I had the opportunity to see John Mayer for the first time with several seasoned veterans in July. The whole day was a blast; fun in the rented van, champagne and brewskis, umbrellas and ponchos, and lots of singing, dancing, silly happiness.

John’s encore song was a cover of Tom Petty ‘Free Fallin’ and it is dope. Video credit goes to the one, the only, Chris Frame (aka Bu). Turn your volume OFF around 2:43 where 2/3 nerd start howling like dying cats.

I will post my full album of funny pictures to Facebook later.

Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by email.
Sometimes I feel annoyed at the stack of online articles I’ve saved for future reading.
Sometimes I dread seeing my Google Reader display (1,000+) indicating unread posts from my favorite blogs.
Then something comes along and reminds me why I love the Internet.

and Holly’s favorite,

Mesmo the Magnificent Singing I’m With You from Fluff & Such.

A friendly pirate told me about this awesome site. I’m having so much fun playing with this guy. Since it’s not in English, here’s what I’ve figured out so far: press start, let the beat start, then start making him beatbox to your command using the a-s-d-f-g-h, etc. keys. Looks like you can record your session with the space bar and then email it to someone, but I can’t get that to work yet. Have fun!

We’re heading out shortly to the The State Theatre to check out a Bruce Cover Band, Bruce in the USA.

Can’t wait! Happy Friday!

It is fair to say that my friends and I SWEAT* Mary J. Blige…I mean we know all or parts of every album, we know the words to almost every song (with a few favorites of course). * For the blog readers that did not go to Herndon High School and/or grow up in the DC Metro area, to “sweat” means to like/care about/talk about/think about/admire/appreciate.

Mary J. Blige’s music has always been different than other music, it is more personal. Fans like us get the feeling that we know Mary and that we’ve been with her during hard times in her life and good times in her life. Now clearly is a good time. Here’s the link to her new single. Laura sent me this video and I bought the single that night. What’s cool about it? It is FUN! It makes me feel good about myself and I’m pretty sure Michael Jackson was a huge inspiration to her which explains the persistent references to him.

Favorite line of the song: “No time for moping around, are you kidding?”