littlest fan

the other day annie (my 2 year old) and i were listening to the radio. the new eddie vedder song came on. i had never heard it, so i know she hasn't heard it. nevertheless, she said "pearl jam". i was so proud.

the middle-aged square guy

last week we went to the modest mouse concert...some highlights

• rilo kiley opening - with jenny lewis not only singing, but playing the guitar, bass, keyboard, and cowbell (not all at the same time).
• dan feeling like the middle-aged square guy amongst the mostly young crowd
• seeing people older than me there
• hearing the "cool" teenage boys scream like little girls when modest mouse came on stage
• watching the little nerdy guy in the green shirt do the "twist" in the middle of a mosh pit
• getting a night out away from our 2 (yes 2!) kids - thanks mom
• 2 drummers in matching stripey tank-tops
• sometimes three drummers plus a guy playing marracas
• modest mouse putting on a great show

this is a video from a dashboard - one of modest mouse's more recent songs. i thought this video was also appropriate for today (international talk like a pirate day).

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Happy Birthday Dan!

as a birthday tribute, here is a video we made one sunday afternoon when we lived in logan.

i had a good excuse. i promise.

for my birthday (in june) alyssa sent me a gift certificate for itunes (thanks alyssa). well, i finally got around to setting up an itunes store account and made my first purchase. i somewhat openly admit the first song i bought was "dream weaver" by gary wright. i know that is something that shouldn't me admitted, but i had a good reason i promise. annie calls eva "weva". so that nickname has transformed into "dream weava". dan was trying to play it on the guitar, but since neither of us knew how it went except for the chorus, we decided to download the song. i guess itunes wasn't impressed with our musical taste because when i clicked buy song a pop up appeared that asked "are you sure you want to buy this song?" i must be getting old. even the computer gives me crap about my musical tastes.