Looking for a Cure

Tonight was supposed to be the 3rd installment of my September concert series. SUPPOSED TO BE. This was a concert long overdue for me and I was super stoked that they were touring again, but they frickin' cancelled. Perhaps I'm just not meant to see The Cure live?


Boooo... they posted this message on their official website:
2008 NORTH AMERICAN 4TOUR SHOWS
9/13/2007 2:00:00 AM - by CURE:ROBERT

13TH SEPTEMBER 2007
THE CURE ANNOUNCE RE-SCHEDULED 2008 NORTH AMERICAN 4TOUR SHOWS

AT LAST!
WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW 2008 DATES OF OUR POSTPONED NORTH AMERICAN 4TOUR.

EIGHTEEN OF THE NINETEEN PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED SHOWS HAVE BEEN RE-SCHEDULED IN THE ORIGINAL VENUES, AND ALL 2007 TICKETS WILL BE HONOURED FOR THESE NEW 2008 CONCERTS.

(THE ONLY ONE WE COULDN’T GET SWITCHED WAS SEATTLE… BUT INSTEAD OF NO CURE SHOW AT ALL, WE WILL BE CLOSING THE SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY 25TH MAY (MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND) AT THE GORGE AMPHITHEATRE, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN GUARANTEED 150 MINUTES ONSTAGE! ALL TICKETS FOR THE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED CURE KEY ARENA CONCERT WILL BE HONOURED AT THE GORGE, BUT PLEASE NOTE: ALL TICKETS FOR THE SASQUATCH! FESTIVAL ARE GENERAL ADMISSION, INCLUDING ANY PREVIOUSLY ISSUED CURE KEY ARENA TICKETS).

IT’S ALL HAPPENING SLIGHTLY LATER THAN WE EXPECTED DUE TO ‘THE PLAYOFFS’ – A LOT OF THE VENUES WE NEEDED WOULDN’T LET US CONFIRM DATES IN THE MARCH/APRIL PERIOD – BUT WE UNDERSTAND THEY ALL HAVE TO LIVE IN HOPE!

HOWEVER, AN UNEXPECTED BONUS OF THE NEW ROUTING IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADD IN KANSAS CITY, PHOENIX, AUSTIN, FT LAUDERDALE AND CLEVELAND… AND THERE WILL BE MORE DATES TO COME!

WE APOLOGIZE AGAIN FOR THE INCONVENIENCE AND UPSET THE ORIGINAL POSTPONEMENT CAUSED, AND WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW SHOWS ARE MORE THAN WORTH THE WAIT…

SEE YOU ALL SOON,

LOVE ROBERT, SIMON, JASON AND PORL XXXX (THE CURE)

Many people don't know this about me but I consider The Cure to be one of my all-time favorite bands. I love them. I lurve them, even. I know I poke fun at the whole emo movement but to me - these guys started it all.

I give Theresa a hard time about seeing them back in 1995 and NOT INVITING ME. Then they didn't tour ever again. All hope was lost until this new tour was announced. UGH.

They're coming back around next May but who knows where or what I'll be doing! Why must you torment me, The Cure?!

While I'm disappointed, I think Theresa and I were secretly relieved since we're both pooped and didn't really want to drive up to Philadelphia tonight during rush hour traffic.

Blurborama:
- Doug let The Mr. and I borrow his Nikon D200 (Digital SLR camera) to play with for a couple of days. It.was.awesome. We now, officially, want a digital SLR so badly that I think The Mr. would donate sperm for it. I'd sign off to donate my body to science and then promptly install an alarm system in my home to prevent them stealing me in the middle of the night. The Mr. can sleep through anything!
- The Mr. and I had a delish VEGETARIAN dinner at Kristin and Jackson's house last night. I was truly flattered that Jackson wanted to make a vegetarian dish in my honor. We started with tzatziki (a wonderful dip that I would inject into my veins if possible), dined on eggplant parmesan and then had SMORES. SMORES, people. SMORES. I was in heaven. During dinner I said, "see - isn't eating vegetarian great?" and the response was the sound of crickets.

And just because its cute, check this out:


What's everyone up to this weekend?