Thursday, April 30, 2009

Some people are just. . .

My friend Alissa invited me to a concert last night for the St. Jude's Foundation. I was super pumped.

And I will make an announcement right now: I like Country music. I grew up listening to it and I have never quit really. I grew up listening to the greats: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Kris Kristopherson, Alabama, etc. I have even gotten other people to listen to Country music. I've listened as Country music turned from Blue Grass with a little Rock to downright Pop music. Yes I'm talking to you Taylor Swift and Faith Hill. Anywho. . .

The benefit had Jack Ingram, Keith Anderson, Jessica Andrews, and the great Randy Owens, lead singer for Alabama.

It opened with Jack Ingram and Keith Anderson sitting on stage together, each taking turns singing one of their songs and chatting. It was really cool.

Then Randy Owens and Jessica Andrews came out. This is where things got weird. Keith Anderson and Jack Ingram are pretty equal in their talents and hits. Randy Owens has been a legend in the music business for 40 years. Jessica Andrews has had one #1 hit and is like 26. There is no comparison here people. Jessica is a great singer but really she should have been up singing every other song with Keith And Jack. Heck, even they have had more hits than she has and have been in the music biz a lot longer.

Randy Owens started playing his song first and then Jessica made a comment when he looked at her to banter and start playing she said that she could just step off the stage and watch him instead of playing. Weird. Well then Randy played his 4th song (Mountain Music) and then just was like "Goodnight Everyone!!!" Just like that. No Jessica playing one more song or anything. She didn't even play her only #1 hit. It was just done. It was the strangest ending to a concert I have ever been to. EVER.

The music is not what made the night so entertaining though. It was perhaps the 2 older couples that kept groping each other and practically having simulated sex in front of us. And as they got drunker, it got worse. And made me vomit in my mouth.

At one point in the evening, Jack Ingram was at the bar getting a drink, like 5 ft from me and Alissa and I saw this girl seriously flirting with him hard core. Almost embarrassingly flirting. He mentioned during the show he was married with children ages 2,5, and 7. Anyway, as Alissa and I were saying what poor taste that was, drunk older lady #1 from gropefest came up and grabbed his arm and then other drunk older lady #2 from gropefest #2 came up and they wanted a picture with him. So drunk older guy #1 took a picture on his phone of them. This really pissed off the girl that was throwing herself on him. Anyway, you could tell that Jack was feeling very awkward around the drunk gals, and he kind of made an exit. Except about the time he made the exit, I was getting up off my chair to go the bathroom and almost ran directly into him. AWKWARD. This would have been a perfect time to get a picture, but I was just soo stunned.

So when I get back from the loo, drunk older lady #1 says LOUDLY "I can't believe we just talked to AND got our picture with Keith Anderson!!!" Oh did I happen to mention that Keith Anderson and HIS ENTIRE FAMILY were sitting right behind Alissa and I. I'm pretty sure Keith himself heard it. Jack Ingram and Keith Anderson look absolutely nothing alike. Keith's arms are like the size of my leg. And I am not joking. He is ripped. I really wanted him to pick me up, throw me over his shoulders, and carry me away and play the guitar for me. I'm a sucker for a guy who can sing and play the guitar. So not only was she drunk and groping/rubbing up against and making out with her husband, she had no idea who the people were she was watching at the concert.

Anywho, Alissa and I were trying all night to figure out how to get Keith's picture since he was behind us. Take a self pic and have him in the background?!? Just stand up and turn around and take a candid?!? Most of the night he stood behind me over my head watching the show, so it would have been pretty obvious. I could have literally just turned around and grabbed his leg through the railing. And had it been George Clooney or Jensen Ackles or Justin Timberlake. . . I probably would have. . . but I'm not an uber Keith Anderson or Jack Ingram fan, so I didn't want to look or act like a nutso. Plus it was a pretty chill concert at a small venue and most other people weren't acting like screaming fans, so we didn't want to be those people. Because trust me, those people stood out.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

I apologize. . . for my randomness. . .

Not that I have millions of followers, but that I have not written on here in almost a month. And that I never finished my posts that I had started. They just didn't seem right somehow. Soo. . . let me just quickly recap my life:



  • My friends Robb and Christine got married. It was awesome. I hope that some day I will find that love. On the weird side, Dean was my date. I didn't have a choice in it seeing as Christine basically told him he HAD to be my date. And I don't know why or how we go into these situations and come out looking like/acting like a couple. Christine's Mom at the end of the night told him what a great person I am and how he should never let me go. He agreed.

  • I went and hung out with some people that I had met at a birthday party that are new to town and know my aunt. Dean came with me. He also came with me prior to that, to visit my cousin. Mac had to move literally right across the parking lot from him. I have to park right next to his place to go to hers. I called him to let him know I wasn't stalking him, nearly visiting Mac and he wanted to come with. Then that night I got asked what was up with us by my new friend and she told me she was surprised because we have so much chemistry between us. I wish I could kill her or hit her, but I just met her and thought that might be wrong. And her boyfriend asked me the same thing and then proceeded to tell me how great I am and that any guy would be lucky to have me.

  • The next weekend we went to my friend Alissa's Bday. Dan sits down next to me at one point and says he heard that Dean and I were dating. And I remind Dan, seeing as he is one of my closest friends, I'm pretty sure he would have been told this information already if it was true

  • Perhaps Dean and I should not hang out 3 times a week. It's getting a little bit ridiculous. We really didn't hang out the last 2 weeks though. Okay, granted, I've been gone or he's been working the whole weekend, but. . .nonetheless. . . And friends go car shopping with other friends, it's normal. And they call to ask if they can put you down as a reference for a loan. It's normal.

  • I am watching Dirty Dancing right now and can't tell you why I love this movie so much. But. I. Do.

  • Kattie and I went to watch 17 Again on Friday. And now I have a bit of a dilemma. I love Zac Efron. I am seriously contemplating renting all 3 High School Musicals. He's hot. And can act. I didn't think he could. But he could. And man. . . Zac Efron. I think I'm turning into a cougar. . . is that possible?!?

  • My friend Josie turned 30 last weekend. And for some reason, I keep crying every time I think about it. I saw the preview for My Sister's Keeper and started bawling. In a preview. Then today in the paper there was a story about a girl who has hormonal cancer that was diagnosed when she was 9. It usually only happens to women in their 40s. They don't think she'll live past 30. Bawled. Like a baby. She's only 19 and a freshmen in college. She's living life day to day. And doesn't know whether to fall in love and let her friends know. I just want Josie to be better. I want her to be there for my wedding, for the birth of my first child. She's supposed to. I hate that we don't know what's going to happen. In a way, it's almost easier to get over the grief when it happens and not deal with the grief of the unknown. I don't know.

  • My cousin D$ had a beautiful baby girl, Mya and I saw her this weekend. She is just too adorable and tiny. I can't wait to see her again. Congrats D$ and Nate!!!!

  • I can't get over the whole Craig's List Killer thing. That guy is a whack job. And was in medical school. I can't believe his fiancee says that he was completely normal.

  • Also I am scared about the Serial Killer in New Mexico. They keep finding all these bodies. I guess this means I did a good thing by not going into prostituting seeing as these are the women that they keep finding are brutally murdered. But still it's scary.

  • Oh and did I mention when travelling to San Diego a couple of weeks ago I ran into this guy?!?


If you're wondering. . .yes that's George Clooney and yes. . .I was less than 5 ft from him. I didn't even realize it at first. He was filming for one of his movies In the Air at the St Louis Airport. I wish I could have gotten my picture taken with him. He's just as gorgeous in person as you would think he was. And I kept shaking and couldn't control myself. I was in hysterics because of him. He's also 5'7" or maybe 5'8" and a little smaller than you would expect. But still he's gorgeous and remains in my top 5. :)

That's all I got folks!!!