Happy Halloween

was she dancing with a sheep or cloud?

coworker..so into their costumes

I almost feel like my eyes were closed!

Halloween was always fun when I was younger but lately it's been Ah-Mah-Zing. I love celebrating with my friends and with my family. I love when we do fall/halloween things. I love being old enough to start some "traditions" of my own. I started my celebration in UT and ended it in PHX. For the third year in a row my friends and I went to see the Thriller Dance show at the University of Utah. It was great as usual. That night we went to the movies and screamed our lungs out at paranormal activity 4 until the end, then it got stupid. This past weekend some friends drove down to help us celebrate thanksgiving. Megan Allen was my first official visitor! I was so grateful to have her here and we had so much fun.

Pandas and Guitars

Two weeks ago Panda Express had a day where they were giving out free cashew chicken...of course my friends and I hit it up that night because.....why wouldn't we. We're all poor students or working our first time job and just beginning to get out of the financial holes we were in ( that applies to me). Anyway, after Panda we all hit up the TCA and went to open mic nights where we enjoyed surprisingly good music and then were awed by Jaxon and JC's performances!  It was a great night.

Swordplay

on our way to class

the warriors

jc couldnt wait to get started

we love ireland

she was ready to behead him

we're too nice to be killers

piss me off one more time!

take one more step..

wassup?!!

...otherwise known as the Phoenix Society of Historical Swordsmanship. I am not sure why, but Babs and I let our friends JC and Jaxon convince us to go to a sword fighting class that they found on Craig's List, although super skeptical we gave it our best effort. Turns out the class  was taught in some castle in the middle of Phoenix by two very competent  and intelligent guys that actually teach kids in high schools and clubs around the area. The purpose of their Saturday morning class is to expose more kids to the art of sword fighting. Needless to say, we loved it! Not sure how often we'll be going back but I was so impressed by their knowledge of this sport.  My favorite part was looking all hardcore wielding a sword.

The Big Bang

My favorite player of the night

Since I moved to AZ I've been dying to go to this piano bar called The Big Bang. We made it happen this weekend and it was everything I expected and more. Inside the bar there are two pianos with some very very talented piano players. All night the audience is requesting songs that they want them to play from any time period. I was so impressed by their knowledge of music. My favorite stuff was the hip hop/rap. Just FYI the Regulators sounds amazing on a piano.  The musicians did a great job of engaging the audience and actually make it a show. It was just a fun atmosphere and I went with a fun group of people.