"I just told Dave Matthews to 'wrap it up'."

That quote belongs to the lovely Katie Shropshire, who spent night three on the Spring 2009 Concert Tour with me at DMB in the 'ham last night.

So much has happened since my last post. SOOOOOOO much. I can't really get into all of it, so I'll try for a brief run down followed by a post just about Dave. Let's see, let's see....

oh! I went to see Flight of the Conchords in Hotlanta with Shrop, Luc, Mark, Jean, and the brothers Cowert. It was AMAZING. There is nothing un-funny about their songs. ever. Also, in the midst of this, I spent six (practically) inseperable days with Chris. He is so much fun. All of the time.

Anyway, that went down, but the following Wednesday I got some severely disappointing news when Harry broke up with me. He argues that I broke up with him, but that's so not the case. Anyway, I won't be taking lessons from him anymore. I guess I'm ok with it. Alot of people don't want me to quit my drumming but I'm sooooooo unmotivated.

what else...I went to Mobile this past weekend and spent a lot of time with Chris. I was barely home, which I kind of felt bad about, but not really. I met his friend Emily Friday night, and she seems really nice so that was fun. Saturday night was ASMS prom. I can't really describe the kind of kids that go to ASMS prom, so I won't try. Just know that they're really smart. and really weird. I'll share some pics from that delightful evening:

This is one of Chris's students, Eli. He's a sweet kid who asked me to dance

This girl's dress was awful. it reminded me of a jellyfish.
This guy....Caleb. He's one of Chris's co-workers. Chris needed me to take a prom pic with him, and I do what my boo needs.


Prom pic!

Anywho, it was a good time. I didn't want to leave Mobile, but alas, I had to.

on to Dave...

Katie and I arrived a wee bit late (my fault, I was napping) and missed the opening act completely. I couldn't even tell you who it was, but I'm not that sad about it. Then we went to the wrong section and almost '"busted a cap" in some peeps for being in our seats. Good thing we figured out it was one section over, and hadn't said anything to those people yet. We would have felt really, really dumb.

Anyway, we went to our seats and waited for Dave to begin. The night was nice-the air was cool, the stars were out, and the smell of "special smoke" was surrounding us from every angle. Not that I minded at a Dave concert. It's not a lovely smell, but it's pretty concert-y, right? All part of the experience. So he opens with "Don't drink the water" which is such a good opener if you ask me. It gets people pumped about life. He played a lot of songs I didn't really know, but he snuck in some Jimi Thing, Crash, Ants Marching, and - get this- during the encore he played Sister. With Tim Reynolds. I thought I would NEVER get to hear that one live, ever.

Somewhere in the midst of all of this, Shrop and I abandoned our nosebleed seats for a better life with Leslie and Michael Stevens down in the second tier. All in all, it was a great time. I'm glad I got to give Shrop her first Dave experience, and hopefully we'll have many more in the future! For now, enjoy some pics:

Please Allow Me to Elaborate

Yesterday I had a minute so I posted what I would be talking about today, mostly because I didn't want to forget today when I did my Thursday blog. That sentence seems pretty jumbled, but I'm really tired, so let slide, eh?

so numero uno: The most awesomest ringtone ever. It's the theme to Flight of the Conchords. If you've never seen this gem of a program, call your cable company, get HBO and start watching immediately. If you're not going to do that. here's a youtube video for demonstration:

dos: I learned how to c-walk at work yesterday. My never-ending battle with my printer came to a full on stop yesterday after I was completely defeated, and I couldn't do much of anything, so when Christian came in I asked him to teach me how to c-walk. It involves bending the knees, stepping out and hopping forward. I attempted this in heels first, so of course, I almost fell. But once I got my shoes off I did alright.

tres: I have a boo. His name is Chris and he's awesome. He lives in Mobile, which sucks, but we have so much fun together.

quatro: It's APRIL! Concert tour 2009 is about to get rollin' once again. I have FOTC in about a week, Dave the next Monday and Ray the next Monday after that. It's going to be amazing. AMAZING. Shrop, Luc and I are going to make our best Bret McKenzie tshirts with animal prints on them. Yeah, I know I'm 25 years old.

cinco: who has two thumbs and gets to go to prom again? This girl. Chris works at Alabama School of Math and Science, aka, Hogwart's school of witchcraft and wizardry. Their prom is the weekend I'm going home this month, and he has to chaperon so he got the ok to have me as his date. I'll get to meet all of the kids on his hall and see the Battleship for the first time in my life. We both have lived in Mobile most of our lives, and neither one of us has ever been.

seis: I had my first lesson with Harry in over a month yesterday afternoon! It went GREAT. I was ready for some practice, and I feel like I'm getting better. Harry was in a really good mood, too, which helps. He was goofing off, which is a side of him I don't get to see that often. Anyway, turns out I'm a total freak at drumming, because the things that are supposed to be hard for everyone are easy for me, and the things that are supposed to be the easiest I just don't get. Not surprising. I don't do anything the conventional way it seems. So I'm having trouble getting my right hand and right foot to cooperate together. (The highhat and the bass drum) They seem to want to get into a pattern of doing the same thing. Harry says the best thing is to prioritize what I want to train my body to do first, and then add in the more factors. Like just play the highhat and bass for a minute or just play the bass and the snare, and not worry about the third component until I'm ready. I felt good about things yesterday, though, and it's always good to see sweet Harry. Even if he is a total show-off sometimes!

so that's what's happening in my life right now. Things are good. Hopefully they'll stay that way for a while! Until next time...

I got a minute

so I thought I'd blog a little about what I plan to go into detail about tomorrow:

1)I got the most awesome of all ringtones
2)I learned how to c-walk at work today
3)I have a boo
4)It's april, which means concerts 2, 3 &4 of the Spring 2009 Concert Tour are this month
5)I get to go to prom again
6)the drum lesson I'll have tonight - my first in over a month.

so chew on that for a while, and I'll give deets tomorrow morning.

Until then...