PGP: Off with the yellow pants, Bono! (On with the leather...)

[bonocomet]

I just got tickets to see Bryan Adams in October. I always missed him on tours before so I'm finally going. I'm actually SO FREAKING EXCITED because it's a solo/acoustic tour, and he's going to be at MY THEATER!!! I say that because it's the theatre I've worked out of with the ballet company for years, it's the ballet's home theatre. It's this gorgeous tiny old theatre in downtown San Diego, a historic building now. One of those venues that is just intimate and beautiful. For me it's going to be like seeing him sitting there playing guitar in my livingroom.

Don't be jealous, Tara.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Cool, Comet ! It's always particularly special when an artist comes to your town and you don't have to travel so far, huh? Sounds like a nice place, no doubt he'll probably get some good performances out of that venue.

to Zu! Welcome back! How was your time away?

 

[TaraCynara]

Iris Stewart. How freakish is that???

He finally figured out that I'm not going to leave my husband.

Hey guys, I'm back

well, sort of... busy as hell, but back in the US, back home.

Welcome back!

I just got tickets to see Bryan Adams in October. I always missed him on tours before so I'm finally going. I'm actually SO FREAKING EXCITED because it's a solo/acoustic tour, and he's going to be at MY THEATER!!! I say that because it's the theatre I've worked out of with the ballet company for years, it's the ballet's home theatre. It's this gorgeous tiny old theatre in downtown San Diego, a historic building now. One of those venues that is just intimate and beautiful. For me it's going to be like seeing him sitting there playing guitar in my livingroom.

Don't be jealous, Tara.

Too late.


The closest he's coming to Utah is a show in Las Vegas.

 

[bonocomet]

Too late.


The closest he's coming to Utah is a show in Las Vegas.

 

[TaraCynara]

I'm consoling myself with a Sons of Anarchy marathon.




Tig! Chibs! Happy!

 

[U2MaNaIcWeIdO]

Hey Zooey

What's this about Larry getting/already got married?

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

I'm consoling myself with a Sons of Anarchy marathon.




Tig! Chibs! Happy!

I have some free days coming up within the next week or two here. I think I'll spend that time going through and checking out that show, to prepare myself for the new season with Joel McHale and everything, so I know what the hell is going on and who's who .

 

[zuropa_fit]

Comet, that's awesome that Bryan Adams is playing in "your" theatre. Any chance you could use your influence to get backstage? He's playing here but I'm going to a couple smaller concerts this fall (The Lumineers and The Shins).

My trip was AMAZING!!!!!! Like, almost better than touring around following U2, THAT kind of amazing. Theatre and whisky non-stop for 5 days. I was quite literally in heaven. Now I have to figure out how to raise $62000 to get 10 kids there next year.

What have I missed?

 

[Thora]

Hi zu! Glad you had such an incredible time!

Nothing much with me. I've been so busy with work that I haven't been online much. I did see SG and dazz pop in briefly the other day.

I'm working all day tomorrow at an event, I have a crazy week coming up, then next weekend I'm coordinating a wedding (something I'm starting to do in my spare time these days), then I get back and am coordinating a golf tournament fundraiser a few days later for work. Today I'm taking it very easy, so I can rest a bit. I went for a run this morning and am about to go read in my backyard shortly. It's supposed to rain for most of next week ( ), so I want to soak up the sun as much as I can.

 

[zuropa_fit]

When I was planning my own wedding I thought it would be fun to be an event planner, but I think I'm too high strung for that.

SG was here?????
If she comes back...

 

[bonocomet]

Comet, that's awesome that Bryan Adams is playing in "your" theatre. Any chance you could use your influence to get backstage? He's playing here but I'm going to a couple smaller concerts this fall (The Lumineers and The Shins).

My trip was AMAZING!!!!!! Like, almost better than touring around following U2, THAT kind of amazing. Theatre and whisky non-stop for 5 days. I was quite literally in heaven. Now I have to figure out how to raise $62000 to get 10 kids there next year.

What have I missed?

I have thought about that. If my buddy at the stage entrance is working that night I could hang with him very easily. I'll have to see if Chelsea wants to do it though. I'm not sure how badly we want to stay afterwards to meet Bryan Adams.

AWESOME that your trip was so awesome.


Thora I would gladly trade you that week of rain for this miserable heat we've had. Though it seems to have broke today and cooled down. YAY!

 

[TaraCynara]

You should meet him. My aunt Deann met him once, and said he was very nice.

 

[bonocomet]

You should meet him. My aunt Deann met him once, and said he was very nice.

I was thinking I could bring my book he could sign. I have one of his books somewhere...

 

[Thora]

When I was planning my own wedding I thought it would be fun to be an event planner, but I think I'm too high strung for that.

SG was here?????
If she comes back...

I love party planning. I've done it in a variety of my jobs in the past, and I love that it encompasses half of my job now.

This will be my first huge wedding, so we'll see how it goes. Everything's very under control though, which is awesome. The bride is SUPER organized, so I'm a bit baffled as to why she hired me so far in advance. I'll have a ton of stuff to do for the whole weekend, obviously, so that she can just sit back and relax and enjoy the ceremony and festivities, while the rest of the staff and I take care of all the details, but I've had very little to do in the lead-up to the weekend. I don't particularly mind, though.


If anyone needs a wedding planner/coordinator, my rates are very reasonable! Although I probably wouldn't be able to be super helpful to anyone outside of my province, as my connections are all around here.

Thora I would gladly trade you that week of rain for this miserable heat we've had. Though it seems to have broke today and cooled down. YAY!

Done!! We had a heatwave recently which I LOVED, but this week has been cooler, and next week is going to be more of the same except with rain. Summer has been VERY short for us these past 2 years. Not a fan.

 

[arw]

My trip was AMAZING!!!!!! Like, almost better than touring around following U2, THAT kind of amazing. Theatre and whisky non-stop for 5 days. I was quite literally in heaven. Now I have to figure out how to raise $62000 to get 10 kids there next year.

sounds so awesome! I would love to spend 5 days of theatre and whisky

$62,000?!?

 

[arw]

Tonight is my mom's big party. It's times like these that remind me why I keep to myself and don't like to interact with people because they can really suck sometimes. We invited 50 people. My mom always goes to everyone's events whether she wants to or not. We are officially down to 21, including the 6 of us. But we haven't seen our next door neighbors for a few days and they responded yes so it could be 19. Got a few last minute cancelations today cutting from 25 to 21. So pissed because my work is doing the food and we paid $11 a person for 25 people but I know my boss and she'll throw in tons of extra food. I kept telling my mom we should just order for 20 since I made a few things myself plus a massive cake. I feel bad because she wanted a big party with tons of people. She's been really upset over this since the day we sent out the evite and found out that all of her cousins have a different event to go to tonight. I'm annoyed so many people couldn't come and over the last minute cancelations. I want them to send me $11 each!!!! We're splitting the bill 4 ways (me, parents, 2 sibs) but I'm still really ticked off that we ordered so much. Oh and the food is at our St Paul location, which is a good 25 min drive from my house if there's no traffic but the main highway in front of my house is closed in the direction I need to go to this weekend so now I have to take the alternative route. Thank god my brother is going with me to help navigate (and keep me calm!).

I'm in a rotten mood so I can't wait til the party starts and I can crack open a bottle of wine! I'll post pics of the cake later. It's not usually my style of cakes but I wanted to do something fun for her. I'm not a cake decorator and will run the other direction when someone asks me to do a cake for them so this a lot out of me last night.

 

[arw]

I just got tickets to see Bryan Adams in October. I always missed him on tours before so I'm finally going. I'm actually SO FREAKING EXCITED because it's a solo/acoustic tour, and he's going to be at MY THEATER!!! I say that because it's the theatre I've worked out of with the ballet company for years, it's the ballet's home theatre. It's this gorgeous tiny old theatre in downtown San Diego, a historic building now. One of those venues that is just intimate and beautiful. For me it's going to be like seeing him sitting there playing guitar in my livingroom.

Don't be jealous, Tara.

my friend and I went to see him in college but I never could remember the year we went. Such a blur....I was at her house last week and she had some Bryan Adams cds in her collection so I took one out at random to look at it and she had the ticket stub in the jewel case! So weird out of all the cd's she had that I would pick that one! I don't even know why I went for one of his cd's to begin with. It's was in 1994.

But that's so awesome it's going to be in your theater! Maybe you'll get to sneak backstage and meet him.

 

[bonocomet]

I know I'm trying to think if I have the guts to do it. (get backstage) I know I probably could but I'm a HUGE chicken when it comes to meeting celebs. I'm likely to just hang back and hide, or not try altogether.

(This could be why my most famous meeting so far is Weird Al Yankovic. )

That's neat about your friend and the CD! I recently found a bunch of my old ticket stubs from the 80's too. I had a TON more of them, but they were all stolen one time, so I started saving them again after that and don't have nearly as many now. It was wild to see some of the bands I saw and had actually forgotten!



Good luck with your party. I know how frustrating that must all be with the the guest list, and disappointing for your mom too. I'd feel the same way. Just enjoy the company that's there, your cake,and the wine. Can't wait to see the pics of that cake! And I'm sure your mom knows how hard you worked to make her party special.

Have fun!!

 

[bonocomet]

 

[TaraCynara]

I was thinking I could bring my book he could sign. I have one of his books somewhere...

You have one of his books? Cool!

I want one, but I can never find them.

Tonight is my mom's big party. It's times like these that remind me why I keep to myself and don't like to interact with people because they can really suck sometimes. We invited 50 people. My mom always goes to everyone's events whether she wants to or not. We are officially down to 21, including the 6 of us. But we haven't seen our next door neighbors for a few days and they responded yes so it could be 19. Got a few last minute cancelations today cutting from 25 to 21. So pissed because my work is doing the food and we paid $11 a person for 25 people but I know my boss and she'll throw in tons of extra food. I kept telling my mom we should just order for 20 since I made a few things myself plus a massive cake. I feel bad because she wanted a big party with tons of people. She's been really upset over this since the day we sent out the evite and found out that all of her cousins have a different event to go to tonight. I'm annoyed so many people couldn't come and over the last minute cancelations. I want them to send me $11 each!!!! We're splitting the bill 4 ways (me, parents, 2 sibs) but I'm still really ticked off that we ordered so much. Oh and the food is at our St Paul location, which is a good 25 min drive from my house if there's no traffic but the main highway in front of my house is closed in the direction I need to go to this weekend so now I have to take the alternative route. Thank god my brother is going with me to help navigate (and keep me calm!).

I'm in a rotten mood so I can't wait til the party starts and I can crack open a bottle of wine! I'll post pics of the cake later. It's not usually my style of cakes but I wanted to do something fun for her. I'm not a cake decorator and will run the other direction when someone asks me to do a cake for them so this a lot out of me last night.

I want to cry at how stupid this person is.

 

[GraceRyan]

I can't even.....

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Adding to the for arw. Yeowza, that sounds insane. I don't blame you for feeling all stressed out. Hopefully things will work out okay, but either way, you know you've got sanctuary here .

Thora, also hoping your event goes off well! It sounds fun! The bride may be organized, but no doubt on her big day she'll probably want to kick back and party it up and relax, as you noted, so yeah, good thing you'll be there to help. Even the most organized people can still use some extra aid every now and again. Good luck with everything!

Zu, so happy to hear your trip went well! Sounds like a good way to spend some time. I trust you will have pictures soon ?

Also, cool you're going to see the Lumineers. I only know one song by that group, but I quite like it.

No. No, that can't be real...

...please, PLEASE tell me this person is joking. Please.

(Edit: I don't know which is funnier/sadder-that comment or the fact that 13 people liked it. *Facepalm*)

 

[TaraCynara]

No. No, that can't be real...

...please, PLEASE tell me this person is joking. Please.

(Edit: I don't know which is funnier/sadder-that comment or the fact that 13 people liked it. *Facepalm*)

This. This is my exact reaction.

 

[TaraCynara]

I am so freaking bored!

 

[arw]

Party is over. It was fun but we have a TON of food left over. Anyone want to come to Minnesota tomorrow for dinner? 20 people showed up. About 4-5 people didn't eat a damn thing. My aunt and uncle are totally jerks to my mom. It's my mom's sister but my uncle is just an ass so over the years she's turned into him. My grandma always used to say to my mom that instead of my aunt bringing him up, he brought her down. It's their anniversary today but my aunt has planned crap on our birthdays or anniversaries before so my mom did not see it as an issue. Anyways my aunt got here tonight and claimed she didn't know if was for dinner so they already ate. She actually got into it a little with my mom about how it wasn't clear on our evite. It says please join us for DINNER!!!!! So my mom got her ipad and pulled up the evite to show her because she was making such a big damn deal about it. Turns out my sister overheard my uncle tell someone at the party that they had plans with friends for dinner and drinks tonight so they were making an early exit. Seriously?

But other than that it was a lot of fun. My sister and I both drank way too much wine. The food was amazing too. My little Wesley actually came into the living room/dining area quite a bit to socialize, which is something he usually doesn't do when my cousins with little kids come over. Glad it's over and really glad my mom had a nice time.

 

[arw]

the cake...

 

[TaraCynara]

the cake...

Sorry your aunt and uncle were such jerks.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Gotta love the relatives who like to make things miserable for everyone, huh ? That sucks, sorry your aunt and uncle put everyone thorough that.

But good to hear that the dinner went okay otherwise, at least. I'm in Iowa and neither my mom nor I have plans tomorrow, so hey, if you need someone to help eat the food....

Tara...aw, I'm sorry. *Starts trying to think of things that would keep you entertained*

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Oooooooh, that cake looks delicious! If I wasn't so full right now...

 

[arw]

thanks ladies! For not being a cake decorator I think it looks pretty darn good.