I mentioned last Wednesday that my sister and I were going to the Jeff Dunham show at the Fargo Civic. I FINALLY got around to processing my pics and some of my videos and getting them online last nite.

The show was awesome. He actually had an opening act … “Guitar Guy”. I love guitar. And he was hilarious. But the main event was Jeff Dunham. He came onstage about 7:50pm or so and was on for about 2 hours. He had Walter, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Peanut, José Jalapaño (on a steeeeeck), and Bubba J. I guess he’s going to be doing a Christmas special for Comedy Central. So he was doing some Christmas material.

I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. I could tell Lisa enjoyed it too. I could hear her laughing just as much as I was. So I think she enjoyed her birthday present.

I took about 50 pics and 20 videos. Some of the videos are really short because the crowd around me started laughing, so I stopped recording since it was kinda loud. But I got a few good ones. You can find the videos here and the pictures here. Enjoy.

If you bug me about it, I might give a more in-depth review. You’ll just have to wait and see. But if you want one, you better leave a comment so I know it’s wanted.

One of my favorite comedians of all time is Jeff Dunham. He’s not a ‘traditional’ comedian, he’s a ventriloquist [thank goodness for spell check ... LOL]. I don’t remember exactly when I first saw him, but I was hooked from the start. I’ve seen his various tv specials too many times to count. I don’t care how many times I’ve seen one of them, I’ll sit and watch and laugh like it was the first time.

I’ve told myself that if he ever got close enough to see, I would go … no matter how much tickets cost. Well, back in April, I found out he was going to be at the Civic Center.

The show is tomorrow nite. I’m taking my sister with me. I got her hooked on him too. And her bday is next week, so the ticket is her bday present [how convenient for me :razz2:]. I can’t wait. The tickets I got are 8th row center, so we should have a pretty good view. I hope cameras are allowed. I wanna get some pics … and maybe sneak a video [shhhhhh]. According to his website, the show is sold out, so we’ll have to get there early. I need to remember to get cash so I can get souvenirs.

I’ll give a full review either after the show or on Friday.

Yesterday was a fairly full day. I went with Robin and Dannilynn to the MSUM celebration. That took up most of the afternoon. Then I came back home and chilled for a while. The Busch Nationwide Series race at Daytona was on, so I watched that (of course). Dale Jr was in it. And it was Daytona.

Around 9:45pm I headed over to Robin’s so we could go to watch the fireworks. We went last year, but Dannilynn was too young (2 months old) to enjoy them. This year she was actually awake and watching them. I did get some pics of the fireworks. They’re not the best. I used the fireworks setting on my camera. Here’s a preview:

I also got video of the finale. That was better than the pics.

Overall, I was NOT impressed by the fireworks this year. Last year just seemed better and longer. But then again, I think after seeing the show at the pyrotechnics convention in West Fargo … nothing else can compare to that. But it was good to get out of the apartment for a good chunk of the day. And to hang out with Robin and Dannilynn.

I know, I know … earlier I said I was gonna go crash on the couch. I guess I haven’t gotten there yet. Oh well. And I’m upping my post count. I already have almost as many as I posted last month … and it’s only the 1st.

Last month, the company across the hall from us at work (they’re actually in our old office space … where the Carla I mentioned works) launched a magazine. I heard a lot about it because Kelly (one of my bosses) was working with them selling ads. So I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy. It’s a really cool magazine. Instead of me trying to explain, here’s the article that was in the local paper.
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I got an email from Kelly (from work) today to try out a free 1 month trial subscription to NetFlix. I thought I’d give it a try. I don’t rent a lot of movies, but there are some that I’ve wanted to see. I’ll probably cancel my account before the month is up (or after I get my 2 movies). I could rent from CashWise for the same price or cheaper. Unless they’ve gone up, rentals are (or were the last time I rented one from there) $1.87 each.

The first movie in my queue is Talladega Nights. I really wanted to see that one in the theaters, but I never made it. Maybe I’ll get it in time to watch it this weekend. I’d have to watch it during the day though … the NASCAR races this weekend are nite races.