I have a terrific headache! I am not sure why. Eveything was fine. I ordered a stomboli and drank a glass of wine. Later I laid down to watch the second disk of Flight of the Conchords. I laughed long and hard.
I think my headache is somehow connected to the overstuffed pillow I used last night.
Maybe I should just go to bed.
Rob’s band, Old School, performed last night. They were FANTABULOUS! And I don’t say that because I am seeing the bassist/leader. Well, maybe just a little.
Rob won’t let me post the footage I recorded so instead I decided to just link to YouTube videos of the original songs.
The second song they performed was my favorite, Slade’s Run Run Away. This is the only song of theirs that Quiet Riot didn’t steal, I mean cover. Rob sang it and it was just great! Unfortunately, Rob didn’t make silly faces in the middle of the song like Noddy Holder did in the video below.
Other related videos that recall a Renaissance Faire feel are: The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats and Karma Chameleon – Culture Club. I don’t think Rob will ever cover these songs, but stranger things have happened.
The first song performed was not Rob’s favorite, in fact he scoffed when the drummer requested they play it. Apparently Robert is not a Police fan. The song in question is: So Lonely:
I don’t know why Rob hates this song since he loves Frankie Valle and the Four Seasons. I am going to admit something that I have never verbalized before in my entire life. I have a silent crush on Stewart Copeland. To me, he will always be the professor who doesn’t want to stand so close to me. There, admitting that little secret makes me feel so much better.
The next song was supposed to be Rainbow’s Since You Been Gone, which most of you know as one of my favorite songs EVER. Rob even promised to don aviator glasses as an homage to Graham Bonnet. Unfortunately they decided at the last minute to scrap the song because it didn’t sound perfect. Darn it! Instead they sang Foreigner’s Hot Blooded.
The last song was sung by the keyboardist who looks like Micky Dolenz. I have no remembrance of the song title or the band’s name. Oops. Sorry. If only he sang like Micky, maybe then I would remember the song.
PS
Here’s the video to Slade’s Cum on Feel the Noize:
I think the only reason I really like this song is because of my sister Lisa. When she was a freshman at Rosemont, she got up and lip synced to this song with a bunch of her friends at the annual Talent Show. I remember giving her such a hard time. “Why is your face painted like Gene Simmons?! Kiss didn’t sing this song! And this is a talent show! There’s no talent in lip syncing!” She had the last laugh– her group won first prize and $500.00! Unfortunately, one of the girls stole the money. The girl who stole the money eventually ended up in jail for hiring a hit man. Ahhh, innocent Rosemont College, the good ole days!
Christmas was truly lovely. On Christmas Eve, Rob and I spent the evening with his friends. We had the traditional Italian 7 fishes dinner. Once back at the Donnavilla, we opened our gifts to one another. I gave Rob a belt with a skull buckle (he loves skulls), a DVD set of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations TV show (he loves Anthony Bourdain) and Guitar Hero video game for the PC (he is a musician). I am pretty sure he was very pleased with his new things!
The next day, Rob and I went to Washington Crossing park to watch the reenactment of Washington crossing the Delaware. The current was very strong and instead of rowing across, the boat was swept away. The emergency motorboat had to be sent out to tow them back to shore.
After the attempt to recreate the crossing, Rob and I went to my parents’ house. We watched the Christmas Story as my mom rushed about the kitchen. We ate around 5:00. The food was delicious! After dinner we opened gifts.
My father loved the Ikea comforter and Nikon CoolPix camera. My mom loved the slippers, pajamas and earrings. I think Rob was tickled that Lisa bought him a Darth Vader cookie jar and my mom gave him a bottle of wine. Lisa is still holding her TomTom GPS unit and I was happy to receive a poncho, 3 sets of underwear, a bracelet, a DVD of Flight of the Conchords (THANKS MOM!) and a black Coach clutch. Although, I think I was more happy that we were altogether regardless of the loot.
Rob and I ended Christmas by watching the first 6 episodes of Flight of the Conchords. Gosh I love that show!
I keep going back and forth between Picasa Web Albums and Flickr. I so want to LOVE Flickr, yet I don’t. I can’t seem to wrap my head around how it works. Picasa on the other hand is so obvious and simple. The real reason I keep going back to Flickr is that it appears to offer a limitless amount of space. Picasa doesn’t. I am currently using 172 MB (16.80%) of my 1024 MB on Picasa. Eventually I will have to upgrade. Yet on the other hand, Flickr only allows 3 “sets” which is extremely limiting. I think my frustration with Flickr is that I am not into the community part of it. All I want is a place to stick my pictures so family and friends can look at them. Ugh!
At any rate, here’s my Christmas Flickr set.
I wish you all a Merry Christmas!
La Vie En Rose
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
The Darjeeling Limited
Marie Antoinette
Hairspray
My Best Friend
The Bourne Ultimatum
Hollywoodland
The Holiday
Knocked Up
Talladega Nights
Pride & Prejudice
Rushmore
I found this on Youtube while I was searching for Donny and Marie Osmond clips:
It’s Olivia Newton-John and Donny Osmond singing You’re the One That I Want from Grease. It sounds like they changed the melody a little bit. Maybe it was done to better match Donny’s range? Regardless, I think Donny does a great job. He would have made a great Danny! I read somewhere that Marie Osmond was the first choice for Sandy. What a missed opportunity!
Last night my sister and I were sitting in the den and I said to her, “I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle to keep me alive. That would be no quality of life at all, If that ever happens, just pull the plug.”
So she got up, unplugged the computer, and threw out my wine.
She’s such a bitch
(This was actually an email joke forwarded by Erin! It’s so me)
How can I have awaken with energy yet as the morning slowly passes, find myself getting groggier and groggier? Somehow I got mixed up and I feel today is Friday. I know it’s Thursday, I am happy it’s Thursday but it feels a day later. What a cruel joke it will be waking up tomorrow morning and knowing it is Friday and not Saturday.
Yesterday I sent my Christmas cards. I keep thinking of more people I should send a card but it’s too late. I only printed out 75 and I used all but 2 up. That means only customers- and only a select few of them. I wish I had everything on the ball– it would have been great to really go full force with cards. Oh well.
It was a joy waking up to a relatively clean room. And the garbagemen picked up really early this morning so had I not done it last night I would be out of luck.
It’s time to work.
I attempted to go to sleep early. Nestled deep in my warm bed, all I could think about was that the garbage really should be at the curb and my clothes should not be in a heap on the floor. I got up and did the things that were necessary. I feel better now.
This evening I tried to watch TV. It seemed like every other channel was talking about Britney’s sister’s pregnancy. I must have cycled through the channels 50 times. Finally Family Guy came on and I was happy for a little while.
I got a wonderful present from Maker’s Mark today. It’s a sealing wax kit with a Maker’s Mark stamp. Such fancy stuff! Their generosity makes me want to drink their bourbon. Too bad I am but a beer/wine girl.
It seems that by getting those nagging items cleaned up, I am now ready to sleep. Funny how that works.