Friday Feast....and some old guys we saw last night!

So....I leave the computer alone for one day....ONE DAY....and what do I come back to find....Holy Moly Myrtle...I found 67 new posts in my GoogleReader...it's overflowing!!! Don't you people ever take a break?!?!?! Just kidding....not about the tons of reading I have to do tonight, but...the taking a rest part!!! :-D

Since I have so much reading to do tonight...and there are only so many hours that I can devote to this...I'm going to do the Friday Feast....it's quick, it's easy...and well, it's quick.
Here goes:


Appetizer
When someone smiles at you, do you smile back?
Du-uh....I smile back. Hell...I was probably already smiling !!!

Soup
Describe the flooring in your home. Do you have carpet, hardwood, vinyl, a mix?
We have 6 rooms in our house....3 are hard wood...but not the expensive kind...and 3 rooms are tatami...the woven mat flooring we have in Japan.

Salad
Write a sentence with only 5 words, but all of the words have to start with the first letter of your first name.
Delovely Debbie Derives Delight Dancing.


Main Course
Do you know anyone whose life has been touched by adoption?
I know quite a few people....those who have been adopted, those who have adopted...and those wanting to adopt. What a great way to share the love, huh?


Dessert
Name 2 blue things.
1. The sweatshirt I am wearing right now...it's a GAP one...with a hood.
2. The batik that is hanging on the wall right in front of me, behind my comptuer...with some really cool fish. My friend Rachel picked it up for me on her trip to Bali a very long time ago!!!

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Yesterday....the K-man and I went on the Express Train, about 1 hour and 45 minutes to Fukuoka (don't hurt yourselves trying to pronounce that..../foo-koo-oh-ka/) to a concert.
(Ergo, why I didn't blog or do anything on the computer yesterday!!!)

The K-man is a musician. Since he was about 15 years old, he has been a member of various bands. Though he is too busy now, he still has his "music room" where he plays guitar (think "guitar karaoke"!) on any one of the 8 that he has....sometimes he plays the ukulele, or keyboard...he even has a very small steel drum he got from "Santa" one year.

His first love is the Beatles...especially, George Harrison (Go on...ask me what Koji's middle name is....go on....it's Harrison!!! :-D ). After the Fab Four....pick any "progressive rock" band of the '70's (think Pink Floyd, Yes, Emerson/Lake and Palmer.....) and he will be able to tell you, not only members' names, but....particular instruments they played on certain albums, where they went after the band broke up....you name it...he can probably tell you about it. It's actually kind of freaky how he can do that!!!

Through the years, we have been to many a concert....the Eagles (2x), Eric Clapton (2x), Sting, Cyndi Lauper, Art Garfunkle, Neil Young, Crosby/Stills/Nash (2x), Queen (w/Bad Company lead singer Paul Rogers), Phil Collins...just to name a few.

But....progressive rock is still his favorite.
So.....when the group ASIA came to Japan for their new tour (Debbie: "They're still playing??")....of course, we got tickets!!!

Remember them?!?!? I barely did....but when they started playing, honey....I was clapping and singing...which always just thrills my husband to death...haHAhaHAhaHA!!! One of the highlights was when, as they were doing songs each member did from other bands, they did "Video Killed the Radio Star".....yes....we stood for that one!!! Okay...so that was a "highlight" for the 45-year-old group...the 50-and-older were rocking to "Roundabout"!!!

In Japanese, they have a word natsukashii....which translates to "nostalgic". I have always told students that I wasn't old enough to feel nostalgic...I was more like "Oh...I remember that song!". No more, my friends, no more....last night was a total nostalgic night!!!

Some observations:
*In the 2,000 plus member audience...I was the only foreigner.
*In that 2,000 plus member audience...there was only a handful of women. Seriously...this was the first concert I have ever been to where the line to the Men's' toilet was longer than that of the Women's'!!!
*Average age of the audience....maybe about 48-50...maybe.
*In the audience, there were men that came straight from work, long-haired rocker dudes (old, older and young alike), young guys who probably listened with their dads, and regular guys like the K-man.
*When it comes to 'progressive rock'.....I really don't understand the meaning of the words...I have been told the songs are like "volcanoes erupting, full of emotion and angst". OkaaaAAAaayy. I still don't really understand the meaning...oh well...it's usually got a good beat and I can dance to it!!

It's time to get the kitchen cleaned up from supper....and then I can do some reading...Heidi, my love, you are first on my list...I have neglected you...I'm so sorry!!!
Have a good Friday, all.....
...........and I will leave you with......this...from the concert last year, but still pretty much the same.....does this song bring back any memories?!?!?!
(*If you can't get the video...go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUf_2vf4OCs&feature=related )