The Best Night

I went to see Colbie Caillat and John Mayer in concert the other night. AMAZING. Everything about that night was perfect. It was the type of summer evenings where the temperature is just right. You don't need a coat, the stars are out, and there's good people all around.

Colbie Caillat was fantastic. Super chill and just cute. Not cute as in looks (which she is), but cute in personality and stage presence. I've loved her music the moment her first single came out and she keeps the great songs coming...

Then John Mayer came out. I like the stuff you hear on the radio from him. It's good. The lyrics get you thinking, the music is catchy but not mainstream common, and there's something in his voice that's just casual and calm -- like you could listen for hours. That's what you hear on the radio...in concert, he rocks! If you don't know, let me tell you now, as a performer, as a musician, as a songwriter he is flippin' amazing! He did blues covers, he did rock covers, he did his old stuff, his new stuff and a bunch in between. He blew it away.

We had a great time. Oh, who's "we"?


...us.

He'll put a boot up your...

The other night my cousin and I went to see Toby Keith in concert...and it was awesome! Montgomery Gentry opened for him and got the crowd up and moving. I'd seen Montgomery Gentry's videos before and thought I had a good understanding of their dynamic. Not so much. These guys (stoic picture aside) are a couple of fun-loving jokers that know how to turn it up.

Then Toby Keith came out and did his thing. I wouldn't say he's a great musician or even puts on a great performance. But his songs just get you right in the sweet spot and gets you on your feet. Also, he's fiercely patriotic and really stirred up some good emotions in the crowd.

It was good time all around.

My Mosaic

This was fun. A friend of mine put this on her blog and I thought it was a fun experiment.



here's how it works:
1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
2. Using only the first page of results, pick one image.
3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into Big Huge Lab’s Mosaic Maker to create a mosaic of the picture answers. (make the mosaic have 3 columns by 4 rows)

the questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food? right now?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. What is your favourite drink?
7. What is your dream vacation?
8. What is your favourite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. What is one word that describes you?
12. What is your blog name?

I don't understand...

I read in the paper the other day that the Greek island of Crete is suffering from a severe drought.

I don't understand how an island -- a (small) landmass surrounded on ALL sides by water -- can suffer from a drought. I just feel that with today's technology and civic engineering setting up a water facility should be pretty easy/expected. Maybe that's just me and my not-so-commonsense working on this one.


Note all the blue around the white parts...that's water.