Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Lyfe Jennings, Regina Belle, Jennifer Hudson

This Saturday was my first Saturday off in months that I spent in the city, not running ragged as I usually do, off to some island or country, ha ha. I went to the Circle of Sisters 2008 held at the Jacob Javitz Center. I got there late, around 7:30 because all I wanted to see was the concert. Sue me.I was promptly told that the venue was full, and I could see the exhibit, what was left of it that is, but I wouldn't get inside the concert venue. Now I was very upset, I had payed $11.00 online for my ticket and I saw disgruntled women being allowed inside the exhibit without a ticket. WBLS may in the future rent a bigger hall if they plan on asking big time performers to show up. Seriously people, Jennifer Hudson, Lyfe Jennings, Regina Belle, Deborah Cox! These are legends, we are going to turn up for $11.00 to see these people. Eventually a man turned up, did not give his name, and told us that he could give us tickets for the next day, I had work, so that didn't help me. Then he threw up his hands, put on his 'there is nothing I can do' face and told us that the 'rangers' currently keeping us out of the hall, would move and let us inside. We eventually pooled around the sides and the back doors listening and seeing as much as we could. I couldn't do much with my camera, which I plan to return to Target by the way, as it refuses to take decent night-time pictures. I missed Deborah Cox, but by the time Lyfe came on I ran up to the front like a hooligan and began screaming with everyone else. One of my goals this year was to go to a concert, and this might just fulfill that desire. I was happy, to say the least. Jennifer did her new hit "Spotlight" and managed, even with a numero uno fan crying, to give a great performance of other songs as well.
I hate to say that I was not happy with the management, and I still have my ticket, as the guy let me inside the exhibition hall without a ticket. He also let in the guy I was with for free. I would like a free ticket for next year please.
I also met new and upcoming R&B artist GWhizz from Nannyville JA. Hope his career takes off in the United States.Visit him on MySpace.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Friday, October 10, 2008

Learning Spanish

I did try to learn Spanish for the trip to San Juan, but I suffer from the disease procrastination. Now on my iGoogle page I have a feed of one Spanish word per day. I still haven't learned anything. I somehow got by on "Hola, habla engles?" and many hand gestures. Quite frankly today I see three words instead of one, on my iGoogle page, and I don't know if that is because I haven't figured out how to get rid of things that I read already or they are actually-shockingly-giving me more than one word a day! So anyway, my GF and I are planning -platonic GF that is-a trip to Europe, and hope to visit all the countries that require a schengen visa. So now I need to learn Spanish, French, Dutch and German, and so on. Needless to say I intend to practice on you, dear reader. Hola, a veces mi madre reganar mi. Like when she found out that I went to San Juan for the weekend without telling her. Feel free to let me know if I just cursed in Spanish. I don't mind hearing the truth.