Saturday wrapup
Saturday was a lazy day, and I was so happy that it was! I worked so much last week that I needed a break this weekend!!!At the end of last week I had even been fighting a weird sore throat, so I needed sleep and rest! What's that mean? MOVIE NIGHT!
Thursday night was even a movie night, too, but it didn't even start till 10:30 or so. We watched The Cooler - Did you see this yet?
It was much more of a love story than I thought it'd be... I really thought it was going to be a lot more about gambling, but then again I dont pay much attention to trailers on purpose so that I can be surprised. The girl in it was cute and refreshingly normal for the most part... and tell me you're not pleased as punch you finally get to see William H. Macy's lil' bum! No kidding! :) And you want to *hate* Baldwin's character.. so I guess that means they did a good job there. Anyway - it's a cute story.
Friday night's movie: Swingers! Can you believe I'd never seen this movie? I wasn't getting the inside joke when Brian was calling me and repeating over and over "Vegas, baby, Vegas!" Now I get it. :)
See, we technically "should" (that is if we were moderately more wealthy and active than we already are) have been in Vegas this weekend. Rick's buddy Bruno (who has a new blog!) has a house there and returned from his job in Korea for a weekend of insane partying. No doubt we missed a good time - but we watched Vegas themed movies in tribute and we'll get there this summer for sure. (I haven't been there in like 10 years!!!)
So a bottle of wine and Swingers and sleep! Just what the doctor ordered! Saturday consisted of sleeping in, hiking up the awesome hill behind my house and then having breakfast up on Cortland. Then we cruised back by my old place on Lundys and peeked in to see if my neighbors were around.
Sandy and Jim are awesome. They've both been in bands over the years and they continue to be actively into music, they rock! They hit shows here & there and I love chatting to Jim about new music. He's a huge Super Furries fan, and they were at the Grandaddy/Super Furries show last fall I went to (and LOVED!)
Sandy sings backup in Tom Jonesin' right now - and Jim's preparing for a reunion gig in LA for his old band, in which he played: THE DRUMS!! woohoo!! Over the last year I have seen his basement recording studio become a dream little room, padded to keep the sound hidden from the neighbors, painted with awesome inspiring cool colors and FULL of his instruments. Piano, keyboards, guitars, recording gear and the latest addition for practicing: His drum set!! I was psyched! So for the first time in years I sat behind the drums and played around for awhile. It was so fun!! That's twice this weekend I had drum sticks in my hands. awww yaaa, it's coming! :p
So we chatted with them a ton - I told then they *cannot* miss the Wrens show coming up, and that he should check out Broken Social Scene - they'd like them, I think.
All of a sudden our day was pretty much gone (sorry rick!!!) and with a few hours left in the day I dropped Rick off & made it over to a going away party for my old bosses and friends who are moving to Japan!
> update: photos posted at the end of this album.
It was great to see everyone, including the hosts who are so darling. And I caught Jan & Layne, who it was great to catch up with as well. Layne & I can geek talk it up for hours, I love it!! We talk cameras, software and Saturday since I was fresh from beatin on the drums - we talked instruments! sweeeet! He was tellin me about the Roland V Series (i think that's the one he mentioned) that his brother has and it's sweet. And it would fit in my little place should I want something to practice on down the road and use headphones as to not wake the neighbors. ya!!
We'll see if I get that hard core... but it would be pretty cool and I'd definitely learn faster if I had something to practice on. We'll see :)
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Saturday night the R guy and I had a nice dinner (despite a temporary grumpy willofit). But then thanks to a little attitude readjustment, we proceeded to have a *GREAT* time after several drinkies at The Hemlock. woohoo! My buddy Stig was there with his friend Kim - and she's so nice!
We went to see the A-Frames play, and I was psyched to see them - but after poppin them in that day, I thought the show could go either way so I didn't have my hopes up. I did however have my hopes up to see Ajax there, since it's his fault I love that band in the first place! Thanks a lot Ajax! But good news - he was!! Him and his drunken coworker - woohoo! Suburbia can make you a light weight - don't let it happen to you! You can read his story about that night here.
After many a tasty Tom Collins and bathing in the most wonderful love and adoration a girl could ask for, from a certain sweet someone I can't stop hanging around, we went & rocked out to the A-Frames!! WOOHOOO!!!
It wasn't too crowded at all (considering the Hemlock's show area is the size of a shoebox), and we danced and enjoyed their small set. They were great! They were totally just as good as the CD if not better! I love the sound of the bass on their tracks. Short and sweet set - they didn't play the Nobot song, much to my dismay - but hey! Atleast they didn't suck!
So we said goodbye to Ajax and his drunken friend and headed home. A very nice Saturday night indeed!
