OLP concert

I saw OLP in concert, which I can say was both very good and very bad in its own way. It was definitely a fun night out with my sister, plus it was the kick off to my vacation week. WOO HOOOOO!

The venue was not the best for this band. I don't think the event organizers realized the crowd that this band would draw. Major long lines to a) buy drink tickets, b) get your drink, and c) pee. Just to give you an example, I spent the last half of the concert waiting in line for a port-a-potty. Thank God I only had one beer.

The sound sucked for a band with such a complex sound. It really didn't do their music justice. The farther you got from the stage the more unrecognizable the song was. Not good. HOWEVER....

I felt awesome energy in the crowd. Some real OLP lovers danced to every song and others sang and rocked along. I love how music erases differences in age, race, appearance...it unites us all.

My sister and I were a bit older than most of the people in the crowd. But this was ok with me because most of the audience was male. And there's no better place to be squished up against others than in such a testosterone rich environment as that. Ooooh baby.

tune of the month - 4am by OLP

This is a good ol Canadian band singing one of their greatest tunes IMHO. It just happens I will be seeing them live in July... WOOHOO... can't wait! Enjoy.

clytie waited

Waited

Hit the ground
Weighed down again
You walked out
But I'm sure you're my friend

It must have been good
This can't be for good
Everyone's...Is everyone ok

I waited, oh I waited
But I must be too dumb to be proud
Because I waited, waited

Woke to sounds
I prayed you were there
I fell back down
But I'm sure you still care

It must have been good
This can't be for good
Everyone's...Is everyone ok

I waited, oh I waited
But I must be too dumb to be proud
Because I waited, waited

This song by Our Lady Peace touches me. So does the story of Clytie. They remind me of Cam, how our relationship ended this year, and how I eventually saw the light. I thought he was the love of my life.

Clytie was a mythical character, a water nymph. She was in love with Apollo, the god of light and sun, who was also in love with her at one time. For reasons she couldn't accept, his love turned away from her towards someone else. She continued to pine for him, sitting on the cold ground and refusing any food or drink for nine days. She was sustained by her tears and the dew from the grass surrounding her.

Every dawn she gazed toward the sun, following it (him) through the hours till sunset. She was fixed on the thought and the sight of him. They say her limbs rooted in the ground, her face became a sunflower, which turns on its stem to face the sun throughout the day.
She waited.
Too long.