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I meant to make a full post with pics and everything, but a) time is passing and I'm failing at life and b) my phone won't sync with my laptop and the photobucket app refuses to recognize my password, even when I've reset it, so instead, a brief summary.
Since last post:
+ five Panic! at the Disco shows. I originally only planned to see the OH weekend shows with the TX/CA/CT ladies, but given a cheap flight to TX and my lack of employment, it was agreed that I might as well go see friends and bands while I had the opportunity.
Thoughts:
- Brendon was horribly sick for the OH shows, and probably high on cold medicine for a good bit of them. That's my story and I'm sticking to it, as a justification for him saying, "We've been a band for 10 years," then looking around, realizing that no one on the stage was part of Panic v1.0 or v2.0, and qualifying that with, "Well, I've been a band for 10 years." MY HEART.
- Ian is sorely missed on Mona Lisa, but Kenneth's solo in Casual Affair is pretty great.
- Dallon. (What, you were expecting something deep? I think my feelings are pretty clear.)
- Spencer's absence is most notable (to me) in the Fever songs, particularly It's Better If You Do.
- Every time I think "Yep, Patrick Stump's range is just marginally better" I see this band again, and Brendon does some thing to change my mind.
- Zack Hall still may be my favorite Disco. Even if he is the trolliest troll to ever troll. Perhaps BECAUSE he is.
- The drummer/singer for The Colourist is AMAZING. She has some serious breath control. So talented. The rest of the band's kind of forgettable, in terms of stage presence. The problem there is that Mia (sp?) is obviously tethered to her kit, and even when it's set at an angle close to the edge of the stage, there's only so much to be done.
- enjoyed the XAmbassadors, thought Junior Prom needed to work on their stage presence. And their music.
+ phone interviews, a couple of in-person interviews. I had one interview with a recruiter that I thought went really well, slotted for a job that I had all the right skills for. Until the company decreed that no matter how qualified, they would not hire a PhD for the job, only MS or lower.
+ read 419, The Good Lord Bird, then Things We Set On Fire. I knew nothing at all about the latter book - it was a free download from Amazon, and I hadn't even read the summary. The prologue had me expecting one type of story, and that was most decidedly not how it turned out. But in a good way.
+ saw the LEGO movie. A+ job mocking consumption culture/politics while still entertaining.
+ went to Miami for friends' wedding. It was small, just their families and a few friends. One family speaks only French, the other only Spanish, and a handful of the guests and the couple speak English plus one or the other language. It made for hilarity at the rehearsal dinner, the wedding, and the reception. [Also, JEEZ. Going from Chiberia to 80F in Miami for 4 days was a thing a beauty. Even if that meant I missed the last few Olympics hockey games.]
+ we decided we probably won't go to Bonnaroo this year. I'm sad, but other than Elton John I don't care about the headliners, and even the smaller acts aren't really doing it for me. VIP passes seem like a lot of money + vacation time to spend if we're not sold on it, so we might go to Napa for a week or something to celebrate our anniversary this year instead.
Since last post:
+ five Panic! at the Disco shows. I originally only planned to see the OH weekend shows with the TX/CA/CT ladies, but given a cheap flight to TX and my lack of employment, it was agreed that I might as well go see friends and bands while I had the opportunity.
Thoughts:
- Brendon was horribly sick for the OH shows, and probably high on cold medicine for a good bit of them. That's my story and I'm sticking to it, as a justification for him saying, "We've been a band for 10 years," then looking around, realizing that no one on the stage was part of Panic v1.0 or v2.0, and qualifying that with, "Well, I've been a band for 10 years." MY HEART.
- Ian is sorely missed on Mona Lisa, but Kenneth's solo in Casual Affair is pretty great.
- Dallon. (What, you were expecting something deep? I think my feelings are pretty clear.)
- Spencer's absence is most notable (to me) in the Fever songs, particularly It's Better If You Do.
- Every time I think "Yep, Patrick Stump's range is just marginally better" I see this band again, and Brendon does some thing to change my mind.
- Zack Hall still may be my favorite Disco. Even if he is the trolliest troll to ever troll. Perhaps BECAUSE he is.
- The drummer/singer for The Colourist is AMAZING. She has some serious breath control. So talented. The rest of the band's kind of forgettable, in terms of stage presence. The problem there is that Mia (sp?) is obviously tethered to her kit, and even when it's set at an angle close to the edge of the stage, there's only so much to be done.
- enjoyed the XAmbassadors, thought Junior Prom needed to work on their stage presence. And their music.
+ phone interviews, a couple of in-person interviews. I had one interview with a recruiter that I thought went really well, slotted for a job that I had all the right skills for. Until the company decreed that no matter how qualified, they would not hire a PhD for the job, only MS or lower.
+ read 419, The Good Lord Bird, then Things We Set On Fire. I knew nothing at all about the latter book - it was a free download from Amazon, and I hadn't even read the summary. The prologue had me expecting one type of story, and that was most decidedly not how it turned out. But in a good way.
+ saw the LEGO movie. A+ job mocking consumption culture/politics while still entertaining.
+ went to Miami for friends' wedding. It was small, just their families and a few friends. One family speaks only French, the other only Spanish, and a handful of the guests and the couple speak English plus one or the other language. It made for hilarity at the rehearsal dinner, the wedding, and the reception. [Also, JEEZ. Going from Chiberia to 80F in Miami for 4 days was a thing a beauty. Even if that meant I missed the last few Olympics hockey games.]
+ we decided we probably won't go to Bonnaroo this year. I'm sad, but other than Elton John I don't care about the headliners, and even the smaller acts aren't really doing it for me. VIP passes seem like a lot of money + vacation time to spend if we're not sold on it, so we might go to Napa for a week or something to celebrate our anniversary this year instead.