Well, Look At Us!

June 23rd, marked the 10 year anniversary of when Marc and I made the jump into couple-hood. I know I should only pay attention to our wedding anniversary, but what the heck!

Pearl Jam Review

Marc and I had some friends come into town for the Pearl Jam show. Our seats were pretty good and sat a few rows behind our friends, which was nice. Another set of friends got to hang out in one of the suites. I have seen better PJ shows, but I wasn't disappointed at all. They played 31 songs:

Hard To Imagine, Severed Hand, Hail Hail, Do The Evolution, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Evacuation, Corduroy, I'm Open, I Am Mine, I Got Id, Daughter, Light Years, Even Flow, Green Disease, You Are, U, Who You Are, Why Go

Encore 1 Comatose, Sad, Given To Fly, Come Back, Grievance, Black, Rearviewmirror

Encore 2 No More, Last Kiss, Crazy Mary, Alive, All Along The Watchtower, Yellow Ledbetter

The only song that I hated was Last Kiss, I never want to hear that song at a show. The crowd participation was good, probably one of the reasons they played so many songs.

Check out some of the pictures from the show:





If you want to see all the concert pics, click here.

Chocolate Rain

Most of you may have seen this video by Tay Zonday, but I haven't (until this weekend). I love him. See for yourself.



FYI,Jimmy Kimmel had him on his show and this is his real voice. I think Tay Zonday should sing a song with Crash Test Dummies, specifically MMM-MMM-MMM.

My Husband: The Adventurist

For the first time in a very long time, our area was under a tornado warning (not a watch). I know the difference because my lovely husband views himself as an amateur storm chaser/meteorologist. Yesterday, Marc left work to chase after the storm, using our friend, BVibe, as command central. He definitely got himself into the thick of things. He normally laughs at people when they pull off the side of the road when it rains, but he was one of 'those' people yesterday. He said the winds got so strong and the rain made for zero visibility, that he needed to take cover.

Here is what he had to say about the storm when he returned to work:

Just got back to the office. Wow, what a rush! I was on the toll road near Dulles and I saw the leading edge of the storm. Green sky backdrop with a line of dark clouds. Next thing you know, 50-60 mph winds and heavy rain start hitting the car. Cars stopped on the toll road. I pulled over and took cover in Ashburn. Very heavy lightning and strong winds. No hail or circulation though. After reading the last tornado warning statement saying that Doppler indicated rotation 8 miles west of Arcola, I was near there at the time.

When he got back to the office, he noticed that everyone was huddled in an underground parking lot.

As we were pulling into our garage (after dinner), our neighbor told us to come check out a couple snakes he had in his backyard. So, I grabbed my camera and we went over. One snake was on the side of the house and the other was curled up underneath the deck. The one under the deck was much larger than the one on the side of the house. Marc asked for a ladder and climbed up to get a better look. What?!? He hates snakes (so do I). He then tells everyone that we should get a broom and try to get him down. What?!? This would mean that the snake would be slithering around our feet. Next thing you know, he is over by the snake near the side of the house and started messing around with him. What ?!? Again, he hates snakes, now he is touching one. I don't know a lot about snakes, but I believe this is the 'strike' position. We left soon after this picture.

Wow, tornadoes and snakes all in one day. Watch out Bear Grylls, there is a new man in town.

If you want to see pictures of the snakes, here they are.

This Weekend

Michelle, Dennin and Joey (Dennin's friend) came to town this weekend. Dennin is leaving to live with his dad in Hawaii in a couple weeks, so it was really nice to spend some time with him. We were going to go Six Flags or Kings Dominion on Saturday, but the AM weather held us back from our dreams. So, we just hung out in the AM, went to Relay For Life (did some laps for Mammal and Granola) in the afternoon, then to dinner and a movie.

We went to see The Strangers. Let me just say that I get scared easily, so don't gauge the scariness of this movie on me. I am not going to lie, it had me on the edge of my seat and I actually screamed out loud in the the theatre. Not sure how scary it would be sitting on your couch (as a dvd rental). I use to think that you only needed to see 3D movies and action movies in the theatre. However, I am adding thrillers to that list.

Here is a picture from Relay for Life


If you can believe it, I didn't take many pictures from this past weekend. But click here to see them.