| Happy 4th of July! (Belated) |
[Jul. 5th, 2007|08:47 pm] |
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Wow, what a week. So a week ago my job ended, my Golden Birthday was celebrated, Heidi and I got new phones, and I got a new tattoo:
It was important to me that I get something with the Golden Apple tattooed on me, since it was my Golden Birthday, and I always wanted a Sacred Chao tattoo... so I got 'er dun!
Last Saturday, Heidi's parents (Alice and her husband Max [not Heidi's father]) came to Oshkosh to visit. We picked them up around 2pm in Milwaukee, which is like a 1 1/2 hour drive from Oshkosh. They met my parents that night, then Aunt Deb & Crocket, Grandpa & Joan, and Gutter & Kate the next night. All went pretty well. On Monday, the 4 of us went walking around downtown Oshkosh, checking out the shops and whatnot, giving our guests a good taste of the Oshkosh charm. [editor's note: for some reason, I was thinking the word "charm" but wrote "shame" instead, then quickly corrected it... interesting slip-up, eh?] I took Max to our local comic book shop, we checked out the local head shop (Satori Imports) and went to a thrift store I didn't even know existed. Heidi found a ring there she really liked... then we went to Terry's Bar for some awesome Elk/Emu/Buffalo burgers... had a good 'ol time.
Anyway, that night Heidi and I went to the Roger Waters concert at Summerfest in Milwaukee, bringing Kate and her friend Corey with us. The concert was fantastic! He played songs from "The Wall", "The Final Cut", "Wish You Were Here" and some solo stuff. Then... the second act... "Dark Side of the Moon" in its entirety. What a show! As I understand it, he doesn't come to Wisconsin very often, so this may end up being a once-in-a-lifetime events for us... especially exciting for Heidi, as Pink Floyd has been a major part of her life since childhood. But yeah... great show!
Tuesday started off cool... we didn't have any definite plans, and my mom was free, so she picked the 4 of us up and we all went to Appleton. I took Max to the Houdini museum because he expressed interest in it, and the ladies went bead shopping. How exciting... eventually we got back to OshVegas, at which point Alice and Max went to the grocery store to buy ingredients for Max's moussaka recipe. It's kind of a mediterranean version of lasagna, but with cinnamon and eggplant. Max cut the eggplant a little too thick, so it didn't cook all the way through, but otherwise it was pretty good.
During the preparation of the moussaka, Heidi and Alice got into a bit of a row, and Alice ended up treating Heidi like a child... totally disrespectful and ultimately pretty shittily. By the time it was all over, they were pretty much avoiding each other completely. In fact, Alice was so pissy about it, she decided to look for tickets to leave the next day, and that's exactly what they did. That night, Heidi was so upset I encouraged her to try to sort things out with her mom before she left. Her mom actually laughed in her face when Heid insisted on talking about it, and that upset Heidi to the point where she told her mother she was never welcome in her house again. The way she acted, I totally support her decision. Nobody should have to tolerate being disrespected in their own home.
The next day, I was woken up at 9:30am by the sound of bagpipes. Yes, bagpipes. The Oshkosh 4th of July Parade apparently comes right down our street, so I got dressed and hopped on down in time to see my grandpa roll by in his 1933 (?) Model A car. Max came down and talked with Heidi and I, but Alice stayed upstairs. Max (like most guys would) refused to take sides and stayed out of the whole conflict. After the parade, Heidi and I got ready for Summerfest again, because we had tickets to see TOOL that night, at the same ampitheatre we saw Roger Waters on Monday. We drove Max and Alice all the way down to Milwaukee, dropped them off at the airport, and breathed a sigh of relief.
After another hour of driving (in the same goddamn city) we managed to find the Summerfest grounds (which was probably only 4 miles from the airport) and spent the day there. Saw some good ska bands, bought some crap, and generally had a wonderful time without a care in the world. It was kinda like this:
Here we are on the SkyLift.
That night, we got to see TOOL perform... and OH MY GOD... it was the MOST AMAZING rock show I have ever seen IN MY LIFE! It was intense! At times beautiful and trance-like, then loud and bone-crunching. There were giant projector screens, smoke, light, and lasers. These pictures don't do any justice, but here's an idea of what it was like.
Again, it was quite easily THE BEST rock show I have ever seen. In concerts in general, it was second only to Cirque du Soleil. Fucking brilliant. I hope I get to see them again someday. It was WAY better than fireworks... seeing TOOL on the Fourth of July was perfect. I will never forget this 4th for the rest of my life! |
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