Weezer your last breath
Know what happens in just over 1 month ladies and gents? If you guessed "Weezer is coming to Minneapolis (First Avenue to be more precise," you would be correct! For those who are still lost, Weezer is a band---a rocking good band. I shant delve into the quest of how the tickets were acquired; I was not present, so it is not my place (check out Music Apologist's blog for the details). I shall only say that I was filled with excitement when I was informed Weezer was touring, suffered feelings of nervousness while I waited to hear if tickets were bought, and then danced with joy when I heard of the buying.
Now this is going to be my first actual concert that I've gone to, and I look forward to it. Some goodness and some badness about it though; Weezer is playing on May 3rd. The Goodness? Pashcha is May 1st, so the happiness of that weekend will be even more enhanced. The Badness? I have a final paper due May 5th, and basically at around that time, finals start---so it could be a rough week.
On the subject of concerts, I have another dilemma of sorts. See, I'm a big fan of The Offspring. As it turns out, they're actually performing with the Vans' Warped Tour. Thus, The Offspring will be playing here in Minneapolis (at the Metrodome). Is there a problem? Of course! The day they perform happens to be July 24, my sister's birthday. Now in my family, your actual birthday is kind of spent with the family; then some other day you go out with friends. So yeah, even if that wasn't the case, I'd still feel bad about leaving to do something on her birthday. Obviously, I must discuss this with her...
One my last note, I suffered my first blog-related accident. My chips and cheese were finished being microwaved whilst I was typing this entry. I wanted to finish my thoughts, so I let them [the chips & cheese] sit there a minute or two; by the time I got to it, the grease had gotten hard, and sort of ruined my meal. The food was still tasty, and I ate heartily, but I lamented to myself that I put typing above sustenance.
But that's all for now...fencing tournament at Michigan State this weekend. I look forward to it, but I'll be glad when it's done (so much work!). That said, I'll still and try post this week, but there's just the tinies of chances I won't. Expect one detailing my [hopefully] stunning victories though.
posted by adam @ 8:10 PM
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6 Comments:
Ooooo...your first professional musican rock conert, eh? Well, I hope you have fun and can relate some good stories as I can (...such as body surfing, fights breaking out in front of you, etc.). Also you can look forward to not being able to hear for the following week, so all that rings in your ears is the sound of Weezer!!!
You used a present participle as the object of the preposition? and you call yourself an english major, shameful.
Yeah, I'm thinking I might actually bring earplugs this time. Just for the starting bands though. Assuming they're bad. Then Weezer can have my un-tainted ears to do with as they wish.
Dear Anonymous (who I believe to be Daniel),
For the title of my post, I was playing on the whole "he weezed his last breath," except I modified it a bit. Yes, I realize it's not correct grammar, but hey. On a side note, I'll be posting my own ideas/views on the English field shortly.
But thanks for the tip; I did learn from it.
You can use a verb with the -ing ending as a noun (called a gerund) in some circumstances, but it must be used obviously as a noun (the buying is indiscriminate) and with an object or prepositional phrase whenever a definite article is used.
Examples:
Her passion is swimming.
I was pleased to hear of the buying of tickets.
The student gathered signatures for increasing the hours of the library.
Bah, correct grammar is for suckers.
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