Trans Siberian Orchestra Concert Tonight

As I write this, the crew for the rock band Trans Siberian Orchestra are unloading 19 semi trucks of concert equipment for tonights concert at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.

These guys put on a spectacular Christmas rock concert and we'll be seeing them for the first time live tonight. I've seen them on dvd and that blew me away so I'm looking forward to finally seeing them in person.

Maybe, just maybe the show might get me into the Chistmas spirit. I doubt it though.

Now that Mom is gone there is a void for me, especially this time of year. Everytime I hear some Christmas music on the radio I can't help but think of her.

It makes me think of other people who have lost loved ones and are going through a rough time this time of year. I think of all the troops who are away from their families this holiday season, people who are going through hard times.... so far there doesn't seem to be much Christmas spirit this year by the lack of Christmas lights displayed on houses.

I miss the old days.

I'll drop by here and give my review of tonights show in the next few days.

Watching the Dog Whisperer in the Windy City.

We spent the holiday weekend in Chicago. Boy, does that get expensive! Glad to be back home. We took the Amtrak train there and back and really didn't have any problems at all. The train ran on schedule both ways considering it was completely sold out on the way home, mostly with MSU students returning back to campus after the holiday break.

We put Cuervo in a kennel for the weekend. He wasn't to happy about it either when I left him.
I went to pick him up at 6:30 this morning and his "babysitter" told me he was a gem the entire time. He was soooo happy to see me and tell me all about his ordeal. He ate good but doesn't look like he slept very well. As of right now he's crashed on his couch catching up with his zzzzz's.
There is nothing quite like the excitement your dog displays when he hasn't seen you in a few days. It is truly a great feeling that you know at least someone loves you unconditionally like Cuervo loves me. Another reason to shout out "DOGS ARE KEWL!"

Good to be back home and good to have him back in his familiar surroundings, and me in mine.

We had a beautiful hotel suite while in Chicago and were lucky enough to catch a couple of episodes of The Dog Whisperer on the Discovery Channel. If you've never watched this guy work with dogs, it is must-see tv. He is zen-like in his training and the results are pretty astonishing.

It's been snowing the past couple of hours, the first real snowfall we've had this season that is covering up all the ugliness with white-ness. We noticed coming back home last night in the 45 minute drive from the Amtrak station that only 2 houses had Christmas lights on them. Apparently we're not the only ones not in the holiday spirit. Maybe some snow will help. Or not.

Let it snow!

REO Speedwagon Rocked!

I forgot to mention in my last post, the first one I made in 6+ months, was Cuervo is doing well. He's put on his winter coat now and is looking pretty buff. Up until last week he was really chowing down but has since backed off. He seeems to be hacking, like he's trying to dislodge something in his throat. He doesn't seem ill or out of character but we'll watch him closely and if it continues we'll bank on spending another $60+ to bring him into the vet.

I mentioned in my last post I would comment on the REO Speedwagon show we seen back on Oct 11th at the Kalamazoo State Theater.



Anyhow, what is normally a 90 minute drive there took us almost 4 hours because of some haz-mat chemical spill along the hughway. They completely shut down the freeway in both directions for 6 hours until they could figure out what it was. Meanwhile we had places to go and the concert started at 7:00.

By the time we zig-zagged around the detours, sat in traffic and stewed, the show had already started. We finally arrived about 30 minutes into REO's performance. The theater was completely sold out as we squeezed into our seats.

Lead singer Kevin Cronin sounded good as ever and the band played hit after hit. The band came out for a 20 minute encore and hung around on stage to sign autographs afterwards for a few minutes. Cronin continued to sign autographs long after the other band members headed back to the dressing room until his road manager finally coaxed him off. You don't see bands hanging around anymore signing autographs after their shows. REO Speedwagon being the exception.

Would I see them again? Absolutely! They put on a great performance. Next time though we'll expect the unexpected and be better prepared for any detours or delays and make sure we catch the whole show.

If you like 70's - 80's classic rock, go see them if you get a chance. You won't be disappointed.

Time Flies

Yep, I'll admit it's been awhile since I've stopped by here. Feb 11th or something, 9 freakin months ago already. Holy moly does time fly or what? Where has 2007 gone?

In all honestly, one reason why I haven't posted to this adendum (an extension of Cuervo's maxed out website) is because I misplaced my password and the username for this blog and for the life of me I couldn't remember it. Thats just a small reason. The bigger reason is because I just haven't made the time to do it. And now here we are in November already.

Now that I have limited options with adding content to CuervoRocks.com since I've maxed out the free bandwidth, I'll be posting more here on the blog with the comings and goings and whats happenins.

Next post I'll remark about the REO Speedwagon concert we recently seen at the Kalamazoo State Theater. They truly rocked and put on a fantastic sold-out show. Our trip there though was a complete nightmare and almost 4 hours to make the 90 minutes drive.