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Ahhhhhhh!!!!!

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I don’t have a post! I don’t have a post!! It’s time for bed and we don’t have anything. I won’t let Lloyd write about bad movie night, and a photo of me paying bills is too boring. Plus, that’s over. Here’s a picture of my hand typing this, the most terrible post yet to date. Sorry, guys, they can’t all be winners.

I tried to hold the camera in my teeth for a two-hand shot. No go.

Just a singin’

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Lloyd had his concert tonight, and I must say – it went beautifully.  They sang in a new place, Southwood Lutheran, and it was gorgeous.  Brad and Beth’s mom is in it, and the women sang beautifully!   I actually got misty-eyed a couple of times.  It was a full crowd, too!   They practiced for weeks and weeks, and Lloyd missed dress rehearsal because of Fun Night.  (They brought in couple of ringers for some of the solos – UNL students who are friends of the director.)  All in all, it was a wonderful evening!

Opera Men!

The blurry guy is Matt – Steph’s brother and one of the Bad Movie Night Boys.

Pretty!

Too bad you’re not supposed to make recordings without permission.  (Note to self, remember to put secret ou-Yay ube-Tay link up tomorrow morning.)

Worst Movie Night

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Last Tuesday was bad movie night. We’ve seen some bad movies in the past, but this month’s really takes the cake. We’ve become pretty good judges of bad movies over the last few years, and I think we can say with a fair degree of certainty that this movie really went above and beyond our expectations.

Surely dragons pulverizing LA would be good...

Poor acting, plot holes you could drive a dragon through, dialog written by middle schoolers (or, more likely, translated from Korean by middle schoolers). And I’m not talking about the geeky middle school boys who, as we all know, would most likely come up with a reasonable script. It’s like they gave the movie to the Middle School football team and had them write the dialog. Even the title was messed up. Depending on the trailer/poster you see the movie was either Dragon Wars or D-War.

But we went out to dinner after the movie and had another thanksgiving dinner that couldn’t be beat. So it all ended up okay in the end.

Rib Ranch != Famous Dave's

Who’s Who

Here’s a list of the people who have commented on LloydandLauren and how they fit into our great infrastructure. If you feel your description is not accurate, send me twenty dollars. Don’t see your name here? Comment, already! (Gimme a while to finish the list, eh? If you know when your first comment was, that would really help me out.)

Awesome, awesome shirt

  • Brad – first comment, October 16, 2006. Brad is our good friend from (Lloyd) high school and (Lauren) college days. He is often referred to as ‘our spouse’ because when he’s here we all do everything together. Visits every summer, tends our garden, and teaches middle school religion in Baltimore. (www.bradaptation.com)
  • Beth – first comment, October 16, 2006. Sister of Brad, husband of Harold, mother of Tara and Tim, friend of ours. She lives here in Seward about four linear blocks from our house. www.bethtastic.com
  • Annette– first comment, October 17, 2006. Director at the CDC, friend of Lauren & Lloyd. Way funny. Supports Lloyd in his bad hair decisions.
  • Christina – first comment, October 25, 2006. Sister of Lloyd (two years younger). Lives in San Antonio with husband Paul, daughter Brittany, son Declan. www.keepthemdoggiesrowland.com
  • Lloyd’s Mom – Wonderful woman, great cook, loves gardens
  • Lauren’s Mom – Wonderful woman, great cook, loves gardens…… wait a minute…….
  • Lauren’s Dad/Pastor Hofman/Dad H. – Who’d have thought a pastor could be so funny. Aren’t they supposed to be uptight?
  • You’ll notice that Lloyd’s dad is conspicuously absent from this list.
  • Mark – Lauren’s brother. Lives in St. Louis, loves (and I mean loves) to fish.
  • Curt – Friend of ours, went to St. Paul Lutheran School (and Concordia) with Brad & Lloyd, member of the Bad Movie Night Club.
  • Cousin Sam – Lloyd’s cousin, crazy man, Legoholic, successful uke convert, sworn enemy.
  • Aunt Lolly – Sam’s mom, saint.
  • Julie Baker – Lloyd’s cousin, loyal reader, fellow cat lover.
  • Vincent Sommerer – Lloyd’s cousin once removed, brother of Josh, who is a story all by himself.
  • Peggy – works with Brad at Baltimore Lutheran, funny, funny, funny lady, apparently a cowgirl.
  • Michele – that’s one ‘l’, please, works with Brad at Baltimore Lutheran, also funny.
  • Ron (stepdad)/Mr. Royuk – Brad’s dad, knows how to grill.
  • Karla – Friend from St. Paul’s and Concordia, excellent poet.
  • Deborah – Only one who gets me.
  • Charles – Mad, mad party planner.
  • Todd Peperkorn – married to the best girl in the world who I never call, but that’s because I’m phonephobic.
  • Cricket – highly talented cat, mad typing skills
  • Kristi – First comment: Feb. 7, 2007, Lloyd’s twin, crazy great organist
  • Mrs. Brady/Mr. Brady – Kate and John, Kate has worked with me at the CDC for forever and keeps me sane.
  • Aunt Marcy – Funniest aunt in the whole wide world, never sends me money.
  • Aunt Ruth – Nicest aunt in the whole wide world, also never sends me money. (Who wants to compete for ‘favorite’ aunt? Hmm?)
  • Stephannie – Rockin’ Harry Potter fan, mad dancing skills, married to my husband’s steady.
  • Jill – Beth’s friend, in the witness protection program… whoops!
  • Rachel Pozehl – one of the many, many Rachel’s in our lives. check out www.twodogpond.com
  • Karen M. – not my sister Keren, but a mystery commenter. Who is she?
  • Kim – Brad’s school neighbor (her words – not mine)
  • Aaron – Lloyd’s ‘little’ brother who is twice as tall as Lloyd.
  • Ned – Brad’s hairless cat, who I personally think has some assistant do his typing.
  • Tara – a two-year-old? C’mon, these have to be rigged. She’s cute, but she’s no savant.
  • Sommerer Sailor – aka Andrew – Lloyd’s other little brother who is taller. Currently out to sea. (Get it? current-ly??)
  • Beth Marshall – Lloyd and Brad’s friend from high school, lives in Florida – lucky girl.
  • Mary Ragoss – One of Beth’s dear friends from ‘way back. Crazy healthy!
  • Cousin Rachel – Sam’s wife, also a saint. Loves crazy songs and sings them well!
  • Deanne – one of Lloyd and Brad’s friends from high school who has become much cooler than they ever will be.
  • Keren – Lauren’s sister in Alaska!
  • Kitt – Our commenter friend from Denver, who has a really cool site of her own.
  • kiwe – Our mystery friend from California, we think. She found us through Brad’s site.
  • Ribs – Our friend in Finland! Also has a cool website.
  • Gretchen – A new mystery friend.  A fellow Concordian!  Wicked smart math girl.
  • The other Mark – Not Lauren’s brother, but a funny guy with many kids and his own website
  • Marissa – She works for Slashfood, and is my hero. I want her job.

I’m not a Nicolas Cage fan.

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Tonight was the February Bad Movie Night. We had a new addition tonight. It was Curt Niermann’s first bad movie night (Jenny Niermann’s younger brother for those of you wno know Jenny). So there were 4 of us in total, and that’s a good number, because then we fit comfortably in a booth at our usual restaurant, which we didn’t go to.

I always hear Johhny Cash singing this

The movie was pretty bad. The acting was reasonable, but the writing wasn’t. I don’t know if it was true to it’s comic book origin. I was never a Ghost Rider fan. My impression was that people who read it were pretty hard core. The fight scenes were boring, but the flaming chain was neat. Yes, a bad movie, however, during the final credits there’s a cool cover of the song (Ghost) Riders in the Sky by Spiderbait, which we also covered at Lauren’s last Ukulele Night. I couldn’t find the song anywhere; it’s not on the soundtrack. If anyone digs it up, let me know.

After the movie we went to Lone Star and everyone had a steak. Even Samith. Then we threw back a couple of shots of whisky and shot up the joint. We barely made it out before the cops arrived.

By the way, I’m not a Nicolas Cage fan. I think the only movie of his that I like is Raising Arizona.