thimbly things

After a little morning drama yesterday whilst trying to make coffee and get productive, Emily received this sweet little package from her Great-Grands. It’s so pinkish and girly, and it allows us to continue the celebration of Valentine’s Day just a bit longer. Truly, with our anniversary just days after the holiday, we might as well make February an entire month of hearts and sweetness. Why not?

In fact, Evan took me on another (!) date last night. To see U23D. Therein lies the extra bit of night music. If you like U2, you will love this. If you don’t like U2, well, it’s a U2 concert, so…

I especially loved the supposed “cheesiness” of Bono singing in my face and almost hitting me with his guitar. Love, love, love. And I will tell you why going to a concert on film is much better than a real concert: first, it cost us $10 each. And we are People On A Budget. Second, no crowds, no traffic, no mosh pits, no crazy-high guy to curse at for pushing you. (At an Arcade Fire concert, I had to get all assertive on some skinny punk. Think me, turning around and yelling, “Get off of me! I’m pregnant, you idiot!” Then think many stunned college kids watching their elbows and inching away from me for the rest of the concert.) Third, Bono in all his awesomeness up close.

I’ll admit–there’s no substitute for the adrenaline rush one gets from “being there.” But this was still pretty great.

The message of the concert is obvious–it’s not just a string of fun sing-a-longs. It’s more of a sermon about humanity. Afterwards, I felt convicted about so many things, but I’ll spare you. Instead, here’s an excerpt from Beautiful Day:

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out

It was a beautiful day
Beautiful day
Don’t let it get away

Touch me, take me to that other place
Reach me, I know I’m not a hopeless case

What you don’t have you don’t need it now
What you don’t know you can feel it somehow
What you don’t have you don’t need it now
You don’t need it now, you don’t need it now

Beautiful day

EDIT: See Evan’s review of the film here.

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