Day 194: July 13, 2010

Wow so 10 days since I’ve blogged and basically I’ve done nothing! :-/ I mean it was a really busy week and a half with lots of drama and stress and carting kids around, but I didn’t accomplish anything from my list that I could mark off. Slacker…


4. Read 20 books (8/20)

I did manage to finish another book. It was one that Goose had checked out at the library and she hadn’t read it so I picked it up. It was pretty good, Jinx by Meg Cabot.

47. Exercise at least 4 times a week, religiously

Still trying to do this. I am at least doing sit-ups or push ups or something, though I’ve not done real well at keeping up with that schedule either. I’ve run already twice this week and it’s only Tuesday, although yesterday I got over heated and got sick. I still have a headache today, so no running for me. *sigh-slacker*

80. See at least 5 concerts (4/5)

This week we went to a free show at Compass Church in Colleyville to see Disco Curtis. I don’t know that I really consider it a “concert”, because my definition of those would include a big venue and big name band. These were all locals.

But let me start by saying that this was NOT at all what I had expected. I guess because it was at a church I was assuming that Disco Curtis would play and maybe one other local band and that it would be pretty tame. Well we all know what happens when you “assume”.

So Compass was a nice big church. Nice facility, AWESOME Youth Room, we need something like that a GracePointe. So I mentioned expectations…

First off, the crowd was FULL of scene kids, which Okay that doesn’t bother me, but it was somewhat amusing. There was a pretty wide age range, most anywhere from 12-20’s, but I even saw an old couple that looked to be in their 50’s jamming out! What was gross about it though, was that they couldn’t keep their hands off each other…..REALLY? Get a Room!! This is a church! :-/ But the old couple weren’t the only ones guilty of that….and there were even some girl/girl couples! It’s a CHURCH people! :-I

Then, the show started at 6:00 and we were expecting to be done by 8:00-ish and go have dinner. NOT! 6 bands played!! Now the first 3 only played like 4 songs, so I wasn’t super worried, but then they EACH had to tear down and set up in between, and they all did their own sound checks. Which to me hardly seems worth it. We spent just as much time waiting for all that as we did for their 20 minute sets. The last 3 bands only played 6 sings, which again was fine. But when Disco Curtis only played a short set as well, we were disappointed, because by that time we’d already ENDURED all the rest of them. We actually thought about leaving a few times but we’d come to see Disco Curtis. Although they did come back and do an encore of 2 more songs.

So the bands…

The night started off with Crown the Empire. This was a group of teenagers, they were total garage band screamo. They weren’t tight and you could barely understand most of their lyrics. Not really impressed.

Next came The Kid Has Heart. I felt better about this band while they were setting up. They were clean cut and looked to be at least of drinking age. They were still a heavy metal sound, with some scream, but not a lot. They were at least better than the first band, but I guess just not my scene anymore.

After that was American Mantra. These guys too were adults and they were much more personable with the crowd. They were a total heavy metal “hair-band”, but they were pretty tight and good with the crowd. I could understand all of their lyrics at least. LOL. Their guitarist was pretty good, he had kind of an Eddie Van Halen-ish style and I actually kind of liked them. Goose got a guitar pick and was excited about that.

The next band was Red Car Wire. They were young, maybe 18-22ish and the band was actually very good, but their singer STUNK! It was sad, he almost ruined the whole show in my opinion. They played a heavy rock and their guitarist looked a little like a younger Andrew Lee.  Plus, I didn’t see exactly how it came about, but during their set up, somehow Goose got him to come over and give her a hug :-/ and then he gave her a pick after their set... Groupie! I’m gonna have to keep an eye on her!


The next to last band was Memphis Mayfair. OMGsh! :-S They were hardcore screamo! The band was very tight and they had synchronized movements and as a band they were good, although not my preference of music. But they had everything turned up all the way so the mix was WAY over the top, and you couldn’t understand a word of anything they sang screamed. It was just a bunch of screaming, and I swear the guy screamed “Die, Die, Die” several times. At least that was what I thought it sounded like….remember we were in a CHURCH!?! 

When the mosh pit started, we moved back agains the far wall and I sat on the floor and played Wors With Friends. haha ya think they were offended?  Anyway...Afterward, I saw one girl sporting a bloody nose,  I think my ears were bleeding before the end of thier set!!

Finally, Disco Curtis came out. They were by FAR the best band of the night. I can’t help but wonder if they chose these other bands to play before them to make themselves look better? Because it’s like they totally didn’t fit with the rest of the line up at all. Like seriously I was singing the Sesame Street song to myself, “Which of these things is not like the other one? Not like the other one? Not like the other one?...”

They are nice, clean cut kids and although they play a little heavier pop style music, it’s very catchy and likable. I could understand everything, they played well together, and Tanner can actually sing. They had fun with the crowd and played 6 songs, which included a cover of "Just What I Needed" by the Cars. After their too short set, they thanked the crowd and all the other bands and said goodnight, but then came back for an encore.

The encore was GREAT! Hahahaha... Tanner came out in a gold lame bodysuit and huge matching hat and sang "Let’s Dance" by Lady GaGa!  It was HILARIOUS!  I love when they do crazy stuff like that!

What surprised me most was that my youngest had fun and didn’t want to leave, and she was the one who hadn’t really wanted to go in the first place! haha

So the night was not a total bust, although we had endure a lot of music (if you can even call some of it that) that we didn’t really like, it was a free show. However, since it was 11:00 when we finally got out of there, we were STARVING! So we raced to Blue Goose and had some food, then went home and went to bed.

91. Listen to my entire iTunes library (currently 4269 songs)

So yes….I’ve added new music after I crossed this one off. I went through the entire library and made sure I had Cover Art and that it was the correct album on everything and than have also added 150 songs. As I type this I’m listening through the new entries. I still have 101 to go…

One thing this task has done for me is expose me to new stuff, like I have some stuff on here I really don’t like since I download all the freebie stuff. But I also have stuff on here I’d never heard before that I really like and I may never have known about it if I hadn’t taken the time to do this.

98. Remember to use my green grocery bags

I think I’m doing pretty good at this. You know another good thing about using these bags, besides not promoting the gathering of useless non-biodegradable plastics in the landfills? I can get MORE groceries in LESS bags! It’s easier to carry/load my groceries and they fit better and don’t slide around the back of my car. It’s just a win all over! :)

101. Journal / Blog my achievements on this list

While I may be sometimes sporadic, I’m still keeping up and keeping you up to date on my progress….whether you’re interested or not! :P