| | Finally getting a chance to get in here and blog something! I don't want to blog from work, so finding time to blog can be a challenge - it seems like I'm always on the go!
Rob and I celebrated our 12th anniversary this past weekend.  It's hard to believe, in some ways, that we've been together that long. In other ways, it feels like it's been a hell of a lot longer than 12 years!
We had a fabulous weekend together. On Friday night we took the kids to see The Incredibles. If you haven't already seen it, go - all the hype is true - it's a great movie. Before dinner on Saturday, we dropped the kids off at Rob's parents' house so we could go on a date. We went out to eat, then to Barnes and Noble for some book browsing and coffee drinking before we headed to our final destination: George Carlin!
This is the second time we've been to the Tower to see a show. The neighborhood didn't get any better since the last time we were there. Mayor Street is doing wonders for Philadelphia, let me tell ya. So we got there a bit earlier than we expected and drove around for a while until we found the best parking spot. We always challenge ourselves to get good street parking, it's like a little game we play whenever we go into Philly or NYC. As we approached the theater, we saw two long lines in front of the building and soon figured out that the line for ticket holders stretched a full city block. By the time they let us in, that line had wrapped around the block and doubled. Incredible! The weather was absolutely gorgeous that night, though, so it was no big deal to stand out there waiting. Besides, it gave me a great opportunity to people watch.
Once we got into the theater and start looking for our seats, we noticed that our seats would be the two on the end. Yeah!! We were psyched! So we start walking forward, looking for our row - trying to figure out which one was ours by doing the alphabet in reverse. Since we're a little slow, it took us until we were about 4 rows away before we discovered where we were supposed to sit. There were our two empty seats, right on the end, just waiting for us. And right beside them was two occupied seats, with the closest one containing a woman who had to weigh at least 400 pounds. We looked at each other and both said, "Oh no." I was so disappointed - this girl was totally in my seat, spilling over from her seat. I don't know how she even fit into her seat and I felt really bad for her, she had to be completely uncomfortable!! I made the best of it, though, and just angled my body and legs towards Rob's seat and tried to ignore the seat pushing into me every time she made a movement.
The first comedian came on - Dennis Blair - and he did a bang-up job. He was really, really funny and we laughed our asses off listening to him. I think he performed for about 1/2 hour, then we had a 15 minute intermission. We both stood and next thing I knew, Rob said, "I'll be right back." I saw him approach an usher and knew what he was doing. A minute later, he waved me down and we both thanked the usher as we sat in the first row of the second section all by ourselves! That was really nice of the guy. I really felt bad for the fat girl, then, though!
So George Carlin comes out with this killer opening monologue. He was rhyming and spewing out all this stuff in time as he tapped his foot - it was really great. I thought, "Hot damn, we are in for a good show!" I thought wrong.
He basically stayed stuck on a rant about how stupid Americans are. If I wanted to hear that, I would have stayed home and read blogs all night. His other main bit, that went on for at least 1/2 an hour, was about suicide. That joke just wasn't working for me. I thought maybe I was just getting tired and cranky, but Rob leaned over and asked me if I was ready to leave at one point ... we decided to stick it out another ten minutes and then we high tailed it out of there. Very disappointing!
However, we had a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful time together ... and I think we both feel like our relationship is just so ... right, at this moment in time and it's a good feeling. It's been a long time.
In other news - who's heard the new U2 album? We have all the songs, but I haven't had a chance to listen to them all yet. I'm excited to check it out! |
