You mean Shenanigans?

Wednesday night was Celtic night at the Empire State Plaza. Steve, Alex and I went out because the Glengarry Bhoys were going to be there (along with the Prodigals and the Saw Doctors, but we're not too familiar with either of those bands). Glengarry went though some changes in the last year or so and the only remaining members from their previous lineup are the lead singer and the drummer. The bassist, fiddler, and bagpiper are all new to the band. The previous fiddler, bassist, and bagpiper went on to be in Greenwich Meantime (GMT), which is now one of my favorite bands. We'd seen "the Bhoys" once or twice since the change and weren't all that impressed, but we had an awesome time on Wednesday night.

Glengarry Bhoys - with Irish Dancer

The new fiddler is a redhead and is pretty hot (which makes Steve very happy), but she's not as much fun as the previous fiddler, Shelley. Shelly is an awesome dancer as well as a fiddler and watching her perform was always a lot of fun. The new fiddler seemed pretty moody. She didn't smile a lot on stage and they had her dance for one song and she seemed pretty unhappy about it (and not very good). The new bassist is just kind of lame. He's weird looking with long red hair and he doesn't face the audience - just stands sort of back near the drums and looks off to the side.


Glengarry Bhoys - Farva's Solo

The new bagpiper is hilarious. Picture Farva from SuperTroopers and give him a set of bagpipes. Hilarious! He kept strutting around the stage and dancing like he was Bon Jovi or something and it just cracked me right up. I was hysterical. Then, during one of his big solos parts, he ran off the stage and played through the crowd. We were right in the midst of the crowd and I joked to Alex that he was coming right for us. Then he stopped right in front of me and proceeded to bounce around while he played on his bagpipes (which, by the way, had flames printed on them). I lost it. I was laughing so hard I could hardly breathe. I'm sure that he thought that I was having a great time and enjoying the show. Oh, I was... :D

We had a great time and it totally made me freaking excited for IrishFest. I can't wait!! :D

Our Effeminate Looking Son....

The Photojojo Newsletter had a link to MorphThing the other day. I read the newsletter at work and couldn't wait to get home and morph pics of me and Alex to get a preview of what our kid might look like some day. I couldn't find any pictures of Alex without his facial hair, so we've got a son. It's very odd to look at the morphed pic - to be able to see a bit of myself and a bit of Alex in the person in the picture. I guess it's a sneak preview of what I'll feel when I look at our kids some day....

I couldn't take the hair across the forehead, so I cleaned up "our son's" head in Photoshop....

The Quest Begins....

clipped from www.kods.net Wedding Name Change Tips and Information Name Change Checklist Social Security Change Application: http://www.ssa.gov/online/ss-5.html Driver�s License - check your local DMV U.S. Passport Agency U.S. Post Office Employer / Work Car/Title Company School or Alumni Associations 401k / Retirement plans Bank accounts / names on checkbook Mortgage Post Office (change of address) Voter registration Card Credit card company Doctor, dentist, HMO Health, life, auto, and home insurance policies Clubs and Gyms Magazines and Memberships Discount, courtesy, and frequent-flyer cards Utility companies (phone, cable, gas, electric, etc.) Legal Contracts Will (you may want to change the beneficiary to your spouse at the same time) Start using your new name! It will feel weird and may sound funny at first, but the more you start using it your friends and family and coworkers will catch on and get used to it and before you know it you�ll think it sounds weird when you hear your maiden name.

I've been dragging my feet on this... It doesn't help that at work my email address still uses my maiden name (weird that I now have to call it my maiden name) and so I see my "old" name all over the place every day. I'll need to start making the changes at work but it's been so crazy there that I figured it could wait...

I did use my new name when I picked up a birthday cake for Patty at Villa Italia yesterday. I felt like a weirdo-lier-poser. I guess I'll get used to it and getting all of my official stuff changed will help. Beck said it was a huge pain in the toe hassle to change her name. Sigh. Here goes....