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go read about one writer's adventures with US Airways this weekend

I Love Rock n Roll

i've been thinking a lot about music today
now i have absolutely no musical skillz
but nothing gives me energy and goosebumps
like hearing (or if i'm lucky, seeing) excellent music
and why am i having these thoughts now?
well, a few reasons
1) this week was the induction ceremony to the rock n roll hall of fame
R.E.M was inducted by eddie vedder
i watched the speech here
and sure as shooting, i got choked up
i won the best big sister award when i took lizzie
to her first concert in 1995--r.e.m at hersheypark
hell, we both still have the t-shirt

2nd reason
i spent WAAAAAY too much money today on 2 sets of tickets
to see john mayer and ben folds over the summer
hell, i even joined the freakin' JM fanclub
and i swore i would never do that
but it actually paid off
lizzie, kelly ronan, and i will be 5th row on the floor for the DC show
i am so excited!

i am NOT excited about being on duty this weekend
i can't leave campus until monday at 8:30 am
not a fan of this plan at all

I Want to Go White Water Rafting

the subject line says it all

but i am going to see the police in july
thanks to the nimble fingers of one ms. shimp
and then hopefully john mayer the next day
summer concet weekend '07
woo!

(i already own appropriate river rafting shoes)

Lock Your Damn Doors

as a hall director
i've seen my fair number of robberies
lots of times these happen because the residents left their doors unlocked
and yes, while we like to stress that residence halls are generally safe communities
YOU SHOULDN'T LEAVE YOUR DOOR UNLOCKED
you make like the people who live on your floor
but what about the shady friend who comes to sleep on their floor?

so anyone
i'm sitting here killing time before a 1:1
and i am watching my new favorite program
world, i would like to introduce you to
It Takes a Thief
two former burglars show you how to keep
your home safe from masked men
you get to see homes being broken into
and then they give the families a brand new security system
(yes, the families agree to this--they aren't home during the break in
but they watch the whole thing on videotape
and damn, it's rough
toy chests destroyed, antique rugs stolen, the whole 9 yards)
so if you are the TV watching type
consider this my official thumbs up

saw john mayer last night
he rocked, his drunk fans sucked
best part was one the super drunk guy tried to start a fight
but got thrown out by security
of course, he did this during the encore
when alicia keys sang gravity

and proving that new york city is the world's smallest town
i ran into heather horowitz in the LIRR waiting area
i also got a fairly delightful (free!) haircut at bumble and bumble
of course, this new cut does put the gray hairs in the spotlight
so i may have a date with the box of hair dye soon

but not this weekend
as i will be making my way to newark delaware
and solving crimes and spending quality time
with the matthews and the musars
i will be introducing flanders to the group

thus concludes a long entry...