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Happy 30th Laura! We’ll party hardy this Saturday. Love you!

Is this all there really is?
Life after you
Is it all there really is?
What else can I do
Am I gonna taste your kiss
No matter who I’m with it’s gonna be you…

Last Flight Out - Butch Walker

This weekend I said goodbye to the guy I’ve been seeing for the past month. He is moving to Florida in a few weeks so we decided the best thing to do was to stop seeing each other now, otherwise it will be harder to say goodbye. It’s only been a month so the above lyrics might seem a little dramatic, but the whole situation has been emotional for me...and this song just comforts me and makes me happy.

And they sure know how to do it. The boys of U2 that is. I saw them in concert on Monday night and it was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen in my life. I have loved U2 since I was 13 years old but never got to see them live. So imagine my excitement when this day finally came. It was almost impossible to get tickets, despite them playing five shows this time and another two in November. I’ve had my tickets since March so I had to wait six freakin’ months, but what’s six more months when I’ve practically waited half my life to see them? It definitely was worth it.

This is the Vertigo Tour so they usually open with Vertigo, but appropriately at the NYC shows they’ve been opening with City of Blinding Lights. They went on to play a whole set of classics, old and new. I love all of their songs but my all-time favorite is Pride (In the Name of Love) and I seriously could not stop jumping up and down when it came on, (all while wearing my high-heeled boots). The set was gorgeous, with these cool stringing light curtain things that went up and down and lit up in different colors. There was a circular ramp surrounding the stage that was also lit up in different colors. Bono and the Edge would come out and walk on it during some of the songs and during one song, they put out a drum set in the middle of the ramp so that drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. could go out there and do his thing from there. I almost cried because I can only imagine if I were among those people who were lucky enough to be right there to see him up close. We had seats behind the stage, which were pretty decent, but I saw the back of his head most of the time. If you know me from my younger days, you know that Larry was my favorite and I absolutely adored him. They played for almost two and a half hours and came out for three encores! I was so lovin’ it. They definitely put on an amazing show and the entire audience was totally into it and singing along and freaking out. I literally felt the floor and the whole place shaking, I don’t think the Garden has ever rocked that hard, with the exception of the Rangers winning the Stanley Cup in 1994 of course.

I’m dying to go to another show already. If any of you have a chance to see them, do it. It is so worth it. By the way, I heard at Saturday’s show, Jon Bon Jovi was there, front-row. Can you imagine being at a concert and you’re rockin’ out to U2 along with JBJ? I would not know what to do with myself. I’d be **craaaaaaaazy** for sure.

It’s very rare for me to say this but sometimes I get so jaded by NYC and the people here that I just want to move far, far away. But this past weekend will keep me from feeling this way for a long time. From hanging out with my best girls in the company of rock stars to bar-hopping/dancing the night away with some hilarious drunk friends, I just had way too much fun in this craaaaaaazy city. I don’t know if there was something in the air, but all of the events/conversations that occurred on Friday and Saturday nights were either totally bizarre, halfway unbelievable or just downright, bone-tickling funny. All I know is, I do love going out in the city, even though my feet are really mad at me right now. But the advantage of being small: you can just hop on a strong lad’s back and get a piggyback ride. I *heart* New York.

Sorry I’ve been MIA but the past week and a half was just craaaaaazy. I was in Vegas for work and that is always a busy trip. Busy, but fun. I worked all day and partied at night with my coworkers and a few of my clients. And not that this is a major highlight or anything, but I met Jose Canseco. He was at my client’s booth signing autographs and I brought over one of my coworkers who wanted to meet him. I was just sort of standing on the side but my client’s boss shouted me out to the whole world and made me go up there to take a picture with him. And of course I can’t say no to him cuz he only has an advertising budget of $150,000 (a big amount in my industry) with my magazines. So he tells Jose that I’m shy so to make sure that he’s all over me. And boy was he. The man was twice my size and he practically wrapped his whole arm around me. Okay people, I had no choice! It was all in the name of business.

I arrived home early Sunday morning last week, half asleep. I slept the rest of the morning and part of the afternoon and then headed into the city to meet up with Laura and Julie for the Hurricane Benefit concert at Irving Plaza. Butch only played for 20 minutes but he was of course as awesome as ever. Later that night we’re just standing around and he comes walking up to me, stupid idiot me didn’t even realize who he was until he’s right in front of me. He was wearing a hat and these funky glasses. I told him that he should model for my magazine and he said let him know when and he’ll do it. I asked my editor the next day and he said he definitely wants to talk to me more about it. How cool would that be?? So anyway, Butch chatted with us for a bit and begged us to go see him the following evening at Bowery Ballroom cuz he was joining the Hotel Cafe Tour a day early. Jules and I were in for sure but we were trying to convince Laura. Even though Butch was totally begging her to go, she decided to be a good worker and she had to miss it. The next night Jules and I saw him put on another great 20 minute show. By the time I got home that night and into bed, I was ready to sleep for two days straight. I think in those four days I only had about 15 hours of sleep. Yes, I am crazy. I took a day off from work and finally caught up. Believe it or not, this Friday we do it all again, he’s gonna be doing a free concert at the Seaport, opening for Pink. That’s right, we can’t get enough of him!

This weekend was back to normal finally. Sort of. Actually maybe not so much last night cuz I was a total social butterfly. I hit 3 events in one night. It started with a going away party for my former coworker who’s moving to Colorado with her husband. Their apartment was filled with boxes but their friend who lives two doors down from them threw the party for her on their terrace. The terrace was huge and had a great view of the city. They were even barbecuing on there. It was a lot of fun and I decided that I need to find a rich man so I can have a terrace in the city too. Then after that, I went all the way uptown to meet up with another friend who was in the city with her friends from work to have a drink with them. Then...after that, I headed back down to go dancing with some other friends. Luckily all of these events were on the west side. It would have been a challenge if I had to do the crosstown thing.

Today was spent scrubbing my bathroom (fun) and food shopping. Oh and I got hit on when I was doing the food shopping. You know how when you go up and down the aisles at the supermarket you tend to see the same people cuz they’re doing the same thing? So I keep seeing this one guy, but not really paying attention to him. Finally at the dairy section, he was in front of me but he stops and turns around and walks over to me. He asks me my name and says that he thinks I’m absolutely gorgeous and that he would love to take me to dinner some time so we can chat. He pulls out a card and hands it to me. I was a little taken aback so I just said “Okay”. Then he left. I’m flattered but I’m surprised he even noticed me, I looked like crap! Seriously. My hair was all greasy and smoky from last night and pulled back in a ponytail and my face was greasy as well and I was wearing my glasses. He was decent looking, older I think, with some funky tattoos on his neck and arms. Only thing is, on his card it says his name is “Julian” but I can swear he said his name was “Joel” when he introduced himself. Is Joel a form of Julian and I just never heard of it? Ah well, I dunno if I’m going to call him anyway. I have a few other boys calling me lately but I don’t seem to be too interested, all I do is daydream about rock stars. I think I need to go to rock star addiction rehab or something.

I have some time at work so just wanted to share a couple of things. First off, Phantom Planet totally rocked the other night. After hours of waiting for them to come on (we arrived in Greenwich, CT wayyyy too early), we finally found ourselves up there in the midst of screaming teenagers. Julie had some boy humping her leg throughout the show while I had to scold a 13 year old for crowding me. Before you all yell at me for picking on someone half my age, I did let a certain amount of time pass before I couldn’t take it anymore and had to say something. Besides a few other minor details, the boys put on a great show. The two times I’ve seen them live, I’ve always been up close. So I’m spoiled now, I can’t imaging seeing them from far away.

On to other stuff...I was watching VHI Classic/Current last night and they played Bon Jovi’s Wanted Dead or Alive. I haven’t seen that video in ages and I was so excited. I can’t believe that was almost 20 years ago. How is that freakin’ possible?? In some ways it seemed like just yesterday. After that the “current” video they played was their new song “Have a Nice Day”. As much as I love these boys and as hot as JBJ looked, I thought the video was a little cheesy. Sorry.

Did I tell you all last week that I have continued with my modeling career in optical? Last week our photo studio held an in-house modeling shoot since we are in dire need of images with people doing everyday stuff wearing eyewear. It’s very expensive to purchase these so we figured we’d save some money and do some of it ourselves. The guy coordinating it begged me to do it, I guess because of my natural beauty in eyewear they wanted some diversity in there. So if you happen to be in an optical shop or an eye doctor’s office, you just might see me on the cover of a brochure, heh heh.

One thing I just remembered: I was in the elevator with Carson from Queer Eye last week. He gave me the gay once-over when I walked in. I think he approved of my outfit. Of course he did.

Sorry for all this miscellaneous stuff being jumbled into one post. But who knows when I’ll have time to post again. TTFN

The upcoming week will be a very busy one for me. It all starts today with a Phantom Planet show with Julie (Laura cannot join us :-( ). Then in a few days, I’m off to Vegas. That’s for business but I always try to squeeze in some fun when I’m there cuz after all it is Vegas. When I booked my return flight for this trip, I was debating on whether or not I should take a red-eye flight back Saturday night or just spend another night there and fly back Sunday. The tradeshow ends on Saturday at 5:00PM so I wouldn’t have been able to leave until after then. I did the red-eye thing two years ago and it killed my entire day the next day. So last year, I stayed the extra night but I remember being very bored that night because most of my coworkers had already left and it was a Saturday night in freakin’ Vegas and I had nobody to go out with. But this year, I figured ahhh, I don’t have any plans on Sunday anyway so why torture myself on the red-eye, so I booked the next day flight. That changed when I heard yesterday that Butch along with several other artists are doing a benefit concert for hurricane relief on Sunday night here in the city. So, I went to jetblue.com and checked to see if the red-eye flight was still available and indeed it was. And it only costs $20 to change the flight. But since this return flight was cheaper than the original flight I booked, I didn’t even have to pay the $20 and I’m gonna be credited for the difference. The only thing that kinda blows is there were only middle seats left on that flight. I hate middle seats if I’m traveling alone. It’s all worth it though cuz I get to see Butch again with my girls, we are contributing to a good cause and I saved my company $120!

Let’s just hope I have enough energy left for Butch that night. My flight gets in at 7 in the morning and then I have that morning and part of the afternoon to sleep (I cannot sleep on planes). What the hell am I talking about?? I ALWAYS have enough for that sexy dawg. Hell yeah.

I did absolutely nothing this weekend! Okay, I did a few things. Like celebrating my Mom’s birthday. I bought her an iPod Shuffle so she can use it when she works out and goes running. Yes everyone, my Mom is in better shape than I am. And this is after four kids. Of course, I have to put all the music on it for her but no big deal. The rest of this weekend was spent doing a little shopping (no tax on clothing this week!) and sitting in the park sipping on Starbucks Mint Mocha Chip frappaccinos with my sister. I actually braved the Barneys Warehouse Sale on Sunday. I’ve been there a few times before but never had the patience to rummage through all that stuff. But this time I found me a pair of cute silver flats marked all the way down to 40 bucks. Not bad huh? But I’m watching all these other people going nuts and trying on stuff with no shame in front of the whole world (breasts and butt cheeks being flashed!), and most of them are trying on ugly things. Of course they think they’re getting a great deal but how is it a great deal if it ain’t flattering on you? Alright, fine. I’ll be nice.

During this weekend, I also got a phone call from Jane and her hubby Charlie. I was out shopping when my cell rings and I see Jane’s name pop up. When I answered, it was Charlie saying hello and telling me that his wife wanted to talk to me. Then Jane comes on and says that they were hanging out in Ocean City, MD and that Charlie wanted to call Laura and I to say hello. How adorable is he? It was definitely a nice surprise to hear from them. Overall it was just a beautiful, relaxing long weekend. And I am so digging this weather. I can really get used to having this type of weather year-round. Tomorrow is back to a long week at work...and next week I’m off to Vegas for our annual tradeshow. Yay.

I was watching the news earlier and they showed a reporter interviewing a man in Alabama who had lost his wife and his home from Katrina. He was crying and sounded so helpless. As I listened and watched him describe how the water tore his house in half and how the last time he saw his wife, she couldn’t hold on to him anymore and told him to take care of the kids, I just started bawling, it made me so sad. The reporter even started crying. And here I am thinking I have problems in my life. My heart goes out to this man and everyone down there who have been affected. Everyone, please make a donation to help the victims. 

I can’t think of any other word to describe Friday night when we went to see Butch. I’ll give you the abridged version. As soon as the doors of the bar opened, we were in there and planted ourselves right in front of the stage. Two hours later, he was up there in front of us rockin’ out and doing that thing he does which makes us all weak in the knees. And he totally remembered me! He winked at me and smiled while he was up there singing. And more than once, hee hee. As always, it was an absolutely amazing performance. After the show, we waited for the crowd around him to die down so we can say hello. He came over and started chatting with us and asked us if we were going to hang out. We said yes, so he invites all of us back to the hotel he was staying at! But it wasn’t right away, he had to go hang with some friends and family, so he told us to meet him there later. So about an hour and a half later, we were having drinks with him at the hotel lounge. Just us and him. No one else. There were so many people waiting around for him earlier, hoping to hang with him. And there we were with him all by ourselves. He was so sweet and adorable. And by the way, we were in his room. But only for a few minutes, heh heh. No one will probably believe us, I mean, how much luckier can we get after the first time around? But it was all so real and so fabulous. Dude, we are on a whole new level with him now.   

So let’s go charge up the car.
Let’s all put on those trrrrucker hats,
And head out to a bar.

Five more days until we see Butch again. He’s coming just in time cuz I am feeling a bit restless these days. Yeah dog!

I was doing okay with the ex-BF situation, but the last few days I have really been missing and thinking about him. It’s been almost a month since I last saw him, but it seems like forever. At the same time, part of me is also angry with him and thinking that I couldn’t care less if I never heard from him again. I hate feeling like this. I guess it’s because I’ve been so stressed lately at work and when I come home, I just want to vent about my long day to someone and even though it was only for two months, he was always there to listen to me. I had a date the other night and while I had fun, I missed having that emotional connection with someone. Boy, I sound so freakin’ needy lately. Snap out of it girl!

For the past couple of months, I’ve been caught in the middle of drama between two mutual friends. I never wanted to be involved but somehow I did get involved when I was trying to be a friend to both parties by letting them vent to me. Turns out that was a mistake. Now they have sort of made up but one of them is upset with me. There’s a lot more to all of this but all I know is when all of this first started, I felt like I was in junior high school again. Maybe I have actually matured since my teenage years, but I can’t imagine going through this with any of my other friends today. We are way past all of that. Sighhhhh. Whatever.

I’m really sad that he died. He has been my favorite news man for as long as I can remember. If I were able to catch the world news, I would always watch him and if there were special broadcasts of tragedies or other events, I would have to watch him also. There’s just something comforting about listening to his reporting. I sound like a geek, but I don’t care. :-(

I went out last night to my usual Saturday night spot and as soon as I got there, noticed my boy talking to a guy who kept smiling at me. Five minutes later, my friend called me over and introduced me to him. He was a cutie, with gorgeous blue eyes. So we end up flirting the rest of the night and then making out in the corner of the club. Hee hee, that’s one good thing about being single again. I was totally having fun with him, but the only thing is, my tummy was a little upset and I actually finished one whole drink, which made it even more upset. So I was feeling kinda icky and nauseus (I can never spell this dam word). I’d be kissing him passionately and then all of a sudden, I’d feel sick to my stomach. The poor guy, I had to keep explaining to him that it wasn’t him making me sick. He seemed to take it well though, at least I think he did, cuz he didn’t leave my side the rest of the night. I gave him my digits when I said goodbye, not sure if he will call me but no big deal. I don’t think I’m really ready to be dating dating yet, but I wouldn’t mind seeing him again and just have fun. Ya know what they say, the best way to get over someone is to get under...Ha ha ha. Just joking. Maybe.