For one, yes, Zokusho and I are still together. I need not say more on that!!
Meanwhile, it's People Week at work. It's also the start of remodeling at my store, so it's been a very, VERY hectic Monday so far.
Unfortunately, I no longer have wifi at the apartment. So every now and then, when I feel like the back could use a couple of extra pounds on it, I take the laptop either to the Bistro or to work to use the wifi there. Yeah, I know, it kinda sucks, or else I'd use it more. However, for the most part I can be found on Facebook with the mobile phone, and that's been how my latest updates got sent out to all the world. Yay. LOL!
And, one last thing--if you are a synth-pop fan... if you get the chance to, add "Go see OMD live in concert" to your bucket list. This past Saturday night I caught them live for the first time, ever--and they. f#%king. RULE!!! They were nothing short of awesome, and not a single weak song in the set list. They played the absolute classics like "Enola Gay," "If You Leave," "So In Love," "Tesla Girls," "Dreaming" and my favorite, "Maid of Orleans." They played "Secret" live for the first time in 23 years. And the final encore was "Electricity!" Andy McCluskey was practically ELECTRIFYING on stage--he kept the crowd going all the way through! [And for someone at 52, he is just ACE!!]
In all actuality, the band was just incredible live. Got it all tight and all that good stuff. Didn't miss a beat or anything. And Andy!? He went and got close to the crowd front and center! He even wiped some sweat off on some OMD T-shirts the fans handed to him... I guess it must be an OMD-fan thing. Never seen that stuff before until Saturday night. But I thought it was pretty freggin' cool--and then, it was my turn!
See, what-all happened was that, Friday afternoon/evening I decorated a white tank-top and handkerchief. The tank-top says "Joan of Arc still has a Heart!" and the handkerchief has a red-outlined, blue-filled fleur-de-lis on it. The handkerchief was meant to be symbolic of Joan of Arc's banner--and obviously, I did both of them for "Maid of Orleans."
Sooo, back to this. I don't know which song it was but, at one point during the song Andy was close enough that I extended the handkerchief out to him and... [here comes my squee moment] he took it and wiped some sweat on it, held it to his heart while crooning at me no less, and handed it back.
*ahem*
*SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHEEEYYYYYYYY!!!!*
...uhm, yeah. I was a speechless, awestruck, but very happy fan. But, HEY! it gets better!!
No, seriously. It does.
So Zokusho-chan and I--yes, Zokusho and I went to the show!--were still somewhere in Cloud 12 after the gig, and overhearing a fan give a note on where to find the tour bus, we went to complete the last-minute second half of Operation OMD and that, was to find the tour bus! He, I, and a small handful [like, some 30 or 40 of us out of the whole damn venueful!] got to the tour bus and met Andy and Paul, the nucleus of OMD themselves. I kid you not when I say, these two gentlemen are by far the most down-to-earth lads you could ever come across! Stupendously delightful to be around!! And they even signed my and Zokusho's tickets, as well as my handkerchief! [Next blogpost, I promise it'll be sooner--and there WILL be a picture of my ticket and handkerchief posted!!]
And, Andy was nothing short of wonderful to smile for a picture! [Big THANK YOU!!! to Zokusho-chan for this...]
Needless to say, I am still in *squee!*-mode about it. It just doesn't get any better than this. And as my friend Maura noted, "Not every day you get to meet a synth-pop legend!" I can gladly agree and attest to that--and I'm sure Zokusho-chan can too!!
So in love with my new favorite band... *sigh*
~ me
