A Party Agenda

For New Years I was pleased to attend The Fenians New Years Party. If you haven't enjoyed their music you should make time to have a listen.

The high point of the evening for me was when I managed to get the girl from the back of the room to dance. My heart breaks to see someone at a party, not enjoying themselves. She was sitting at the back of room all by herself and just watching all the festivities with the loneliest look on her face. During "Wiskey in the Jar" I seduced her into joining the crowd jumping and shouting.

Later, as the evening wound down I won her to the dance floor again for a jig and spin. It was great clean fun. The Irish sure know how to party.

Christmas Party

Tonight I got to spend some time with my family at a Christmas party. One of my sisters and her family recently moved to another state and not having them around was a little weird. But my mom and dad stayed for quite a while which was cool.

My family has their quirks just like every family I suppose. The most notable from this evening is how loud we are. Everybody talking loud and making all sorts of noise. It was one part chaos and two parts mayhem.

Following our tradition, I took some cousins out for a movie and we saw "Unaccompanied Minors" which was actually pretty funny. A ridiculously cheesy ending, but a very hilarious romp until that part so it was easily overlooked. Lewis Black, one my favorite comedians, played with gusto and verve as was to be expected.

And by the way, big Congrats to my friend Dusty who just got engaged.