Bobby Blog

So, last Thursday February 3rd, I got up really, really early (not really, only 7:30 but still, that's early for me) and headed down to Burbank to see Bobby Long's first late night TV appearance on The Tonight Show. I got to the studio at like 8:30 and and napped for a bit. My friend Shelly arrived at around 9:20 or so (she and her husband flew in all the way from Richmond, Virginia) and we then waited until 1:15 when we were taken into the studio for a double taping. First of all I have to say thanks again to Shelly for letting me use one of her tickets to see the show because it was an amazing show. Not only did I get to see Bobby but I also got to see Jeff Bridges who is just the greatest ever. Back to the point, Bobby was absolutely amazing. This guy is just so damn talented. He is going to go so far in his career and he deserves it so, so much. So the performance was amazing (Jeff seemed to really enjoy it), then we had to wait for the next taping to conclude before we could head to the Troubadour to see Bobby perform again.

one of the 3 signs from the Leno taping

Shelly, her husband and I then made it to the Troubadour around 5:30 to wait for doors to open at 8:00. We chatted, talked to the other Bobby fans while Hannah tried to make it from Anaheim and Shelly shared some of her really amazing Indian food with me. Hannah arrived, it was really cold and we waited for doors to open.

They spelled his name on the marquee right this time

We got inside, got seated up in the balcony-ish area and watched the opening act. It was a really incredibly folksy/ hippie band called He's My Brother, She's my Sister. I didn't know what to expect from them but damn they put on a good show. There was such energy and the songs were so much fun. It just made me want to dance. (Everyone should definitely give them a listen).

So, time for the main act and Bobby killed it. I can't even describe the joy I get from seeing that man perform. He is a bonafide star on stage. He played all my old favorites including Who Have You Been Loving, In the Frost, Dead and Done, Blues, Penance Fire Blues plus songs from the new record which were equally incredible. His voice, his lyrics, his presence...it all combines into one spectacular show. I was so sad when it was over. I can't begin to explain how I wish it would've gone all night. Seriously, people need to check him out live it is just an amazing experience.

Bobby!

More Bobby, boy looked sharp!

Hannah, Shelly, and I...one of the sweetest, most fun, coolest, funniest ladies I've had the pleasure of meeting. Can't wait to see her again!

Basically that's the end of my long winded rant/ summary of the night.

Soul Scratch...Check It Out

My cousin Kadie fronts an amazing funk/ soul group called Soul Scratch that everyone needs to check out. They're headed on a 3 day tour in Eugene, Oregon so go show your support.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Soul-Scratch/81731989897?v=app_2405167945

I need to update this more...

So, I was thinking about how I haven't updated this in a while so I decided, "hey, let's do this thing". That is in fact how we ended up here. So, where to begin...

Last week I went to an advance screening of Red Riding Hood. I really, really enjoyed it. It's very teen-angsty (similar to Twilight) and I felt like it was exactly what I expected and wanted it to be. The really cool part was that after the movie, my friends and I were asked to be part of a focus group and Catherine Hardwicke (the director) was there. My friends were gracious enough to wait with me until everything was over so I could say hi and such and she was really, really sweet. That was a great day.

I also managed to get a real job! I know, it's about time. This coming Thursday I will take over my Hannah's job at Kumon and start shaping the minds of today's youth. It's pretty exciting. I feel like it's something that I would be fairly good at. It's kind of cool to be a contributing member of society (and to actually have some money).

Oh, a really cool thing I found out today was that my cousin Mikey got engaged, so congrats to him and Gina :)

This is a very non-cohesive blog and I realize I'm rambling but I just can't think of everything that's been going on. Hmmm, Hannah started her internship at Disney which is amazing and i'm so, so happy for her. My Katrina is doing amazing in her role at Cirque Berzerk (check it out) and was even called up to be part of Rihanna's next music video which is insanely awesome. I'm so happy for all her success.

I finally saw The Social Network which was really good. Andrew Garfield is absolutely adorable and Justin Timberlake and Jesse Eisenberg were just as good as everyone has said. I started reading the Gunslinger which is part of the Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. I'm enjoying it so far. I am very intrigued as to what exactly is going to happen (even though my sister spoiled the end of it for me a while ago)

I'm sure a lot of other things have happened but I am totally drawing a blank. I watched Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure will shall forever remain one of my favorite films. Oh, and the Golden Globes were today. Olivia Wilde and Angelina Jolie looked absolutely stunning and I was so, so happy Jim Parsons won. Sheldon definitely deserved it. That's really all I can think of right now.

I'm looking forward to hanging out with my Jackie on Tuesday because it's been way too long and yeah, that's about it. If I think of anything else earth-shatteringly amazing, i'll let ya'll know. Bye for now.

2010 Recap

2010 brings to a close the second decade of my life. Overall, it was a pretty good year. There were some not so fun points (Darrell, stop crashing your motorcycle) and there were some really high points (Eugene, KoL, Sam, etc.) I became friends with some absolutely wonderful people (DeEtta, Dustin, Brittany) and some friendships became much stronger (Michael, Amy). I learned a lot and generally had a really great 2010.

Caroline headed off to Germany which sucks because I miss her so much, but i'm so happy she is experiencing new things and having a great time. Hannah and I are still inseparable and as time goes on I continue to realize how truly lucky I am to have the people that I have in my life.

I have lots of hopes and goals for the upcoming year and hope to continue growing as a person. I'm sending all my love and happy thoughts to the people in my life and I say to you all I love you and thank you so much for having my back, I don't know what I would do without you.

I wish everyone a fun and safe New Years Eve and an incredible 2011

El Rey Shenanigans

So, I can't even begin to describe how awesome the Sam Bradley (and the Sam Bradley Band) show was yesterday. I keep trying to put into words what a wonderful night it was but I just can't. We got there a few hours before the show started and there was already a line. We talked to some cool people and while I was talking to Hannah I noticed that Sam's friend Dustin (twoshoes) had come out. Seeing as we talk online on occasion I decided to go and have a chat. He saw me and we had a lovely chat just catching up on things that had happened for about 10 minutes until he had to go back inside. We said bye and he told me he'd see us after the show. Basically, the night was already off to a really good start.

Once we got inside, we were right up front leaning against the stage. So the show started after like 45 minutes of waiting and Sam opened with "Lights" and we were so stoked and my friends and I started singing and it was just a great start. Hannah even got a shot of Jameson for Sam (which was so cute by the way, she was so pleased) and he drank it on stage which made her even giddier. He played a couple new songs which were really, really good (if I do say so myself) and some old favorites. He sounded incredible as always but what really stood out to me is how awesome John (the newest member of the band [he plays guitar]) was. Like, I saw how good he was at the Hotel Cafe, but he just killed it last night. His solos were insane (especially during "Details") and I was just in awe of the guitar skills. Anyway, the show was amazing as I had expected and once it ended we went back to the merch booth to get our pictures and say hey.

We got back and waited around. We saw Mark (the drummer) for a second and he was nice but he had to go sign stuff for people at merch. We were waiting for our turn and saw Dustin and we talked for a quick sec before he had to go back to selling things. John talked to us for a bit but then he had to go sign things too, so we just waited for things to clear up before it was our turn. Sam came out and was signing things and saw us, gave us some quick hugs and then I told him we would wait for our pictures and such because we were holding up the line (which was unfair because all these people had purchased things). The most amazing thing of this little exchange was the fact that he had remembered both mine and Hannah's names from our previous meetings. That was just, beyond anything I had expected, we were really happy. Anyway, so he went back to the merchandise line and we waited for a while and then after everyone got done as Brooke was about to go on so it was our turn to talk to Sam. We went into the lobby to get our pictures (which turned out awesome) and he even did a little video for my friend DeEtta and her sons which was really cute. We talked for a couple minutes and then Dustin came out to take Sam to go do an interview but promised he would bring him back. After 10 minutes or so Dustin came back and told me he would be back to chat in a while so we waited. As we were waiting, Sam just came up and started chatting with us and it was really, really nice.

Now, first of all, it was just insanely nice that he came to talk at all. Secondly, we talked for like 15 minutes. He was a pretty busy guy last night so for him to talk to us for that long was insanely nice. We chatted about the tour and him possibly doing something with his mom and his sister and just about life in general. I can't describe how nice he was so i'll just leave it at that. He went to go take a smoke break and when he left Dustin came over and we had a nice long chat/ photoshoot. This guy is one of the funniest and nicest people I know and we had a nice talk before we had to get our pictures taken. We had an amazing photoshoot and then he left for a smoke break and John wandered over to us (he was fairly drunk). We got some pictures with him and I can't even say how funny and sweet and awesome he was. We talked about our shared hatred of Glen Beck, life in Maine vs. life in Cali and some other stuff, basically it was like talking to an old friend. After like 10-15 minutes we said our byes and headed out (it was getting late). Now, I felt bad I hadn't said bye to people but everyone was busy so once we got back to Hannah's I went on twitter and noticed that Dustin had tweeted at me "LA yall are fuckin mental, I love it... @EmRChristiansen great to see you.sorry I never said bye, thank you for coming out... :)"

Basically it was a perfect ending to a night that I'll never forget.

John, Jeff and Sam...I think this was during Too Far Gone

John doing a crazy awesome solo

during Lights or Too Far Gone...not sure

such a good show

more solo fun from John

during the new song I think. It was soooo good

Hannah asked Sam to chill. He totally delivered

John and I being totally intense

Dustin and I being normal...

...Dustin and I being ninjas...we're totally badass

Sam and I...no chillin' for us

now John and I...we chill hardcore

for everyone who read that, sorry I'm so long winded

I'm Tired

I'm just tired and I don't even know anymore. It's just not a good day today I guess. I am however looking forward to Dave's bday tonight. Hopefully that will make things better. I guess I'm just in a funk and I don't like how I'm being perceived, which I guess is my own damn fault really. I don't even really know what I'm trying to say at the moment. I guess I'm just going to stop for now and gather my thoughts. Hopefully I'll stop being so depressing soon

Just to Make Things Clear

I know I tend not to get worked up by things and just let things go by the wayside. To some people, this makes it seem like I'm just kind of an unobservant, airhead who doesn't get things or understand things. Let it be know that this is not the case. I am an extremely observant person and I CHOOSE to not get worked up and I CHOOSE not to be bothered. This does NOT mean I don't understand the rude, bitchy, condescending, snide remarks you make under your breath. It really takes a lot to piss me off this much but over the past while certain people have managed to do it.

I try to be positive and I know I fail at times. A lot of the time actually, and I know that I can be a complete and utter bitch. However, I have never made these sorts of comments to you or been remotely mean to this person I am referring to and yet I am being treated like a simpleton, who just does what they are told and has no mind of their own.

I am making it clear here and now that if this continues to happen I am not going to be such a nice person and I will be done with overlooking these nasty little remarks. You should be happy to know how much you've managed to piss me off and ruin my night. You want to bring the bitchiness out, then do so at your own risk. I am sick and tired of being treated like I don't know what in the hell is going on and i'm an idiot.