January 6, 2009 | How coolio is THAT?,In the News,Life in General,The 4-1-1 on Me,Weekend Wrap-Up
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I’m a little late with this, but better late than never, right? So, Mr. Maul and I rang in the new year at the San Carlos Hotel. For $30/ per person you got dinner and a champagne toast. Some friends of ours have a band called One Kitty Gone. They were playing there and we hadn’t seen them perform since one of the members left. We thought it was a good opportunity to how the songs sound with only one female lead instead of two. They were fabulous, in case you were wondering. It was a USO theme, so there were a lot of people there with 40’s hair styles and the music was rockabilly/swing. The other band there, the Jump Back Brothers, were really good, too. Mr. Maul liked them.
The Rockabelly USO Troop (about 6 girls? And a guy), were truly unimpressive. The girls did some lame dance routine and then proceeded to “sing along” to 40’s type song. “Sing along” as in karaoke. When they had technical difficulties during The Andrews Sisters’ “Bugle Boy” and had to belt out a portion of the song without “backup”…O.M.G. Let’s just say that part of their show could’ve been left out. The guy had an ok voice, but then the girls would get up there and “try” to be backup singers and/or dancers and it just made them look foolish. And one girl performed a weak belly dance that would’ve made real bellydancers hide their faces in shame. I just cringed every time they got up there. While the real professionals went on break for an hour we were forced to sit through their craptacular performances. I ignored them as best as I knew how and just made conversation with our tablemates. The only good thing about their gig was one of the girls sang a cappella. She had the best singing voice out of the whole group and she didn’t have to sing along! Now that’s talent. Anyhow, we still had a good time (even though the champagne was nasty). HERE are some pics.
Saturday, about 50-60 Star Wars geeks marched in the Fiesta Bowl Parade.
It was televised, so I don’t know if any of you watched it. If you saw Darth Maul (the guy in red and black paint) that was my hubby. It was 1.5 miles and though I wanted to hit up a massage parlor when we were done, we had fun. The reaction from the crowd was fantastic! Everyone went nuts over Chewbacca. And mistook Queen Amidala for Princess Leia, but what the hell. We all had a great time. There were a couple of bands that went nuts with the camera-taking. Texas was one of them.
I don’t know how many pics they got with those kids, but it was like being stalked by the paparazzi. For about an hr! LOL. It was my first—and possibly last—time marching in a parade. It was definitely an experience and I’m glad we got a chance to do it. Mr. Maul didn’t want to at first, but I talked to him into it. Turns out he had a good time, too. LOL. Who knew?
These are some of us ISO ladies.
This is another ISO photo, but with the banner we carried during the parade.
This is a group shot of the AZ 501st Dune Sea Garrison
Sunday, we did absolutely nothing. My intention had been to wash a load or two of laundry, but I didn’t want to move. Out of bed. So I didn’t. I watched TV and read. In bed. Didn’t move from there except to eat and pee. My legs didn’t hurt as bad as I thought they would, but I dreaded wearing shoes. Which is why I didn’t want to go anywhere. LOL.
I have a feeling this weekend is going to be pretty tame. I hope. So, how was your weekend?
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Cate says:
Your New Year’s Party with the music they played there sounds really great! Musta been big fun.
Rinda says:
I just love your pictures. You and Mr. Maul make a beautiful couple.
Celise says:
Cate – Yeah, we did have a good time. Before the other female lead in our friends’s band left, they were considered a ska band. I just noticed that they’re new MySpace site bills them as rockabilly/swing/blues. They have a song called “Supervillain” that sounded like something No Doubt would’ve sang. It has really cool song lyrics, too: I wanna be a supervillain/I wanna be a superstar/I wanna be supervillain/in black leather tights and a push-up bra. Hearing it in a different that night was odd, but it’s still one of my favorite songs.
Rinda – Thanks for the compliment.