the feeling and the fray

on the left:the feeling; on the right:the fray
last night i went to see the fray concert at the kool haus in toronto. since the dvp was closed all weekend, the trip downtown (via yonge st) was a pretty crazy ride full of morons turning left and idiots stopped on the side of the road for no apparent reason. oh well, no matter. we managed to get down safely and even though we didn't get that free parking spot at least we got there and didn't have to wait in line TOO long (we stood in line for about 45 mins) despite leaving my house at around 7:20pm.

the opening band for the night was the feeling and they were wicked awesome! i am so a fan of theirs now. so incredibly entertaining. at one point the lead vocalist/guitarist got so crazy with his dancing he started kicking one of the drum crash cymbals with his foot. then at the same time the bassist went to the drums too and was bashing away at the set with another set of sticks while the actual drummer kept playing too. i was laughing so hard it was so freakin' hilarious. those guys were so fun to watch because it was so evident that they were having so much fun themselves. oh and did i mention their accents? they're from the uk so they had these great brit accents that reminded me of my cousins. i wish i had an accent.

honestly, after watching the feeling, the fray was less entertaining to watch. maybe it was because they generally seemed more into their music the last time i saw them live, but everyone has their off days i suppose. also, isaac (the lead singer) is at a piano so it's not like he can dance around and kick the cymbals with his feet. (haha that was so gold.) nevertheless, they still put on a great show though and they played two new songs which were pretty good. towards the end of the show this guy (i think he was groupie) came out because it was his 21st birthday. everyone sang him happy birthday then during the next song he proceeded to sit on the piano and drink. seriously, this guy must have been so wsted afterwards. he drank one kegger full and at least two bottles of beer in the span of like 4 mins. the drummer was laughing so hard that i was surprised he was still able to play. there was literally a stage guy whose job for that song was to hand the birthday boy more alcohol. that whole part of the concert was kinda dumb.

oh well, i still had a good time. :)

pictures from the night can be found here.

nick lachey | resolution

there's something about this song that gives me the chills. everything about it just seems so...vulnerable. poor guy. great song.



that high B nick hits during the verse...wow. simply, wow.

unnaturally green



as part of my birthday present from liz, we went to see wicked yesterday and i thought it was freakin' awesome!! from the minute i stepped into the canon theatre to the moment i stepped out, i was so excited!

in terms of our seats, i couldn't believe our luck when we purchased our tickets. never before have i ever sat in such good seats at a musical (orch row EE seats 25 & 26 - fifth row centre.) it seriously doesn't get much better than that. i swear one of the performers in the ensemble looked right at me during the musical! haha. it was awesome being so close. i got to see everything from facial expressions and stage make-up, to costume/set design and spit flying out of the performer's mouths. very cool.

as for the performance in general, i thought that it was done really well. the performers were great, and the musicians in the orchestra pit were right on. (omg i would LOVE to play in a musical.) i guess if you were to compare our performance with the original soundtrack you'd hear a lot of discrepancies, but i really liked hearing it live. i loved hearing how the performers really personalized their roles in the little things they did to tweak their part. seemed all that much more...real.

i waited a looooong time to see this musical and it definitely didn't let me down. the plot was great, the singing was great, and the music was awesome! i totally recommend this musical to everyone.

so what did i think of wicked? i thought it was well...wicked. ;)
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totally random...

so during the intermission i walked out of the theatre and into the main foyer area when i saw this guy who looked really familiar. i guess he thought i looked really familiar to him too because we just kinda looked at each other. then we kinda walked towards each other going "jeremy?", "sharon?", "jeremy ross?", "sharon man?" hahaha. i seriously couldn't believe the randomness of it all.

anyway, he was one of my classmates back in grade eight. it was cool seeing him again and hearing what he's been up to lately. i guess despite turning 23, i still look the same as i did when i was 13.

i'm still trying to decide whether this is a good thing or not.

one year older

today i turned twenty-three. i still remember when i first turned ten and went around proudly telling (and showing) everyone that my age was "two full hands". i thought it i was so old. haha. i can't believe that was thirteen years ago now. wow.

thanks everyone for everything. :)

i'm so excited!!!

after waiting for more than a year (we literally bought out tickets back in july 2005) it's finally *almost* here. in exactly one week from today, i'll be sitting in the canon theatre, orchestra row EE seat 26 (fifth row centre baby), watching wicked with my lovely sister, liz. :)

oh it's gonna be SO awesome. wheeeeeeeeee!!!

everyone deserves the chance to fly...