So, I saw Keane on Tuesday...
I should have written this several days ago... Anyway, I had asked to leave early so I can get into the city before the show. It was GA / standing room only, but I wasn't aiming for front row b/c the venue was like 500 people... Oh... Maybe I should start with... They released singles / sound clips, but I was kinda avoiding them b/c I wanted to remain... I wanted my first hearing of the album to be fresh. But then... Since this concert was a pre album concert I'd be hearing some new songs either way. Anyway... So I "heard" The Way I Feel. Meh. Not cringy or anything, but I feel it's gonna get a skip once I get the actual album. I feel like I heard Love Too Much, or at least parts of it. But unlike The Way I Feel I haven't had it stuck in my head at times. They "released" another song, Put The Radio On, but I hadn't heard that at all. Anyway, b/c of my relative unfamiliarity and... Just where I am in my life right now, I also had thoughts of not going.
Where was I? OK, so I asked to leave early, but of course Marna is scatter brained and... I didn't want to mention it again b/c... I dunno... I'm awkward like that. And... She would have asked why. And I know she wouldn't be happy it's b/c it was for fun and not... Like a doctor's appt. But even then she's like said, "you better schedule something when you're not working." Anyway... I was thinking... OK, would you rather me take a day off? Anyway, so come 3, I was in the middle of something, but passed it onto Marna and she's like, "Oh no!" I then tell her it's a concert and she's like she'll tell Dr. L it was a doctor's appt. FYI... The next AM I drove Mom to her own MD appt. Anyway... Oh yeah, next day Marna asked to see pictures, but once I opened them she like moved on... Like she was just asking to see them to make convo. OK, then.
So when I bought the tickets, instead of Mom insisting to drive me / be my companion, Mom said I'd have to drive by myself. I honestly thought of driving into the city... It was pretty much straight from the Northern State to BQE to Williamsburg Bridge. But when I google mapped, I couldn't find like a proper parking garage. I ended up parking in Queens on 31st Ave between 12 and Vernon and walked to the train station. I then cabbed it back. From prior knowledge from midtown it's a 20 dollar cab ride, with tip. Anyway, this was a little less than 35. I wonder how much an Uber would be... Lol. I keep going back and forth! Anyway... I arrived at Queen around 4. Subway into the city... I always get lost in the subway. And for some reason all the signs I saw to transfer from the Q to D led me out of the turn style so I had to pay again when I transfered. Then when I got to the Bowery / China Town neighborhood, I got lost in the streets. I kinda knew where the Bowery Ballroom was in relation to the street I got out on, but I didn't know how many blocks, so I was wandering around a bit. Plus I was looking for a fast food place to eat. And... Like I said, it was China town. I didn't want Asian food. And... There were literally no chain fast food places! No McD, not even a corner pizza store! I ended up getting a sandwich in a high priced bakery bistro thing with weird juices. I ate on line... I then did my breviary. Lol. I said I would!!! Oh and... I opted to pick up my tickets at the box office. Turns out they just check my name off a list and I didn't get a physical ticket. Lame! Seriously... If we're going print out your own ticket / no ticket at all... I feel like I'm all over the place! Anyway... I got in line maybe 5:30. Doors were at 7. Concert started at 8:30. By the time we got in I was already sore. And... I was already contemplating not stage dooring.
The show started. First off! Like I said, it was a really small venue, 500 people, but seeing it in person. Wow... Really small / intimate. Like I was maybe 1/3 of the way away from the stage, but the view was still good, I still felt close. Anyway, once the show started any pain I was having was gone. I wish I had a set list. They started with Bend And Break. It felt very heavily H&F / UTIS. I think besides Spiralling they've dropped Perfect Symmetry. Uh... SLC is their closing song. Like I said, they played 3 new songs. OMG... Put The Radio On is my new favorite song. Like it starts all... Weird / hypnotic then it becomes like melodic. Anyway, I had not realized it's been 7 years. (6 by my calculation), maybe it was Tom hinting b/c he said they've been away maybe they'll be back in 7 minutes (this was before their encore), 7 weeks, 7 months. At the stage door they said they'd be back in March, that's 7 months. He also said the crowd was special... Prior to then I'd say the... 2nd time I was at Radio City was my favorite Keane experience. Just being in the crowd singing along, etc. This, maybe b/c of the smaller / more intimate / knowledgeable crowd... This was the best. Like there was this part where Tom got us to warm up with some vocal riff from You Are Young. It's not even my favorite song / on my normal play list, but just singing all together in unison... :'( Tom said there's something special about the US crowds b/c of the size and the knowledge, like... We're sincere fans, familiar, family.
Show ended. And... I was tired. Dehydrated. I'm too old... And there were people older than me in the crowd! I took a water to go and almost got stopped by security b/c I was carrying a drink out. And there was a point I almost left my spot and wanted to stand by the bar / water pitcher. But... I survived.
Like I said, I cabbed it back. I didn't want to walk back from the train. I don't know how to bus it. I then drove back home and was in bed by 11:30.
The next AM I was exhausted. Drove Mom to her appt then headed to work afterward.
Mom and Tita Evelyn were discussing places to celebrate Tita E's bday. Well... They booked Verdi's for Sept 22nd. Mom told 7500centfish to take the day off. It's a Sunday...
Notes I guess.
I actually wanted to punch Marna. So frustrating! So... We had a patient who had a huge cut on their leg. Went to the ER, but the wound opened and... I don't know the whole story, but it took a while for them to do anything about it / come to us. They eventually did and Dr. L told me to make an appt for them, which I did. The patient spoke Spanish, so after I explained to them to go directly to the office, I got Chris to do the same. Come... 2 hours later the office called saying they hadn't come. I tell Dr. L who tells me to tell Marna to scream at the patient. Marna speaks to the Mom, who passes the phone to Chris. Basically the Mom called the office instead of going there and she was told by someone they needed to make an appointment, earliest would be the next day. So... Marna calls the office and... The person she spoke to said what the Mom said... But then Marna is like, so you're not waiting for someone? Implying I heard wrong when it was obvious there were 2 different people with 2 different stories. In my frustration I raised my voice at Marna. Saying... I spoke to Amy blah blah. Then she kept saying their appointment was at 5 when I told her multiple times no, that's when Amy called. Like... She doesn't listen. It's so annoying! So yeah... I wanted to punch her. And I was annoyed. And prayed to God to calm me.
And then someone brought cake! HAHAHA!!! God works in mysterious ways! HAHAHA!!!
CSYSK. OMG!!! In the latest episode, Fr. John mentions celebrating Mass at a camp ground and during? after? the consecration a moose wanders into the camp. And they basically had to run in their vestments, with the Eucharistic Lord... Through a stream! They end up in another campsite and the people they run into are so confused! HAHAHA!!! Someone needs to animate that! Anyway, it made him wonder what the secular world thinks of it all. Like... Being in Colorado, most people wouldn't know what a priest looks like. Then it was about his culture shock, returning to the US from being away for 4 years and basically his decision he made to leave secular ideology behind when he chose the faith.
Then Clerically Speaking brought up the Pew Study how more than half (I feel like I've seen other stories and the number rises each time) of Catholics don't believe in the True Presence. But then them saying part of it is... A fear, that if you accept it, it's life altering. No kidding... I mean, at least for me... I think you now it, like in words, but... Maybe it doesn't register, it's not a reality. Then some people in comments I've seen, yes they may understand, but they may not get the theology behind it all.
In other news... Rad trads on Reddit are ruining like... Traditional Catholicism / TLM for me. Like... Every comment is like "TLM". Like shut up already! Then twitter is turning me off from religious orders, like they're so insular. I'm about to unfollow this one guy. Like he was talking about how the GIRM
Sorry... The Mets just walked it off and they ripped Conforto's jersey off. I feel really uncomfortable...
So... The GIRM mentions you're not supposed to kneel while receiving communion and if they do, don't refuse them, but pastorally tell them not to. Now... Like I said, I'm not a rad trad, but... I feel you should be able to kneel. I don't know... I just get bad vibes from him. Like he once posted something about over worshiping Christ in the Eucharist and everyone even priests went off on him and his response was like... I knew people wouldn't understand. Like get over yourself! Oh and the Camel might be he then tweeted he's all for criticism, but he doesn't respond to anonymous twitters with fake names / no real pictures. I mean... I just asked if he read a book and he can't even respond to that? Bye!
Tweets.
According to this tweet my county? is 80 to 100% Catholic. Last I checked we're just over 50% of the population for my Diocese. But... Yeah, when like CSYSK mentioned people don't know what a Catholic priest is it confuses me.
I tweeted from the Keane concert that I hate On The Road. LOL.
I played my piano a bit. Didn't hit a high like I have in the past.
Those lunchroom memes trigger me... But lol!
Keane's new single is #1 in Romania! Of course I have to comment about my priest! HAHAHA!!!
I'm too hyped by the Mets win right now. Gonna end this.
Where was I? OK, so I asked to leave early, but of course Marna is scatter brained and... I didn't want to mention it again b/c... I dunno... I'm awkward like that. And... She would have asked why. And I know she wouldn't be happy it's b/c it was for fun and not... Like a doctor's appt. But even then she's like said, "you better schedule something when you're not working." Anyway... I was thinking... OK, would you rather me take a day off? Anyway, so come 3, I was in the middle of something, but passed it onto Marna and she's like, "Oh no!" I then tell her it's a concert and she's like she'll tell Dr. L it was a doctor's appt. FYI... The next AM I drove Mom to her own MD appt. Anyway... Oh yeah, next day Marna asked to see pictures, but once I opened them she like moved on... Like she was just asking to see them to make convo. OK, then.
So when I bought the tickets, instead of Mom insisting to drive me / be my companion, Mom said I'd have to drive by myself. I honestly thought of driving into the city... It was pretty much straight from the Northern State to BQE to Williamsburg Bridge. But when I google mapped, I couldn't find like a proper parking garage. I ended up parking in Queens on 31st Ave between 12 and Vernon and walked to the train station. I then cabbed it back. From prior knowledge from midtown it's a 20 dollar cab ride, with tip. Anyway, this was a little less than 35. I wonder how much an Uber would be... Lol. I keep going back and forth! Anyway... I arrived at Queen around 4. Subway into the city... I always get lost in the subway. And for some reason all the signs I saw to transfer from the Q to D led me out of the turn style so I had to pay again when I transfered. Then when I got to the Bowery / China Town neighborhood, I got lost in the streets. I kinda knew where the Bowery Ballroom was in relation to the street I got out on, but I didn't know how many blocks, so I was wandering around a bit. Plus I was looking for a fast food place to eat. And... Like I said, it was China town. I didn't want Asian food. And... There were literally no chain fast food places! No McD, not even a corner pizza store! I ended up getting a sandwich in a high priced bakery bistro thing with weird juices. I ate on line... I then did my breviary. Lol. I said I would!!! Oh and... I opted to pick up my tickets at the box office. Turns out they just check my name off a list and I didn't get a physical ticket. Lame! Seriously... If we're going print out your own ticket / no ticket at all... I feel like I'm all over the place! Anyway... I got in line maybe 5:30. Doors were at 7. Concert started at 8:30. By the time we got in I was already sore. And... I was already contemplating not stage dooring.
The show started. First off! Like I said, it was a really small venue, 500 people, but seeing it in person. Wow... Really small / intimate. Like I was maybe 1/3 of the way away from the stage, but the view was still good, I still felt close. Anyway, once the show started any pain I was having was gone. I wish I had a set list. They started with Bend And Break. It felt very heavily H&F / UTIS. I think besides Spiralling they've dropped Perfect Symmetry. Uh... SLC is their closing song. Like I said, they played 3 new songs. OMG... Put The Radio On is my new favorite song. Like it starts all... Weird / hypnotic then it becomes like melodic. Anyway, I had not realized it's been 7 years. (6 by my calculation), maybe it was Tom hinting b/c he said they've been away maybe they'll be back in 7 minutes (this was before their encore), 7 weeks, 7 months. At the stage door they said they'd be back in March, that's 7 months. He also said the crowd was special... Prior to then I'd say the... 2nd time I was at Radio City was my favorite Keane experience. Just being in the crowd singing along, etc. This, maybe b/c of the smaller / more intimate / knowledgeable crowd... This was the best. Like there was this part where Tom got us to warm up with some vocal riff from You Are Young. It's not even my favorite song / on my normal play list, but just singing all together in unison... :'( Tom said there's something special about the US crowds b/c of the size and the knowledge, like... We're sincere fans, familiar, family.
Show ended. And... I was tired. Dehydrated. I'm too old... And there were people older than me in the crowd! I took a water to go and almost got stopped by security b/c I was carrying a drink out. And there was a point I almost left my spot and wanted to stand by the bar / water pitcher. But... I survived.
Like I said, I cabbed it back. I didn't want to walk back from the train. I don't know how to bus it. I then drove back home and was in bed by 11:30.
The next AM I was exhausted. Drove Mom to her appt then headed to work afterward.
Mom and Tita Evelyn were discussing places to celebrate Tita E's bday. Well... They booked Verdi's for Sept 22nd. Mom told 7500centfish to take the day off. It's a Sunday...
Notes I guess.
I actually wanted to punch Marna. So frustrating! So... We had a patient who had a huge cut on their leg. Went to the ER, but the wound opened and... I don't know the whole story, but it took a while for them to do anything about it / come to us. They eventually did and Dr. L told me to make an appt for them, which I did. The patient spoke Spanish, so after I explained to them to go directly to the office, I got Chris to do the same. Come... 2 hours later the office called saying they hadn't come. I tell Dr. L who tells me to tell Marna to scream at the patient. Marna speaks to the Mom, who passes the phone to Chris. Basically the Mom called the office instead of going there and she was told by someone they needed to make an appointment, earliest would be the next day. So... Marna calls the office and... The person she spoke to said what the Mom said... But then Marna is like, so you're not waiting for someone? Implying I heard wrong when it was obvious there were 2 different people with 2 different stories. In my frustration I raised my voice at Marna. Saying... I spoke to Amy blah blah. Then she kept saying their appointment was at 5 when I told her multiple times no, that's when Amy called. Like... She doesn't listen. It's so annoying! So yeah... I wanted to punch her. And I was annoyed. And prayed to God to calm me.
And then someone brought cake! HAHAHA!!! God works in mysterious ways! HAHAHA!!!
CSYSK. OMG!!! In the latest episode, Fr. John mentions celebrating Mass at a camp ground and during? after? the consecration a moose wanders into the camp. And they basically had to run in their vestments, with the Eucharistic Lord... Through a stream! They end up in another campsite and the people they run into are so confused! HAHAHA!!! Someone needs to animate that! Anyway, it made him wonder what the secular world thinks of it all. Like... Being in Colorado, most people wouldn't know what a priest looks like. Then it was about his culture shock, returning to the US from being away for 4 years and basically his decision he made to leave secular ideology behind when he chose the faith.
Then Clerically Speaking brought up the Pew Study how more than half (I feel like I've seen other stories and the number rises each time) of Catholics don't believe in the True Presence. But then them saying part of it is... A fear, that if you accept it, it's life altering. No kidding... I mean, at least for me... I think you now it, like in words, but... Maybe it doesn't register, it's not a reality. Then some people in comments I've seen, yes they may understand, but they may not get the theology behind it all.
In other news... Rad trads on Reddit are ruining like... Traditional Catholicism / TLM for me. Like... Every comment is like "TLM". Like shut up already! Then twitter is turning me off from religious orders, like they're so insular. I'm about to unfollow this one guy. Like he was talking about how the GIRM
Sorry... The Mets just walked it off and they ripped Conforto's jersey off. I feel really uncomfortable...
So... The GIRM mentions you're not supposed to kneel while receiving communion and if they do, don't refuse them, but pastorally tell them not to. Now... Like I said, I'm not a rad trad, but... I feel you should be able to kneel. I don't know... I just get bad vibes from him. Like he once posted something about over worshiping Christ in the Eucharist and everyone even priests went off on him and his response was like... I knew people wouldn't understand. Like get over yourself! Oh and the Camel might be he then tweeted he's all for criticism, but he doesn't respond to anonymous twitters with fake names / no real pictures. I mean... I just asked if he read a book and he can't even respond to that? Bye!
Tweets.
I'm too hyped by the Mets win right now. Gonna end this.