"Tennessee's a brother to my sister Carolina"

Sara came to Chas. this past weekend.

Friday night. we went to Hootie's annual concert at Family Circle Cup on the beautiful Daniel Island. It was honestly a blast. We got there a little earlier and invented a parking spot near a small new buisness/shopping center where a load of a mostly middle aged crowd were tailgating. They were having so much fun in the restauraunts, bars, and outdoor lawns and i wish we could have joined in on the action earlier. Im sure a lot of these concert goers did'nt even make it to the show and didn't even mind it, i just hope they made it home. Soooo... Better than Ezra opened up for hootie. I'd seen these guys at "aquifina on the bricks" in Atl a few years back and remembered what a great time i had watching them.. Well they picked right back up where they left off. They were so great! They played all of their classic toons as well as their new single and a new song called "juicy" which will be the theme song for this coming season of "desperate housewives".
Hootie came on next and was amazing as always. They are always a great time. I have seen them about 5 times and will go out of my way to see them any time they come around in the future "has been" or not.

Saturday night. "slow night, so long" ..... sheh right- Kings of Leon at the house of blues. These guys rocked out. They had this whole aura about them.. They looked like rock stars and played like rock stars. im talkin the skinny legs, tight jeans, boots, cut off sleaves and long hair. this show lived above my expectations. i want to see them again soon. socially they were a little bit different. we (sara and i) met them after the show at the upstairs bar. i dont think they grew up having much of a social life. they were so freaked out by people and stuggled with ....... talking. no really, i cant really explain. you always read these write ups on them saying how their father ( a traveling preacher) moved them around, and all they really knew and had was music. they were not really given time to make friends and what not. just simply time to take up instruments and listen to music. that is fine by me though because they were amazing to watch in concert. we got some photos with the band which is always exciting.

If you havent already, buy ryan adams' new albumn "Cold Roses". It is what i have been listening to most as of late.

Who saw the pamala anderson roast on comedy central? i was on the floor!

Things i gots to do soon:
get cable
get tux fitting
get shirts tailored
get sara some b-day gifts
bones for mowgli

"Down came the sky...and all you did was blink"

in charleston.- a dream come true.- with a barnes and noble 2 miles from my residence.- Ive been goin to B & N to read some books i've wanted to read in the past.- These books have included Orwell's "1984", "Who Moved My Cheese", and "Tuesdays with Morrie." Next up... "Rule of Four".

ahh... the smell of wedding season is among us. i went up to clemson this past weekend to see a good girl friend (Amanda Price) of mine from highschool tie the knot. it was a medium size wedding that was pretty fun... a wonderful rehearsal dinner in which i got to hang out with a lot of old high school friends... great weather, good times.

ok, yesterday i went to a yoga class.. i joined this gym called V. it is the most amazing gym i have ever seen. its on the cooper river and totally glassed in all the way around. so amazing i am willing to pay $89 / month. yeah yeah, well, i gave it a lot of thought and being fit is that high on my hierarchy of priorities. V has a maximum capacity membership of 1000 which is nice because i never have to wait to use anything. basically the members consist of rich middle age- older folks and trophy wives. each cardio machine has a plasma screen on it which makes burning calories a lot less ummmm tidious. ive got a personal trainer who makes sure i achieves the goals i set for myself. as far as the nutritional part of V, there is an herbal center with a yoga room taught by a young engaged couple who taught yoga in NYC. They are awesome. this center also has steam showers and saunas that aid in your body realeasing toxins. im obscessed.

a few weaks ago, sara and i went to see the hot hot heat in charleston at the music farm in chas. we saw them in atlanta a few months earlier and wasnt extremely impressed as i was the first time i saw them a couple of years ago. but this 3rd time seeing them was a different story. we made it early to see world leader pretend open up for them. i had heard a couple of their songs and really liked them. they were amazing and i recently bought their cd which was great too. after they played i thought it was the hot hot heats turn but i soon found out that a band by the name of eisely would be coming on before hhh. i had read about this band a year ago when they were on tour with coldplay but had never heard their music. they were amazing. the band consisted of 3 sisters (the dupree sisters) fronting the band with a brother on drums and a best friend of the siblings on bass. the girls had amazing vocals and were all really beautiful with a great since of fashion. i think i fell in love with the vocalist on the keys, then i discovered she was 16. i was sort of disturbed with myself after that discovery. check out their website. ive learned they are obscessed with c. s. lewis and radiohead which is right on track with my interests. i loved seeing them perform and would love for them to tour around her soon.

you know in meet the fockers when robert dinero teaches the baby communication through hand motions b/c the baby is too young to talk.... well apparently people really do that and Jocelyn is doing that with my nephew brayden and it really works. hillarious!

goin to see hootie and better than ezra friday night at the family circle tennis complex on daniel island.

Mowgli has made a lot of friends and loves charleston as well. A fullgrown male boxer lives below us and introduced himself to her by mounting her in front of a large group of my neighbors. I've met a pug, a pitbull, a st. bernard, a poodle, labs ect.


Playlist for the summer:

Sufjan Stephens "Come on Feel the Illinois! The World's Columbian"
Eisley "My Lovely"
Ryan Adams "Let it Ride"
White Stripes "My Doorbell"
Jack Johnson "Crying Shame"
World Leader Pretend "Tit for Tat"
Beck "Hell Yes"
Hot Hot Heat "No, Not Now"
Coldplay "A Message"
Rilo Kiley " Portions for Foxes"
Ryan Adams "Life is Beautiful"
Eisley "Golly Sandra"
The Shore "Hard Road"