Then I got sober and two robots called me and asked me to make an album.

The Stars are off their roll. We lost again last night vs. Des Moines. It was wildly depressing and we need to pick it up or we're not gonna make the playoffs.

It's weird, we can beat the number one team in the league but then we lose to everyone else.

Granted it is Omaha and it's a rivalry thing.

Oh well, Lampasso was awesome again, and even made the paper.


Today was good. Had lots of visitors at the library.

Second Sister came to pick up her painting and brought Bek Kate and Tessa Jo. We jammed in the kids area on my break. They liked the puzzles and felt board.

Tessa ran to me, I felt special.

I want one.

Just not right now.

Then later the boyfriend stopped by to drop off my keys before heading out.

I always feel bad waking him up cause he has to work nights. Blah.

Hopefully not forever, but it's better than second.

After that it was back to awards season.

Grammy Highlights:

-Could anyone understand the words coming out of Beyonce or Jay Z's mouths? It was like Ozzie up there.
And then Ozzie was up there...and needed subtitles.

-People playing the hat drinking game at home got hammered because of Pharrell, for serious. Was he supposed to be a mountie? It looked more like Only Pharrell Williams Can Prevent Forest Fires.

-Why was Steve Coogan at the Grammys? And why was his speech the best of the night? "Two of the Beatles or all of the Jonas Brothers..." "It's hard out there for a pimp. It's not too easy for the hookers, either." Not sure why Julia Roberts was there either, but she is America's Sweetheart so I guess she's allowed to be at any American award show she pleases.

-Robin Thicke still looks like a pedophile even when he's surrounded by all of Chicago.

-Lorde rocks, just not at public speaking.

-Jamie Foxx is the worst presenter ever. He hit on Beyonce all through his speech forgetting entirely about the other artists up for the award.

-Steven Tyler and Taylor Swift's dance moves. They should go on tour. Just for their moves alone. Although I did love him singing to Smokey Robinson and getting the crowd into it. That was cool.

-As much as I love classic country, Kris and Willie looked a bit out of their element onstage tonight.

-Daft Punk Domination. I wish the robots would have talked, though Pharrell was amusing speaking for them.

-Snape on Twitter - yes, Professor Snape has a Twitter account and he's hilarious - was concerned about Katy Perry being surrounded by Dementors on stage. He also congratulated Bruno Mars, expressing his hope that one day he'll finally figure out why someone was throwing grenades at his girl, and wishes that he could have cue music to make people shut up.

Which I agree with, that would be awesome.

Now I'm on to the X Games. Stoked to watch them on my day off.

Song of the Night:

This was epic.

Get Lucky - Daft Punk, Pharrell and Stevie Wonder


see what i mean about forest fires? love the mashup elements.

everyone in the crowd was into it, i loved it.

legit pre-midnight, holy crap tag in use.

As legendary gangsta rap icon Katharine Hepburn once said...

2013 Grammy Award Highlights:

Drinking Game - take a shot every time LL Cool J says "hashtag"
Which of course I didn't, cause according to Deb you'd be "drunk in 20 seconds." I enjoy commentating on Facebook, you get the best comments. Ladies Love Cool James was a pretty great host, I enjoyed his final performance, Travis Barker on drums!!! I was expecting more humor out of him, but the serious approach worked well.

Taylor Swift = T-Swizzle
Taylor was having a ball tonight. Only nominated for like 1 or 2 awards total the only time the camera was on her for longer than 2 seconds she was dancing in the audience. To like every song. I can think of 3 separate occasions where the camera panned to her dancing. It was highly entertaining.

"and Justin Timberlake returns to music on the Grammy stage" did I miss the part where he left the stage?
Did he take a break and I didn't notice? I guess that's what happens when you get married and focus on your acting career.

"As legendary gangsta rap icon Katharine Hepburn once said..." - Neil Patrick Harris
I really have no comment to this, just that I love Neil Patrick Harris.

"If this is in HD everyone can see our faces and we are not very young." - Fun.
Lena Dunham in the house! She's dating their guitarist so I cheered every time she was on screen. Fun. dominated tonight. That's all I can say. They're fantastic. Though not usually a good idea to announce you have to pee in a thank you speech.

"I got stuck to Miranda Lambert, there's a story in a song...for later, after alcohol...I'm just kidding children."



Best moment of the entire night. Kelly Clarkson wins, hugs half the audience on her way to the stage, gets stuck to Miranda Lambert, totally flustered when giving her speech claiming she didn't think she'd win it. She was great later in the show too with her tributes to the honorary winners. Flashbacks to her early career on American Idol, the only season I watched was the first when she won.

"And if you don't win, don't worry. I was never even nominated in this category and I have my own eyelash line...take that Bon Iver!"
I love Katy Perry, and her shoutout. Why wasn't she nominated for Best New Artist? She dominated the charts? That's weird. It's funny though because when one half of a couple is onstage the other half automatically gets panned to - John Mayer to Katy Perry, Miranda to Blake, Keith to Nicole, Beyonce to Jay-Z, etc.

"Max, even snakes have been on a plane."
Kat Freakin' Dennings!! Literally screamed. Stoked for 2 Broke Girls tomorrow, especially since it's a Grammys episode. Curious about how that will work.

"Most artists who win album of the year tend to go on to have even more phenomenal global success, embark on humongous tours OR get knocked up like last year's winner."
I flippin' love Adele, she's hysterical. Especially at awards shows. It wasn't a big surprise that she won tonight, especially after winning like 6 last year. Mass hysteria. Anyway, she's allowed to say this, because she was last year's winner.

Ended the night with 7/11 correct, which isn't awful but it's not great either. Music Awards aren't my forte because I don't listen to the radio - I always have my ipod and plug that into the car and everything. I mean it's not like I know nothing, I still buy their songs to play on the ipod.

So, as for performances the Black Keys stole the stage, and the tribute to Bob Marley was super cool with Bruno Mars, Sting and Rihanna. Though I was confused as to why Bruno sang his own song first since it was supposed to be a tribute. Granted he did admit that he used the melody of Marley's song "No Woman, No Cry" as inspiration.

Here's the tribute:



Here's the Black Keys:


I love these guys, they're great and they don't get enough attention. Here's my favorite of theirs which I blame entirely on Oldest Sister:

Tighten Up - The Black Keys

this video makes me laugh.

So that's one half of the music rec's the other I found on iTunes, and since I don't listen to the radio this could already be a big hit and I have no idea. If it's not yet, it will be soon so you should listen, it's great.

Troublemaker - Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida

doesn't hurt that he sounds just like Adam Levine. but it's very catchy, reminds me a bit of Misery by Maroon 5.

Seriously, compare and contrast:

Misery - Maroon 5

aside from their voices, the melodies are also very similar.

i love this song, in my top 5 of theirs which is saying something because i've become crazy obsessive about them and their music since Second Sister got us all hooked. Plus he's on the Voice so that's only intensified it all.

Alright, I'm out. Sleeping in tomorrow cause I don't go in until 4. After that it's date night with the boyfriend.