Greek Festival

Well, isn't this fun?

Last Saturday, I went to the Greek Festival with my husband, 17 month old baby, and my sister (the one I like) We had a great time and the thing I noticed most is that this thing has become incredibly popular since the last time I went about 5 years ago. It was pouring rain, and yet the tents were packed with people watching the traditional dancing, shopping the booths, and waiting in line for the food. Amazing.

When I went in about 1997 and again in 1998, there was one large tent with the food and on Saturday afternoon the wait in line was about 5 minutes. There was a row of five booths inside the hall which is beside the Greek temple where the festival is held annually. At that time, I took the offered tour of the temple, picked up a little pot that resembled an ancient pitcher, had a gyro, watched two dances (after which there would be an hour wait before the next performance), and went home.

This year went from one group of performers to the next, the music filling the huge tents constantly. The baby clapped along with everyone and tried dancing - a feat made difficult since one of us was holding her at all times.

Sunday and Monday we worked on moving into our house. We've retrieved the last of our boxes from Mom's and the only thing left at our old house is the vacuum and broom for last minute clean up since we plan to go back up and put some finishing touches on it next week.

Yesterday I had my niece over. I've been bombarding her with all the movies she's willing to watch (between our mile a minute chats, that is.) Last time she was over, I showed her Velvet Goldmine and Hard Core Logo. Hooked her on Velvet Goldmine (I'm so proud). Tuesday we managed to get in Suspicious River, Last Night, and Mallrats. I actually succeeded in unpacking several boxes in between the movies too. It was a fabulous day.

Music

Since I mentioned my personal NIN disc, I thought I'd take a moment to list what's on there. This is one of my favourite mixes, all copied from discs I own. All are by Nine Inch Nails. I won't say Trent Reznor is a god, but he sure knows how to write a good tune.

1 - Dead Souls, The Crow Original Soundtrack
2 - Somewhat Damaged, The Fragile
3 - The Perfect Drug, Single - Written for Lost Highway
4 - Burn, Natural Born Killers Original Soundtrack
5 - Closer (Deviation), Single - This is the music played during the opener for the movie Seven
6 - You Make This All Go Away, Natural Born Killers Original Soundtrack
7 - I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally, The Fragile
8 - Get Down Make Love, Sin (Single)
9 - Reptile, The Downward Spiral
10 - Becoming, The Downward Spiral
11 - I Do Not Want This, The Downward Spiral
12 - Where Is Everybody?, The Fragile
13 - The Frail, The Fragile
14 - Piggy, The Downward Spiral
15 - Closer (Further Away), Single

I know NIN (more specifically Trent Reznor) gets thrown together with Marilyn Manson a lot. I won't go into my feelings about Mr. Manson, but I will say that Trent is the true artist, the true lyricist, the true musician. (I offer this webpage as proof of his poetic words). Mr. Manson just has an image. Oops, I guess I will go into it a little.

As an aside, several years ago there was a HUGE deal made about Marilyn Manson not being allowed to open for NIN in Utah. He showed up anyway and the two of them went wild, resulting in a reprimand from the governor who asked them not to return. I'll not go into my opinion on that bitch, but NIN has been greatly missed. (That was a beautiful concert. ) Shortly after, They toured with Bowie. I would have killed to see that show... :(