BIRTHDAY!!

Well, I'm another year older. It doesn't bother me in the slightest. And I love birthdays and I celebrate them in an over the top kind of way. I know some people don't get that, but it's just my thing. Christmas is some people's thing, birthdays are mine.

So this year as I turned 34 I planned a whole weekend because, well, my b-day fell on a Friday! Deidre, Mom, Gina, and I went to see Jim Brickman in concert at Nokia Theater. Holy hell was it awesome. And let me just tell you about the Italian Canadian pop singer, Mark Masri, that had our eyes popping out of our head when he walked out on stage. Scrumptious. And his voice: AMAZING. Afterwards they did a meet and greet in the lobby and I took his picture, nonchalantly which actually turned into him seeing me take it, but oh well it was worth it! I now have a new screensaver on my phone. heehee

Saturday night Deidre and I (for less storytelling purposes only) finally ended up at Opening Bell Coffee shop to hear Alex Dezen of The Damnwells play acoustic. I was mesmerized. He is truly talented. I never wanted him to stop playing! I'm so glad we went. Afterwards we headed to Adairs for a birthday celebration with Michelle. WOWZA is all I can really say about it. If I had to pick Mo Robson out of a lineup I wouldn't be able to because I can't tell you one song he sang or what he even looks like. I think I had 5 or 6 drinks maybe and one shot. At closing time we didn't have a ride either because the car was at Mockingbird station....that's part of the storytelling I left out. So at 3 am when Lil Joel was taking us to Deidre's car so we could go home......yeah.

Here's some memorable quotes:

• Ladies can you still text with the lights turned down this much?
• Are we in the right place? None of these pictures look like where we are sitting.
• The only spare seats are right in the front row. Fabulous.
• I need a fork. (3 times at least)
• How about I'm going to make a request and play the song I want to play?
• riding in taxi, there's a loud THUD. OMG was that a baby?
• A BABY! NO! I have 5 babies of my own.
• I've never walked in through the front door at Adairs. Feels weird.
• You see Kings of Leon over there? He's mine I saw him first.
• Ok I will go talk to him and find out his name.....
• DAWN RENEE what are you doing you were supposed to go talk to him! Me: Sorry I had to pee first!
• love you? I lust after you.
• Joel what time will you be done here? Can you please give us a ride home? we have no transportion here
• "Where's my jacket?" "You're wearing it." "oh."

Coconut Loco

Last Wednesday I had a girl's dinner with Heather, Tracey, and Deidre. We ate at my favorite Chinese restaurant. I hadn't seen Heather or Tracey in what seemed like years! I enjoyed catching up. Our lives go in so many different directions these days that it's nice to stop and spend a couple hours together doing something non music related.
On Thursday Deidre, Allegra, and I went to HOB and saw Needtobreathe. AMAZING! Such a magical night. I fell in love with a banjo player. Deidre fell in love with Matthew Mayfield. He had the flu. Deidre told him she loved him eventhough he had the flu. He was gracious. We bought his cds. one word: LOVE!
Friday, we passed up seeing EYB at Gilleys for some Braun brothers at Hanks. I agree with V, Gary needs to cut his hair, shave, bathe, whatever. Didn't stop me from looking at him. haha It was a great show. Jordan, Lori's daughter, and I stood front and center. She'd never done that before. Micky bent down and played the guitar at her and smiled. She swooned. It was so stinking cute. She was a fan of standing at the front of the stage.
Saturday I really didn't have plans, so Mom and I ate a late lunch at La Madeline and then did some shopping. Whilst shopping I got the best text EVER from Lori asking if I wanted to go with her, Jordan, and Cori to see Reckless Kelly. I mean how could I pass up seeing 4 Brauns in one weekend?!?! They played 2 new songs that will be on an album apparently coming out in February. Willy looked HOT. Then I was snapped back into reality when V text me and said...."not to alarm you but Willy is wear the EXACT SAME outfit as last night." It's ok, he smelled good, so he had to have showered, right? haha ok, ok, it's Dirty, but whatever. The setlist was amazing. The night was amazing. Jordan and I stood front and center again. We sang together. It was fun! Jordan asked me if I thought David looked like Mike Eli with his hair like that. I could see what she was saying. I told her, yeah maybe, but David has better hair. haha I love her.
Sunday I went to my grandparents to visit. My Papaw looks so much better since he got the steroid shot in his back for his herniated disc. Their kittens have grown up. They are so stinking cute. If you know of anyone wanting a kitten, let me know. I took pictures and can share them if they're interested.

On the agenda this week: Drew Kennedy at Adairs Thursday night, Charming Gardeners at the Doublewide Friday night, Eyb & Gary Allan at Starplex Saturday night. Should be an awesome weekend!

Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious

Hello everyone. All 5 of you.

Everyone at my work is deathly ill. They have been for 2 weeks. Even my mother. I've somehow managed to not get sick. I think it has something to do with the weather as to why the illness is lingering everywhere. I bathe in antibacterial here at work about every 5 minutes. And if they cough in my vicinity I spray lysol in the air. I will not get sick. I will not get sick. I. will. not. get. sick. Does that work saying it 3 times like Beetlejuice?

This past weekend was fun. On Friday night we went to the Doublewide and saw a really fun band called The Room Sounds. The other 2 bands, eh. They are from some northern state and just moved to Frisco, Texas of all places. We talked with them for a bit. I hope we go see another show. They gave us a free sticker. I love free stuff! Afterwards we hit up Adairs for a late night grilled cheese and fries. It was crazy in there. On Saturday Deidre and I went to see the Charming Gardeners. The girl that sings in this band was great and I love the songs. Can't wait for a cd! It was over right before 10 so we went to City Tavern and met up with Robby and Matty to see Charlie Shafter. I'm not sure why I didn't notice it before, I think it was the hat the first time, but Charlie Shafter is CUTE! And I still love his music. And I was blowing up V's phone with all kinds of texts. Thanks for humoring me. I even managed to talk to him. Go me! On Sunday, Julie and Deidre and I went to see "Mary Poppins" and then walked around the Fair looking for the new fried foods. The musical was just as spectacular as it was in NYC. At the Fair we had a corny dog, fried peaches n cream, fried grilled cheese, fried cheesecake, and fried pecan pie. All very good. I think the fried cheese cake was my favorite. However, by 9 pm that night I had a stomach ache! Good grief. Good thing it's only once a year!

OH! We saw Oprah while we were there. She came in to the Embarcadero building and tried all the fried crap we were trying. She was filming a bit for her show the next day. The whole friday crew was with her. It was all very exciting....if you like that sorta thing.

Rock, Paper, Scissors

I had an eventful weekend! On Friday night Deidre, Mom, and I went to Winstar Casino to see Gary Allan. If you've never been to a concert there, I'd highly recommend it only if you buy VIP or the sections on either sides of the stage....to row FF. Behind row FF is a rope that separates it from the rest of the crowd. When the performer begins everyone runs to the front of the stage and remains there for the rest of the show. Kinda like being at Gilleys, but better. I've never seen Gary Allan live. To be honest, I've never LOVED Gary Allan until recent months. He won me over on Friday night. From full band to solo acoustic to full band acoustic back to full band he rocked the stage and gained my respect. I can't wait to see him again on October 24th at Starplex with my EYB boys.
On the drive home I convinced them to stop at Shooters to see if the Motorcars were there Friday night or Saturday night because on the way up there we could tell on the sign. Well, it was double bonus night because they were there and still playing and so we went in and listened to the rest of the show. I saw 2 Garys in one night and it was amazing.
The next afternoon my friend of 21 years, Karen, got married. It was a very short but sweet ceremony (like maybe 10 minutes at the most) and then we all went to South Fork Ranch for the reception. It was all beautiful. And Karen was so pretty and happy. I drank some Shiners, ate some food, hung out at the fun girls table, had my picture taken in the photo booth with 2 of my favorites, and when I started getting up to go dance on the dance floor I decided that it was time for me to leave. So at 10 pm I left.
I drove home and changed clothes and drove to Dallas to meet up with Deidre and we went to Adairs. Another bonus for the weekend was Ryan Bales playing there. So I drank way too many princess drinks to the point I felt like throwing up. I couldn't even drink the jagerbomb Deidre bought. The 2 Joels were working and don't think B Joel didn't remind me of the shimmy I did the week before. And once when we needed drink refills those 2 jerks did rock, paper, scissors to decide who HAD to wait on us. They thought it was funny, we didn't. I've decided to not do redbull drinks anymore, from now on I'm gonna do cranberry juice and vodka because I couldn't sleep to save my life that night from all the redbull I had consumed. Ugh. I think we finally ended up leaving about 2:30 am.
So Sunday I didn't do a darn thing but lounge on the couch. Then about 1 pm I crashed and slept until 4:30.
I'm actually looking forward to this weekend because I'm not doing anything. I'm not going out. I'm not stepping foot in Adairs. I'll be in Allen if anybody needs me :)