I can't believe how many awesome things I've done this weekend.
Friday:
Slept in and spent the afternoon cutting Spanish Tragedy and 12th Night.
Saw This Is It for Kathy's birthday. For what it was (a tribute and a final farewell) it was really awesome. Simple, and a last chance to see a master at work.
Happy Hour at Tiger Sushi. Lots of Kathy's friends, who are lots of my friends. Lovely.
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Saturday:
C and I went to the Science Museum to see the Titanic exhibit. It's such a sobering, fascinating, romanticized, tragic part of our collective consciousness. I remember when it was found in '85... before that it was a myth, a story. After that it became a real and grounded tragedy.
Had a pint and a delicious Shepherd's Pie at The Liffey.
Went to a matinee of Capitalism: A Love Story. I love Michael Moore, but sometimes I think he's preaching to the choir.
It did make me decide that in my house shopping saga I didn't want to look at foreclosure listings anymore. I just don't want to profit off of someone else's broken dreams.
Came home and got into costume, then went to Brit's Pub for a drink before the Ben Folds concert. I had a Honey Crisp Cider, which was delightful.
BEN FOLDS WITH THE MN ORCHESTRA!!!!
Totally awesome. Amazing charts. Great set list. Lots of audience in costume. Wonderful orchestration. Drummer dressed as a ghost. Percussionist dressed as a Jedi. Free Ben Folds glasses!! Ben and the conductor come out after intermission dressed as Sonny and Cher. Three or four encores, and after the third he let the orchestra leave and played a few more songs. The lights come up and we don't leave. We are NOT leaving. We are rooted to our spots, clapping, cheering, chanting... for like 5 minutes. He comes back out for ONE more, and we go wild. The main floor moves into the aisles and down to the stage. He ends with Rockin' The Suburbs and we sing with him, singing FUCK at the top of our lungs in Orchestra Hall. It was awesome. Best Ben Folds concert to date (and I've seen him every time he's been to Minneapolis, I think...)
Go to a party where we don't really know anyone. Have fun explaining our costumes to some college girls who haven't heard of Dr. Who. Get recognized on sight by another one who does.
Go for breakfast at the Uptown Diner. It's about midnight, and driving through uptown proper is a delightful, drunken madhouse of costuming. We're listening to the classical station, and they are playing Night on Bald Mountain, which is the perfect score for what we are watching.
Ben and Noe meet us for breakfast, and then take us back with them to a party they are attending. It's nice and mellow, with adults this time, and we close out the party with some rock band. I play bass, as usual. I feel sexy in my bass playing sexy TARDISness.
Today:
And the icing on the cake! It's daylight savings. Sleep until noon, but really only sleep until 11:00.
I'm planning on skipping my evening plans to see Faith Healer at the G (I just can't deal with four 20 minute monologues today).
Time for coffee.
Slept in and spent the afternoon cutting Spanish Tragedy and 12th Night.
Saw This Is It for Kathy's birthday. For what it was (a tribute and a final farewell) it was really awesome. Simple, and a last chance to see a master at work.
Happy Hour at Tiger Sushi. Lots of Kathy's friends, who are lots of my friends. Lovely.
...
Saturday:
C and I went to the Science Museum to see the Titanic exhibit. It's such a sobering, fascinating, romanticized, tragic part of our collective consciousness. I remember when it was found in '85... before that it was a myth, a story. After that it became a real and grounded tragedy.
Had a pint and a delicious Shepherd's Pie at The Liffey.
Went to a matinee of Capitalism: A Love Story. I love Michael Moore, but sometimes I think he's preaching to the choir.
It did make me decide that in my house shopping saga I didn't want to look at foreclosure listings anymore. I just don't want to profit off of someone else's broken dreams.
Came home and got into costume, then went to Brit's Pub for a drink before the Ben Folds concert. I had a Honey Crisp Cider, which was delightful.
BEN FOLDS WITH THE MN ORCHESTRA!!!!
Totally awesome. Amazing charts. Great set list. Lots of audience in costume. Wonderful orchestration. Drummer dressed as a ghost. Percussionist dressed as a Jedi. Free Ben Folds glasses!! Ben and the conductor come out after intermission dressed as Sonny and Cher. Three or four encores, and after the third he let the orchestra leave and played a few more songs. The lights come up and we don't leave. We are NOT leaving. We are rooted to our spots, clapping, cheering, chanting... for like 5 minutes. He comes back out for ONE more, and we go wild. The main floor moves into the aisles and down to the stage. He ends with Rockin' The Suburbs and we sing with him, singing FUCK at the top of our lungs in Orchestra Hall. It was awesome. Best Ben Folds concert to date (and I've seen him every time he's been to Minneapolis, I think...)
Go to a party where we don't really know anyone. Have fun explaining our costumes to some college girls who haven't heard of Dr. Who. Get recognized on sight by another one who does.
Go for breakfast at the Uptown Diner. It's about midnight, and driving through uptown proper is a delightful, drunken madhouse of costuming. We're listening to the classical station, and they are playing Night on Bald Mountain, which is the perfect score for what we are watching.
Ben and Noe meet us for breakfast, and then take us back with them to a party they are attending. It's nice and mellow, with adults this time, and we close out the party with some rock band. I play bass, as usual. I feel sexy in my bass playing sexy TARDISness.
Today:
And the icing on the cake! It's daylight savings. Sleep until noon, but really only sleep until 11:00.
I'm planning on skipping my evening plans to see Faith Healer at the G (I just can't deal with four 20 minute monologues today).
Time for coffee.