Date #3
Date #3 went well, too. This one was with the Guy from Last Year. I could tell he was nervous at first, but we got a good conversation going. He told me about his trip to Alaska, I told him about my trip to England and he loosened up. He made me laugh. He's definitely a laid back, quiet sort of guy, but with a wicked sense of humour. After dinner we went to an a capella concert a co-worker of mine, Marc, was in. He'd never heard a capella before so he wasn't sure what he was in for, but he really got into it. He was singing along with some of the songs and he got really excited when they did a Styx song. He has a good voice, too. It was a 15 year anniversary concert thing so they had alumni from the group (called "The Buffalo Chips" if you want to check it out. It's the male a capella group of the University of Buffalo. They're probably on YouTube) and they did songs they'd sung in the past and sort of moved up to modern day. In the second half of the concert, the current group performed their three pieces they won the Regional ICCA competitions with and that they're going to perform at the Lincoln Center at the end of the month for the National competitions. They were very good. This wasn't just a bunch of guys standing around singing in harmony, they had dance steps and motions and it was very, very good. They did a song called "Fireflies" by Owl City and when they started it, they all had little LED lights that they flickered around like little fireflies. It was really cool and I remember Marc told me it was his idea and I was glad to see it turned out so well. There were times when their harmonies were PERFECT. I mean PERFECT, it was impressive. Even Mr. Last Year noticed. After one of the songs he leaned over to me and just said "Wow." And they brought everybody back at the end to do a couple songs, one involved the audience singing along, which Mr. Last Year loved (as did I) and then they did Toto's "Africa" and then ended with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". Big crowd pleasers. So, anyway, great concert.
I accidentally took the wrong road driving back to the restaurant and ended up way north of where we needed to be, but he was nice about it. Though, after the u-turn I took when I missed the turn to the university, he probably thinks I'm a crazy driver. But when we got back, he said he'd had a great time and asked if I wanted to do something else another time and I said yes and he gave me a hug and got out of the car (it was weird being the dropper off and not the dropped off. usually it's the other way around.) I'm not sure how I feel about him yet, but I know I like him and he's fun to be around. I can't tell if it's going to go anywhere yet, I need to see him again and get to know him better. But, it was a lot of fun and I laughed a lot.
So, the Mailman is out, and the Doctor and Mr. Last Year move to the next round. I'm seeing The Doctor Monday night, so we'll see how that goes.
Oh, and here is a link to the group doing "Fireflies" but without the cool dancing and without my friend Marc. He had just joined and wasn't performing yet. But you can hear some of the great harmonies. I was very impressed. I've seen my fair share of a capella before and as a musician I noticed the flat notes and the guy who tries to hit that really high note and misses and the guy who is just a tiny bit off rhythm.
And here's them doing "Lady" but Styx, which Mr. Last Year really loved.
Ok, off to watch Dr. Who and then I have to go to the laundromat! Laters!
I accidentally took the wrong road driving back to the restaurant and ended up way north of where we needed to be, but he was nice about it. Though, after the u-turn I took when I missed the turn to the university, he probably thinks I'm a crazy driver. But when we got back, he said he'd had a great time and asked if I wanted to do something else another time and I said yes and he gave me a hug and got out of the car (it was weird being the dropper off and not the dropped off. usually it's the other way around.) I'm not sure how I feel about him yet, but I know I like him and he's fun to be around. I can't tell if it's going to go anywhere yet, I need to see him again and get to know him better. But, it was a lot of fun and I laughed a lot.
So, the Mailman is out, and the Doctor and Mr. Last Year move to the next round. I'm seeing The Doctor Monday night, so we'll see how that goes.
Oh, and here is a link to the group doing "Fireflies" but without the cool dancing and without my friend Marc. He had just joined and wasn't performing yet. But you can hear some of the great harmonies. I was very impressed. I've seen my fair share of a capella before and as a musician I noticed the flat notes and the guy who tries to hit that really high note and misses and the guy who is just a tiny bit off rhythm.
And here's them doing "Lady" but Styx, which Mr. Last Year really loved.
Ok, off to watch Dr. Who and then I have to go to the laundromat! Laters!