Particle Man ... Particle Man ... Doing the things that a particle can ...

wednesday night i went to ramshead live in baltimore to see They Might Be Giants with jamie, terri and theresa. we decided that we wanted to eat before the concert which was a fabulous idea as we were all hungry. so, i met up with jamie at his place around 4:30 and we hop in the car, queueing up some pre-concert TMBG to get us more in the mood, though i was already in the mood ... i love TMBG!

anyway, so we stop off at theresa's place which looks like one of those kitchy ikea-esque stores with the random items scattered about the place (decorative luggage with travel stickers, plates on the walls, lots of wood and leather, you get the point.) i mean, the house was very cute, but i was definitely expecting someone to come up to me and ask me if i needed help finding something.

me: oh, no thanks. i'm just browsing.

so, we pile into the car and, still listening to TMBG, drive to ramshead live and we park in the parking garage on, wait for it .... gay street! you wanna know how i knew it was gay street? even the buildings looked bitchy.

we meet miss. terri out front of ramshead live and we go in, produce out tickets, get stamped and are led upstairs where, will wonders never cease, we run into jamie's sister and her new husband. we get this cute waitress named kimberly and boy was she saucy. of course, jamie had to ask her how her fish taco tasted. she found quite a bit of humor with that until she unloaded her piche on the table for all to see. ok, so that last part didn't happen, but i wouldn't put it past some of these baltimorons.

ok, so we order our food--starting off with slices of deep fried heaven (potato skin things)--and then we get our entrees which we received before jamie's sister and her beau (they ordered a while before us) and even before TMBG was served! woot! we're VIPs, baby! my steak was a bit tough and i found a nice chunk of gristle in the middle while the bed of garlic mashers left much to be desired. however, the beers were good so i think i filled up on those. i went outside to have a cigarette right after i ate and when i came back in i found the door locked. OH NO! i didn't know what to do, so i asked a passing waitress how to get back upstairs and i informed her that it was locked. she went and got a hot security guy to lead me upstairs and as i was walking through the auditorium, i got to see john and john walking through to their area. it was cool!

fast forward a bit ...
we stood up on the balcony watching the crowd below us and, being the catty bitches we are, made fun of the people on the first floor because, well ... that's how we roll. off to the side, down by the sound booth, a guy wearing an 'army' shirt was all but putting his thing inside his girlfriend and the two of them together looked like they met at an "ugly-singles speed dating." i don't mean to make fun of people's looks and had they not been groping each other the way they were, i probably wouldn't have been disgusted by them and their lack of couth. ANYway ...

the concert is opened by oppenheimer and they were really good and then TMBG came on. they stated in the beginning they would be playing songs from their new album and 'the spine' and we took that to mean they would only be playing newer stuff. i must admit i was a bit disappointed as i really wanted to hear some of their older songs. they certainly didn't disappoint. their second song of the night was "birdhouse in your soul," which i love!

um, what else. oh yeah, i got hit on by the female bartender, which is fun. she was cute but missing one key ingredient for THIS gay pie.

long story short (too late, i know!) ... i had an amazing time at the concert! i got to see TMBG again and i love them and we are probably going to see them in D.C. when they come back in november! i'm so glad i got to spend time with jamie, terri and theresa and tracy and her beau! thank you guys for making it a great concert!

<3 you!