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Hey guys!  So I just got back from Saratoga a little while ago, and it was so much fun as usual.  I went up with my brother to see my 14th and 15th Dave Matthews Band at SPAC.  We left Friday afternoon and didn’t hit too much traffic (which was a nice surprise).  Tailgating was fun as usual, my brother wore his Red Wings jersey (and got harassed for it), and we saw a good show Friday.  Saturday was even better, though.  We went to a pretty big tailgate called Ballsfest (the guy who organizes it every year had testicular cancer, and the money raised is donated to a cancer research organization I believe) and hung out there before the show.  What’s even better is that fact that I met up with Steve, Aliya, Gayle, and Sofia on the lawn to watch the show, and it was great even though it was raining the whole time.  And seriously, can you just look at how amazing this setlist is?  I think it’s the second best show I’ve ever seen (…I mean, nothing can top James Brown coming out in a sequined silver jump suit to do sex machine with the band eight years ago).  But yeah, here’s the setlist:

Shake Me Like a Monkey
Typical Situation
Alligator Pie
You Might Die Trying
Dive In
The Stone
Funny the Way It Is
Lying in the Hands of God
Lie in Our Graves
Why I Am
Jimi Thing
You & Me
The Song That Jane Likes
Crash Into Me
Time Bomb
Two Step
Encore:
#40 (partial)
Granny
All Along the Watchtower
Halloween

I still can’t believe we got a 4 song encore, nor can I believe the song selection itself.  And the new album is just as good live, if not better.  More later, I’m exhausted.

As I was cruising back to my house from the gym this morning, I saw a ridiculous truck that said Pet Butler on it.  I was thinking, “Wow, cause my dog needs a butler…?”  So anyways, it got me curious, and I decided to do some research when I got home.  Turns out its a waste clean up service that charges $113.67 per month to have the crap removed from your yard twice a week.  I mean, I guess it could be useful if your dog takes industrial sized dumps that you don’t feel like cleaning up…but really, can’t you just grab a shovel and scoop that (literal) shit yourself?  We have services for EVERYTHING these days, it’s just kinda crazy.  I dunno, I’m starting to think we’re lazy…

Anyways, that’s that.  I gotta run and finish packing for this weekend.  I’m going up to Saratoga with my brother to see Dave Matthews Band.  The two shows I’m seeing this weekend will be my 14th and 15th.  Aaaand I’m pretty pumped, because as I mentioned in an entry a few days ago, their new CD is great.  And Emily may be going tonight, and I’m meeting up with Steve, Gayle, Aliya and Sofia tomorrow for the show and a camp-fest afterwards.  Should be fun!  Let’s hope it doesn’t rain.  Woooo, smell ya later!

I did it.  I finally purchased the new Dave Matthews Band CD, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King!  I’ve been listening to it all day, and it’s amazing!  I’m in love with Funny The Way It Is,  Dive In, and You & Me.  I love the artwork, too; Dave drew everything and apparently had some kiddies color it in (which he discussed on an interview for the Today show).  The concert up in Saratoga is going to be awesome this weekend, and I’m trying to convince my brother to see the Friday night show with me, too.  So yeah, invest!  It’s good.  Anyways, I’m putting the lyrics to “Funny The Way It Is” at the end of the post; they’re definitely worth mulling over.

Moving on.  I’m super burnt because I’m an idiot and sat outside all afternoon without sunblock.  You would think that doing Relay For Life for 5 years would have cured me of that, but nope.  I’m still dumb.  The only good thing that will come out of this is not being milky white (as my brother described me, although he’s pretty Casper-y himself).  Teehee.

Anyways, nothing new to report, really.  Oh, I’m not gonna be working this week because my boss ran out of things for me to do.  Which means I’m actually unemployed at this point.  I’ll be tutoring for another couple weeks, but other than that, I have no idea how I’m going to make money.  My brother suggested I collect cans (fabulous?) or work as scorekeeper at the hockey rinks he plays at.  He thinks they’re looking for people, and apparently pay $20 per game.  Any other ideas?  Keep me posted, please.

Lying in the park on a beautiful day
Sunshine in the grass and the children play
Sirens pass in fire engine red
Someone’s house is burning down on a day like this

The evening comes and we’re hanging out
On the front step and a car goes by with the windows rolled down
And that War song is playing
“Why can’t we be friends?”
Someone is screaming and crying in the apartment upstairs

Funny the way it is
If you think about it
Somebody’s going hungry and someone else is eating out
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
Somebody’s heart is broken and it becomes your favorite song

The way your mouth feels in your lover’s kiss
Like a pretty bird on the breeze or water to a fish
A bomb blast brings the building crashing to the floor
Hear the laughter while the children play war

Funny the way it is
If you think about it
One kid walks ten miles to school, another’s dropping out
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
On a soldier’s last breath, his baby’s being born

Standing on a bridge
Watch the water passing underneath
It must have been much harder when there was no bridge, just water
Now the world is small
Remember how it used to be
With mountains and oceans and winters and rivers and stars?

Watch the sky, a jet plane so far out of my reach
Is there someone up there looking down on me?
A boy sees a bird, so close but every time
He’ll never catch her but he can’t stop trying.