last night, pt. 86 (Sweds & 5 goals in a half)

(well actually the whole friggin weekend)
so we checked out Peter Bjorn & John at the Southgate house in Newport Friday night, & it has to go down as one of those "special" shows where you weren't really expecting that much & then BAM! It turns out to be one of those musical nights that you'll never forget. From the second 3 jolly Swedish dudes took the stage, I knew the performance would be unforgettable. Peter, the lead singer & guitarist had on low cut shorts, casual suit jacket & navy canvass shoes. His stage presence & movement entertained me all night long. Maybe their indie-pop-newwave-post rock sound really lent itself to being performed live, maybe it was the venue, maybe it was the 2 pints of Hofbrauhas Premier Lager I had before hand, maybe it was the company, maybe it was the weekend of freedom I knew was laid before me that I only had to patiently allow to arrive, whatever it was, the night of music was incredible. (note to strangers: Newport, KY after a certain hr., let's say midnight or so, really does turn into a dangerous situation, but whatever, I'm a proper football supporter, no one can touch me.)

(& on the quick, we hit up this proper Irish pub the next day - just across the bridge from Cincy to catch ManUtd-Tottenham from old traf- & we go down like 6's & 7's disgrace like, 2-0 at half. so I tell Lisa the bar maid that we need some better luck-start of 2nd half & such & she starts wandering off slacker like, & bam we pull one back & at that point when Ronaldo grabs the ball out the back of the net & runs it back to the center circle all determined & get out of me way we've got something to say in this match, I knew it was going to be a special day. so Lisa comes back in to check on pint situation & such & see's we've now pulled 2 back (2-2). So I jokingly tell her to go ahead & leave because everytime she does, we score. Bam! 3-2. haha she's left again we score....we're up now, we've got this,..she comes back in,......"Lisa! Get out of here" I say. she obliges, Bam! 4-2 within minutes. haha,.....this is unreal. One more time around to check in on us, we're doing fine, she bolts,...Ka-pow! 5-2.

Game over & so many memories & stories to tell & other things that I'll never forget that I'm keeping to myself & hey the sun was shining today so we ate that stuff up & it got us good, so i'm feeling OK right & cheers to you.