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November 03, 2005

Post Halloween Post.

Monday night was kinda crazy. I tried to take a power nap before the show but I couldn't sleep because I was excited. I'm five years old.

So, instead, I got up and ironed my Dorothy costume. The boys in the band decided to go with a Wizard of Oz theme ... and I had my doubts about this actually happening, but they TOTALLY came through. They all looked awesome. (Pictures of the Bling boys are coming soon.) I'm super proud of my Dorothy apron because I made it myself using an apron pattern from Craftster.
[edited to add: my sister Cathy thought that I was *knitting* an apron when I told her I was making one. hee hee hee. She said that she was secretly thinking that a knitted Dorothy apron would NOT look good but didn't want to discourage me. hahahahahaha.]

That's the Pants. He's looking hot.

Clearly, I had to be Dorothy in short skirt and knee socks (aka Slutty Dorothy), not innocent normal Dorothy (I AM the only girl in the band). But I think the costume still worked. Soon after this picture was taken, a crazy assassin attacked me...

Dude, she's vicious.

And these band geeks kept following us around.... GEEZ.


They are SO breakin' the rules.

The show was ... full of surprises, including Dorothy having to wing it without a microphone for the first song. Oh yeah. I spent that particular song sharing a mike and trying to make hand signals at Sound Dude so he'd know where my microphone was plugged in. The sound problems combined with the craziness of Halloween meant that we didn't start playing music until 1:30 AM (!!), which also meant that I'd had a few drinks. (When I get nervous, I get gas, and I drink faster. It's probably a bad combo for my bandmates, but at least I have energy when I get on stage...)

Luckily, the audience was completely wired and having a good time -- the sound problems were overshadowed by the funky grooves. Har. I had a great time, and our next show is some time in December. (This old lady hopes it's on a weekend.)

I will post this week about knitting. I promise. And running.

Posted by carrie at 05:20 PM | Comments (20)