Young Dubliners

Okay, so in tradition of trying to catch up I have to post up our Young Dubliner's concert. Now, most of you probably don't know these guys, but you should! If you've ever been to our St. Patrick's Day party then we've forced you to listen to them. They are wonderful! Brad and I both LOVE them. We first experienced them in Salt Lake City when I won tickets off the radio to see them at The Depot and I won their CD, so ever since then it's been tradition. So we moved to California and hadn't really thought much about them, until last year when I saw that they were playing at a local bar (Downtown Brew), we were both so excited. We found out that one of the band members actually lives in Paso, so they always end their St. Patrick's Day tour here in SLO. Lucky us! So we went to see them this year and it was just as awesome! Here is a picture of me and Brad waiting for the show, we had a drink upstairs and watched a game on one of the TVs to waste some time. There was an opening act called Criticnue, they were pretty good, here's a video sample of something they played.
Here are some of the Young Dubliner's Band members: The lead singer: Then here is another band member, and their special guest Eric Rigler from Bad Haggis (he's the one sitting down) Now for a video of Young Dubliners (My second favorite song, but just a portion of it):

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Well, we had our annual St. Patrick's Day party again this year. Good times. We had lots of yummy food and great entertainment! We played Cranium again, boys vs. girls, and the girls won...that's 2 to 1 for the girls! I'm going to post some videos from the game, see if you can guess the what's being acted out before we do. Here's our yummy food, with Jamie, Jill, Shane, and Mandi


Here was the first sculpturade, the clue is "food"...now guess...





Okay, ready for the answer.....that's a carrot in the middle.......it's a "veggie burger." They actually got it, I was quite impressed! Now for the slew of videos, I have no idea how to rotate my videos, so I'm sorry, but you'll have to watch them sideways: First, in the Star Performer Category, Brad got a "Cameo" where he had to silently act out the answer the hint is "animal" now try to see if you can get it right...


Did you get it right? It was Humpback whale! Fun! Here's another one, it's a "Cameo" where you act out silent clues. The hint is "thing."


Now that was quick! So funny! The next one is a "copycat" where you can talk like the famous person or character but can't say names or places, there is no hint. Here we go:


It's so funny that once Bob found out he could talk he didn't know what to say. Ah good times.
Well, I hope you all had a fabulous St. Patrick's Day! And just to let you know, I did start this post back in March, but was too impatient to load the videos...and ever since then I've just been too busy. So now you get a little Irish cheer in the middle of May. And I'm going to try to slowly catch back up starting today.

Redeemed

Tonight Brad and I decided to go to a movie, and since everything that is out right now, pretty much lacks our interest, or is rated R, we had to compromise to see "Remember Me." Now, most people probably know how much I HATE the Twilight movies (loved the books, despise the movies). I think that they are probably the worst movies EVER that were based on a book, and not just because of the low budget for the first film, but they leave out so much of the important substance of the storyline, it's just ridiculous. I think that Kristen Stewart is the worst Bella, it's like every time she cries (especially in the second movie) it sounds like she's constipated...all I'm saying is that they could have done better. Now as for Robert Pattinson, I really enjoyed his stint in Harry Potter, but let's face it, he's no Edward, definitely no where close to the one in my head, so let's just say that I'm not fond of him in those movies or his portrayal of Edward. So, I was really quite skeptical of seeing Remember Me and completely surprised that I actually quite enjoyed his acting in this movie. He has redeemed himself. I think he probably is a fairly good actor, he just needs to move on from his vampire roles so he can continue to do bigger and better movies. I look forward to his future outside of the Twilight series, so hopefully he doesn't turn into a one-hit wonder.

Now as for the movie itself, Remember Me is really rather depressing and has a lot of darker themes, but it captivated me and yes, I shed some tears as well.