  saturday at the parting glass so we were back at the parting glass saturday night. we arrived early, around 9 and got a dart board in the dartroom that was close to the door to the performance area. The place was packed... Neary showed Beck how to play darts, and they played for a while (Beck started off by getting a bullseye, but then it went a little downhill... most likely due to the alcohol). Sean Brimhall showed up and then Alex and his friend Dave got there. The music started and the guinness was flowing, and all was good with the world :) We could hear the music pretty well, and even though we weren't in the performance room we participated in the audience portions of the music. During "Black Velvet Band" we'd yell out "Diamonds! " and "And she was! " even if we were in the middle of a conversation. So, it went something like this: "Yeah, I was going to go down there (AND SHE WAS! ) but then I decided not to..." Very funny. we were getting pretty hella drunk (well, at least beck and i were) and so we decided that we needed french fries and gravy. you know, when you're drunk, french fries and gravy sound like the best thing in the world, and when you get them, they taste like steak. soyeah. we chowed down for a bit, then beck and i took a trip to the bathroom, and when we got back there were two fries left.
beck ate one, and the last one was coated in the gravy. so brimhall hands me this fork, and i'm about to stick it in the fry when i think, "where did this fork come from? " and so i asked him if it was used and he said no, that it had been sitting there the whole time, and that was a good enough answer for me at the time, so i dug in.
but thinking on it now, where had that fork been sitting? that's kinda a little gross. i bet it was on the glass case that we had our beers on, and that's a bit scummy. ah well, didn't kill me... so we abandoned our board and congregated by the door to the performance room so that we could see the show. We participated in the "Barley Mow" (a song in which you have to consume an entire pint of Guinness during it) and Rick, the singer said that he was getting a lot of participation from our side of the room but "dick" from the other side. We cheered, and thought it was great that we were better participators and we didn't pay cover. After the Barley Mow, I was pretty much just extremely ass drunk. They played "Tim Finnigan's Wake", another song that you particpate in, and it was awesome. The singer for that song, John, sang the first line, and everyone in the room cheered so loud and so long, he sang it again.
Rock. Very awesome show. They played "All of the Hard Days are Gone" and "I Used to Work in Chicago" because I think there might have been a riot if they didn't, and at the very end the big guy, Mike, who has the most awesome voice, sang "The Parting Glass. " Incredible show :) The only thing missing was Beck and I didn't hear them play "Me and Julio" (Neary said they played it during the first set, but I don't remember that at all).
Soyeah. Every time I see them, I can't wait to see them again. They rock. They're playing Saturday at McGeary's and I want to go so bad... I think I've decided that I'm definately going, but I just need to find at least one other person to go with me.... any takers?
soyeah.
we left after the show. I ran into Keith, who was really busy that night, but i still kind of felt like he was ignoring me again (whatever) and he asked if we were leaving.
I said, yes, and he said he'd try and call me this week if he wasn't to busy (blah blah blah) and i was like, ok, whatever, and then he asked me if i was ok (i guess i must've looked like i was going to fall over or something) and i said, "i'm really really drunk" and i smiled and he laughed and i turned around and left. I dunno. I guess he doesn't hate me, and that's all i wanted (cause i'm not going to pursue anything with a guy who's got 2 kids). 
