Kiss My Knits!

Tonight was Emily’s spring program. Usually she sings the entire program to us for weeks beforehand, so we know exactly what’s coming, but this time she didn’t do that so we were surprised. Really surprised. Our daughter walked out on stage with a giant cardboard slice of pepperoni pizza around her neck! A starring role for our daughter? Wow! She and three or four other second graders went to the front of the group for one song and did this jumping twisting dance while wearing their pizza slices. What a hoot!

The other pizza slices were down front for the main program, and she was off to the side. I couldn’t figure out why, unless they were keeping her aside because they were worried about how she’d act. This isn’t a valid concern. She’s never ever had a problem in a performance of any kind. Later, we did find out why. She was a fill-in pizza slice. The person who was originally supposed to be the pizza slice didn’t come, so ten minutes before time, she got the part. The role of a lifetime! So she still had her original spot on the bleachers, she just got to take center stage for the semi-solo.

All I’m saying is that every year on the night of her Spring program it rains, and this year was no exception. One has to wonder if the rain kept the original pizza slice home. I don’t know how she’s doing it, but I’m pretty sure she’s been engineering her big break all along. It’s just like All About Eve, I tell you.

Two minutes after we were seated, I realized we’d forgotten the camera, so sadly I have no pictures of my daughter the deep dish pepperoni to show you. Just trust me. It was the cutest. thing. ever.

We finally got our takeout last night. We splurged and got stuff from Carrabbas and then stuffed our faces while watching TV. LOST continues to be good. And we’re enjoying DRIVE on Fox, although apparently its ratings aren’t that hot. Hey, I like a show that’s low-rated on Fox. There’s a shocker. Maybe this one won’t get the axe after six episodes, but I’m not holding my breath. I heard producer Tim Minear, he of Firefly (cancelled!), Wonderfalls (cancelled!), and The Inside (cancelled!) say that he’s learned his lesson and has structured the first season so the whole thing can be wrapped by episode 13, just in case. Shrewd guy. Let’s hope it’s not warranted this time.

This Sunday, the Bedlam Bards are playing in Charlotte. They’re a Celtic folk duo who cater to the Firefly crowd. They won Rennaissance Festival Awards Best Musical Group of 2006, so they’re not exclusively a Browncoat band. The performance is at Ri-Ra Irish pub uptown from 4-7. Apparently folks are starting to gear up for this, because I hear now there’ll be a costume contest. There’ll also be door prizes and a raffle, including, of course, a Jayne hat. This is an event organized by The Charlotte Browncoats and all proceeds will go to Equality Now.

It’s unusual to see the Bedlam Bards on the East Coast, but they’re touring nationally – I know they’re playing Raleigh just before Charlotte – so if you’re interested, check around.

Afterward there’ll be more Celtic music downstairs from a different, unrelated group. Not sure if I’ll stay for that or not. I can’t knit there, since I hear the place is hella smoky and I can’t exactly ship out Jayne hats that smell like ashtrays. Turtlegirl76 and illiane may be coming too. Apparently the Browncoats may also be taking the Bards out to Sir Edmund Halley’s restaurant and pub on Friday night, if the guys are in a “go out” mood. That sounds like a lot of fun, but the hubby has a regular Friday night commitment and I don’t know if I’ll make it. I need to catch up on my sleep anyway.

Speaking of music, tonight is our daughter’s Spring program. Grades K-2 will be performing, so this’ll be the last year with the little bitty kids. My baby, my baby!

I’ve finished up one project to go into the jar o’ joy and will work on the second today. After that, it’s just a matter of filling it up and shipping it out. I have several care packages to go, since I also picked up a few things for my knitting niece at Stitch’s going out of business sale. Her only local yarn store is WalMart, so I like to send a few things her way every now and then, just as a little treat.

And now, I’m off to get some more printer paper – printing out a hard copy of our tax return for my records killed both my paper supply and my inkjet cartridge – so I can post up a couple of flyers for the Bards concert. It’s for a good cause, it won’t kill me to post a few bills. Then back home for crafty goodness!