My Hanson Day

Now, now, before you make fun of me for being a teenie bopper, go to my Soundtrack to Sewing tab and check out the new Hanson album, Shout It Out. Because it is awesome and not teenie bopper.

Now that I've made my disclaimer, I can continue. So my friend from college had an extra ticket to see Hanson, and since Rooney was opening (who I need to add to my SoS btw...) I was super excited! We went down early to attend The Walk, which is a mile long walk barefoot (I cheated and wore sneakers for my back) that Hanson puts on. They donate $1 for each person who attends toward an AIDS related charity of their choice...I, of course, chose building a school. It was a pretty nice walk, even though the humidity made it a little sticky. We arrived 10 minutes late, due to bad directions from google maps, and almost getting t-boned by an ice cream truck! A little jog over to the crowd and we ended up walking by Isaac the whole way. He was pretty friendly and chatted with some of the fans. At the end of the walk, we stopped by a beach and a cemetery...weird place to talk about AIDS charities, but never-the-less it was pretty inspirational.

Afterward, we walked back and registered so our dollar would get donated and then headed out to lunch. I don't know how many people are familiar with the South Shore, but the town we were in was very small and seemed like it was in the middle of nowhere (pun intended). We found a Japanese restaurant and hung out there for a while until it was time to head to the concert venue, the South Shore Music Circus. A very small but clean and beautiful venue with a rotating stage.

The show was awesome. Rooney opened up and played some stuff I haven't heard, but also played a couple of my favorites from their first album. The Hanson portion was full of really high energy, great music, and of course, lots of screaming. We were able to sneak up to the front so my pictures turned out really great. The BEST part of the show, in my opinion, was their cover of Oh! Darling by the Beatles. I was able to get a pretty good  video of it...you can watch it here. One of my favorite bands playing my favorite song by my absolute favorite band = kickass.

I had fun taking up close pictures of the drum kit, the guitar pedals, and so on. If you're not a fan of Hanson, I apologize for this non-sewing-related post. If you are, enjoy some of my favorite pictures.

A Pain in the Bum

Here she is! My back was feeling well enough today for me to finish up my rainbow kitty and I'm pretty proud of how she turned out. I was playing around with options for her face and I had these circular scraps...I  was going to try them for whiskers, but then they were sitting near her nose and I had a stroke of genius...I don't know what you would call those...her nose or mouth? But I've seen cats drawn that way and it looked pretty cute. I also added a little tongue too. What do you think? I already have an order for a custom mini version of her, which I sold through my fame sale this evening. The fame was pretty successful. I sold another Ruby 'Roo, as well as a custom blanket order. So it was well worth my 30 minutes of 25% off!

Also today, I confirmed my interview for part time kindergarten. I've got to freshen up a little on my curriculum knowledge before then...I'll be busy this next week and a half studying for that and sewing my custom orders I got tonight. But it will be well worth the effort. I'm hoping that my back will be able to handle this much activity...so far, today my lower back is feeling better, although I'm getting pain in my bum, down the back of my legs, wrapping around my foot. I had done this before, a while ago, and the physical therapist said it was an irritated nerve, but not to worry. That's easy for him to say, he doesn't have a sharp pain in his bum and legs! In any case, it's annoying and can be painful, but at least my lower back is better. I'd rather have leg pain than pain with sitting.

Tomorrow will be another busy day, hopefully the back will handle it. I'm going to see Hanson in concert with a college friend...we're also doing a one mile walk for AIDS awareness beforehand. Walking is fine, it is actually when I'm most comfortable, so I think that will do ok. Now what to wear....I'm thinking either my ruffle jean skirt or my blue floral skirt. But with white sneakers...you know...for the arch support. :)

I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend! If it's hot where you are, stay cool! And if it's cold (for those on the other side of the globe) stay warm!

Furry Walls

Photo from Orlando Sentinel

Furry Walls Cover

Have any of you seen Get Him to the Greek? Or Forgetting Sarah Marshall? If you have, you know about Aldous Snow, played by the hilarious Russel Brand, and his fictional band Infant Sorrow. Infant Sorrow is best known for their hilarious and inappropriate lyrics, but the best song from Get Him to the Greek (besides perhaps The Clap) is Furry Walls. If you haven't seen the movie, the hilarity of this song might be slightly lost on you, but if you HAVE then you understand why this is so dang funny. In a scene with P. Diddy, Russel Brand, and Jonah Hill, the group smokes a "Jeffrey" which is jam packed with every drug you can think of.  The only way to keep Jonah Hill from freaking out while mayhem ensues around him is to "stroke the furry wall." Now, I'm not going to go in depth on why the furry wall works so well, but it is one of the funniest parts of the movie! And this morning I came across a version of the song covered by Hanson. I've been a fan of Hanson for a long time, and this is one of the reasons I like them...they have no problem making (or in this case, covering) songs that are just silly and funny. Their new album, Shout It Out, is one of their best, with a lot of great upbeat songs (another reason I like them so much) that are great to just dance around the house to. I'm going to see them in concert in a couple weeks with a friend of mine from college and  I'm really excited to hear this album live...plus, I hope they play Furry Walls!! 

After all that excitement this morning, I put the song on my iPod and got sewing! This inspired me to make a new section on my blog...Soundtrack to Sewing. I'll update this periodically with songs or albums that I've been listening to during my creative sessions. The bear I made this morning turned out a lot bigger than the others, mostly I think because he is made of a cotton knit that is pretty stretchy, and I hadn't thought about that when I did my cutting. But he turned out really soft and huggable. Now that I've made all these bears, I'm running out of room to put them! So don't forget to check out my shop, share with others and pass it along! Alrighty, time for me to start on dinner (chicken pot pie) and sing along to Furry Walls one more time. :)