i saw an amazing race clue marker box in front of the muchmusic store today on my way home.

it was locked, so i couldn't open it and steal a clue, if this is really for the show. the next installment of amazing race, they'll probably be in toronto!

but they've already come to toronto a few seasons ago. there's been so many seasons, they're reusing cities already.

concert count

#32: Kenny Chesney (18-Aug-07) - Ford Field, Detroit

background info: i go to alot of concerts. sometimes i buy tickets before knowing who can come with me. so a few times i haven't been able to find someone to come, so my friend amy has been my backup, even though we have different tastes. she likes country. she loves kenny chesney.

fast forward to last weekend. my chance to repay her for the times she's come with me.

not only was it just kenny chesney. it was pat green, sara evans, sugarland, brooks and dunn, and then kenny chesney. we were there for 7 hrs! it started after 4, and ended just after 11.

i do admit that i had a half decent time. it's what you make of it, so i could have sat there and be a grump, or just try to have a good time. i didn't mind sara evans and sugarland, female country music singers aren't as country as men. brooks and dunn was intensely country, i wasn't totally paying attention for pat green, and then there was kenny. i think i had more fun watching everyone go crazy over him, than actually watching him perform.

since i didn't know any of the songs, the girls i went to the show with were always telling me the lines beforehand, so i could at least sing along. a few songs with the words "honky tonk" and the ultimate was the last song kenny chesney did called "she thinks my tractor's sexy."

i don't think i have an issue with country music itself, it's just stupid songs about tractors and chesney also has a song called "voulez-vous barbeque." i just don't understand stuff like this. it's as if they can write whatever lyrics to a country tune, and people will love it. throw in truly country words and it'll be a hit.

overall, it was a half decent concert. i didn't have a bad time. i don't know if i'd go to another one. the road trip to detroit was good. it was cool to see another place i've never been to before. we didn't get lost in 8 mile, which was a relief.

#33: Justin Timberlake (20-Aug-07) - ACC

nothing like a little JT to balance out the country weekend.

this was the second time i've seen JT this year. it's the second leg of his tour and he came back to toronto again. since the 1st show was so good, i had to go again, and this time, we got the more expensive tickets instead of cheaping out. and it was well worth it.

the only difference was the opening act. this time around it was good charlotte. i wanted to see them perform, but by the time we got there, we only caught their last two songs. they played a really short set, and we also got there a little later than i had wanted. i've always thought joel madden was cute. the skater punk who dresses preppy, love his look. the songs we did see were good though.

then JT came on. it was the exact same show and same set list as the first show i saw, but i didn't care. JT was still awesome.

our seats were on the ends this time, think of a hockey rink, and think behind the goalie. these seats aren't as good b/c the screens are kinda hard to see. but i'm glad i already went to the other show so i knew what i was missing.

timberland performed during the intermission. but it was the same mix of songs as the other show. he didn't sing, it was more like he was DJ-ing and mixing a bunch of songs together.

a good contrast of concerts this week.

another funny story

i went to detroit this weekend with some friends to go to a country music concert, but that wasn't even the funny part. (i'm not a country music fan, but i told a friend i would go with her, and i was excited to go shopping).

so before we left, we made a stop at target. i don't think i've ever been to target before, but i was intrigued. it was exactly like zellers. but we found some cute clothes to try on.

we're in the fitting rooms trying on some stuff, and this lady outside the fitting rooms seemed to be trying to get our attention and holding up a shirt. just a short sleeved pink button down shirt. i was in a tunic top and leggings i was trying on, and krista was already done and waiting for us, and we were the two who noticed the lady. this is the coversation that ensued:

krista (looking at the lady): are you talking to us?
lady: yes.
krista: we don't work here.
lady: look at this top, isn't it nice?
krista and me together: yeah it's cute.
lady: yeah there's a whole rack of them here. in the maternity section.
me: ok. (short pause) but i'm not pregnant.

then i start laughing my ass off. i think the lady's daughter was in the fitting rooms as well, so i felt kinda bad we were laughing at her mom. i don't even know what the lady said or did after that b/c i was laughing so hard i didn't pay attention. and i just wanted to change back to my regular clothes right away.

i wonder if she didn't have glasses on and thought one of us was her daughter.

or maybe it was a non-maternity top hidden in the maternity section and she wanted to share her finds with us.

or maybe she thought i was pregnant.

i was unsure about the top i was trying on, but i definitely didn't buy it after a lady potentially thought i was pregnant in it.

ouch.

funny story

today i went to get my hair cut, and i go to the aveda academy, so i get a different person each time. i don't have any loyalty to hairdressers, so i always go through the obligatory conversations of them getting to know me, etc.

the dude i got today was like 40 or 50 years old. he was telling me all about how he's been to hong kong like 20-25 times and that he loves it there. i told him i've only been there once, and that was like 15 years ago. in which he proceeds to ask me "did you go with your husband?" i didn't know if i should burst out in laughter or in tears. did he ask me that b/c at his age, that's the 1st thing people would assume a travel companion would be, a spouse, and it wasn't a direct jab at my age? or did he actually think i was old enough to have had a husband 15 years ago?

i responded with "no. i was like 7 or 8 years old. i went with my mom."

hahhahahah.

great haircut though!

concert count

#31: Muse w/ Cold War Kids (01-Aug-07) - Arrow Hall

so i've already seen both of these acts on separate occasions, and both by accident. muse was playing at last year's virgin festival and cold war kids opened up for tokyo police club. and when i saw both bands the first time, they both put on a great live show. which meant this show would be awesome.

the group i went with weren't so much into cold war kids, so by the time we got to the venue, they had already started. i wasn't overly concerned since i've seen them already. but we caught most of their set, in between getting merchandise and waiting in line to get into the beer area. cold war kids didn't disappoint. they were as good as the first time i saw them. they played a new song too, which was cool.

then muse came on. i only have their newest CD, and i honestly don't like listening to their album that much. someone asked me on a scale of 1 to 10, how much i like them. i gave them a 4/10. but i would give their live show a solid 9/10. it's not like their songs sound different, but there's something about hearing them perform it live that makes it so much better.

one thing that was a concert first for me was that muse did 2 encores. it didn't make it that good when it was still a planned 2 encore show. the house lights didn't come on, so it was obvious they were coming back.

now the venue. this was the first time i've been to arrow hall. it's just one of many halls in this convention centre out near the airport, which is one major reason why i never go to shows there, it's too far. i'm not overly a fan of big halls for concert venues, so it was as expected. it was bloody hot in there too. my friend was a big muse fan so he wanted to be up close, which mean being in the middle of a hot and sweaty crowd of people. i was fine with it, but you can see better when you stand further back, so i basically didn't see anything the whole show. it didn't really bother me though, it's about the music anyways and i'm not the biggest muse fan in the world so i don't mind not actually seeing them.

all in all, 2 great live acts. 1 great show.

next up: kenny chesney in detroit. oh you read that right. i'm being dragged to a kenny chesney concert in detroit as payback for dragging a friend to all the other shows i want to go to. should be interesting. besides the concert, i'm excited for the road trip! not only is it kenny chesney though, there's brooks and dunn, sugarland (i think that's what they're called), and that girl who did dancing with the stars and then quit b/c she was going through a divorce. it's like a country music festival! i'm from alberta, but all my life i've never been to a country show, and now i'm going to detroit to see one!

then right when i come back i'm going to my 2nd justin timberlake concert of the year. just to balance off the chesney.