Yesterday S. and I decided to go out and have a meal at a regular sit-down restaurant, just because it was a holiday and we could. We decided on a visit to a Village Inn. The good thing about the Village Inn is that you can substitute a Boca Burger for any of their regular burgers...and they offer one that is Avocado Swiss Mushroom. Yes. Our meal was wonderful to eat, what with the A-S-M toppings being in prime form (though the "red onion" had mysteriously been shocked white, apparently). Unfortunately, we were seated directly next to a table of band members who seemed to be interviewing a girl for lead vocal duties. We overheard that she is 17 and the guys are in their early 30's. From the sounds of it, these guys were hoping to construct themselves into the next Evanescence. One of the band members in particular was apparently suffering from that disorder that makes people not be able to talk in anything but their big outdoor voices. Coincidentally (I'm sure), this guy was also an interesting combination of not terribly bright and waaaaaaaaay too pumped about being in a band. Now, don't get me wrong. If you're in a band, it's great if you're excited about it. I know I would be. However, when ALL you talk about is your band this and your band that, not to mention half of what you say screams of ignorance, you should be stapled shut. That's the sort that this guy was/is.

Something I've noticed about guys in bands is that some of them can sound halfway intelligent when they're talking about things like their band, the local scene, their genre of music, and things having relevance to those subjects. Granted, often those who are familiar with any or all of those subjects will know better, but to most people these guys will seem pretty bright and together. Once they wander into talking about anything else in the world, however (not that they often do, mind you), they display themselves as complete idiots. On the other hand, I really like guys who are in bands that: 1) may or may not be excited about being in a band (as long as they don't have that fake "i don't care" attitude that the young people seem to love so much these days), but isn't going to talk non-stop about that, and may not talk about it at all unless asked; 2) are able to talk about a variety of subjects intelligently and coherently, displaying at least a decent amount of thoughtfulness.

So anyway, yes, I'm not sure which local band these guys were in, but I got the impression they were some sort of metallish band - not the dark, blistering, interesting kind of metal, but rather a sort of bar band sort of metal-based rock. I could be wrong. Perhaps I will go see a show one of these days and lo and behold, this band will be there and will blow me away. However, it would be fairly paradoxical and I'd be scratching my head over it for a month.

Then we went home and had blueberry pie and ice cream.