OMG I'm a lobster! I hung by the pool with some friends and even after sun blocking 3 times in 4 hours I'm a burned mess!! The front of my legs are bright red!!

Busy Morning

This morning was busy with things I needed to do.

First up: I had to check-in for my flight to Spokane tomorrow. Yep I'm going to visit the Fam for the first time this year. I can't wait to get to the heat and no AC at my mom's house! Maybe we will stop by Costco on the way home and I will buy her a window AC. On Sunday I'm going to go and hang out at the Red Lion pool with some friends from work who happen to be going to SpokVegas to enjoy the heat (it takes all kinds). John and Nicole just bought a "pool". Mom says it is the size of a hot tub, to me that doesn't make it a pool. I think I will be chillaxing in there with cutie Elisabeth, who I hear LOVES the "pool" although to her it probably is an olympic size! Then the rest of the time I will being helping my mom stain the back deck!

Second piece of business: I had to buy tickets for my friends and myself to the So You Think You Can Dance Tour that went on pre-sale this morning. Got 4 tickets on the floor! Hopefully it will not be as crazy loud as it was 2 years ago where I was still a little deaf 2 days later!

Thirdly: I have been making sure that everything is all in place and we don't run out of anything here at work while I'm away.

Fourth: I should probably look up bus schedules to get to the airport tomorrow, I'm super bummed that the new light rail isn't open all the way to the airport yet!

Tonight I have to finish straightening up my apartment so that Terry doesn't think I'm a slob when she comes to feed Maggie. Then I should probably pack.

Tori time

Trav and I with his program waiting for the show to start!

Trav and I went to Tori Amos last night. We got the tickets from his niece's boss who was unable to make it, so we got them for a steal! We had pretty good seats, we were in the 12th row, the only problem was that we were on the wrong side of her. She had her back to us a lot of the time. This was the first time that I have ever seen her from this side, when I buy tickets I either get them in the middle or on the right side because I know that she faces that way the most. It was the opening night of her Sinful Attraction Tour, it was fun to be there at the beginning when everything was new. She did a bunch from the new album, which I haven't listened to much, so they were new to me. She also did some classics, like Cornflake Girl, Precious Things, and Crucify. She did an amazing cover of Landslide, it was really great. It wasn't the best concert of hers that I've seen but she was still great!

We saw her at the new WaMu theater by Qwest field, that is an interesting venue, you are just in folding chairs on a flat floor, and I keep expecting someone to either sell me a some Amway or start a conference on synergy. It will be interesting to see how they have the place set up when we go there again to see P!nk!

Here is Tori doing Big Wheel for one of her encores.

You can check out more videos from the concert at here.

I can haz Marinerz?!?

We went to a Mariners game last night, we got the tickets from the icanhazcheezburger website. We got a t-shirt, signed by the founder of the website. Carmel got her picture with him plus her awesome poster that she made to try and win some rally fries, we didn't win. But the Mariners did so that was fun.

My name is Shannon not Sheri

I HATE you Sheri Hernandez!!!

Please pay your bills, stop getting in trouble with the police, pay your bills, and most importantly STOP GIVING OUT MY PHONE NUMBER AS YOURS!!!!

I get one or two calls a month for this dead beat! I love all the debt collection calls I get for her, the lovely slightly angry people on my voicemail. Voicemail that says "Hi you've reached Shannon, I can't get to my phone, I'll call you back." I think I might have to change it to "Hi you've reached Shannon, NOT Sheri Hernandez, if you have a message for Shannon please leave it if you are looking to collect money from Sheri Hernandez THIS IS NOT HER NUMBER AND I DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS!!!! Please remove this number from your records because it is incorrect!!

Pop Spectacle

I wasn't going to watch the spectacle that is going to be Michael Jackson's Memorial but I work in front of a computer so I thought "why not". Let me start with yes it is sad that he died, but this memorial is a production number more than anything else.

I'm just waiting for it to start and talk of the gold casket has already made a good start to the spectacle.

Here is my live blogging as I'm watching, I wish I had louder volume I can't really hear talking. If I miss anything it because I'm working.

Whoa that is one shinny gold casket!

Do you think Mariah could sing if someone tied her hands behind her back?

Was that the Jackson brothers wearing the most spectacular outfit of a suit and sparkly glove? You are not on tour boys.

The video montage was good.

I enjoyed Jennifer Hudson.

You shouldn't have to watch John Mayer's face while he is playing, what a tool.

Brooke Sheilds is the first person who actually seems moved today. She was really good, she spoke from her heart.

Usher it is inappropriate and disingenuous to wear sunglasses at a funeral!! OMG please don't stroke the casket!! This is the least moving thing I have seen, that was all for show!!

Who is that boy singing?

Who are the people singing We are the World?

I wish I could hear what the family was saying, I’m sure it will be repeated at a million times tonight.


How long do you think it will be until the MJ Memorial CD comes out?

Well it lived up to the Spectacle hype, I sure Michael would have loved it.

Testing

Now you can email an entry?!?

4th of July

This year I spent the 4th of July at Carmel and Chris's house, we had a BBQ and light off fireworks with the rest of the people on their cul-de-sac. It was fun, just like when I was a kid. Some of the neighbors went all out as you can see by the pictures, I mean there where some huge ones! Tony and Jenny stopped by the reservation and bought some for us to light off; Jenny's (who is quite the firebug) loved the bumble bees! It was a fun night, I'm going to say the part that was the funniest for me was when a man down the street started yelling at us that he was an "ex officer and he was going to call the police because it's illegal to light off fireworks!!" I must say that the added excitement of being hauled off to jail was thrilling!! I kept my ears open for the sound of sirens coming, but sadly they never did because we were lighting of the fireworks in unincorporated King County where it is totally legal to light fireworks!! We tried to tell the man but he was not listening to us.

Chillin'

Carmel and "firebug" Jenny

Here is a video of some of the fireworks being set off.

How I love you Johnny Depp!!

I have been in love with Johnny Depp for a long time, his pictures decorated my bedroom walls growing up, his and Brad Pitt. So needless to say I’m excited to see his new movie Public Enemies this weekend. I don’t know if a movie trailer has ever turn me on as quick as the ones for this movie did. Cheese and rice that man is HOT!!