So much for free time!

I had originally thought that this week would be nice and relaxing, since dragonboating was finished and I no longer had practices for it. How foolish I was. On Monday night, instead of dragonboat practice, Garrett and I went to see the Bourne Ultimatum at the theatre. We had actually tried a few times before now to go see this movie, but had underestimated its popularity. One night, we went there only about half an hour early, but figured we'd be ok since there were a lot of show times. It was not to be. We were about 20 people from the front of the line when the announcement was made that the movie was full. Since there were no other movies we wanted to see that were playing around the same time, we went home. The second time we tried to go, we even met our friend Randy there. We weren't much earlier than the last time, but it wasn't as busy a night so we thought we'd be ok. No luck. This time, we made it about 10 people from the front of the line when the movie sold out. We went home again. So, on our third attempt, we finally made it in to the movie. Albeit, it was a Monday AND we went to a different movie theatre. In any case, we really enjoyed that movie, so if you want a cool action flick check it out (however, I recommend reviewing the first two Bourne movies beforehand - there were a few things in the movie that didn't make sense to me because I didn't remember the first two movies that well).

On Tuesday night, we had ultimate as usual. This was our last Tuesday league game, so next week I will be free, however this tied up all of Tuesday evening, especially since we went out for a beer with the team when we were done to celebrate our season. Thursday night will also be used up by an ultimate game.

Tonight, we finally went to the Incubus concert! I say 'finally' because we were SUPPOSED to go see them in May, however they postponed the concert for 3 months until today. So, we had to wait so long for them to finally get here! In any case, it was worth the wait, because despite the young kids and drunken rowdies, the concert was really fun and the band put on a fantastic concert. The opening act was interesting as well - Garrett and I tried to define their style, and came up with such disparate comparisons as 'The Beatles', 'The Doors', 'Blue Rodeo' and 'reggae style'. Go figure. In any case, they were fun and I liked their music so I bought their cd during intermission. Incubus came on about an hour after the opening act finished and started out with a bang - they played all their louder, rowdier songs (for the mosh pit was in full force in front of the stage) at the beginning. I find it interesting to see a mosh pit for Incubus, since to me, they are a moderately mellow band with some good rock components to their song - not so much a headbanger sort of deal. However, to other people, apparently Incubus is a great band to bang around to. Luckily, we were off to the side and on this little stage, so we didn't have to contend with the mosh pit.

Incubus played for about an hour and 15 minutes straight before heading off. They played a good mix of their older popular songs mixed with their new stuff. In fact, they even played some REALLY old stuff, which has a distinctly different style than their new music. However, I knew the words to all the songs except for two songs, one of which I think was a cover song, but we couldn't really identify it, and the other which was a new song they had written but not yet released. So, not bad. Unfortunately, though, when they came back for an encore, they dropped the ball a little. They played a good song when they first came back, but the second encore song was that new one that they had just written, and the last song was the slowest, most boring Incubus song out there. It's basically a lullaby. I'm all for calming down the crowd before they have to leave, but seriously, provide a bit of interest at the end! In any case, I had a great time and I'm glad I finally had the chance to see Incubus live, since I've been a fan for years and this is the first time they've come to Canadian cities while on tour!