Well that was Weird
29Weird Al that is! I'm still riding high and had to share with someone, so you all are it! I've been to shows of all kinds, but I would say that Weird Al with my kid rules. He played songs from every point in his career and is an impeccable performer. It was the boy's first show, and he absolutely loved everything. The crowd was a mix of kids under ten who knew all the new stuff, to grannies and grandpas who just sat and smiled.
The really weird came before the show. It was at the fairgrounds, and we were heading into the petting zoo when we ran into some friends. My kid sees a big burly guy wearing an Amish Paradise shirt and tells him it's cool. The guy stops and asks if we're going. So we start chatting and our friends leave. He tells us that he's actually Weird Al's driver, and yep, there's his credentials. We walk through the petting zoo talking while my kid visits the animals. Then comes the point when he winks. I didn't acknowledge it, just kept talking. He tells me some of the crazy stuff that's happened, and right before my kid walks up, tells me that women also come with the job and winks again and touches my arm. I told my kid once we were outside the zoo. His reaction? "Mom, you could've used him to get me close to Al. Take one for the team, MOM!"
My precious child, folks. And now, I'll go picture crazy.
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My 'little' boy and I.
We almost had to find the kid a clean pair of pants, he laughed so hard when he found this derpy Scooby-Doo. I thought he'd never stop laughing.
I found @sohmageek!
Look, I found a purple octopus for @Barney !
@jaremelz Great story. Awesome pic of you two in front of the playbill.
@jaremelz Ha! Eat your heart out, @snapster.
(Edit: I bet you are a really cool mom, jaremelz)
@Barney Aww, thanks! I haven't really grown up in a few ways, and can't imagine ever doing so.
That goat sign, is a sign you are destined to be our next goat.
@mfladd Fuck you ever so much. I'll disappear before that happens. We all know I wouldn't do jack shit as goat. Because...
@jaremelz
@mfladd Up your ass with all that talk
@jaremelz for goat! Has a nice ring to it!
@sohmageek No, just no. I won't do a damn thing and I'll ruin the whole goat thing forever. Don't listen to @mfladd, he's just still sore.
@jaremelz any anti-campaign for goatery is basically a campaign for goatery
it's about time we get back to goatery as the punishment it's meant to be
@Lotsofgoats Sounds like you're volunteering... I'll remember that! :)
@sohmageek shuddup gote
Oh, I almost forgot! I had numerous compliments on the shirt, but two people who quite obviously knew meh saw it. One guy elbowed his companion and was pointing out that I was a meh fan.
We simply must work out this system of interview greetings.
@jaremelz I think the Breakfast Octopus 🐙 hand gesture eventually won out due to its sheer idiosyncrasy; it would never really be made for any other reason so it would have to be immediately recognizable as Meh. Here's @JonT demonstrating:
@jqubed .hem
@PocketBrain That's their internal website, probably.
Creepy
@jqubed It really was a strange encounter. And I should add that my kid didn't realize how bad what he said sounded until I started laughing hysterically. He stammered, "Uh, I meant use him to introduce us to Weird Al". Then we both dissolved into giggle fits.
Nice! Too funny that your son said you should "take one for the team." Hahaha! I couldn't tell you how many songs I cannot sing (with original lyrics) because the Weird Al version is too deeply ingrained. Especially any songs from Running with Scissors. Many older. A few newer. Glad you got to go and enjoy the show!
@christinewas It's the same for me, and I suppose many others. I loved what a crazy mixed bag the audience was.
@christinewas Eat It! Number 1.
@Teripie His energy is insane. He's got me by over a decade and flies around the stage like a teenager. Amazing.
@christinewas Huey Lewis made more money off the Weird Al parody "I Want a New Duck" than he made off of the original "I Want a New Drug". What helped is having the parody on the same album as "Eat It"
Glad you both had a great time even without "taking one for the team." Interesting that the driver chose the petting zoo as the spot to pick up women. Guess it's true that people find love in the most unexpected places.
@beachbum Yeah, amongst the piglets and the baby goats, he's looking for chicks.
@jaremelz I love the date in the background... :) IT's my little man's 1st birthday today! :) also.. I love the goat!
@sohmageek Happy Birthday Little Sohma!
@sohmageek Aww, happy birthday to the wee one!
Cool mom, cool story (well, maybe not the 'wink' portion).
"One of these Scoobies is not like the others..."
p.s. that is one kick-ass Star Wars shirt!
@gregormehndel Can you believe I found that at a thrift store for $2?
@jaremelz What the what?! I wanna shop where you shop. Besides and in addition to here.
@gregormehndel I bought it for myself, but he jumped on it so fast, it was claimed.
great story and great pic of you both. you're rocking that meh shirt! and i agree with the previous poster, that star wars shirt is pure awesome!
i too nominate @jaremelz for october goathood. i think you're destined for it. let's face it, Weird Al, Weird Al's driver trying to pick you up, a breakfast octopus (and purple even!). the only thing left is goatdom.
@carl669 Fuck yeah!
@carl669 @jaremelz says.....
@mfladd There are days I just hate you a little more
And @carl669
@jaremelz see... you've already got this goat thing nailed down.
@carl669 October goat for sure. Don't forget the great goat tale book and narration and the fact that she is wearing the Meh shirt at a concert. This one is a no-brainer
@readnj @carl669 You people are going to be hugely disappointed, you realize that, don't you? Then again, that's the goal.
@jaremelz think of it as something like this....
@jaremelz It sounds like you are beginning to accept your fate. Congratulations. You're going to be far greater than you mean to be.
@christinewas These people are under the impression I'll actually do something if it happens. I'll be bringing it back to utter mediocrity. As it should be!
I'm just curious to see if @mfladd is man enough to do the nominating. I have serious doubts.
What a great time! I would have loved to see him again but heck, I am cheap...
@tightwad The ticket price sure was tough to swallow. But this kid of mine went through a lot of hell this summer from his accident. He needed this. And so did I.
I saw Weird Al at this same venue on his last tour (Alpocalypse)! It was hugely fun.
@matthew He's definitely been at this long enough to have it all down, but hasn't become lazy in the least.
Love this. I want to come to Washington and hang out with you. Bring the kid, he seems cool too!
@cinoclav Come to the PNW, we have beer and concerts and strangeness all over the place.
And that kid is crazy cool. Until he talks to girls (thank goodness!)
@jaremelz wait...was this at the Puyallup? oh man... i didn't know! i live in Kent and would have loved to have gone! i'm actually taking the kiddo this weekend, but just for the kid's rides. no concerts or anything.
@jaremelz Well, I've been considering another ski trip to Whistler. Maybe it'll have to start a little lower. But I want to stop at Irk's house too!
@cinoclav Irk's house is a must! But if you end up in my neck of the woods, we'll have to get a beer!
@carl669 It was! That's too funny, I have meh neighbors everywhere. It's a good fair to hit.
@jaremelz jeez...you could at least call your meh neighbors and let them know of the awesomeness that's occurring at the fair.
@carl669 I'm trying a new thing, here. Is this how you hang your head in shame? Am I doing it right?
@jaremelz doesn't suit you...pick it up.
@mfladd
@jaremelz more like this
The goat is anointing you for next month.
@jaremelz close enough i suppose. i expect my phone to ring next time you go to something cool like that.
@carl669 I hope you've got your end of the tin can and string ready then! The meh hotline couldn't be anything but that.
@mfladd If you mean a certain OLD goat, no one listens to him anyway.
@jaremelz I am not licking you ...ewwwwww. ;)
@jaremelz done. i put the other end of the string outside work. just come and grab it and run it to your house.
@carl669 You got it, the hotline will go live soon!
@jaremelz oh joyous day!
@mfladd You're one twisted freak
@jaremelz
@mfladd
@jaremelz That ain't right
@mfladd Let me help you out with that
@jaremelz thanks, that's better, bitch!
What am I a giant tribble?! You smell like a Klingon!
@mfladd Nice RABBIT, try again
say that again....he says he is a cat, want to disagree?
@mfladd Nice rabbit, makes for a good hat.
@jaremelz I will put you down....
@mfladd Not if I choke you out first! Sleep now, bunny.
@mfladd goat licks @jaremelz cat... @jaramelz cat cuddles @mfladd bunny. Cloaked in the language of hatred. Just an average day in the forum.
@christinewas @jaremelz again I am the villian?
@mfladd Ahem, who's that tied to the tracks?
@mfladd I think licking is more indicative of a lack of self-control than villainy. You... show affection in really bizarre ways. But that's just my opinion.
@christinewas Does that make me the villain? I mean, I consider any of my actions post-licking to be excusable, but if I'm the villain, I'm comfortable with that role.
@jaremelz Haha! And you would be justified in any kind of response. But I wouldn't call you the villain either. You both use "cold prickly" language, but your attempts to lash out at one another end up looking a lot like "warm fuzzies".
@christinewas ok, I did have the more gruesome and violent posts so I will take respns.... wait ....it is @sohamgeeks fault. Yup.
@mfladd I'm sorry.
@christinewas re: warm fuzzies
@christinewas @jaremelz This is Thunderdome!
Where's JonT's "KITH" pic?
@christinewas
@jaremelz BTW, you are the black "soulless" kitten trying to escape and then being pummeled.
@mfladd Those fuzzy kittens are NOT helping! And the little dark soulless one is just giving you a false sense of security
@mfladd Once again... I just see a couple of kittens who love each other. (Ha! As @jaremelz pretty much predicted before my cat got off my arms so I could hit send.)
@christinewas You take that back! (although I could never be mad at you!) But if you still think that...
@mfladd This thread has turned...
@jaremelz @mfladd @christinewas
@jqubed
@christinewas say that again and I will put you in a choke hold
@mfladd Did you just threaten to hug me? Because the black kitten looks fine.
@christinewas actually he is being choked out. Don't try to bring a cute factor to into it!
@mfladd I don't even have to try. They're kittens. KITTENS!
@christinewas Notice how when he wants it to fit his purposes, he calls them cute? Now he's trying to be all lethal. Silly kitty.
@jaremelz This has gone too far and we should "bury the hatchet" so to speak. Why don't you hang around while I swing.
@mfladd Sure, we can bury the hatchet. C'mere.
@jaremelz try to be nice and what does it get you.
@mfladd I promise not to give you what's coming to you, if you stop asking for it.
@jaremelz how about...
@mfladd Clearly it's time, you've nothing left. Poor lamb.
@jaremelz This tells me one thing. You are GOAT material. An evil goat, but goat none the less. So it doesn't sting so much I will ask @carl669 to fucking nominate you when it is time.
@mfladd For a old goat who wants me to be goated so desperately, why aren't you man enough to do the dirty work? Hmm, if you need others to do the work, your weapon must be tiny.
@jaremelz Dirty Deeds (my job is done already)
@mfladd I'm the dirty deeds. You're just dirt cheap. You're still not the one to goat me, but keep thinking you are, it's cute.
@jaremelz @mfladd if it helps, there's bacon over at Sunbreak Cafe. let's all sit down for breakfast and resolve this goat thing like civilized bacon eaters.
@carl669 Mmmm, bacon. That sounds like the greatest thing ever right now. Can I have pancakes, too?
@jaremelz yes. yes you can. and they also have this banana bread that is absolutely amazeballs. they graciously warm it up and douse it in butter when they serve it. O. M. G. in case you've never been, it's in downtown auburn, right across from the train station.
@carl669 You're killing me. That sounds out of this world. But at least unlike others who might post about food, this place is actually close enough to go to! Thanks for the recommendation, I've saved the name. Only I want it now.
@jaremelz the place is a bit pricey, but the amount of food you get is ridiculous. it gets pretty packed for breakfast on the weekends. so, if you can go during the week, i'd recommend it. they also do carry out orders. i'm a big fan of the meat omelette (bacon, polish sausage and sausage + cheddar). it comes with about a pound of hash browns and your choice of bread (of course, choose the banana bread... it's a GIANT piece).
well shit. now i'm hungry as well.
@carl669 Your bacony peace offering has turned against you! It sounds as if it's easily worth the price though. When it's justifiable, I don't mind. I'll probably check it out midweek next week. But for now, I must suffer with homemade waffles I guess. But there is no bacon. Damn you.
@jaremelz i think that's the first time bacon has turned against me. i should seek vengeance by eating a couple packs of it this weekend.
@carl669 Damn straight. Show that bacon who's the boss! I'm about to go to lunch at a nice place with my mother in law. If there's anything bacon on the menu, it's going down like Leeloo eating turkey in Fifth Element.
Saw Weird All when he was in Buffalo before he headed up to Canada. Best. Concert. Ever. And I've seen a lot of concerts. Sang along with every song, ended up bootleg videoing the entire thing, and even sent a copy of the Polka medley to my VERY Polish in-laws and said "Try playing the damned thing [the accordian] like this!"
They loved it.
Glad you enjoyed.