Last night my friend the librarian and I went to see Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick. I'm not that much of a Cheap Trick fan, but they put on a nice opener. I was really there for Poison and Def Leppard. My sister and I are shameless Poison and Rock of Love fans and so it was pure joy to see Bret Michaels jumping in the air and Big John, the bouncer from Rock of Love even came on stage a couple of times. They were really awesome and they played all of my favorite Poison songs. Then it was time for Def Leppard to come on stage and they stole the show. Be still my heart, I have loved Def Leppard since i was 13 going on 14 years old and they played Two Steps Behind acoustically and I was in some sort of Rock N Roll HEAVEN! There is nothing like hearing Pour Some Sugar On Me live in concert and the energy was great. We had lawn tickets and it was a lot of fun minus the lewd and drunk people behind us. But things like that are expected at rock concerts. I bought my sister and I matching Poison keychains. I didn't buy any Def Leppard stuff because I still have my Def Leppard Retro Active shirt that I bought when I was 13 going on 14 and I can still wear it!
This morning I woke up and I have lost most of my voice and I'm all stiff from jumping up and down and headbanging. I feel old! It was a really great time and it was a nice way to end a sh*t week at work.
This week will be a little crazy. I have Accounting Dept Bowling Night, a going away party for the cute intern and I leave for Kansas on Thursday to be in M's wedding. Plus I have a huge stack of books from the library to read.
By the way, Sunshine if you're reading this I miss you and I hope band camp is going well.
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Hello, Blog.
I’m still here. I just really haven’t felt like blogging lately because there’s a lot of changes going on at work that weren’t public knowledge to begin with and even still there’s a lot of things I choose not to blog about and work specific stuff is probably the main one. It’s also weird now that I’m working at a different facility about 30 minutes away from the old office and my apartment. I don’t get to see my work friends every day and that makes it hard because your work friends are the people that really understand all the drama going on at work and stuff. I love my job and still mostly love the company I work for but change is always really hard and the next year is going to be rough with added workload and a longer commute. My new commute is still shorter than my commute from OK to KS but the roads are more congested and there are so many things that could stretch my commute to 40 plus minutes. Anyways, enough complaining about work.
Other than the occasional going to the pub with my office mates, I’vc been doing a metric ton of reading and watching random movies. The weekend before this weekend, I saw the documentary Food, Inc. at the local independent movie theater that’s across the street from the local mall. I really enjoyed this movie, however I do not recommend it as a date night movie and I also would not go out to eat afterwards. There are some semi-graphic scenes. One of the perks of living in my area is the ability to see independent films and not have to drive an hour or two, so I’m trying to take advantage of it while I can. I went to KIP at the mall and was able to finish another prayer shawl for my mom’s group at church. Other than that shawl, I don’t having any projects in the works. I am really excited because I finally won a pool on Ravelry. I participated in The Fashion Show pool and you are randomly assigned a designer and if your designer wins, everyone in your group has to send you yarn. How awesome is that? I’m curious to see what will arrive but it will nice to get something else in the mail other than junk mail, bills, and Netflix movies.
Recent Netflix movies:
1. Pedro – the MTV movie about Pedro Zamora, AIDS activist and Real World: San Francisco star (My favorite RW season of all time). It was really good and they have three actual RW: SF episodes in the Special Features section of the DVD
2. Girls Rock! – Documentary about the rock n roll camp for girls in Portland, OR. Where in the hell was this camp when I was growing up?
3. Grey Gardens – this is the Drew Barrymore version but I have the original documentary in my queue. It was really good but I am paranoid about becoming crazy cat lady in the Hamptons. I was really excited when “Jackie O” came to visit because she had the cutest hobo bag ever! Yes, I am a bagwh*re!
4. Coco Chanel – this is the Shirley MacLaine version. I also enjoyed this movie and yet again, I fell in love with the classic Chanel purse.
From my personal library:
1. Food, Inc. – this is a companion book of essays that basically expand on the themes presented in the movie.
2. Fast Food Nation – Eric Scholosser & Don’t Eat this Ook by Morgan Spurlock - after watching Super Size Me with Sunshine while he was visiting and then seeing the Food, Inc. documentary, I was compelled to read these books as well. It is a wonder that I can even eat food!
3. The Ramen King and I – Andy Raskin – I’m not even sure how to describe this book, I would google it. I enjoyed it more than I expected to and I learned a lot about ramen noodles and their various preparations beyond the ramen I knew from college.
4. The House of Night Series – P.C and Kristin Cast – this is a series of books written by a mother & daughter team about students at a vampire finishing school. My sister is responsible for getting me hooked on this series. I enjoy the fact that they are Oklahoma authors and that the series takes place in Tulsa, OK and makes multiple references to things and places found in Tulsa and in OK. It’s a young adult series, but I thought it was a highly entertaining read and I liked it so much I bought my own copies rather than waiting on the library hold list or for my sister to mail them to me. Ha ha. She has only read the first one.
5. Any book by Zane or Noire. These are in the genre of “urban er*tica” and I discovered them through my two friends that work at a branch library in north Raleigh. Books by these two authors are constantly checked out and have long waiting lists. Who can resist reading books with titles such as Purple Panties or Candylicker? I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I will try any book out. Of course, I checked these out from the library, so if the feds ever pull my reading history, they are going to get a good laugh or two. After all, you only live once.
Of course, these are only a sampling of the books and movies that I’ve read and watched lately. I would be typing for hours if I listed everything I read/watched this summer. I just make the time to read a little before bedtime each day and then I read a lot on the weekends between social events. Movie watching is easy to do after work because if you’re tired and are feeling slothy, watching a movie is an easy thing to do.
Btw, this humidty is giving me some serious Rock Star hair. Just in time for the Def Leppard/Poison/Cheap Trick concert on the 7th!
Other than the occasional going to the pub with my office mates, I’vc been doing a metric ton of reading and watching random movies. The weekend before this weekend, I saw the documentary Food, Inc. at the local independent movie theater that’s across the street from the local mall. I really enjoyed this movie, however I do not recommend it as a date night movie and I also would not go out to eat afterwards. There are some semi-graphic scenes. One of the perks of living in my area is the ability to see independent films and not have to drive an hour or two, so I’m trying to take advantage of it while I can. I went to KIP at the mall and was able to finish another prayer shawl for my mom’s group at church. Other than that shawl, I don’t having any projects in the works. I am really excited because I finally won a pool on Ravelry. I participated in The Fashion Show pool and you are randomly assigned a designer and if your designer wins, everyone in your group has to send you yarn. How awesome is that? I’m curious to see what will arrive but it will nice to get something else in the mail other than junk mail, bills, and Netflix movies.
Recent Netflix movies:
1. Pedro – the MTV movie about Pedro Zamora, AIDS activist and Real World: San Francisco star (My favorite RW season of all time). It was really good and they have three actual RW: SF episodes in the Special Features section of the DVD
2. Girls Rock! – Documentary about the rock n roll camp for girls in Portland, OR. Where in the hell was this camp when I was growing up?
3. Grey Gardens – this is the Drew Barrymore version but I have the original documentary in my queue. It was really good but I am paranoid about becoming crazy cat lady in the Hamptons. I was really excited when “Jackie O” came to visit because she had the cutest hobo bag ever! Yes, I am a bagwh*re!
4. Coco Chanel – this is the Shirley MacLaine version. I also enjoyed this movie and yet again, I fell in love with the classic Chanel purse.
From my personal library:
1. Food, Inc. – this is a companion book of essays that basically expand on the themes presented in the movie.
2. Fast Food Nation – Eric Scholosser & Don’t Eat this Ook by Morgan Spurlock - after watching Super Size Me with Sunshine while he was visiting and then seeing the Food, Inc. documentary, I was compelled to read these books as well. It is a wonder that I can even eat food!
3. The Ramen King and I – Andy Raskin – I’m not even sure how to describe this book, I would google it. I enjoyed it more than I expected to and I learned a lot about ramen noodles and their various preparations beyond the ramen I knew from college.
4. The House of Night Series – P.C and Kristin Cast – this is a series of books written by a mother & daughter team about students at a vampire finishing school. My sister is responsible for getting me hooked on this series. I enjoy the fact that they are Oklahoma authors and that the series takes place in Tulsa, OK and makes multiple references to things and places found in Tulsa and in OK. It’s a young adult series, but I thought it was a highly entertaining read and I liked it so much I bought my own copies rather than waiting on the library hold list or for my sister to mail them to me. Ha ha. She has only read the first one.
5. Any book by Zane or Noire. These are in the genre of “urban er*tica” and I discovered them through my two friends that work at a branch library in north Raleigh. Books by these two authors are constantly checked out and have long waiting lists. Who can resist reading books with titles such as Purple Panties or Candylicker? I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I will try any book out. Of course, I checked these out from the library, so if the feds ever pull my reading history, they are going to get a good laugh or two. After all, you only live once.
Of course, these are only a sampling of the books and movies that I’ve read and watched lately. I would be typing for hours if I listed everything I read/watched this summer. I just make the time to read a little before bedtime each day and then I read a lot on the weekends between social events. Movie watching is easy to do after work because if you’re tired and are feeling slothy, watching a movie is an easy thing to do.
Btw, this humidty is giving me some serious Rock Star hair. Just in time for the Def Leppard/Poison/Cheap Trick concert on the 7th!
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