Ben Folds played this at the Orpheum. He explained this song by saying he does one cover for every tour. He could not think of what to play so went on iTunes and decided to play whatever was #1 at the time...and away we go
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Thanksgiving and the weekend!
I am so very blessed to have the wonderful family that I do, as I have gotten older this has become clearer and clearer. I had such a great time hanging out with my brother and sister over the Thanksgiving break and just spending time with the fam. Even though I live so much closer to them these days I stink at going home. I still see them here and there but I don't go home for the weekend as I once did. I love my family very much and I know I would not be in the place that I am today without them!
The rest of the weekend was pretty incredible. One of my good friends, Pete, was married on Friday. It was my first experience with a Gay wedding and it was pretty amazing. Not because it was a marriage between two men but it was someone who I care about that has found happiness, it's cool to witness those ceremonies regardless of the parties involved. The reception was pretty wild that involved a lot of alcoholic beverages and a bunch of dancing. The night concluded with patio umbrellas (courtesy of Uno's bar and grille) set up in our hotel room and in the hallway. Not quite sure how that happened but it was a bit odd waking up to that in the morning.
The following day should have been a time for recovery and sleep! Unfortunately, I had already made plans to go out with Vedran, Sladja (V's girlfriend), and Alivia. About an hour after I got home we were on our way to Mohegan Sun down in CT. We ended up all killing a black jack table for about 7 hours that night all leaving with a nice chunk of money and an incredible buzz. It was a great weekend spent with amazing people and though it was not a relaxing break it was definitely and enjoyable one. Being the Thanksgiving season it was a nice reminder of how blessed and thankful I am for the wonderful people in my life...friends new and old, thank you for being there!
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| Molly(My sister) and I in the Dugout at Fenway! |
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| My Brother Jake |
The rest of the weekend was pretty incredible. One of my good friends, Pete, was married on Friday. It was my first experience with a Gay wedding and it was pretty amazing. Not because it was a marriage between two men but it was someone who I care about that has found happiness, it's cool to witness those ceremonies regardless of the parties involved. The reception was pretty wild that involved a lot of alcoholic beverages and a bunch of dancing. The night concluded with patio umbrellas (courtesy of Uno's bar and grille) set up in our hotel room and in the hallway. Not quite sure how that happened but it was a bit odd waking up to that in the morning.
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| The Groom, the Master of Ceremonies, and the other Groom |
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| The Men of the Ft. Lauderdale Table (a couple deep) |
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| The drink of choice at "The Sun" |
| BLACK JACK! |
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Ben Folds
I had such a great night last night! I was fortunate enough (thanks Alivia) to have a ticket to go see Ben Folds at the Orpheum Theatre, in Boston. This was the 3rd or 4th time that I have had the opportunity to go to a Ben Folds concert and he just doesn't disappoint. He is hilarious, entertaining and just unreal on the piano.
I have also been very lucky with opening acts lately. Lady Danville was the opener and they were awesome. A very unique sound that actually reminded me a bit of Guster, but they also killed it. It was a really great night, it got me away from campus and since I was going to the show alone it was just a very relaxing night.
I had not really listened to Ben in a while so it really sent me back in time a few years. It's funny how music can do that to you. When you reflect back on certain periods of time, you almost have a soundtrack playing in the background. No matter when I hear certain bands or songs I can almost bring that to a certain time period. Guster was all through high school and seemed to be the summer time between college semesters. Ben Folds had much to do with my first two years of college until Jimmy Eat World runs right through the second semester of my junior year. I distinctly remember being on the beach in Florida listening to the Futures album on my ipod. Everytime i hear the song 23, I can think of exactly what I was doing at the time, crazy! Jack's Mannequin entered into my life right at the beginning of my senior year, I can remember being on the bus getting ready for a baseball game against Northeastern and listening to 'Dark Blue' over and over again. It is so cool how music can do this to a person. It's 3 minutes of a song but you can distinguish exactly what kind of memories flow through your mind when it graces your mix!
Anyways, below are a couple pictures from last night! Stay tuned, some videos will be posted shortly!
I have also been very lucky with opening acts lately. Lady Danville was the opener and they were awesome. A very unique sound that actually reminded me a bit of Guster, but they also killed it. It was a really great night, it got me away from campus and since I was going to the show alone it was just a very relaxing night.
I had not really listened to Ben in a while so it really sent me back in time a few years. It's funny how music can do that to you. When you reflect back on certain periods of time, you almost have a soundtrack playing in the background. No matter when I hear certain bands or songs I can almost bring that to a certain time period. Guster was all through high school and seemed to be the summer time between college semesters. Ben Folds had much to do with my first two years of college until Jimmy Eat World runs right through the second semester of my junior year. I distinctly remember being on the beach in Florida listening to the Futures album on my ipod. Everytime i hear the song 23, I can think of exactly what I was doing at the time, crazy! Jack's Mannequin entered into my life right at the beginning of my senior year, I can remember being on the bus getting ready for a baseball game against Northeastern and listening to 'Dark Blue' over and over again. It is so cool how music can do this to a person. It's 3 minutes of a song but you can distinguish exactly what kind of memories flow through your mind when it graces your mix!
Anyways, below are a couple pictures from last night! Stay tuned, some videos will be posted shortly!
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| Heading into the Orpheum |
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| Ben Folds! |
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| Lady Danville |
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
A little Ben Folds
With the anticipation of the Ben Folds Concert tonight I thought I'd leave you a little something!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Relax!
Two Posts in one day? That's about as many posts has I had in 2009. I have reached boiling point for today. The day started of great, I had some wonderful conversations with students and staff alike. However, I have lost my patience with certain situations and I'm pretty sure it's my personality that has gotten me to this point. My personality naturally forces me to try to connect people. My role in groups generally is to link together parties that might not always connect. However, it is gotten to the point where I am becoming stressed out because of the situation. At some point, I need to say screw it right? If you don't want the help, if you want to make things difficult for yourself and those around you then that is your choice. Opportunities have been presented, a floating device has been thrown in your direction, but if you want to leave it there and swim on. Best of luck.
Potter
I did something that I thought would never happen in a million years. Something I made fun of for a long time, thought was silly, and never....ever thought I would open one of their books, let alone take it seriously. But it happened. I have managed to plow through the 7 book series in a whopping 3 weeks. I really can't explain how I exactly was swept up in the books, I tried to tell myself it was because of the leadership development that could be pulled out of that book in used in my own profession (true but not the reason) or even because I knew how much it meant to Alivia that I should take the time to read it (also true) but I have to honestly say that I was just genuinely hooked on the story. I would lie to say that I am not slightly embarrassed but I think you're not human if you somehow don't connect with one of these characters that keeps you coming back to the stories. I found myself trying to relate with them, sure that can be difficult because well, I don't own a wand and I'm just about 26 years old...but there are so many deep lessons taken from the Potter experience. To watch a student transform in the way that he did over a 7 year stint, to see the maturation process, the trials and tribulations that he went through...well we can all relate to that can't we?
Working in a college environment I truly have the privilege to watch students go through this process. Working in a first year residence hall I get to see them come in as 17 and 18 year old students and see in 4 years time how they have changed, matured, grown. I get to see them learn more about themselves and where they fit in this school, in the work place, and in the world.
We find inspiration and motivation sometimes in the oddest of places. For the first semester of my new experience at Emmanuel College, I was able to find mine through the Harry Potter series (it took me a while to write that, it's still weird seeing it let alone believing it). It is a reminder of how instrumental education can be and how influential we can be as student affairs professionals.
I wonder what the books would have meant to me if I read it when I was a teenager or when I was in college? I am sure that my outlook and take on the series would be completely different...sure there would still be somethings that I would take the same way but my experience in higher education has surely made me look at the situations a bit differently. It was fun for me to have this experience at this age though. It made me long for my childhood again, when I was young and had no idea what the future held for me and believing that my life could run down so many different paths. Having that distinct belief that I was going to do something great in this world...I had no idea what it was or where it was going to come from but I truly believed that I was going to do something that would leave a major imprint. As time has gone one my visions and goals have molded a bit differently than I would have anticipated however, much of that has remained the same. Reading the series at the age of 26 has inspired me to continue to pursue greatness...to continue to make the difficult decisions when you know they are the right ones...and more importantly to continue to just do good. So many times we take for granted the power of doing good, taking the time to go out of your way and make a difference, that's what its about...and it took 3 weeks of reading about the life of Harry Potter to remind me this.
Thank you Harry.
Working in a college environment I truly have the privilege to watch students go through this process. Working in a first year residence hall I get to see them come in as 17 and 18 year old students and see in 4 years time how they have changed, matured, grown. I get to see them learn more about themselves and where they fit in this school, in the work place, and in the world.
We find inspiration and motivation sometimes in the oddest of places. For the first semester of my new experience at Emmanuel College, I was able to find mine through the Harry Potter series (it took me a while to write that, it's still weird seeing it let alone believing it). It is a reminder of how instrumental education can be and how influential we can be as student affairs professionals.
I wonder what the books would have meant to me if I read it when I was a teenager or when I was in college? I am sure that my outlook and take on the series would be completely different...sure there would still be somethings that I would take the same way but my experience in higher education has surely made me look at the situations a bit differently. It was fun for me to have this experience at this age though. It made me long for my childhood again, when I was young and had no idea what the future held for me and believing that my life could run down so many different paths. Having that distinct belief that I was going to do something great in this world...I had no idea what it was or where it was going to come from but I truly believed that I was going to do something that would leave a major imprint. As time has gone one my visions and goals have molded a bit differently than I would have anticipated however, much of that has remained the same. Reading the series at the age of 26 has inspired me to continue to pursue greatness...to continue to make the difficult decisions when you know they are the right ones...and more importantly to continue to just do good. So many times we take for granted the power of doing good, taking the time to go out of your way and make a difference, that's what its about...and it took 3 weeks of reading about the life of Harry Potter to remind me this.
Thank you Harry.
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