— Yesterday, within the first 2 seconds of our show, two sentences into the thing, a little old lady out in the audience said, at full volume, “WHAT IS HE SAYING? CAN ANYONE ELSE HEAR WHAT HE IS SAYING?” She was roundly shushed by the rest of the crowd. I think the median age of our audience yesterday was 98.
— In-depth conversation with Carmen about the black dahlia murder. She is as obsessed with it as I am. Not too many people care about the black dahlia thing – but if you’re into it, it’s like you’re a member of some freaky little club. She had just read Black Dahlia Avenger, and I haven’t seen her in … a year?? So we had MUCH to talk about. We were like, “Hey, how are you, good to see you … so what did you think of Black Dahlia Avenger?” We cut right into the forensic details.
— My favorite moment of the weekend was on Friday – or, actually – it was Saturday morning. Maybe at 2 or 3 in the morning. My sister Jean and her boyfriend Pat came down to see the show. We ended up hanging out where my sister Siobhan bartends until … uhm … 4 am? It was great. Anyway; best moment: Randomly, a Canadian stand-up comic joined our group. None of us knew him, but he rightly felt that we were the funnest group in the joint. Anyway, my two sisters ended up singing for him the Canadian national anthem – in French – with MUCH GUSTO at circa 3 am. Candlelights flickering, beer glasses all around, and the O’Malley sisters BELTING OUT “O Canada” IN FRENCH. hahaha I kind of wished they had kept on singing forever. I honestly don’t think Canadian Comic Boy knew WHAT the hell to do. He tried to make a joke about it afterwards, but I think that the only appropriate response would have been: “You two just blow my mind. Wow.”
Wow. How could I have forgotten those two singing in French? I guess I was on sensory overload by that point. They nailed it perfectly. What a great time. See you on turkey-day.
Pat – thanks for coming down!
Come to think of it, I should have written about that T bird!!
See you this week.
That would have brought a tear of happiness to Jacques’ eye.
you shoulda seen his face when i rushedly sang it for him during a dinner rush. he was like–what? and then proceded to stalk me because of it.
So it was you folks singing the anthem! Good for you! It was reported on our nationalized media gurgitater “The CBC” under the heading “Suspicious Swell In American Enthusiasm for Canada” — and exactly how did your sisters learn the words, in French>?
“dave” – actually, we all had to learn it in high school – in our French class. I actually did learn it as well – but my sisters have way better memories than I do.
Our French teacher was great – we learned all kinds of French songs in our class, and O Canada was one of them.
siobhan –
I wonder if this is the only time in history that a woman was stalked for singing the Canadian national anthem.
and see, Canadian always feel like American don’t know anything about us — wait till I bring this up at the next Maple Leaf Forever roundtable!