Made a nice change to stay at Toni's mum's house. Once we had got up Jade, Sam and I went into Eltham to pick up a few bits (and breakfast) from Lidl. We popped to the cash point in the Sainsbury car park and Jade told us that Nick had just walked past us. We did wonder if he might have missed us all but Jade was sure that he saw us *sniggers*. To further increase the amusement we were walking round Lidl and he was in there too, we did our best to avoid him but despite Sam and Toni heading off to the checkout he waved at Jade as he walked passed us when we went in hunt of biscuits. Hope he doesn't get arsey with Toni over it, it is unusual for her to be in Eltham at all at weekends so I guess the last thing he would have expected to see would have been her and me together.
After shopping we all (Toni, Jade, Aaron, Gemima, Jamie, Sam and I) went to the cafe at the Royal Standard for late breakfast/lunch. Not long after we were joined by Toni's mum Gail, Leanne and Shivaani who had gone out for lunch but knew were we would be so decided to come and join us. After some full English goodess we popped back to Toni's mum's where the boys mowed the grass and Toni and I set up a new printer so that I could print the tickets for our gig tonight to save having to go back to SWF. Finally it was time for Sam and I to be dropped at North Greenwich to head off to Shepherds Bush for the gig.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA—Years ago, a dashing young man abandoned everything he 
knew and loved and held dear to his heart—his friends, his family, his preconceptions—and boarded a vessel to take him to uncharted territories. While there, he experienced adventures that others couldn't even begin to believe; adventures that tickled his mind, teased his tastebuds, and, occasionally, tortured his toesies. He came, he saw, he conquered, he left, he realized he left something there, he went back, he found the thing, he left again, and he lived to tell about it all.
knew and loved and held dear to his heart—his friends, his family, his preconceptions—and boarded a vessel to take him to uncharted territories. While there, he experienced adventures that others couldn't even begin to believe; adventures that tickled his mind, teased his tastebuds, and, occasionally, tortured his toesies. He came, he saw, he conquered, he left, he realized he left something there, he went back, he found the thing, he left again, and he lived to tell about it all.This is not that story.
However, this is the story of a couple who met, fell in love, broke up with the people they were dating, began a year-long long-distance relationship, moved across the country to each other, found jobs, got engaged, finished college, planned a wedding, sold off everything they owned, got married, briefly 
honeymooned, and ran away to Taiwan for a couple years.* It's a story that, after reading it completely through, will make you laugh, make you cry, and earn you at least 67,344 Frequent Flier Miles. You're welcome.
In all seriousness, welcome to our blog. Lisa and I are going to do our best to keep up with this thing, if not to entertain you, so we may be able to go back years from now and giggle at the adventuresome time we had. There will be a lot of cool and fun stories about our transition to young, single kids to married world-travelers that we'll relay on this, so I hope you stay tuned and enjoy the ride with us. Take luck!
*I realize that was a run-on sentence to the fullest extent of the law. I shall now self-flagellate in recognition of my crimes.
On the road with SPiT LiKE THiS & Neimhain
Sam and I headed off to Leicester tonight to see SPiT LiKE THiS and Nemhain at the Leicester Square venue. We started to panic a bit because train stopped en route due to a car hitting a bridge but thankfully we weren't that late. After chuckling at some guy doing some really dire rapping we headed off in search of the venue (to get our bearings) and then went in search of food. Leicester is such a bleak depressing place but we managed to find a Pizza Hut (as I didn't fancy McNastys).
Once we were recharged we headed back to the venue. It was quite a nice place but we were very surprised to see that there was no advertising for the gig, not even a poster on the inside (let alone the outside). We had a quick chat with Vikki, Cyndi and Giles from SPiT LiKE THiS before proceedings started.
The "DJ" was very unimaginative, opting to just stick on a Cradle Of Filth CD for the duration (presumably because the Nemhain drummer used to be in Cradle Of Filth) and it was not a good move! First band on only played about three songs and then left the stage as there were no people there (other than two girls who were there friends) and the singer's voice was going so he wanted to rest it as they were about to go on a tour. The weirdest thing was them saying the promoter was a great guy (which he may well have been but his "promotion" left a lot to be desired!). Musically they were like a less good version of some of the screamcore bands that played on the Scuzz stage at Hellfire.
After the merciful release of the first band leaving the stage we had a chat with Mike and Donna (part of the SLT entourage) before the reason we were here hit the stage
SPIT LIKE THIS
These guys are so great. Despite there being only 10 people in the venue they still came out and put on a show as if it was sold out. As usual they played all the usual greats plus a couple of treats thrown in for good measure, namely Act Of God (played live for the first time ever) and then Sweet TranSMURFite (the Rocky Horror Show classic but with a Smurf theme which was hilarious)
See all the photos here: 010509SPiTLiKETHiSLeicesterSquare#
After SPiT LiKE THiS were done Sam and I went back and had another chat with Donna and then Vikki appeared brandishing a couple of beers for Sam and I which were very well received! In the absence of a bottle opener I tried to use my pen knife before Donna managed to get the top off with her teeth, despite me telling her it was a bad idea (but I was glad she managed it without any damage). Here she is just after removing the bottle top:
Following our drink we decided to give Nemhain some support even though we hadn't seen them before but it had to be done given the "huge" audience (which was still no more than ten!)
NEMHAIN
Nemhain were really good. Kind of like a Misfits-lite crossed with the Circle Jerks (not a great description but the best I could think if when writing this). I really enjoyed their set and was also impressed with the fact that played as if there weren't ten people there (although they did make lots of sarky comments for the benefit of the promoter)
See all the photos here: 010509NemhainLeicesterSquare#
After the gig we hung out with the bands and helped SPiT LiKE THiS load up the bus. Some mad photographer started snapping pics of the bands before they left and we were all dragged into the photo:
After the photo we then clambered aboard the SLT bus for the long drive back to Gatwick. The original plan was to get a lift back to Gatwick station then get the train to London and then two night buses over to Eltham to stay at Toni's mum's. As it was Toni had a moment of (very welcome) insanity and she drove to Gatwick airport to meet us and drive us back to Eltham.
Once we were recharged we headed back to the venue. It was quite a nice place but we were very surprised to see that there was no advertising for the gig, not even a poster on the inside (let alone the outside). We had a quick chat with Vikki, Cyndi and Giles from SPiT LiKE THiS before proceedings started.
The "DJ" was very unimaginative, opting to just stick on a Cradle Of Filth CD for the duration (presumably because the Nemhain drummer used to be in Cradle Of Filth) and it was not a good move! First band on only played about three songs and then left the stage as there were no people there (other than two girls who were there friends) and the singer's voice was going so he wanted to rest it as they were about to go on a tour. The weirdest thing was them saying the promoter was a great guy (which he may well have been but his "promotion" left a lot to be desired!). Musically they were like a less good version of some of the screamcore bands that played on the Scuzz stage at Hellfire.
After the merciful release of the first band leaving the stage we had a chat with Mike and Donna (part of the SLT entourage) before the reason we were here hit the stage
SPIT LIKE THIS
These guys are so great. Despite there being only 10 people in the venue they still came out and put on a show as if it was sold out. As usual they played all the usual greats plus a couple of treats thrown in for good measure, namely Act Of God (played live for the first time ever) and then Sweet TranSMURFite (the Rocky Horror Show classic but with a Smurf theme which was hilarious)
See all the photos here: 010509SPiTLiKETHiSLeicesterSquare#
After SPiT LiKE THiS were done Sam and I went back and had another chat with Donna and then Vikki appeared brandishing a couple of beers for Sam and I which were very well received! In the absence of a bottle opener I tried to use my pen knife before Donna managed to get the top off with her teeth, despite me telling her it was a bad idea (but I was glad she managed it without any damage). Here she is just after removing the bottle top:
Following our drink we decided to give Nemhain some support even though we hadn't seen them before but it had to be done given the "huge" audience (which was still no more than ten!)
NEMHAIN
Nemhain were really good. Kind of like a Misfits-lite crossed with the Circle Jerks (not a great description but the best I could think if when writing this). I really enjoyed their set and was also impressed with the fact that played as if there weren't ten people there (although they did make lots of sarky comments for the benefit of the promoter)
See all the photos here: 010509NemhainLeicesterSquare#
After the gig we hung out with the bands and helped SPiT LiKE THiS load up the bus. Some mad photographer started snapping pics of the bands before they left and we were all dragged into the photo:
After the photo we then clambered aboard the SLT bus for the long drive back to Gatwick. The original plan was to get a lift back to Gatwick station then get the train to London and then two night buses over to Eltham to stay at Toni's mum's. As it was Toni had a moment of (very welcome) insanity and she drove to Gatwick airport to meet us and drive us back to Eltham.
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