Happy Birthday
Last night I went to see The Birthday Massacre in Hackensack. The show was at
the School of Rock which is a rather small, intimate venue.
The first act was September Mourning. I thought they were pretty good. I got to
speak to Emily and Chris from the band later in the evening and they seemed
like pretty cool people.
Dommin was the next band up. The singer's got a pretty good voice and the
bassist was really good. They played a cover of Depeche Mode's "People are
People" and it was pretty good.
I was a little less than impressed with I Am Ghost. They weren't bad, but I
couldn't get into them.
Early in the evening, before Dommin's set I went to the merchandise table and
picked up two new shirts. Now I have TBM shirts that fit! I also picked up a
copy of the new live album
Show and Tell. Zimmy couldn't make it this
tour, but Michelle, the girl who took his place, was just as awesome as he was.
The Birthday Massacre was great. They played a good mix from their albums
including songs from their three albums and the Looking Glass EP.
If you care (or even if you don't), their set list follows:
- Red Stars
- Goodnight
- Falling Down
- Play Dead
- Weekend
- Shiver
- To Die For
- Lovers End
- Remember Me
- Video Kid
- Violet
- Looking Glass
- I Think We're Alone Now
- Walking With Strangers
- Blue
- Happy Birthday
They didn't play my favorite song, "Broken," but I was not disappointed in the
set at all.
After the show they came out to meet the fans. I was able to get their new live
album signed by Falcore, Oen, Rainbow, and Chibi. The latter three also
autographed the photos I had taken with them last year and they were pretty
nice about it.
Not that anyone really cares, but these are the photos my friend took. If you view
the full version, be warned that I'm in the photos too.
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Run as One 4M
This was an awesome day!
Last week's Scotland 10K went horribly wrong due to a bit of poisoning
at the hands of Macaroni Grill (40% of our team got sick!).
Today, however, was awesome!
Today's course was the same as the Run for the Parks which was my
personal record... Until today! I finished in 26:55, shaving 26 seconds
off my previous best.
My new best pace is 6:43/mile with an AG performance of 62.6%.
After the race we ran into Mr. G! We talked to him and he said he'd talk
about the race (and mention our team) on the radio tomorrow morning!
(How cool is that?!)
This evening I registered for my volunteer duties with the NYRR, which
will complete my qualification for the NYC 2010 marathon. After that I
registered for Philadelphia 2009 which will be my first marathon.
Today was pretty good.
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Run for the Parks 4M
This was an awesome day!
I ran in the New York Run for the Parks 4M this morning in Central Park.
My last four mile race was the Grid Iron Classic back in February where
I finished with a time of 29:12 and an AG Performance % of 57.7. (I'm at
that age where my actual time is the same as my AG time).
I really wanted to try and beat that but my IT-band had been acting up
earlier in the week so I was pretty nervous and sure it wouldn't happen.
I woke up this morning and felt pretty good. I did some core training
and light weight lifting and then left for the race with my teammates,
feeling a little more optimistic.
I ended up having a really good first mile, running about a 7:09 pace. I
picked it up a bit and ended up finishing in 27:21 and achieved an AG
performance of 61.6%, beating my last 4M by 1:51.
My new best pace is 6:50/mile, down from 7:05, and I've reached the
"local class" achievement level.
It feels so good and I have my friends to thank for this. They convinced
me to run with them last year and my life has been completely
transformed since then. I've thanked them multiple times for what they
did, but I don't know if they'll ever know how much it really means to
me.
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