fuck yeah we can live like this - weekend part two

dustin and i BOTH woke up early sunday for what i like to call the 'pajama pumpkin pancake party'. dustin cooked breakfast and i was his helper. i did things like squish bananas and crack eggs. dustin did all the hard stuff - like actually cooking. he made chocolate chip banana pancakes, eggs, bacon, and toast. so damn good! miranda and cash came over to enjoy breakfast with us and carve pumps. we all ate breakfast but dustin was so full he didn't feel like carving anymore. i was pretty disappointed. actually, really disappointed. but we all decided we would get together (justin included) over the next week. so for now i have 4 pumpkins sitting in my laundry room.

since we weren't doing anything with the pumpkins, i suggested we watch 'hocus pocus' - a halloween treat of a movie. so we all laid on the couch and enjoyed the story of the sanderson sisters.

miranda left a little later and i just stayed on the couch. i had an awful headache that lasted just about the whole day. so i rested. then i watched the steelers game with dustin until i had to leave for the show. i checked nfl.com a few times while at stop lights just to make sure the steelers were still winning. thankfully they pulled it off. a lost to the jags would have been seriously embarrassing.

sam got there before me and was already waiting in line. so i joined her for the hour wait outside. it was nice to just be able to catch up. girl talk! show talk! tourist watch! erin and katie stopped by to say hello then headed to the back of the line.

once inside, we scouted out a good spot to enjoy the show and guarded it. we waited in this spot for about 30 min while jamming to al green waiting for the opening band to come on. HOB actually serves food during shows (which we didn't know) so sam got some chicken. she enjoyed that chicken.

first up was company of thieves. i had never heard of this band but immediately loved them. especially the lead singer. she is so cute and spunky and her voice is awesome. she just had such a fun presence on stage doing her thing. sam has their first CD and got really excited for the song oscar wilde (which by the way is really good).

my personal fave song that they played was 'look both ways'

next up was motion city soundtrack. i own a CD of their's and remember listening to them a bit in high school but they are really not a band i'm all that into. it was one of those bands that never really stuck for me. they didn't have anything extra special for me to keep me listening to them. sorry boys! however, i'm sure we were standing next to their biggest fans. those girls had some lungs! and my ears totally felt them the whole way home.

and finally my jack's mannequin came on. i've lost track of how many times i've seen soco/JM live at this point but it's the one band i have to see every time they are in town. andrew and the rest of the boys put on a damn fine show. i've still yet to see someone rock out on a piano like andrew. and this show he did not disappoint. it was actually one of my favorite shows ever. i'm not sure if it was because of the music, or the company, or the atmosphere but i felt so incredibly happy that whole night. it was just such a good time. i can't describe the fun that was had but i do have a video. of course i have video! i actually had 20 min worth of video that i tried to get into 5 min.

downtown orlando @ night is a comforting sight.