It's my birthday

Today is my birthday. I'm officially 33. Things have been crazy the past few days actually. Sunday was a lazy day for the most part. Erin and I hung out and watched Titanic on HBO. Well, it was more like it was on and Erin and I dosed in and out of watching it while chatting and reading. The three of us went to Lazy Dog for dinner. Erin and I had one of our usual moments of late wondering how we could bring up Arbonne to our waiter after he told us he was married. "You've got a great personality. Is your wife just as cool? Have you two ever thought of owning your own business? Join our Arbonne team." This is literally what went on in our head the whole time we were there. Too bad we are both chickens and never said anything to him. Drat!

Monday I took my mom to her doctor appointment. He took her first cast off, examined her hand and the titanium pins holding it together, said it looked good, and re-casted it. She will have this cast on for 3 weeks, then the pins come out. I know she was in a lot of pain Monday, which totally sucked. I wish I could have done something and I know she hates having the cast on, but I just know this time everything is going to heal and she's going to be a new woman.

Tuesday I went to lunch with Elizabeth (EJB) and her co-worker Katie, who was totally cool. She's super friendly and funny. I can see why she and EJB are friends. I also got to see where EJB works and met the guys she works with. Her cube is so small. Not much room to display pics on the walls of the cube. Good thing she can decorate with wallpaper on her monitor, which brings me to my next story.

Last night, I went to a show at the Troubadour with Elizabeth, Sierra and her fam. God I love live rock shows. Why didn't I become a rock journalist or something involved in music? I would seriously go to a good rock show once a week if I could. There's nothing better than seeing a band go off and rock the house down old school. Last night's show did a pretty good job actually. The first band, Delta Spirit, started off shaky but ended up being really good. I bought their CD in case anybody wants to hear them. One thing I can say about the band though is they definitely need some help with fashion. They so don't look like rock stars yet. One thing I totally dug about the band though is how much passion the lead singer has. I could tell the guy was singing with every inch of his body. I mean even his feet were on fire. I totally respect when an artist puts that much soul and passion into something he/she does. I think that's one of the coolest things in the world actually, even if it's not my type of music. I totally respect that. The second band was The Shys. (One thing I have come to hate about music lately is the trendy 2-word names starting with The: The Killers, The Shins, The Donnas, etc. etc. Be more original is what I say.) The Shys weren't too bad. EJB said she bought their CD the last time she saw them, so I'll have to listen to them again to decide how much I like them. They definitely had a great vibe about them as well. The lead singer looked super young, especially compared to the Adam Goldberg-looking guitarist with the white boy afro. (I'm so over the white boy afro. Too overplayed lately.) The headliner was The Colour, Sierra's cousin's band. Now to preface, I have heard their CD in the past and honestly wasn't wow'd by it simply because I wasn't in love with the singer's voice. After seeing him perform live though, I've gotta say, cocky and all, that boy can work a stage. I was impressed with his stage performance last night. However, I wasn't wow'd like I thought I would be with the guitarist. He was decent but not spectacular. On the flip, I totally dig Derek's bass playing. I'm not just saying this because Derek is Sierra's cousin. That boy can play and what's impressive is he's only been playing bass for a couple of years now. He definitely has the whole rock star look and stage presence going for him too. That boy will be a star, guaranteed. I did buy their CD last night as well, which I listened to today and I'm happy to say it's growing on me. I really like Save Yourself. A solid hit!! I'm still not digging the Zep rip-off lyric on Devil's Got a Holda Me, but I'm working on looking past that. Hey, you don't see my ass up there performing, so who am I to judge?

So here we are at today. I went golfing, which was fun considering who much I suck. I seriously need more practice. I can't remember all the steps needed to swing a friggin' club: knees bent, strong grip, elbows bent, head down, solid swing, full follow-through, etc. Why can't I just go up to the ball and smack the shit out of it and have the ball go straight? Is that too much to ask? Anyways, hung out at home for awhile, watched Tuesday's ep of Rock Star (more on that later in tomorrow's post), decided to go bowling, then went to dinner with mom and pop. All in all, it's been a chill kind of day, which is never a bad way to spend your birthday. Thanks to everyone who called to wish me a happy birthday. I even got sung to twice by Kristi and my brother. Today was a great day!! Love to all ya'all!!