I believe the last time I updated this was the day of the Decembrists concert. It was a great show! Very lively and exciting. The band sure knows how to connect with their audience and show them a good time. haha. I don't know if they have that much fun everywhere, or if they were just really glad to be home again. It could have also been that their band mate, Jenny Conlee was back in action after going through chemo for breast cancer. She seemed to be doing well though. She was having as good a time as everyone else was, so that's good.
anywho, close to the "end" of the concert, they played The Mariners Revenge Song, which required the audience to scream as if they were being eaten by a whale. that was pretty funny to hear/see. everyone was excited to be part of the show. haha. after a few more songs, the show "ended," but yes, they came back for an encore... they were up there for probably 20-30 more minutes for the encore (something i've never experienced before) and then, they were done....OR WERE THEY? no, they came back for a second encore, which is also something i've never experienced. what a great band. :) haha. i have a video of their second encore, which i shall share with you.
so that was the decembrists concert. :)
saturday night i went to another free movie in the park, this time with Athena. (the social network. yes, again. it's a great movie, okay?!) I heard Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein of Portlandia were gonna be there, and yes, they were. did i get to talk to them or get a picture with them? no. but they were there, and that's what counts. the movie was great, our picnic was also great. it was a lovely evening.
the rest of the weekend, we didn't really do much, just work and being lazy. nothing exciting happened until tuesday. during the day jarrod and i went traveling around to buy parts for his car and get his passport card taken care of. the best part of that afternoon was eating at mcmenimins in sunnyvale bc we got to have the most delicious tater tots on this planet: cajun tots. SO YUMMY! we also had a brownie/ice cream sundae for dessert. also very yum. haha. after getting everything we thought we needed for jarrod's car, we came back home and jarrod proceeded to work on his car- replacing the fuel pump. gene told me it was very frustrating to replace, and even after telling jarrod that, he refused to take it to a shop. he wanted to change it out and so that's what he did. and guess what? his car is fixed now!!!! jarrod fixed his own car with only the help of the internet and a bit of advice from gene. essentially, he did it on his own! amazing, right? i don't know how he does it, but he always manages to figure out how to fix things and he does it right. it just blows my mind how handy he is. haha. i think if he were good at spelling and grammar and would just wake up when his FIRST alarm goes off, (he has freaking 5-7 alarms go off. get up on the FIRST ONE. jeez.) he'd probably be the perfect human being, but as no one is perfect....haha. anyways, i think it's very awesome he fixed his car on his own. i think you get the point now. haha
on to tuesday evening: while jarrod worked on his car, and i went to the Bagdad Theater (http://www.mcmenamins.com/219-bagdad-theater-pub-home) to see/hear Colin Meloy (lead singer of the Decembrists) and his partner, Carson Ellis, read from their new book Wildwood. (http://www.amazon.com/Wildwood-Chronicles-Book-I/dp/006202468X) I went with a friend from work, Athena. We had a great time! We ate pizza AND i had more cajun tots! haha. can't get enough of those! anywho, i believe chapter 5 or 6 of the book was read aloud by Colin and then Carson went over a few of the illustrations (she did the illustrations in the book) and then there was a Q&A. all in all, it was a grand time. i'm still reading the book, and i'm really enjoying it! :) it's so fantastical! i love it. haha. oh, here's some pics i took.
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| Colin Meloy reading from the book |
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| Q&A with Colin and Carson |
that was the highlight of this past week. it was a good time. :) nothing exciting happened until thursday when i went to dinner with Catherine, her friend, Sara, and sister, Stephanie. we went to mcmenimins in oregon city where yes, i had more cajun tots. that was the best part of the meal. we were waiting for our food for FOREVER and almost got up to leave, when they finally brought our food out. thank you! jeez. anywho, after that, Catherine, Sara, and i went to coldstone. yum! and then Catherine came back to the house with me where we watched Kick Ass and Labyrinth. it was a good night. :)
and now you are all caught up on the exciting events of the past week and a half. something fun was supposed to happen today- we were supposed to go to the Portland Pirate Festival, but since jarrod STILL isn't off work, i don't think we will make it. awesome. there's no plan b...guess i'll probably just finish mad men. fun.
i don't really have anything planned for this upcoming week...jarrod works on his birthday, so on the 13th we're gonna go to Ground Kontrol, (http://groundkontrol.com/) which is a retro arcade, for some birthday fun.
the most exciting thing that'll will happen in a few weeks is visiting SEATTLE! yeah!!! we're going the 20th. i can't wait!!! woot woot.
and...the end.
-sarah-
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