play at the park. Robert is too good at Frisbee golf. It was fun. Addy came and was cute. Nicole played some too. That night we went to the Winter Festival thing downtown with the family. It was fun. Andrew had to work until after it started, so we decided to skip the headache and just park at FSU and walk from there. Let me tell you, that is a haul. We walked through the lights on Park and Addy got her face painted by Daisy the Clown (aka Lauren). Andrew got some food and I got a corndog. We watched the top half of the parade since we were so far back. We saw Lauren on stilts. Woohoo!
Sunday was Market Days. We wandered around all the booths and bought some stuff. We got a crapload of scrubbies. These should last all year. We wore the one we have completely out. It was so worn out it was soft. :) We got some Xmas presents and a birthday present. Andrew also got some dip stuff. It was totally fun. Addy managed to pour an entire bottle of water on herself, so they bought her a new shirt to wear. She was out cold before we left.
The plan was to cook dinner for Lauren & Paige and then take them to see the TCC production of A Christmas Carol. Well, we did the dinner part. Andrew made cheese fondue. It was wonderful. Better than last time. We also had chocolate fondue for dessert. We piled into the car and made it to TCC, but it was strangely deserted. Whoops! No play tonight! Saturday must have been the last day. It was a nice ride though. ;) Instead we watched A Muppet Christmas Carol. Only the best Xmas movie ever. Lauren gave us presents. I got a game that is totally the Calvinball of board games. It was so much fun to play! Andrew got a deep fryer. He was so excited about it. Thanks Lauren! We love you!
We are going to start the shopping tonight for what else we need. I like my secret stocking person. They are easy to buy for :)
Links
I’m not the only nerd
You know how they find images of Jesus in toasted cheese sandwiches?
Cream filling!
Flamingos v gnomes
Ew! Dog germs!
If Chuck Norris was a dog…
Cup-o-pup
Pixilation
Pictures
The Winter Parade thingXmas decorations!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The radio is boring
The radio was so bad this morning that I actually forgot I was listening to it, thought, "Hey, this is boring" and went to go turn the radio on. Am I going to have to wait until February for the radio to stop reporting exclusively on Obama?
I should get the pictures from TSO back on Friday so I’ll post them as soon as I get them. I'm also working on the Xmas blog decoration. I have a few things in mind involving Santa, lights or wrapping paper.
This weekend will also be dedicated to producing at least a few invitation ideas for Addy's birthday for Nicole. :)
Videos
Pictures, now conveniently in columns!
For Andrew
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Trans-Siberian Orchestra was awesome. It was like an amazing laser light show with rockin’ music. I left my camera at home, but Lauren bought a disposable film camera. I’m going to try and get it developed today. I’ll post the pictures as soon as I get ‘em.
There was like a little Xmas narration for the first half of the show. Andrew and I joked that it sounded like the guy was given rufees. See, he said that he was in a bar drinking when a guy came over to him and had him drink something he pulled from his coat. The narrator then proceeded to go on a “trip” with an angle that was in search for the true Xmas spirit.
They played Carol of the Bells (twice) and sang and it was wonderful. The second half was mostly classical music (as opposed to Christmas music). They played In the Hall of the Mountain King and the Flight of the Bumblebee. There was one chick with an electric (pink) violin who looked like she was doing acrobatics while she was playing. She’d bend over backwards and stuff. They all were rocking out with the metal hair and the “backup” singers all were kind of head banging. They’d stomp and whip their heads from side to side. The one lead guitarist had a Garth haircut. Party on Wayne. One more great thing about it was that all the performers were wearing tails. The women even had them, although they were incorporated into their dresses. In between the 1st and 2nd halves, Garth came out wearing a #16 Jersey. Then he got it stuck on his head.
There were lots of pyrotechnics too. We had good seats, but nothing like front row or anything, but at one point, we felt the heat from the fire on stage. It must have been crazy hot. Sometimes it was hard to look at the stage because they were blasting the lights so bright. The lights followed the music and behind them, pointed directly at the audience, were what looked like stadium lights. And they used them liberally.
In the very beginning, the two lead guitarists and I think it was the 1st chair violinist descended from the ceiling on lit platforms while they were playing. Pretty cool. There was a mini stage by us, and one of the singers was doing a pop-opera song. Not like the pop genre, but you know how in some opera songs the singers yelp random notes? Well it was like that. Then she skipped back to the stage while continuing to yelp notes. Like Lauren would do if Lauren yelped. :) At the end, Garth and the lead violinist ran down to the mini stage and they raised it up with them playing on it. Pretty cool.
There was a wicked awesome drum solo too. They guy played for so long! It was awesome. He was going so fast, it was hard to hear how many times he hit the drums. He was also faster than the strobe light. Awesome. Speaking of strobe lights, now we are all 100% certaing that none of us has any form of epilepsy. It was 2 ½ hours of blinking strobe. But it was awesome.
I’m sure I’ll post more about this. It really was flippin’ sweet!
There was like a little Xmas narration for the first half of the show. Andrew and I joked that it sounded like the guy was given rufees. See, he said that he was in a bar drinking when a guy came over to him and had him drink something he pulled from his coat. The narrator then proceeded to go on a “trip” with an angle that was in search for the true Xmas spirit.
They played Carol of the Bells (twice) and sang and it was wonderful. The second half was mostly classical music (as opposed to Christmas music). They played In the Hall of the Mountain King and the Flight of the Bumblebee. There was one chick with an electric (pink) violin who looked like she was doing acrobatics while she was playing. She’d bend over backwards and stuff. They all were rocking out with the metal hair and the “backup” singers all were kind of head banging. They’d stomp and whip their heads from side to side. The one lead guitarist had a Garth haircut. Party on Wayne. One more great thing about it was that all the performers were wearing tails. The women even had them, although they were incorporated into their dresses. In between the 1st and 2nd halves, Garth came out wearing a #16 Jersey. Then he got it stuck on his head.
There were lots of pyrotechnics too. We had good seats, but nothing like front row or anything, but at one point, we felt the heat from the fire on stage. It must have been crazy hot. Sometimes it was hard to look at the stage because they were blasting the lights so bright. The lights followed the music and behind them, pointed directly at the audience, were what looked like stadium lights. And they used them liberally.
In the very beginning, the two lead guitarists and I think it was the 1st chair violinist descended from the ceiling on lit platforms while they were playing. Pretty cool. There was a mini stage by us, and one of the singers was doing a pop-opera song. Not like the pop genre, but you know how in some opera songs the singers yelp random notes? Well it was like that. Then she skipped back to the stage while continuing to yelp notes. Like Lauren would do if Lauren yelped. :) At the end, Garth and the lead violinist ran down to the mini stage and they raised it up with them playing on it. Pretty cool.
There was a wicked awesome drum solo too. They guy played for so long! It was awesome. He was going so fast, it was hard to hear how many times he hit the drums. He was also faster than the strobe light. Awesome. Speaking of strobe lights, now we are all 100% certaing that none of us has any form of epilepsy. It was 2 ½ hours of blinking strobe. But it was awesome.
I’m sure I’ll post more about this. It really was flippin’ sweet!
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