Very busy and fun weekend
As the title of this post says, I was quite the busy man this weekend. No chill in days this weekend- I was constantly on the move, and loving every second of it.
The weekend started off with me and Ariana going to the Continental Airlines Arena to see the huge Weezer/Foo Fighters show. We had decent seats (right towards the side of the stage in the first row of the second level) and got their in good time, despite the sucky weather and traffic.
Weezer performed first, and at the beginning the crowd wasn't as into it as I would have expected but I attributed that to the fact most people were still just getting into the arena as they began to play. But towards the middle of the set, the crowd really got into it and this seemed to pump Weezer up big time. I've seen them about 6 times before, and this was the MOST energized I've ever seen them. They were jumping around stage, doing big solos, and hell Rivers even put down the guitar for a few songs and went nuts on the mic. It was just a fun change of pace.
They also played two cover songs. First they did "Big Me" by the Foo Fighters, then later on they did "Song 2" by Blur. In total they played for about 75 minutes, which added up to about 19-20 songs (what was that about Weezer minutes again?) and pretty much everything they played was awesome (did I mention they played "El Scorcho!?!!?").
Then the Foo Fighters came out then they also put on a hell of a set (about 90 minutes long). They started off strong with "In Your Honor" and "All My Life" and never came down. My row stood the whole show and we were rocking out like crazy.
The setlist looked something like this (I got it from a message board so it might not be 100% accurate but it looks about right):
In Your Honor
All My Life
My Hero
Up in Arms
Best of You
Learn to Fly
Times Like These
Stacked Actors
DOA
Cold Day in the Sun
The One
Breakout
Everlong
Encore:
Tie Your Mother Down
Monkey Wrench
Oh and as you may have noticed, for the encore they DID do a Queen cover. They even got the actual drummer from Queen- Roger Taylor to come play drums on the song, while the Foos drummer- Taylor Hawkins did vocals (and did a decent job of it too). So that was cool.
They also did a bunch of jams in their songs, especially during Stacked Actors and Monkey Wrench.
So yeah, while I expected the show to be cool, I didn't think it would be THIS good. I was into it the entire time. And lately it's been rare to find a great double-headlined show. So I would totally rank this high up there in my list of all-time best concerts (cuz Hell, Weezer and Foo Fighters have been two of my favorite bands for YEARS- the Blue Album and The Colour and the Shape got me through high school, so I gotta give it up for them). So yeah, good times.
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The next day was busy as well. It started off with me and Ariana going to her nephew's sixth birthday party. It was being held at Chelsea Piers at the bowling alley. So we got there and watched the kids bowl (there were like 37 kids plus their parents there, it was a BIG party). Then we went up to eat and after that we were hooked up by Ariana's brother with a huge bag of coins for the arcade. So we played a bunch of games with her nephew, which was a lot of fun. Another thing I played was that stuffed animal machine, where you try to pull them up with the claw. And wouldn't you know it, I actually did REALLY well at it! On my very first try I got a Snagglepus stuffed animal. Then (thanks partially to the endless amount of tokens, although there WAS skill involved) I was able to get like 3 Care Bears stuffed animals from the machine as well. So I was feeling all proud of myself for that, b/c normally I suck at that "game" but I kicked ass that day, so that was cool.
After the party, Ariana's brother, wife and his mother-in-law were gonna take a taxi back to their apartment. But we couldn't all fit in one taxi and we both had all day metrocards, so we decided to take the bus. But Ariana's nephew (his name is Matthew) wanted to come with us, and his parents actually allowed it. So we took Matthew on the bus with us, and had ourselves a fun little trip back to his apartment with him. He is just about the cutest kid I have ever met. And he's very polite as well (both me and Ariana have stated that when we have kids, we want ours to come out just like him).
Then once we were back at the apartment, we watched as Matthew opened all his gifts (and trust me, after a party with over 30 attendees, there were a LOT of gifts). Then I got to act the part of the big kid by helping Matthew put together some of his toys (including two really cool transformers figures that you could attach and form one gigantic robot). So that was a lot of fun.
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Then around 7pm, we headed out and went to Little Italy for Gaetano's b-day bash. Me and Ariana were super proud of ourselves for actually getting to the party EARLY. We were actually some of the first people there (right after Henry and Lizandra), too bad that meant not many people were around to appreciate our timeliness, lol.
The party itself was a lot of fun. TONS of people showed up for it (about 35 in all). The service at the restaurant wasn't the greatest (we had a real snobby waiter) but the food was excellent. So all in all it was a really good time.
It got a bit crazy afterwards when we all tried going around looking for a bar without knowing exactly where we were going but on the brightside, we got to walk off dinner, and it was cool b/c it was just a troop of us out there just chatting as we walked along.
Me and Ariana wound up bouncing before everyone found a bar (b/c it took over an hour to do so), but we had a long day so it was all good.
****
Finally on Sunday, me, Ariana and Sheila went to New Roc to go see Waiting...
It was a pretty funny movie. Kind of in the vein of Mallrats, Eurotrip, etc. So if you like fun dialogue and some gross out humor, this is a movie for you. Plus Ryan Reynolds is just a funny bitch (oh and did I mention Dane Cook has a minor role in this movie too? Good stuff there).
The three of us then chilled for a little while after the movie, and ran into Ashley and a friend of hers as well. After that, I dropped everyone home and watched the ALCS game (where the White Sox beat the Angels, WHOO), and Smackdown (which I had taped from Friday).
So yeah, like I said, it was a busy but very fun weekend.
The weekend started off with me and Ariana going to the Continental Airlines Arena to see the huge Weezer/Foo Fighters show. We had decent seats (right towards the side of the stage in the first row of the second level) and got their in good time, despite the sucky weather and traffic.
Weezer performed first, and at the beginning the crowd wasn't as into it as I would have expected but I attributed that to the fact most people were still just getting into the arena as they began to play. But towards the middle of the set, the crowd really got into it and this seemed to pump Weezer up big time. I've seen them about 6 times before, and this was the MOST energized I've ever seen them. They were jumping around stage, doing big solos, and hell Rivers even put down the guitar for a few songs and went nuts on the mic. It was just a fun change of pace.
They also played two cover songs. First they did "Big Me" by the Foo Fighters, then later on they did "Song 2" by Blur. In total they played for about 75 minutes, which added up to about 19-20 songs (what was that about Weezer minutes again?) and pretty much everything they played was awesome (did I mention they played "El Scorcho!?!!?").
Then the Foo Fighters came out then they also put on a hell of a set (about 90 minutes long). They started off strong with "In Your Honor" and "All My Life" and never came down. My row stood the whole show and we were rocking out like crazy.
The setlist looked something like this (I got it from a message board so it might not be 100% accurate but it looks about right):
In Your Honor
All My Life
My Hero
Up in Arms
Best of You
Learn to Fly
Times Like These
Stacked Actors
DOA
Cold Day in the Sun
The One
Breakout
Everlong
Encore:
Tie Your Mother Down
Monkey Wrench
Oh and as you may have noticed, for the encore they DID do a Queen cover. They even got the actual drummer from Queen- Roger Taylor to come play drums on the song, while the Foos drummer- Taylor Hawkins did vocals (and did a decent job of it too). So that was cool.
They also did a bunch of jams in their songs, especially during Stacked Actors and Monkey Wrench.
So yeah, while I expected the show to be cool, I didn't think it would be THIS good. I was into it the entire time. And lately it's been rare to find a great double-headlined show. So I would totally rank this high up there in my list of all-time best concerts (cuz Hell, Weezer and Foo Fighters have been two of my favorite bands for YEARS- the Blue Album and The Colour and the Shape got me through high school, so I gotta give it up for them). So yeah, good times.
****
The next day was busy as well. It started off with me and Ariana going to her nephew's sixth birthday party. It was being held at Chelsea Piers at the bowling alley. So we got there and watched the kids bowl (there were like 37 kids plus their parents there, it was a BIG party). Then we went up to eat and after that we were hooked up by Ariana's brother with a huge bag of coins for the arcade. So we played a bunch of games with her nephew, which was a lot of fun. Another thing I played was that stuffed animal machine, where you try to pull them up with the claw. And wouldn't you know it, I actually did REALLY well at it! On my very first try I got a Snagglepus stuffed animal. Then (thanks partially to the endless amount of tokens, although there WAS skill involved) I was able to get like 3 Care Bears stuffed animals from the machine as well. So I was feeling all proud of myself for that, b/c normally I suck at that "game" but I kicked ass that day, so that was cool.
After the party, Ariana's brother, wife and his mother-in-law were gonna take a taxi back to their apartment. But we couldn't all fit in one taxi and we both had all day metrocards, so we decided to take the bus. But Ariana's nephew (his name is Matthew) wanted to come with us, and his parents actually allowed it. So we took Matthew on the bus with us, and had ourselves a fun little trip back to his apartment with him. He is just about the cutest kid I have ever met. And he's very polite as well (both me and Ariana have stated that when we have kids, we want ours to come out just like him).
Then once we were back at the apartment, we watched as Matthew opened all his gifts (and trust me, after a party with over 30 attendees, there were a LOT of gifts). Then I got to act the part of the big kid by helping Matthew put together some of his toys (including two really cool transformers figures that you could attach and form one gigantic robot). So that was a lot of fun.
****
Then around 7pm, we headed out and went to Little Italy for Gaetano's b-day bash. Me and Ariana were super proud of ourselves for actually getting to the party EARLY. We were actually some of the first people there (right after Henry and Lizandra), too bad that meant not many people were around to appreciate our timeliness, lol.
The party itself was a lot of fun. TONS of people showed up for it (about 35 in all). The service at the restaurant wasn't the greatest (we had a real snobby waiter) but the food was excellent. So all in all it was a really good time.
It got a bit crazy afterwards when we all tried going around looking for a bar without knowing exactly where we were going but on the brightside, we got to walk off dinner, and it was cool b/c it was just a troop of us out there just chatting as we walked along.
Me and Ariana wound up bouncing before everyone found a bar (b/c it took over an hour to do so), but we had a long day so it was all good.
****
Finally on Sunday, me, Ariana and Sheila went to New Roc to go see Waiting...
It was a pretty funny movie. Kind of in the vein of Mallrats, Eurotrip, etc. So if you like fun dialogue and some gross out humor, this is a movie for you. Plus Ryan Reynolds is just a funny bitch (oh and did I mention Dane Cook has a minor role in this movie too? Good stuff there).
The three of us then chilled for a little while after the movie, and ran into Ashley and a friend of hers as well. After that, I dropped everyone home and watched the ALCS game (where the White Sox beat the Angels, WHOO), and Smackdown (which I had taped from Friday).
So yeah, like I said, it was a busy but very fun weekend.
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