Jammin

I saw DMB on Saturday night with my sis. It was her first show. Here’s the set list:

Dave Matthews Band
August 7, 2004
Alpine Valley Music Theater
East Troy, WI

Set
Hello Again
Granny
#41
The Stone
Crazy Easy
So Much To Say –>
Super Freak* –>
Too Much
Bartender
When The World Ends
Help Myself
I’ll Back You Up
Joy Ride
Grey Street
Sugar Will
Ants Marching
Everyday
Encore:
Typical Situation
Warehouse

* Abbreviated version, recognizing the death of Rick James

Crazy Easy, Help Myself, Joy Ride and Sugar Will all are new songs (I think) intended for the new album in fall. They played Super Freak, which was sweet as hell! Also, I was in a major Ants Marching mood, which we got to see. Unfortunately, they played Jimi Thing, One Sweet World, What Would You Say and Tripping Billies tonight, all of which I love and couldn’t see.

It’s funny. Lately, everyone’s been telling me that the things I like are bad. I saw The Village on Friday, and I thought it was great. Everyone’s been talking trash about it, though. Also, someone actually said that DMB’s show last night was bad. Man…

Concerning the “days”, I haven’t been keeping up. I hope to get back on track and make up for lost time tomorrow. Ciao.

Jemima Whut!?!?

Ok. I’m a little buzzed on a Thursday night. My sis is in town, and I’m glad to find it only takes her a max of one Tae Kwon Do workout and four drinks to get her to pass out, because then I know she’s still a lightweight and not drinking all the time. Phew!

I have to finish two parts of my paper tomorrow morning, then I’ll be good on that.

I also found out that I may be able to get tickets to see Dave Matthews and Jurassic Five together. WHAT!?!?! No way… I’d pay anything up to frickin’ $50 to see Dave and J5 together. We’ll see tho. I probably won’t get them from my friend anywho.

Sleepy time… or rather pass-out-now-to-wake-up-at-a-semi-respectable-time-and-finish-my-paper-time.

Night to my peeps in America and buon giorno to my Italian bizzitciazze!

Jumpin Jack Flash

Day 15 – Be gay for a day! – Ok, I didn’t do this one because all the suggestions the book has on how to be gay were undoable from my standpoint. I did, however, have Tyler take me shopping, and we actually acted like a couple without trying to be gay. Tyler commented on everything I was doing and tried to throw random weird things into the cart. After that, we went to Panera Bread and I treated for our meal. He acted like it was a date when we were ordering, then we ate outside. I personally don’t think we fooled anyone, least of whom was the cute Panera girl. Any comments Radley?

I’m working my ass into only a mild-mannered frenzy as I attempt to finish the second half of my six pager due on Friday. Meh. I’ll probably sleep late tonight and tomorrow morning.

Jiminy Cricket!

Day 9 (7/29/04) – Do Something Before Breakfast Today – I woke up on Day 9 at 5:00 AM, said hell no, shut my alarm off and went back to sleep. On day 10, I got up at 5:00 AM, couldn’t walk because my toes throbbed and layed in bed trying to watch the sun rise, which wasn’t going on from my point of view… so I went back to sleep.

Day 10 – Meet Jonas Day – I needed to look up Jonas Jannson, a guy who keeps this blog based on following the book to the T. He seems pretty cool, and you can read his experiences for every day. I got his address off the page and plan on sending him a letter in Sweden soon. The web site for the book is www.thiswebsitewillchangeyourlife.com.

Day 11 – Today introduce yourself to someone you know but never speak to – I kind of did this without actively doing it. We had a party, and I talked to a bunch of people I never talk to. One of these days I’ll do it for real, though.

Day 12 – What’s Your Type? (Tick it here today as a reminder at drunken parties) – The options for girls: Dumb Blonde, Clever Brunette, Wild Redhead, Lesbian, Nag, Cold Fish. The options for guys: Beefcake, Mr. Nice Guy, Loaded, Married with Kids, Sleazeball, Handsome Prince. I marked Mr. Nice Guy because I feel like I do a lot of shit for people when I should be having fun, particularly at parties. I always help girls get home, even when they don’t plan on ever talking to me again; and I always stick around and help sick friends. I’m not saying these attributes are bad, but sometimes they get in the way of having fun. Oh well, you can’t change who you are inherently, can you?

Day 13 – Send a Letter to a Mass Murderer – Several ones are suggested with addresses given. I chose David Berkowitz, the “Son of Sam”. I looked him up on the Internet and dug up this. Turns out he’s Christian and asked for forgiveness, and denied himself his own parole hearing! WOW! So, I wrote this short letter:

Dear Mr. Berkowitz,

After researching what you have been doing lately, I was pleased to see that you have reformed your ways and are repentant for what you’ve done. I’m Christian as well and am glad you’ve found Christ. I’m going to pray tonight that you stay strong in your faith and continue on the path you’ve chosen for yourself. Good luck in your faith and in your life.

Sincerely,
Collin A.

I plan on sending this off soon, but I can’t print here, so it will have to wait a little bit.

Day 14 (today) – A Day of Compliments – Flatter someone today and see if it does indeed get you anywhere – I complimented my co-workers, and they enjoyed the compliments, but I got little else in return. I had little other social contact today, but I’ll be sure to try it more in the future!

That’s it for today. I have much to do and a small time crunch in which to do it.

Wish me luck,
Co