This was a really great show that we got to perform with comedian Rob O'Reilly! Make sure you check out his stuff; it's pretty funny.
Other highlight: they served snacks!
Also, Jonathan decided it was a good idea to rip a phone book in half.
I bought a Flip Camera right before the show, so it makes it easy to create fun little videos like this, so you can look forward to more of it in the future!
Wartburg College brought us in for Family Weekend entertainment on 10/10, and the show was delightful! Before the show, the Activities Board (or whatever they're called at Wartburg) took us out to eat at the local pizza place, and I had the special Octoberfest Pizza, which had bratwurst and sauerkraut on it- which was amazing and delicious! We learned that Wartburg was a castle that Martin Luther holed up in after refusing to recant at "the diet of Worms", (which is not what you think).
In the morning, we drove our rental SUV back to the airport and headed off for some much needed time at home. The SUV we had rented all week is worth talking about: the Toyota Seqoia is even larger than our past behemouth GMC Sienna. We had dubbed the Sienna "the GMC Elephant", and we are dubbing the Seqoia "the Toyota Aircraft Carrier". We think that it actually had another car located inside rather than a spare tire. The thing had two cupholders in every door, and three more in the center console. Also in the center console was a compartment large enough to store a small child, or at least both of our laptop computers. There were literally 8 compartments in which to keep your sunglasses, and two glove boxes. At 16 miles per gallon, it was 20% less fuel efficient than the GMC, and didn't have as many nice luxury features, like heated seats, a gate that went up in the back... the Toyota just wasn't as nice.
On Saturday the 19th, we appeared at St. Olaf College after a long but beautiful drive through the Iowa/Minnesota countryside. There are a couple of things worth talking about at this school the first of which is the venue. It was a rock-and-roll club with a sunken dance pit, balcony, and unexpected light trusses. At the college! Complete with tech booth! It was by far the most rock n' roll venue we have ever performed!
The other thing I have to mention is the students, who were dressed in ridiculous costumes. Aparently the St. Olaf swim team is known for being a little wild, and this day was a shining example of that. Parading through campus were cereal boxes, cows, and other various food related items, because on this day the swim team was dressing as their favorite foods. One of the more subtle costumes was the group dressed up as members of their rival schools. St. Olaf is also home to a band of Live Action Role Playing gamers (aka LARPers). Not only do these kids run around school grounds attacking each other with padded sticks (swards), they dress in full geek costumes depicting characters reminiscent of Final Fantasy. Peering out the window of the dining hall, I saw members of both groups begin to face off in the school's quad, and for a second, it seemed as if they would re-enact a fight scene from West Side Story, but instead they all lined up for a group picture. I'm disappointed I didn't have my camera to catch the goings- on; maybe next time.
St. Olaf is a wild place: we loved it there!
Oh yeah-and they had a Ms. Pac Man arcade game in the lounge, which Jonathan loves with an unholy passion.
