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From the John Mayer Road Journal:
“I told the Ticket Fairy that LA Songwas in the encore, then I was all like ‘just kidding’ then she was all like ‘that’s mean!’ and I was all like ‘I know. You know what else is mean? The average of a set of numbers.’ ” –Scotty, JM’s tour manager or something…
Scotty apparently considers himself a bit of a wit. For example:
I share an office with the Much Loved Ticket Fairy. She walked into the office, grinning ear to ear, with a girlish spirit about her. In her hands she held a pine cone, nurturing it like a little pet. “Oh my pretty little pet, I love you.” Stroking it and petting it and massaging it. I looked at her quizzically, to which she replied,
“Whaaaat? I LOVE acorns.”
Acorns, huh? How do you feel about pine cones?
(in case you’re wondering, the ticket fairy is someone who goes around at the shows giving out front row or similar seats to worthy looking souls. Or hot girls to fill out the seats. Too bad I have yet to be in either of those groups. Josh Groban has a ticket fairy too, but I doubt any of them actually make it up to the mezzanine.)
It’s really hot today. Like triple digit heat indexes. And I still haven’t started my NAFLD isolation. Bah. Guess I better get on that. Maybe I’ll go to the zoo tonight for the alumni thing. Maybe not. I’m just great at prevaricating, you know.
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I don’t know, the first one really didn’t move me…
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Saw the end of it on cable the other day. Turned it on when father and son Banner are tied up and having a serious conversation then they both go green/unstable. All I could see was Nick Nolte’s scruffy hairdo and another guy in darkness, so I was like wtf? Dad said, “It’s the Hulk!” like I should have immediately figured that out from seeing NN in his mugshot attire. Ah well. Funny movie, more in the funny-strange sense…at least Alex liked it.
Too bad I don’t like red wine
Standard…or any wine, really. Though I was adventurous and tried some with my chicken last night, which turned out to be really good. I mean I cooked with it, not just drank it. But I did. Drink it, I mean. Meh. But I liked it better in the food than just in the glass. Did that make any sense? lol.
canto alla vita indeed
StandardAhhh, Josh Groban. He’s my man right now. And apparently St. Louis is collectively the man, as we gave him the first standing ovation of the second half of his tour. Yay StLGrobanites!
Have to say, the set was really nice. Except for the parts where the lights would sweep up dramatically and blind anyone not sitting on the floor level. And who are those people who can afford to pay upwards of $400 for tickets? Not me. So not me. Not in a million years. I can’t even afford to upgrade my laptop or buy a keyboard. Mope.
At least when the lights were blue and teal and azure and shining up through the stairs it made a pretty picture, made better when Josh came out. We had to sit through a half-hour of a jazz lady, Mindy Avair; she was good and multitalented playing sax and clarinet and singing, but that’s just not my type of music. Then we had to wait twenty minutes before JG came on, which was terrible because we were sooo ready for him. Ah well.
He had on this really great purple oxford shirt at first. He always looks so natty. Good stylist I guess. Then later he changed into a white shirt with this crosshatched pattern on it…looked really good in the binoculars that the nice couple behind me let me borrow for a few songs. He also changed into Adidas soccer sneaks 🙂 I thought that was great.
Setlist:
oceano (a favorite! really good, loud, great opener)
per te
to where you are
mi mancherai
mi morena (spanish section, I guess, the guitar is great)
alejate (ok, one more)
canto alla vita (my absolute favorite, even if he sings it solo as opposed to the duet on the cd…started the song off by playing keyboards, which rocked, then at the end he busted out his drum chops…yes, the boy can play percussion, which is wonderful! So much fun 🙂 )
a solo by Lucia what’s-her-name, the violinist who is very very good. must find out her last name and check out her new cd. The solo included parts of Bohemian Rhapsody, which was suprising, being on a violin, but perfect. And hard, a showcase of her talent.
alla luce del sole (another favorite. I love the songs that sound classical then turn into this big loud pop song)
my december (yes, JG likes Linkin Park, and I like Linkin Park more because of this song. His voice is just wonderful on this one.)
caruso
remember when it rained (favorite off the Closer album, JG wrote it himself and plays piano throughout. Really makes me want a keyboard so I can attempt the same thing. Beautiful.)
vincent (aka starry starry night, a song about Vincent van Gogh, and how he killed himself, a favorite of JG’s, pretty, but odd.)
remember me (Troy lives! Yes! Hah. even he said he was a little disappointed with the movie. ah well. troy footage showing behind him, but no orlando, alas. just shots of buildings and battles. man, when he belts out a song there is no one to compare.)
you raise me up (the big song for JG right now, unfortunately just at the edge of his range, so sometimes he sounds like he’s straining. but pretty nonetheless. And damn me if I wanted to be the bishop dubourg high school choir…they got to sing along during the gospel section. eh. ran against them in high school…no way affton’s choir would get picked for something as high profile as this. ah well…)
And for an encore…(you knew there was going to be an encore)
ahh, getting old
StandardWhile on a car trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant for lunch. The woman left her glasses on the table, but didn’t miss them until they were back on the highway. By then, they had to travel quite a distance before they could find a place to turn around.
The man fussed and complained all the way back to the restaurant. When they finally arrived, as the woman got out of the car to retrieve her glasses, the old man said, “While you’re in there, you may as well get my hat, too.”
Benefits and bummers
StandardWhen I was browsing around the John Mayer fanclub site yesterday (wondering where my membership kit was), I found out that a new benefit for fanclub members was a chance to attend the soundcheck party before the show. Now, this is really cool, and I would love to go. But, problems…of course. See, I’m seeing the concert with my aunt and my cousin, which is wonderful, because I hate going to concerts alone…but guests aren’t allowed at the party. Just the fanclub member. And the party starts at 3:15 in the afternoon, which means that I’d have to leave work pretty darn early to get out there. Which poses another problem…I really don’t want to have to drive out there myself, because it would mean two cars to deal with. So I’d have to find someone to drive me out there and then have some way to meet up with my aunt and cousin without the use of a cell phone. And, while cameras are allowed at the soundcheck, they’re not (I’m pretty sure) allowed at the concert itself. So once we’ve gotten past all the meeting up in the first place I’d have to have someone tell me where the car is so I can put the camera there. Stupid UMB for not having lockers, or not allowing cameras in the first place. Boo.
So, anyone wanna drive me? Maybe I’ll take a day off. Can’t take the day off, have work to do. Damn. Nothing in my life is easy.
But hopefully this weekend I’ll meet some nice peopleGrobanites at the meet&greet before the Josh Groban concert on sunday. This should be interesting…never actually met up with music fans before…must find a yellow rose because apparently that’s what shows you’re a fan.
Anyone wanna go to the Hanson concert with me? lol. Don’t think there’ll be many takers there. But it’s at the Pageant, a really cool venue in town (much nicer than UMB, I agree with Alex) and it’s pretty cheap, and Hanson is a good band despite their pop image.
I want to see Harry Potter and Spider-man 2 again. I’m so silly 😉
random personality test
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You enjoy the finer things in life. You work hard and never forget to enjoy life as well. You always look your best and thrive on living the good life. People can depend on you to tell them what’s fun, new and good!
Splash of MALIBU Coconut
1 part MALIBU Mango
1 part MALIBU Pineapple
Shake with ice, strain into martini glass and garnish with pineapple or mango wedge.
This was from a popup at Tickle…Malibu is promoting their new flavored rums. Yay!
hope I never have jury duty
StandardA prosecuting attorney just could not believe that a jury had found the defendant not guilty.
Astonished, he asked the jury foreman, ‘How could you possibly have found this man innocent?’
The foreman replied, ‘Insanity.’
The perplexed prosecutor asked, ‘All twelve of you?’
Poor Paige. She’s at jury duty this week.
And the punch line of the comic where I got the joke reads: “My boos is a master at multitasking. He can do nothing ten different ways at the same time.”
yay laughter. boo busy-ness.
This is mainly a test, but here’s a gripe
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today was busy and sucky and I was tired and it’s after 3 pm and I haven’t had lunch yet. working on that soon. I just love it when I have TWO things that no one told me about just sort of plopped in my lap. ahhh, the beauty of a research job.
and I missed leo at the med school, boo.
Another King
StandardSaw King Arthur last night. Saw it alone because once again I’ve run into the ‘need more offline friends’ brick wall. Sometimes I hate being a loner. I don’t mind that I saw it alone, although it was damn cold in the theater and quite empty for an opening night…thank goodness I brought an extra shirt and a book. Lots of fun imagery, but awkwardly edited. I enjoyed it, but it seemed like there were some parts missing. Had a good score though. Hans Zimmer may be derivitive sometimes but he still writes good music.
Seemed like there were some strange cuts from one scene to another…here’s a shot of Woads getting ready for battle, here’s a nice domestic scene…or here’s the night before battle and then it’s dark and suddenly Guenivere is sneaking into Arthur’s room…and even though I knew they were separate groups, for quite a while it was hard to figure out who was Saxon and who was native Briton. Guess that’s why they went with the super-blue people. Poor Merlin hardly got a mention.
Kiera Knightly is entirely too pretty for words. She looks good even when she’s blue. Perhaps not the right accent for her acting region, but at least I was convinced she could be both queen and warrior. sometimes. Clive Owen, now, I could live without him. He’s just not my type. Although I did start to like him better towards the end of the movie. He does seem like a Roman officer. I liked most of the knights of the Round Table…Gawain and Galahad were familiar, I knew I’d seen them before, but couldn’t place them with all that hair! Gawain’s actor also appeared in Ned Kelly (with your favorite and mine, Orlando Bloom) and Galahad was in some period drama that I’m not sure of but I know I’ve seen.
Ioan Gruffud is a good looking man, and he uses two swords as Launcelot…kinda like Legolas’ white knives. Yay! Unfortunately the friendship between Arthur and Launcelot isn’t really developed and there is nonexistent romance between Launcelot and Guenivere. I heard that Jerry Bruckheimer (producer) was pushing for an R but this ended up with PG-13, so I bet a lot of the romance got cut so there could be more ‘violent’ fighting sequences.
Warning: there’s a spoiler ahead.