Friday night my mom and I went to a Rufus Wainwright concert.  He was fabulous, just as I expected him to be.

Martha (his sister) opened for him.  She actually started about five minutes early and played for a total of 35 minutes.  She was so cute and sang beautifully.  She was funny too and made jokes about how depressing her songs are.  The ( Read more... )

Earlier this morning I bought tickets to see Rufus Wainwright in August. Yay! The tickets were kind of expensive to begin with, and then the evil Ticketmaster fees added an extra $15, so it ended up being more than I wanted to spend. Boo. But since I haven't gone to any concerts this year, I figure it was okay to splurge a bit (well, I did go see ( Read more... )

Rufus was so great last night. He sounded wonderful live and put on a great show. The audience kind of sucked, but I'll get to all of that a little later. I think I'll first start off with our casino experience.
( Casino Adventure )

I had a whole bunch of stuff laying around my office and I finally put it away or threw it away. Ah, it seems so much nicer in here now. I still have some other junk to deal with it, but I think I've done enough for today ( Read more... )

The other day my mom asked my dad, "Did you get all of your junk outta my trunk?" I was the only one who laughed. She wasn't trying to make a joke though. It was a serious question about the trunk of her car. It's too bad no one else thought it was funny ( Read more... )

Earlier this morning I got an e-mail from Ticketmaster telling me about tickets on sale this week. I noticed that Rufus Wainwright was at the very top. I thought about it for most of the day, and I finally decided to take the plunge and buy tickets. Since I don't know anyone else who listens to him, I asked my mom if she wanted to come with me ( Read more... )