Me first and the gimmie gimmies

Last night I went to the me first and the gimmie gimmies show with none other than Joe of course.

We skipped the first opening band, and came late for the second. The crowd seemed to know the second, but in my old age I guess I dont know what these young kids are listening to anymore. Actually I was surprised anyone is picking up on new punk bands anymore, thats so last decade (or even the decade before).

Me first came out strong. Joe and I thought the lead singer spike looked like a skinny Elton John with his white suit and haircut, but later another band member (fat mike i think, i couldnt really see over the db infront of me) described his haircut as more of a lesbian hitler haircut. Someone in the crowed yelled "you suck" to which they responded "dude, we are me first and the gimmie gimmies, we are NO ONES favorite band, but how can you not like us? YOU suck". There was a lot more amusing conversation among the band between every song. They played a lot of the ones I love and a few I hadnt heard before (but just because i've been slacking on some of their cds). It was a very entertaining show and I'd definitely go see them again (although i hope they come on a weekend next time)

Just a typical Tuesday night

Peter surprised me and took me out to a super delicious dinner at Eventide last night. When we got home we watched Glee (by my request clearly) and it was an awesome episode. Not only was it exclusively music from Rocky Horror, but John Stamos came back and even sang a song! It was great, and I hope to see a lot more of John Stamos.

Shots Shots Shots Shots, Everybody!

Katie and Rob got married this weekend at the Naval academy. It was a beautiful wedding followed by a fun party and a fun after party. The reception was at the hotel where that bar Pussers is (pronounce it however you want) so there were Painkiller drinks flowing freely, and boy are they delicious!

Leslie and Sarah were both in town for the wedding which was very fun, its always great to have them here! Sarah even lucked out and caught the bouquet at the wedding, so it looks like her wedding will be the next one ;)

It was a fun weekend, and i'm very tired today

The Better Half

Joe and I reclaimed our team name at trivia last night (someone else stole it the other week! Jerks!). We didnt do very well at all, mainly because an entire round was about what college went with what mascot, and basically beyond the Boston College Eagles I was at a complete loss. My big contributions to the night were knowing who wrote the 2004 album "hopes and fears" (keane), and Who was the Queen of Disco (Donna Summers...thank you SNL). We really need some team members who arent engineers to balance things out. We didnt even get the one science question of the night (what is the one letter symbol for Tungston...we guessed T, turns out its W). Oh well, maybe next week :(

Because Todd Requested it

Joe and I went to see the Thermals this weekend. I cant remember if this is my 3rd or 4th time seeing them.

The first opening band was an Irish Band who sang songs in Korean. I am not kidding. Ok so they had English songs too, but the Korean songs are weird right? Joe had looked them up ahead of time and decided their music wasn't very good. At the show however, they didn't sound too bad. We decided that the black cat had all sorts of levels off esp since you couldn't hear any of the stringed instruments through the speakers...evidently this made the band sound better.

The middle band was less than memorable.

Then came the thermals. They were great. As Joe points out their best CD is still The Body The Blood The Machine. Luckily they played a whole bunch of those songs. The entire audience got really into it which is always fun (although to joe's dismay no mosh pit). Evidently they came out with a new CD this sept, so since I did not know it existed I could not listen to it ahead of time. I was very nervous about this b/c who likes to be at a concert where they play all their new stuff, and noone knows it resulting in super low audience energy and possibly Sucky new songs. They only played a few of their new songs, and always announced it before they played it so you'd get in listening mode. I really liked the new songs and am willing to give them a chance to see if they can grow on me (still not as good as TBTBTM). The Drummer, who i think is fairly new, was hilarious. As every song was starting he'd stand up and pump his fist or something to get everyone going. Also he was wearing a shirt with a skeleton on it...always funny.

All in all a great show, and I'd recommend seeing them if you get the chance. Todd, looks like nov 15th they are going to be in san fran!

Physique 57

Last night Diana and I took the free physique 57 trial class that Sarah notified us about. It turned out to be a lot of fun! The teachers were really good and helpful, and the class was challenging but fun! It was a nice mix of aerobics and Pilates. I highly recommend trying this if you get a chance (which for now I think might just be my NYC friends since it hasn't officially come here yet). Here is the big question...do i buy the videos? it looks like they only sell it in a pack of 3 with the ball for 60 bucks....is that too much?

Martin Star Sighting!

As the new year of TV begins peter and I have been tivoing a lot of new ones to give a shot. Most of which ended up sucking, and only a few were ok enough to give a second chance at some point.

Anyway, one of the shows that we Tivoed was the new Hawaii Five-0 exclusively because Jin from Lost is on it and I love him. We started watching the show, and its totally not the type of show i like and i knew that going into it...but a few scenes into it they go to their computer specialist person and who is it??? Martin Star! awesometown! I was so excited that I watched the entire rest of the episode! If he's on it again I'd watch again...otherwise, sorry Jin :(