I’ve sort of been celebrating my birthday for the past couple of weeks. I saw Lady Antebellum at the Ryman, went to see Remember Me, and went car shopping with Kristi and Earl. None of that was officially “birthday” stuff, but pretty much the entire month of March is all about me. I’ve also received some gifts and had a mom-cooked meal. Today, I’m going on a mini road trip with Sherry and Nikki to do some shopping. And then tomorrow will be the annual trip to Olive Garden since the one in BG is STILL not open yet.

Wish I had had better seats...

Not sure what I was supposed to be.

The only photo of me with a Backstreet Boy

Cozumel, Mexico. Wish I still had that tan.

First day of school.

This is my flirty look. Or maybe it's the thriving one.

Until this year. My mom is happy that I’m finally getting her money’s worth out of them. And I guess I’m happy to have them because I think they lessen my chances of falling down. We all know my chances of that are usually high, so I’m grateful for anything that helps.

I am so tired of this snow and ready for spring. A couple of weeks ago, I could see my tulips coming up. Now they’re covered with snow. I keep joking about moving, but if this keeps up, I won’t be joking anymore. I even asked my boss if I could work from Hawaii. He just laughed, so I’m not sure if that was a yes or no. Maybe I should ask again.

On the Coast of Somewhere Beautiful by Kenny Chesney

So here are the ones that I thought were completely true or cracked me up. I’ll let you decide which is which. My comments are in parentheses.

• First off-SHES DEFINATLY NOT A MANATEE!!!! (“Definatly” not a speller either.)
• A sweet girl with a cheery disposition on life, love and friendship.
• A girl who is extremely sweet and innocent, yet she kicks someone’s ass when necessary. (And while kicking will say “Damnit” in her best Jack Bauer voice.)
• The king of stealing, is a f-ing criminal mastermind of stealing. Is never caught and is very mischeivious. (This is absolutely true. I’ve stolen every seashell I own.)
• The hottest girl on earth. She can melt the heart of any guy. (Have they seen this?)
• She can be crazy, but her friends love her for that. (I’ll take crazy just as long as its not cruisazy.)
• Anything from tallest to shortest, skinniest to largest, just a person. (Hmmm, haven’t I heard that last part somewhere Diana?)
• Those with the name Jamie tend to be kind people who enjoy music. (Somebody should do a concert just for people named Jamie!)
• Usually have dark hair (Because we all buy the “Jamie” haircolor box.)
• Some have dry senses of humor and can be confused easily… that’s part of the humor.
• Female Jamies are fun to be around and can be slightly tone-deaf… but all’s good because they make up for it in attitude. (I have attitude about being called tone-deaf. I could be the next American Idol if I wasn’t over the age limit)
• Generally her smile creates a kawaii overload in the kawaii receptors of your brain, weakening the toughest man’s emotional defenses into that of a newborn puppy.
• Is very intelligent, but can be a f-ing dumbass at times.
• Good from far and far from good

Jamie by Weezer

The show was filmed at The Factory in Franklin, TN. Kristi and I had standing room only tickets in the balcony above the stage. That was pretty cool to be close to the stage but also looking out over the crowd. It was really hot up there, but definitely worth it.

The amazing part is how well these guys sounded together. They’re both great guitar players, and I loved every song they performed. Some songs had to be done twice, and I was happy that one of those was one of my favorites, “Til Summer Comes Around.” They were also pretty funny together. There were a lot of jokes about how hot it was (“Tonight I Wanna Fry”) and how often the makeup girls had to come up on the stage. It was a really fun night, and I can’t wait to see what all makes it on the show. Maybe you’ll see Kristi and me in the audience. Well, if we had enough “energy” that is..right Kristi?

Keith’s Set:
1. If Ever I Could Love
2. ‘Til Summer Comes Around (2)
3. Tonight I Wanna Cry (2)
4. Sweet Thing

John’s Set:
1. Perfectly Lonely (2)
2. Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
3. Say
4. Gravity
5. Faith

‘Til Summer Comes Around by Keith Urban

So, I’ll tell you this: Kristi and I may or may not be going to a city in Tennessee in the near future for a taping of a show for some network that will feature one to two guys that may or may not sing and/or play guitar.

Yay! I’m so excited and can’t wait!

No Such Thing by John Mayer

If you haven’t guessed by now, the movie I’m talking about is New Moon. I’m making an event out of it — some friends are coming over to eat Italiano, watch Twilight and then go to the theater. At the time I was planning this, I thought it would be easier for everyone to get together on Saturday. Now I realize the rest of the world will get to see the movie a day before we do. What was I thinking?

So to get you (and me) through the next 5 days, I offer 5 things to occupy your time:

1. Go to party one superstore to stare at the life-size Edward Cullen. Maybe take a picture with it.
2. Record all the talkshows this week and count how many times Taylor says he put on 30 pounds of muscle, Kristen refuses to say if she and Rob are together, and Rob says something goofy in a very hot British accent.
3. Continue your “research” using google images to decide if you are Team Edward or Team Jacob.
4. Watch the 3728 clips that are posted on YouTube and then wonder why you need to go see the movie since you’ve pretty much seen it all now.
5. Re-read the book. Or if you are Diana and Lisa, read it for the first time. (And you might want to start with the first one. You’ll probably have to use some vacation time to finish by Saturday.)

Does anyone else have New Moon plans?

Possibility by Lykke-Li

To help my transition into fall, I’ve come up with 9 good things about this season. I originally planned a top ten list, but I couldn’t come up with the last one Click read more to see my top 9…



9 Good Things About Fall

1. Fall TV. Thanks to my new DVR, I can spend cold nights curled up on the couch watching Glee, Bones, How I Met Your Mother and anything else I find to record.
2. “New” Clothes. Long sleeve t-shirts, 3/4 length sleeved shirts, sweaters, jackets. It’s like I have all new clothes even though it’s the same stuff I got tired of wearing back in February.
3. New purse. When I bought it this summer, I wasn’t sure I would be able to wait this long to use it, but I did! It’s pretty hot I must say.
4. Ironing delay. I have a stack of short-sleeve shirts that need to be ironed. I’ve put them off for over a week now, but I tell myself that’s ok because it’s not like I’ll be wearing them anytime soon.
5. Crock Pot. There’s nothing better than a hot bowl of soup waiting for you at home after a cold day.
6. Mums. I felt kind of dumb for planting mums in the spring when they quit blooming after about a week. But then September came and now I have these. They haven’t said anything to me, but I’m sure my neighbors are jealous.
7. Christmas decorations. Speaking of jealous neighbors, fall means it is almost Halloween. Which means it’s almost Thanksgiving. Which means it’s almost time to decorate for Christmas. All these people that have moved in over the summer have no idea what they have to look forward to.
8. 11.20.09. If you don’t know what comes out then, go here.
9. At least it’s not this cold yet!

What do you like/dislike about fall? Let me know in the comments.

Airstream Song by Miranda Lambert

Last Tuesday, I bought cradlesong by Rob Thomas. Now I may be a little biased, but I think it’s awesome. So far, my favorites are … well it would be easier to say that I usually skip over “Gasoline” and “Snowblind.” Neither are bad songs, but I’m usually in a hurry to get to my two favorite songs: “Give me the meltdown” and “Wonderful”.

After the jump, Rob in hi def, new bsb and a pop quiz….

I also picked up the “Rob Thomas: Live at Red Rocks” dvd last week. Since I’m probably not going to see him on this tour, this helps relive the shows I did go to for his last cd. I think I would go to each date on his tour if I could. I love watching him and hearing the stories behind some of the songs. I even bought the Blu-Ray version of this. Rob Thomas in hi-def!! woohoo!

At work today, itunes entertained me by picking some bsb songs to play. It’s funny to think how I used to know everything that was going on with them, and now I’m so out of the loop. I did some searching and found that they’re working on a new cd and 10 songs were recently leaked. Now, I’ve only listened to them once but so far I’m not really impressed. They’re doing more R&B — kind of like NKOTB’s new stuff. Somehow Nick singing about his “shorty” doesn’t give me the same feeling as the old backstreet boys music that I obsessed over. Maybe it will grow on me. There is one song that I liked called “Bigger.” It’s supposedly written by Max Martin which comes as no surprise. Anyway, I’ll definitely buy it when it comes out, but I’m secretly hoping the cd will not have some of these songs on it.

Now for the pop quiz if you’ve read this far. In the RT section of this fairly long post, I mentioned that I bought the blu-ray version of his dvd. My blu-ray collection is fairly small. I currently own 7, but I’ve only purchased 2 one being the RT one. Who can name the other movie that I thought was worthy of purchasing?

Still ain’t over you by Rob Thomas