Tab's Tidbits: June 2008

Saturday, June 28, 2008

My Cousin's Wedding

My cousin Melody got married on the 21st. She is only 2 months younger than me. She was married once before and had 2 girls with her first husband and then he went kinda crazy so she left. Her new husband, Jim is a very nice guy. He also has a boy from his first marriage and they have one boy together. They have been together for about 3 years now and are very happy together. My sister, Wendy was the maid of honor and it was her very first wedding to be in so she was very nervous. But she was the prettiest one there! Okay, so I'm a little partial!

--Ok, Wait I have to back up a little bit--

My little sister Heather, who has been living in Florida with our brother since December, came home!!!! and I am so thankful that she is home safe. Wendy and Ryan helped her get home by buying her a bus ticket. Which she'll NEVER ride the bus again, if I have anything to say about it! I've never felt like such a parent!! OMG!! She got on her first bus in Dothan, Alabama at 7pm on Wed. 18th. She had to transfer busses in Nashville, Tennesse at 3am on Thur. and again at 3pm in Chicago, Illinois. Where she had a 7 1/2 hour layover!! She had to sit in the Chicago bus station for 7 hours waiting for her next bus. She stayed on that bus until getting into Fargo at 1:30pm on Fri. 20th, where Wendy and I picked her up. I was just glad to see her again and give her a hug. Just the little bit of time we spent waiting in the Fargo bus stop--which only has 2 terminals--was insane. There was a drunk lady who was pissed because she didn't have money for her ticket and old creepy guys and a pregnant black girl who needed some bigger pants and a longer shirt. I can't imagine what the Chicago terminal was like, Heather said there was like 23 terminals there and was very busy!! She's a brave girl! Glad she's home.

So Friday us girls stayed in GF and went to the wedding rehersal and dinner and ended up hanging out with our Uncle Jim, Aunt Roberta, and cousin Kenny (Melody's parents and brother). It was lots of fun just bull shitting and hanging out. We haven't seen Kenny in like 15 years and it's been a while for me to see my Aunt and Uncle. My uncle Jim reminds me so much of my dad, it kinda felt like I was seeing my dad again...tear, tear...it was very nice.

On Saturday Derek, Ryan, and my mom got to GF around 1pm so we had time to get ready and eat lunch before going to the wedding. The wedding was beautiful and everyone was very pretty and handsome. The reception and dinner was at the KC hall and was very nice. I got to spend some quality time with my mom and Heather so that was good. After a while Derek, Ryan and I went to Doug and Karissa's to visit (Wendy had to stay at the dance, but we went back to get her). Then we stayed at Doug and Karissa til like 1am or 2am, I don't remember.

So on to the pictures.....

My Uncle Jim and Aunt Roberta

Uncle Jim and Heather

Me and Wendy-making the same face after our cousin Kenny put his hand in front of my camera!

This one is better

Wendy and Kenny

Us girls at the hotel on Friday

Wendy was getting crap from our Uncle and cousin that she was part Japanese cuz her middle name is Lu..so we converted her dress to look Japanese. It was hilarious!!! You had to be there!

Waiting for the wedding to start

Like my new dress?

Jim's (new husband) son Brandon and Melody's oldest daughter Keyra

Wendy and Best Man, Steve

Jim's Nephew and Melody's daughter Erica

Melody with her mom and dad

Wendy after signing the marriage license

Heather and Wendy

Mom and Wendy

Cutest Couple EVER!

Ryan and Wendy

Wendy and me

Me and Heather-like her dress? I let her wear my black cherry dress and my rockabilly shoes.

Us girls and Melody

Me and Melody

Adorable!

My Mama Sue

Love birds-they got a taste of what's to come for them next summer!

Uncel Jim and Aunt Roberta

Notice I matched my eye shadow with my dress?

Me and Melody

Me and my Uncle Jim

Mama and her girls!

Type O Negative Concert---Disappointing

So I'm a little late on this one, but whatever! We went to Fargo for the Type O Negative concert on the 17th. We took Derek's little sister, Ali to her first rock concert as part of her birthday present. And I was pretty disappointed in the whole thing. It was the Jagermeister Tour and was at The Venue (old playmakers). They had alot of sound problems and it was kinda lame.

The first band out was Scum of the Earth, which wasn't even on the playlist and they were playing before we even got in the building. This is Rigg's band who used to play with Rob Zombie, and you can totally tell. Most of his songs had the same beats and he even had dreads and wore ripped up jeans like Rob Zombie. Something tells me that he's a little bitter about Rob having all the goods and hating himself cuz nobody cares who he is....maybe it was the fact that he seemed really pissed that people weren't into his performance that gave that away?

Then came 3 Inches of Blood----and with a name like that you'd think they'd come out bellowing from their insides----NOPE! First of all, there were 2 guitarists, a bassist, a drummer and the lead singer. The lead guitarist looked like he just came out of an 80's video shoot. He had wavy, flowing locks of hair and reminded me of one of the Nelson brothers. The lead singer was giving it his all...too bad we couldn't hear him!!! The first 2 songs his mic didn't work at all. So he was up there having a good time and after the 2nd song it took the audience to scream and yell at him to tell him the mic wasn't working?!?!? All those crew members wondering around and no one could tell anyone what was going on?!?! So he uses a corded mic and OMG!!!! I liked it better when I couldn't hear him singing! He sounded like a screaming girl, like Barbie getting kicked in the balls--if she had them! They were pretty annoying after that!

Then Type O Negative came out. This is when we realized that they were not the headliners?! So that sucked. But they had sound issues too. Not exactly sure what happened there but I could tell that they were upset about something. Peter Steele looked like crap. He had huge bags under his eyes and could barely finish out lyrics without breathing in between them. He'd sing some words and hum others. If it weren't for Kenny Hickey (guitar/vocals) you wouldn't have heard the words. On like the 2nd song Peter said "this is blah, blah song" and Kenny basically yelled at him that it was the wrong song and he was doing the wrong set list! So then there was a bit of an awkward silence while Peter riffled thru his music to look for the right one. I have to say after about half way thru, I was just waiting for it to be over.

Hatebreed was the last band to play. We hadn't heard them before so we decided to stay and hear a couple of songs. And I didn't like them either. They were very energetic and full of life but it was just too much for me. Lots of yelling instead of singing but definite moshing music. It's funny, with this type of music I find myself zoning out and thinking about anything but the music. It's almost like it allows me to block out all the other crap going on around me and think about anything that comes to mind.

We left after a couple of their songs. Ali had fun even though it kinda sucked. Her favorite part was Type O Negative (good girl) and some of Hatebreed. I told here it was a good thing that this show kinda sucked so that she didn't end up having high standards for the next rock show she goes to. We got here a tshirt and she was happy. We stayed over at Derek's cousin's house in Moorhead and went back home on Wed. afternoon. And I'm pissed because I didn't get any pictures...at all! :-(

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Devils Run - Garage Party

Derek and I on Friday at the Burnouts and stuff
Doug and Isabella - who's she waving at?
That's right, Ronald McDonald!!! He was kinda creepy!
Coolest VW Bug EVER! It was chopped and everything was flat black and neon green all over, even on the inside!
Kick ass pin stripping!