In a few short months, Matt Fish will no longer be touring with Matt Nathanson. ARGH.

More later..

For now, go to www.mattnathanson.com and check the tour dates. Make it to one of the shows. Experience the duo all that you can!!

Sometimes it was just squiggles in the air..

Then we starting to write our names.

And then Iris drew an elephant!

Lastly.. in the manual (yes i’m RTFM-ing!) on the page about depth of field, there is a cute little graphic that shows a penguin eating an popsicle. Seeee, this camera and I were meant to be.

Nothing fancy.. just walkin’ around and trying out different settings.

I’m really pressed for time here at work – but wanted to put something up before the appropriate time slips away..

Thank you everyone! Adam, Maya, my parents, Iris, Shanta, Marc, Matt, Umang, Vijay, Lonny, Sarah, Kimberly, Uncle Mike, Mary Jo, Tiffany, Whitney, Abbie, Kimmie, Sesoria, Antonette, the peeps at Expected Miracles.. just.. everyone and anyone who made my day yesterday. Thanks BUNCHES.

Great big hugs to those (several mentioned above) who shelled out the mondo cashola for the Best. Gift. Ever. It was very unexpected and I think I’m still at a loss for the right words. Just amazed…

And you guys thought I took a lot of photos with my other camera.. mwa ha ha.

thank you thank you thank you thank you!!

(psssst. if i missed anyone, you still get a hug, i’m just a dork and forgot to list your name!)

Matt will be performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live this Monday, March 22nd!!

Jimmy Kimmel airs on ABC at 12:05 AM but check your local listings just to make sure.

Stay up late, record it, have a party, do whatever you need in order to watch this performance!!

WOOOO HOO!!!

Wooo shamrockin’ the house at O’Flaherty’s Irish Pub!!

Some guy with a funky hat and a beanie baby bear on his shoulder… next to the Fiddle Man… Next to some guy that saw me taking a photo. Haha you got red eye. Neener neener.

Shanta and her $8 Baileys. Rip-off much? Hmm.

Iris, Umang, and St Patty’s Day paraphernalia! Wooo Green!

Psssst. I like Guinness. Yay for Irishness and ya know, liking beer. Tee hee!

That pretty much sums up my evening.

Ok maybe not.

I attended my first work-related seminar tonight in San Francisco. The topic was “how to get your client/product/book/etc on a major talk show” (not the official title, but let’s keep the google-monsters away from me mmkay?)

.: Although we left early – we still hit traffic. Yay for 280.

.: We arrived “on time” according to our registration printout but 5 mins late according to the sign on the door.

.: A few pieces of paper, some twine, a star, and a Cheerio (Oprah-O) was placed on chairs for each attendee.

.: We had to do a few cheesy icebreakers that involved stretching and “oohing”, writing ‘prayers’ on a piece of fancied paper (complete with putting a star sticker on it AND wrapping it with a piece of twine. For safe keeping. Uh huh.)

.: One man had an army canteen to drink from.

.: One woman put eyedrops in her eyes every 20-30 minutes.

.: I accidently stepped on my Oprah-O.

.: We did some weird screaming – “let your agressions out” – at the end of the 3 hour seminar.

Oh yah and I learned a little bit for work.

Friday Five

1. What was the last song you heard?

Lost Myself In Search Of You – Matt Nathanson

2. What were the last two movies you saw?

Hmm. Cold Mountain and Something’s Gotta Give — I think. Both good movies.

3. What were the last three things you purchased?

March VTA pass, some crafty stuff at Michaels, and cabochons from Tap Plastics.

4. What four things do you need to do this weekend?

.: Bring flowers to my uncle.

.: Visit my grandpa.

.: Drive.

.: Meeting notes, Client plans and excel file for work.

5. Who are the last five people you talked to?

.: Dad – about html.

.: Mom – about seeing the play Cats next weekend and looking at cars in the paper.

.: Adam – text messages about his adventure in SF.

.: Iris – Bill Murray jokingly getting (kinda) a tattoo on Letterman last night.

.: Boss – Printer delivery mess-up at work.

And on a completely different topic — Happy Birthday Uncle Steve

( I love using Matt Nathanson lyrics for titles.. )

It’s a complete shame that we have to spend our day indoors. It is the most beautiful. day. ever. There’s a slight cool breeze now, the sun is out, not a damn cloud in the sky.

::sigh::

I’d love to be swimming right now. Or sitting by the pool, semi-shaded (I’m a fair-skinned girl, gotta keep the burn away), sipping a drink.. attempting to read. Usually I just sit and watch. Watch people, watch the sunlight play on the water.

GRRRRRRRRR. Ooh anger now. hee

Must.. concentrate.. on .. work….

Matt Nathanson and Matt Fish are a ginormous amount of fun.

Tonight, Maya, Matt, Iris, Adam and I travelled to Slims in SF for the Matt Nathanson(& Fish) gig. We got our tickets and claimed a spot infront of the stage. Then Iris and I checked out the merch booth (the new tshirts are awesome, methinks my fave is the brown one with the firecracker on it) and decided to walk downstairs to the bathroom and coat check area. Down there, we found a door marked “emergency exit” and tried to listen to the other side of it. We heard Matt (assuming it was he and not the opening act, David Hopkins) strumming away on his guitar. GIDDYNESS ensued. We stood there awhile longer, showing intent interest in the framed flyers for Slim’s past performances. They were actually interesting, because some of them were very odd drawings. We decided to head back upstairs and planned to try again closer to Matt’s set.

This idea fizzled.

Why? Cause we had to plant our feet in our spots infront of the stage for fear that people would scoot us out of the way. Being shorter than everyone else there (or at least those around me) it was kind of hard to get a super-great spot (but I managed, and ended up standing directly infront of the mic).

The opening act, David Hopkins, was ok. Not 100% my cup of tea, but not horrible either. Honestly I just don’t think that he blended well with the crowd. There had to be a good 90% Matt Nathanson/Fish fans in the audience. We are expecting upbeat and rockin’ out music. But Hopkins music was mostly slow ballads. I suppose his set really did help juice up the crowd. We were insanely happy to see Matt & Matt grace the stage (not that we wouldn’t have been .. but I’m assuming you know what I mean.)

Rock rock rock.. cello rock.. guitar rock.. SING-A-LONGS!!! Starfish & Coffee, Stayin’ Alive, Answering Machine, Laid. My favorite sing-a-long was Extreme’s “More Than Words”. Matt was happy/amused/amazed(?) that we sang in tune. And everyone sang along too.. nobody was in the corner eating chips (hee- inside joke for those that know.. sorry.)

OH and another memorable moment — Matt Fish totally rocked Whitesnake on his cello.

Yeah you read that sentence correct. Whitesnake.. on a cello. Matt Fish really knows how to work that powerful vibrating instrument between his legs.

::gasp::

Don’t gasp at me. That’s actually a Matt Nathanson statement.

“So Jen, where’s the photos?”

They are located here. I did the best I could given the lighting situation at Slims and the fact that Matt told everyone to cool it with the camera flashes. (I got 3 flash-photos in before he said that. My camera has a pretty powerful flash, but it’s nothing like some cameras have now. The flicker-flash kind – there were a few girls at the front of the stage with cameras like that. Poot.)

As we were leaving Slims, everyone was out and about near the local clubs/bars. We ended up having to walk past a guy who was peeing against the wall. Quite a way to end the night right?

After Slims, Adam drove us back to San Jose.. we stopped off at La Vic and headed back to the apt. It was an interesting trip back, that’s for sure.

So it’s late and I’m super tired.. so off to sleep I go!