Sarah McLachlan

WOW. That's all I have to say. The most amazing show I've ever seen. EVER. It deserves a "BEST. SHOW. EVER." I only remember the two songs that she opened with in terms of order of songs, and a few that went together, but man! I was crying, singing, and feeling completely overwhelmed by her breathtaking voice.

 
She opened with Fallen (while I was standing in the drink line) then went into World On Fire (while I was still in the drink line.) Then she sang a verse of You Are My Sunshine that lead into Hold On. Then, not in the right order:

 
• Sweet Surrender
   
• Adia
   
• Witness (which was the best song of the night - IMHO)
   
• Stupid
   
• Drifting
   
• Fear (Which she started in a low octave for the first verse, then jumped to the next octave for the rest of the song - GOOSEBUMPS)
   
• Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
   
• I will Remeber You
   
• Building a Mystery  (when I was in the bathroom - after two drinks that's what happens)
   
• Possession
   
• Wait
   
• Mary
   
• Elsewhere (My favorite SM song)
   
• Ice (also really amazing)
   
• Ice Cream (with audience participation)
   
• Trainwreck
   
• Answer 
   
• Push (which she dedicated to her husband - the drummer Ash Sood) /Angel (Piano Solos)
   
• Time
   
• Perfect Girl
   
• Dirty Little Secret (ended the show with that one, I think)
  

 
I kept waiting for her to sing I Love You, Good Enough, Dear God but alas, t'was not so. :(
 
But still. 26 songs. 2 encores. 2 and a half hours on non-stop Sarah McLachlan. I'm sad that it's over. I hope I won't have to wait another 7 years to see her again.
 

Our Trip to Canada

So Brandon and I are going on our roadtrip in 19 days! The countdown begins! We reserved our room for our 2 year anniversary in Edmonton and we're staying at Hotel MacDonald in their Chateau Suite. It's two stories (built into the turret of the hotel - see the picture from the website to know what I'm talking about) and has a jetted bathtub with seperate shower stall. Full breakfast in their fine dining restaurant comes with the room as does a breathtaking view of the North Saskatchewan River (which is probably brown, but hey, at least it's a river.)  For our first night in Edmonton, My Uncle Pat and Auntie Janet are letting us stay with them, which is totally awesome. Our aniv. night is the next night, and then for the next two nights we're staying at The Met Hotel on Whyte Ave. I can't wait! I'm freaking out over here!
 
I celebrated Auntie Die Die's birthday with her on Friday night. We had chinese food and watched VH1's "I love the 90's." It was fun. Uncle Danny got back after 10pm with a Carvel ice cream cake. MMMMMMMmmmmmmmmm....
 
I still have to get my car registered (my registration expires while I'm on vacation) get my A/C checked out (to make sure we don't lose it during our trip) and I have to finish Brandon's aniv. present. Damn. So much to do, so little time. Oh well.

Kerry/Edwards 2004?

I just attended my first rally, and it was interesting. I met with some other people through Democracy for America last night, which was kind of disappointing. There was no host, and because it was my first time doing anything political outside of talking about it with my family (which always goes well) or friends so I had no idea what to expect. It was nice to meet with other people who think the way that I do.

Sometimes I feel like I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.


See this site: http://www.johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com


That's kind of how I feel.


Wil Wheaton's new book Just a Geek is out. I'm planning on buying it directly from him at the convention.

Viruses (Virusi)!

So, I'm on Ann Coulter's website, and I decide to venture off into republican land for a while and what do you know?!!!! I get a virus on my computer! Now, you might think I'm one of these crazy liberal lefties who likes to blame anyone and everyone, especially the right, for anything bad that might happen ever just because I am an America-hating, communist, fancy pants elitist, even if it such an event would only happen once. But guess what? Ever since I've been trying to see the right POV, my probing the other side has gotten me 4 viruses. (Virusi?) I go to lefty websites all the time! NO VIRUSI! The only reason I know it's from certain websites is because as soon as I visit an infected site, my virus program starts running, and freaks out. So what have I learned from all this? Not a lot from the right, seeing as I can't even access their websites without having to have my network administrator delete trojan virusi. I learned that you have to read print media to learn anything real about the right. OH! That's it! They don't want to give you FREE information, they want you to have to BUY their books! Wow, I see the light. ;)

July 4th weekend

Sunday was great! We rented the boat, cruised around, found a beach/alcove with warm water, drank, ate, swam, floated, listened to music and got in trouble with the boat police for having people hanging out on the front and the back of the boat while it was in motion. All in all, great times. I have pictures in my camera that I will have to display hopefully this weekend.

Today

So, I asked my supervisor if I had to come in early on Monday, seeing as it was a holiday and nobody would be at corporate to recieve our early reports (which is the only reason I come in early on Monday mornings.) She asked our boss and he said that everything is the same for Monday, meaning come in early because(I assumed) the people would be at corporate and we would have to get the reports out as usual in a timely fashion. So after the second night in a row of 5 hours sleep, I come draggin into work this morning. I start doing reports and something is not adding up. Time is ticking away, and I just can't think anymore, so I call my boss (who is in as well - he came in shortly after I did) to ask him if he could please take a look at this report because I can't see straight. He tells me not to worry about it, we're under no time constraints this morning. :0 I was slightly stunned for a minute, and then started to brew. Later, talking to him, I said, "If we're under no time constraints, why did I have to come in so early?" He said that, "He likes to get these things taken care of right away." Then later, as I'm thinking through this situation, I'm realizing that I'm the only one here. My supervisor is not here, and my boss came to work in a tank-top and shorts, so he's probably going home. We close at 6pm, but I usually leave at 4pm on Mondays. So I ask him, "Are you staying?" He laughs and says, "No..." I say, "So, I'm supposed to work for 12 hours today?" He says, "Oh yeah. Nobody told you that hey?" Then I say to him, "Well, if you would have let me come in at the regular time this morning then this wouldn't be an issue." He says, "Have you forgotten who you're talking to?" Then he starts joking around, "The shit rolls down the hill, and near the bottom is gets bigger and faster." So later (about an hour later) he can sense that I'm not happy about this situation. He says, "So, you OK with this?" This time I laughed at him and said, "And if I'm not, then what? You're not going to stay, nothings going to change, and I'll still be here till 6pm." He thanked me and then left (around 9am). So here I am, at work, for 12 hours without knowing about it first. Don't you think that they should have at least told me that on Friday when I called instead of letting me just do it without them having to tell me that face to face? Man! I'm pissed. I can't wait for my vacation already! Only 5 more weeks!

Days go by...

Thank you to the Hendrey family for reading and sending me emails and phone calls about that last post. I've never forgotten how much your family meant to me when I was growing up.


Happy Canada Day *cough* 2 days ago *cough*

The last Canada Day that I celebrated we went to the river valley and watched the fire works. I think it was me, Tara, Boutie, Andy, Jeff, Stephanie, Curtis and Troy? That was, I think, in 2001? Somebody help me on this one... Tara? We all got seperated and it ended up being only me, Tara and Boutie, but it was still fun, and fucking crowded. Not to mention all the drunk people. It's hard to have fireworks when the sun goes down in the summer, because it doesn't get dark until 11pm or so. So here in Las Vegas, they're going to be setting off fireworks at 8pm. Oh well. I won't be in the city....

Happy USA Day

I will be on a boat on the Colorado River, sipping umbrella-laden drinks, avoiding all the terrorist plots to plant floating beer cooler bombs on the water. My coworker is working for me on a Sunday and this will be the first Sunday in 4 months, make that the first WHOLE DAY IN FOUR MONTHS that I've been able to see Brandon. I haven't seen him in the daylight for a while, we have totally different days off, and I'm tired on his days off, and he's tired on my days off, not to mention that he works until 9pm sometimes (after starting at 9am). He is such a good man. He really makes me feel needed and wanted and is always there when I need to vent or laugh or tickle. Did you know that we have never had a fight? We've never yelled at each other. There's been dissagreements, but it's never gotten to the "Cops" level or even to the shouting level. He is just so laid back about things and has such a grounded view and perspective. Ooops. I just drifted into a Brandon moment. :D Where was I? Oh yes, the boat. Lisa, Doug and Gerrad are friends of Heather and James from Seattle and they're here for the weekend so they will be on the boat with us. As for tonight, we're having a gathering at my house, sort of a pot-luck type of event, just to chill with the homies in the crib yo. And then we're going to try to get up at like ass-crack in the morning to get out to Willow Beach to pick up our boat by 9am. HA! Heather is making her famous tuna salad sandwiches with gluten-free bread. Lisa and I went shopping yesterday at Pier 1 and bought these cute little toothpick sandwich holder-togetherers with little palm trees and felt monkey's with coconuts on them. Total cheese, but really cute. I will have plenty of pictures from that event. I hope everyone enjoys the holiday!