It's been over 2 weeks since I've updated AGAIN!!! Shame on me!!!
Here's what's going on wit' me:
I got to see Dave Matthews in concert last week. You probably won't believe this, but I was disappointed!! It wasn't the music that disappointed me. It was Dave!! First of all, Nissan Pavilion was PACKED!! It was probably the first legitimate sell-out I'd been to there. We got there later than I would have liked to, but that worked out to our advantage -- we parked on the curb outside of the parking lot, which allowed for a speedy exit!
There just might be a future in our youth. I believe that there were more teenagers there than the rest of us. That means 2 things: 1) Today's teenagers aren't necessarily "slaves" to the boy-band, MTV-style crap that's on the radio these days. They still listen to and enjoy good ol' rock n' roll, or at least DMB. 2) As we get older, there'll always be hot, attractive young girls to look at and remember how when we were their age, they ignored us. At least we can look at 'em (as long as our vision holds out, that is).
Speaking of hot, the show took place on one of those 95 degree days, and when packing 30,000 (just a guess, wouldn't surprise me to be more) people in a bowl, it gets unbearably hot. After a little bit, I had some problems dealing with the heat and my anxiety. So, to enable myself to enjoy the show, I decide to cut off the physical symptoms of anxiety (the heat), by cooling off with some ice. But guess what -- it wasn't cheap! ARAMARK chooses to sell a cup of ice for $4. That's FOUR FRIGGIN' DOLLARS for frozen water. Hey ARAMARK, nice display of public service. It's no wonder that smaller companies like ours are slowly but surely taking over your accounts. WE LISTEN AND ATTEND TO CUSTOMER's NEEDS!!! Remember that!
So, why did I consider DMB a disappointment? Well he quit playing at 10:30!! I've been going to concerts since I was 16 (that's 14 years to you non-math majors), and not a single concert has ended that early!!! And this is mighty close to Dave's hometown, you'd think he'd put on a special show for the home crowd!!! But no, I guess he's getting so big that he'll take our money, play a couple of hours, and just leave. Guess what, Dave friggin' Matthews? That ain't customer service either!!! We pay our money to buy your CD's, your T-shirts, and your concert tickets. And you decide to cut the show off early? I guess when you get that big, you do whatever you want to do... who cares about us? There'll be no veiled threat that I'll boycott his music or shows or anything, because I really do enjoy his music.... but I surely don't think any more of the man!
The Movies:
I've spent some time in the theater lately, and saw 3 pretty good movies. In order of my preference, they were "Austin Powers 3: Goldmember", "Signs", and "Minority Report". All 3 movies were in the good to excellent range.
"Goldmember" was funny as hell. But if it weren't for all of the cameos, I'm not sure how funny the movie would have been. All I have to say is Danny Devito as Mini-me... that's fucking funny!!!
"Signs" was advertised to be a scary movie. And it was, but it was more than that. It had a moral -- not a "Shallow Hal"-type, be-nice-to-fat-people-moral, but rather a nice, non-preachy (interesting, coincidental choice of words there) moral. It's a film about Faith!
But my favorite of the 3 was "Minority Report". What an exciting, action-filled movie which delivered a somewhat surprising ending. You're led to believe that Tom Cruise's character is being set-up.... and find out that... well, he's being set-up, but differently than expected. Trust me, check out this movie and see for yourself. If you're into the futuristic-type adventure movie, then this is the one to see. I can't wait for it to hit DVD just to see all of the extras!
Hey, I won flight and hotel stay for 3 nights for 2 people to ANY WHERE in the CONTINENTAL USA!! Is that cool or what? I'm racking my brain figuring out where I'd rather go and stay for free... NYC would be cool!! but I'm thinking of somewhere on the left coast side of the country... Vegas, Seattle, San Diego?? All sound pretty good, right? It's OK, I've got until next July to use them, so I've got plenty of time to figure it out!!!
Hopefully, I'll be better about updating this ol' thing!
So, why did DMB disappoint me?
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