It's finally over. I guess I have to go back to all of my normal obsessions. I actually didn't mind either way who won this game, but I went in rooting for the Netherlands for several reasons. I thought they played consistently better than Spain, was still a little grumpy at Spain's beating Germany (okay, they deserved that win), I put money on the Netherlands, wanted to prove Paul the Octopus right, and I figured the parties would be all sorts of crazy in Amsterdam if they won. In the end, I'm glad Spain won. I really didn't like the way the Dutch played this game and Spain played a good game. To be honest though, I thought the Germany-Uruguay game was much more entertaining. I was kind of depressed that Klose didn't get to beat Ronaldo's record and the German team really didn't have their hearts in it, but it's been so much fun watching Forlan play.

Been a good, if not short, weekend. Saw Sir Paul McCartney in concert last night. That was kind of amazing and he did a lot more Beatles songs than I thought he would. World Cup partying both yesterday and today (way too much food today). Gianni and Laura came up for the weekend. Tomorrow it's back to work and real dieting. Also seeing Miggs tomorrow night. It's been too long since I've seen them.

I've been down on Glee lately. It's gone downhill since it came back in April and there have been more bad episodes than good. However, I just watched last night's episode and it was awesome . NPH singing Dream On and Piano Man. NPH being on there in general. There was actually character development (which is probably because the awesome Joss Whedon directed it). They actually used Other Asian for something. Wasn't a big fan of Idina Menzel singing, but I don't really like Idina Menzel so whatever. Now that Dollhouse is officially canceled can Joss just do more Glee episodes? It'd make everyone happier. Maybe (just maybe) I'd even convince Chris to watch with me.

Also, new Miggs album is out. It's kind of awesome. You should check it out.

Today I got to see my Miggs show of the summer. It's crazy that ever since I saw them for the first time over six years ago, I've seen them at least once every summer. I think there was one summer where I missed them completely. It was a sad one, but it was made up for because we had seen them ten times that first summer. Crazy times, for sure. They opened for Matt Nathanson today, which was fun because I downloaded his album on Amazon about a month ago and liked it. I also got to be backstage again, which was kind of legit.

Another reason I was happy about this show? It was Music in the Park, which meant I only had to walk a few blocks to see them. I got there a little after five. I entered on one side of the stage and saw that Don was on the other, so I hopped over several people who seemed like they were otherwise comfortably seated on the grass to say hi to him. We talked for a few minutes, and he told me to go to the other side of the stage and he'd get me in backstage.

Got backstage a little after their sound check. It was so much nicer to be there than out in the crowd. For one, I didn't have to deal with the smell of pot smoke on my suits. I also wasn't out in the crowd. I was also backstage, which is kind of legit.

They had some performances first from some people in some singing contest. They were okay. I can't complain because they all sang circles around anything I can do.

Miggs was up next. They put on a great show. They played a lot of songs that I knew and a lot of songs that I had only heard once or twice before. I don't think I'd heard the second one they played, actually. It was super catchy. I meant to ask Don what the name of the song was, but I forgot to.

The one song they didn't play that I wanted them to play was To Be Wrong. Actually, I wanted them to do Taste too. Oh well. It was a lot of fun. They went through SO MANY covers for Options though. Including Journey. Hella cool.

Between sets, I saw members of the San Jose Earthquakes hang around backstage. Seeing as I'm trying to start getting into soccer, I wanted to go say hi. However, seeing as I have never once seen the Earthquakes play and know nothing of the team, I didn't. Too bad, too. I wanted one of the beach balls they were giving away to everyone in the audience. Actually, scratch my last comment. I think I vaguely remember the Earthquakes coming to SFC once. Maybe I dreamt this. I don't remember.

Matt Nathanson was up next. I sat by the side of the stage for his performance. It was kind of cool because he walked right behind me to get on the stage. I guess he'd have to seeing as that was the entrance of the stage, but whatever.

I was actually very much impressed by his performance. He had some hilarious banter between sets, including making fun of Kevin Richardson of the Backstreet Boys, giving us a rundown of the Hannah Montana movie, and playing part of Lose Yourself by Eminem. He also covered Blister in the Sun, which was kind of legit.

All in all, it was a good show. The train ride back was kind of crazy, though. Most crowded I've ever seen the lightrail and most people had no idea how to actually ride the light rail correctly as most of them realized halfway through that they were on the wrong train. Fail.

Oh, by the way. You know the obnoxious person you see texting backstage during shows? I was totally that person today. I was texting people during Matt Nathanson's performance. I wasn't bored or anything, mostly texting people things about the show or consoling my boyfriend about not being able to go to Blizcon anymore. Wait--why am I defending my actions? Backstage texters are too good for that. I wonder if the crazy Matt Nathanson fans were talking about how evil I am. Like they really cared.

Tomorrow's Friday. Casual day. I also fly to SoCal for the weekend. Will write about my fun exploits there. We're thinking of crashing a Comic Con party. Speaking of which, I need to pack still.

I guess life didn't really get that much less busy since I finished Moot Court. I wanted to see Bishop Allen the night of the moot court argument, but I didn't because I had to read for Property. It turns out that this was a good choice because my professor drilled me like crazy on a case, most likely because I wasn't able to answer a question on Monday. That's okay. I think I held up pretty well.

Because I didn't go see Bishop Allen on Tuesday night, I thought I'd go see The Tallest Man on Earth at the Rickshaw Stop on Wednesday night. I thought this'd be a good way to kind of cool off for a bit before I head into the final stretch of this semester. A good way to de-stress, I suppose. I turns out, that I spent ALL of the opening act stressing about what time I was going to get home so I could do K and ConLaw reading. The opening act, Herman Dune, was really good, though. I just wish I could have enjoyed it more.



I almost didn't stay for the Tallest Man on Earth until I realized that I went to see him and felt like it'd be dumb not to stay. I was glad I did in the end because he was SO good live. Definitely not the Tallest Man on Earth. I left a little early from the show because I wanted to be back in the Tower by 10:30 and took a taxi back. Great show though. Glad I went.



Thursday and Friday weren't any different than usual other than the fact that I officially started outlining. I'm trying to remember if I have any intersting GAAP stories from Thursday, but I don't think so. I was the only volunteer there for the first thirty minutes and that's when most of the clients came in for help, so I was very busy for those 30/40 minutes.

I was supposed to go watch the APALSA Dodgeball tournament last night, but ended up forgetting about it and then staying for only a short while when I did go. I was actually way into the Property reading if you can believe that (you should, because it's true).

I also have a fun story from Monday night. Gianni and Mia came up to the city because Mia had an interview for an internship at 8pm. They stopped by so we could eat dinner and, having wanted to eat at Tommy's for a really long time, took them there. Little did I know that they have a very limited vegetarian selection. It was ALL meat. Gianni ended up eating a salad and cheesecake, so I guess it was okay in the end. We were mostly happy because it smelled like Germany in there and brought back memories of backpacking. How does Germany smell, you may ask? Not going to say.

So, apparently there's some new facebook app where you can list your Top 5 movies/cds/whatever. I don't know how people can list their top 5 albums. I just don't even know where to begin to answer a question like that. I guess I answer it with mini Top 5 lists.

So here's one: Top 5 albums that are important to me

1. Phantom Planet - The Guest

Not my favorite album ever. Not even my favorite Phantom Planet album. This album kicked off some crazy bug inside of me. I think this album defines that point of no return moment that has led me to become the semi-indie music geek that I am right now. Also, I think that my favorite band before this album was Good Charlotte, so I think it was for the best anyway.

2. The Scarlet Pimpernel - Cast Recording

Anyone who lived through my Scarlet Pimpernel fanatic phase must have expected this to hit my list. Like The Guest was for rock music, this musical turned my love of musicals into an obsession. Also, I have to listen to "Into the Fire" before any tests or big events. This includes the Moot Court oral argument on Tues.

3. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom

This seems like a random choice for my top anything list because I don't even think they'd crack the Top 25 artist list. Tragic Kingdom is on this list not because they have never and probably never will release anything as good as this album, but because this is the first CD I ever went out and bought.

4. Miggs - Anyway

I saw this band for the first time in March of 2003. Coincidentally, it was the same day I found out I got into UCI. This has nothing to with anything, but I just wanted to point that out. After purchasing this album at that first show, I went back to see them over 30 more times (in all of their various line-ups). I couldn't have a list like this without them. Also, I think "Taste" will always be my favorite Miggs song.

5. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

Random right? Chris and I listened to this album all the time when we weren't together but liked each other. I'm sure we annoyed the hell out of Ed because we'd find the lyrics online and then sing the songs together. We actually did this after we got together. Our favorite song to sing was "Michael. Yeah, at no point were we a normal couple.