OK Go - The Adventures

Well, Thanksgiving vacation sure was nice. For a couple of occasions.

First, we had a four day weekend (much needed after a month of 50+ hour weeks). Secondly, I got to cook, as you saw in the last post. Third, we hosted a dinner party - yes, we're officially "adults." Fourth, Rob and I rotted our brains on video games for literally  whole day - from when we woke up to when we ate dinner. Fifth, we got to see OK Go in concert at Club Nokia.

Let me sum up OK Go based on UrbanDictionary's description of the band: the perfect blend of sex and nerd a band could ever have.


Well, isn't that just lovely! They're a great band, with even more incredible music videos - if you have a chance, youtube anything by them (videos) and you will be amazed. I promise.

The night itself was guaranteed to be awesome from the start. I hadn't seen Rob so excited in a long time and when he gets excited, you know its going to be an interesting time.

I'm doing my thing and getting ready, and he comes into my room and asks "what do you want to drink?" I really didn't care and assumed I'd be the one driving, so I said "whatever, it's up to you." Ok, that was a big mistake.

Our plan had always been get to the theater, drink a little in the parking lot, so we wouldn't need to drop a serious amount of money at the overly-priced bad inside. Rob's plan was to bring a flask to the concert - I wasn't feeling the straight whiskey that night as my body was still semi-aching from it from the prior night. Instead, we leave the apartment and he has a nalgene with him. I'm instructed to stop at Ralph's so we can get ginger ale and we'd be good. Along with the soda, I bought a raspberry lambic (a dutch beer which is awesome and I haven't seen since shopping in Wegmans. Yes, I indulged).

Driving there, I wanted to open it to smell it - since it is a flash fermented beer, which has a tangy, fruity smell to it - right up m alley, if you know what I'm saying. But, since it had been such a long time, I forgot it is bottled with a cock. Well shit - I only have a bottle opener, so I proceed to smash the cork into the bottle, which eventually worked, but it was a bitch to drink, since every time I tried to sip from it, the cork wold just re-plug the neck of the bottle.

I know, I know, not the smartest plan I've ever hatched, but it was kind of on a whim, so cut me some slack.

And so you don't think I was doing this WHILE driving, Rob drove to the concert, I drove home.

So after I succeed in my cork adventure, I decided to mix the ginger ale with the whiskey. It didn't look good. It didn't smell good. Hell, the concept of it didn't even sound good. I loved a good whiskey ginger, but not when the proportions are as messed up as they were that night.

Anywho, we park in some underground garage and begin sippin' on our dranks. My lambic was good - and after drinking a whine bottle full of beer, I was feelin' tipsy. Yay - perfect concert mode.

Rob then taps me on the shoulder and passes me the nalgene. By God, that shit was devil water! It didn't even taste like whiskey, but it just burned! Pure swill. Ugh, disgusting.

Regardless, being who we are, Rob and I finished it and away we went! Both feeling happy, we were walking through the empty garage, singing to the Michael Jackson song be played on the radio (I believe Smooth Criminal), dancing, grabbing ourselves, twirling, and letting out the "ooooohhh!" "blanket!" and  other random MJ noises, "ch-ch-chowww, don't metcha don't chaaa."

We must of looked like assholes - simply, because, we were.

The opening band sucked. Pure garbage. The woman had a great voice, but she didn't sing into the mic. Honestly, what the fuck to you think it is there for? Look? We can't hear you if you don't use it!

But, to sum them up, we knew they ere going to be bad when she played a song or two, then walked up to the mic and said "so...I hear it's raining outside. Here's out next song"

Simultaneously, Rob and I both though, "shit, we have to deal with another 7 songs."

Um, yeah, it's raining. Whoopidy fucking do. Deep thinker we had in that one.

Anywho, OK Go was awesome. They came into the crowd a couple times, had laser pointers strapped to their guitars, and even showed one of their music videos in 3D - after handing out complimentary...red and blue old school 3D glasses!  Totally awesome.

Oh, right, they also had confetti cannons which they used the. whole. show.

Check out some pics...

Oh - and we made gingerbread cookies!  Rob's company, Bad Robot, had put together gingerbread making kits as a holiday gift.

The company logo is:

And my "Bad Ginger Bot" is: