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In the words of Inigo Montoya:
Jul. 21st, 2007 05:37 pmOkay. Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up:
1. AI concert was surprisingly good. Like, I love Blake and I think he has a nice voice, but I'm not deluded about him being a powerhouse or anything. But. Holy. Hell. Kid sounds AWESOME live. He did his little looping thing on his She Will Be Loved/WIth or Without You medley. I all but passed out. That clean, strong voice throughout the arena? Hells yeah!
Oh, yeah - everyone else was pretty good, with the exception of a couple. Poor Sanjaya can't really sing, but he looked like he was having fun. Phil worked the crowd pretty well and Gina sounded great on the Pink song Never Knew. Jordan has killer pipes, but no kind of charisma/patter in between songs. She's young, so I'll forgive her. Blake jumped off the stage and interacted with fans and got the biggest cheers. Melinda was fantastic and Chris Rich shocked me by sounding really good live. Huh.
Chris Sligh has a great voice, but when he said, "How you doing, Houston," he pretty much lost the crowd. *snorfle* I found out via the TWOP boards that a Melinda/Blake Fugee-inspired version of Killing Me Softly was cut from the concert set, so I am still mad about that. But everything else was lovely. They didn't come close to selling out the AT&T arena, so when we arrived, they bumped us from nosebleed to plaza level. I didn't even need the binoculars. Woo!
Yeah, so much for a sum up.
2. JP's mom visited us last weekend and she finally got to meet my family. Everyone got along well, so that was nice. JP and I spent the entire day before her visit just cleaning the house. You can't really tell anymore though. : P
3. So, Vegas. Yeah. The highlights: I saw my friends (finally) get married; I won $138 on the nickel slots with my first pull (and promptly cashed out); we got half-priced tickets to see The Producers and it was funny and brought back some wonderful memories of our movie nights in the Philippines; I went to the top of the Eiffel Tower replica at Paris and was partially paralyzed with fear because I am a weenie; I got a bit drunk in the early afternoon after ordering a Tequila Icee masquerading as a "strawberry margarita" (for reals, when you cannot taste the strawberry flavoring because the tequila is drowning it out, best prepare yourself); and we tried one of the nicer massive buffets (at Paris). Yummeh!
Crappy cell phone pictures here. JP has the good ones on his camera; I will try to post them later. Right now, I want to take a nice long nap. Vegas is nice if you have money and it's not summer and walking is your favorite pastime (right after partying 'till dawn). Otherwise, two days was plenty for me.
1. AI concert was surprisingly good. Like, I love Blake and I think he has a nice voice, but I'm not deluded about him being a powerhouse or anything. But. Holy. Hell. Kid sounds AWESOME live. He did his little looping thing on his She Will Be Loved/WIth or Without You medley. I all but passed out. That clean, strong voice throughout the arena? Hells yeah!
Oh, yeah - everyone else was pretty good, with the exception of a couple. Poor Sanjaya can't really sing, but he looked like he was having fun. Phil worked the crowd pretty well and Gina sounded great on the Pink song Never Knew. Jordan has killer pipes, but no kind of charisma/patter in between songs. She's young, so I'll forgive her. Blake jumped off the stage and interacted with fans and got the biggest cheers. Melinda was fantastic and Chris Rich shocked me by sounding really good live. Huh.
Chris Sligh has a great voice, but when he said, "How you doing, Houston," he pretty much lost the crowd. *snorfle* I found out via the TWOP boards that a Melinda/Blake Fugee-inspired version of Killing Me Softly was cut from the concert set, so I am still mad about that. But everything else was lovely. They didn't come close to selling out the AT&T arena, so when we arrived, they bumped us from nosebleed to plaza level. I didn't even need the binoculars. Woo!
Yeah, so much for a sum up.
2. JP's mom visited us last weekend and she finally got to meet my family. Everyone got along well, so that was nice. JP and I spent the entire day before her visit just cleaning the house. You can't really tell anymore though. : P
3. So, Vegas. Yeah. The highlights: I saw my friends (finally) get married; I won $138 on the nickel slots with my first pull (and promptly cashed out); we got half-priced tickets to see The Producers and it was funny and brought back some wonderful memories of our movie nights in the Philippines; I went to the top of the Eiffel Tower replica at Paris and was partially paralyzed with fear because I am a weenie; I got a bit drunk in the early afternoon after ordering a Tequila Icee masquerading as a "strawberry margarita" (for reals, when you cannot taste the strawberry flavoring because the tequila is drowning it out, best prepare yourself); and we tried one of the nicer massive buffets (at Paris). Yummeh!
Crappy cell phone pictures here. JP has the good ones on his camera; I will try to post them later. Right now, I want to take a nice long nap. Vegas is nice if you have money and it's not summer and walking is your favorite pastime (right after partying 'till dawn). Otherwise, two days was plenty for me.
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Damn, when I will have time to buy and read the last Harry Potter, I don't know. Gah!
