So we went to see Cher. And Cyndi Lauper.
Yes, I know you’re all jealous. It was fabulous. She was fabulous. She said so herself. She is, after all, an icon. She can say whatever she wants, and she was right about that one.
Cyndi wasn’t bad herself. And I mean herself. Cher was surrounded by backup dancers, she had costume changes, and sequins galore. Cyndi was just Cyndi and a band.
And she held her own. She can still belt it.
But Cher was my favorite. And she sang all my favorites! Except Bang Bang, that one she skipped but that’s okay.
She made up for it with some good one-liners. Here are a few of my favorites:
Gonna squeeze this show in cause I’m off to Valentino's...
Hope you took your heart pills cause I’m coming out.
With just a piece of dental floss to keep me from plunging to my death…at 68.
What’s your granny doing tonight?
Been a gazillion years since my first Farewell Tour, and I was really old then.
People ask, is this your last farewell tour? Well shit, I can’t come back I’ll be dead. And well, some of you will be too.
I pissed off half the young female singers in this universe by saying "follow this bitches!"
I’ve been drinking this forever…Eisenhower was president. (about Dr. Pepper)
It's it's a white wine spritzer. Or a white trash white wine spritzer.
This sad-ass little cooler... (apparently that's an inappropriate gift for an icon)
And I’m so fabulous.
Why do you sit up there, you can’t see shit! and also the party is down here...
Here are some cool pics as well. Keep in mind we were way up there in the stands.
Cyndi Lauper
And the fabulous Cher
I should have taken a picture of the drunk chick in front of us. She was a fantastic dancer. Not really. Way off the beat. And it was more like swaying with random arm movements than actual dancing. I'm surprised she was still standing by the end of the night, but it was quite enjoyable to watch.
So, let me reiterate, Cher is fabulous and will remain fabulous. And I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a third farewell tour since every time she said this was her last one she winked and had her fingers crossed.
One way to stay in shape – though the dancers did most of the actual dancing.
Anyway, I went to see her with the boyfriend and my sisters. We had a lot of fun dancing it up. Second Sister and I got pretty into it, but the boyfriend and Oldest Sister joined in on occasion.
Mom and the Cool Aunt were there also, practically on the opposite side we were so there was a lot of waving going on.
The whole weekend was a lot of fun. The next day the boyfriend and I hit up the races – went to the pit after and met some of the drivers so that was fun. I still need a shirt that I can wear when I go to see the BFF as she is taking me to the races as well.
I know, how we both got sucked into those I’ll never know. I can’t come up with a valid explanation as it is other than our boyfriends are hooked and we’re supportive people. Mostly.
So that was this weekend. Oh and we watched a crap ton of Forensic Files as it was marathoned all weekend. It’s the boyfriend’s new favorite show even though it stopped airing new ones in 2010. Interesting stuff.
The weekend before that was fun too cause it was Juwanna’s wedding!
The boyfriend was out of town so I took SMO as my date. We danced the night away. I joked though because every wedding you go to everyone gets all choked up at the vows, nope, not Juwanna. She laughed her way through. I was so proud.
But everyone said the right name so it worked out.
It was pretty much a high school reunion so I got to see a lot of my old friends and some cool teachers too.
Even convinced one of them to hit up the photo booth with me. “Only cause it’s you.” Aw, I felt special. SuperHumann. She was my rock all through high school. And the reason I wanted to teach high school English. Before I went to college and said “screw that” that is.
Too many hoops to jump through. Plus me and children just don’t mix.
Good thing I work at a library and direct a youth camp, huh?
Joking.
Anyway, the wedding was great. We ate lots of food and danced the night away. Afterward SMO stayed over at my place and we jammed out for the weekend.
Was a nice and relaxing holiday.
Those are the big ones. I’m trying to think of other stuff…TAB Web Series is completed and up on the teen section of the library’s website…summer reading has started and work is overloaded with people…hmmmm… oh, the storms.
Tuesday was like storm central here so I ended up crashing with Oldest Sister since she has a basement and I don’t. But I left my cat at the apartment cause she has a dog. Does that make me a bad person?
Scale of Awesome’s for you:
The Neighbors
2/10 I officially hate Seth Rogan. So does the boyfriend. We hated him before this but we saw that good people were in this one so we gave it a chance. Oh my god, just no. Don’t do it, it’s that bad. Though not as bad as This Is The End.
Her
4/10 I feel bad for saying that cause I like the idea of the movie, I just don’t like how it turned out.
Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug
6/10 Better than the first one but I still feel like they’re dragging these out so they can make as many movies as possible.
Monuments Men
6/10 Also just okay. I was hoping for better, though it did have its moments.
Songs of the Week:
Don't Stop - 5 Seconds of Summer
diggin' it.
and of course...
Believe - Cher
my favorite of all of hers - followed closely by If I Could Turn Back Time, but that's mostly cause of this scene here:
tioooommme....
and i'm out.
