Eyes bright, chins up, smiles on. I'm talking to you Katniss.

Took library teens to see Catching Fire.



17 of them to be exact.

And got paid for it.

Best job ever.

With 2 other adult who "sacrificed" their Saturday afternoon to see it with us. Then we went back to the library after for food and games. We made homemade bows and arrows out of popsicle sticks, dental floss and q-tips - go here - played Catching Fire trivia for bragging rights - Gere won, then ate our fancy cupcakes. Half of which were gluten and soy free. And were actually pretty good.

As for the movie it was an experiment for me.

Remember how I'm a nerd?

I read Hunger Games back in college before it was popular and loved it so I was so excited about the movie but because they cut so much out - I mean, they had to it would have been hours and hours and hours long - I was sad. Anyway I was curious if I would like the movie more if I hadn't read the book and didn't notice that stuff was being cut out so I decided to test it and not read Catching Fire before seeing the movie. And it worked, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time not knowing what to expect.

Though now with that cliffhanger I'm going to read Catching Fire and Mockingjay ASAP.

I'm glad Mockingjay is being made into 2, even though that means we'll have to wait even longer. But they can include more stuff if there are 2 of them.

I'm a nerd. I'm sorry.

Anyway, the movie was great.

Scale of Awesome says 8/10.

I loved Effie in this one, she felt like a real person now instead of just a sideshow.

There were bits of humor to break up all the darkness which was good.



I really do think they have the perfect cast. Did anyone else watch Josh host SNL?

He was pretty good. The show wasn't great, but he wasn't bad.

After the movie and the afterparty I went out to eat with Second Sister and her husband. The boyfriend met us - ate half my meal but I was stuffed from the snacks that afternoon - and then we went to see Elton John perform at the new arena.

It was EPIC.

We parked like 8 blocks away to avoid mass hysteria so the walking in the freezing cold part wasn't fun but the rest of the night was awesome. He played like 27 songs - most of which were greatest hits but he also included a lot of his new stuff and a lot of his not-so-mainstream stuff.

Which was good, to mix it up.

The boyfriend predicted he'd sing Crocodile Rock last and was right.

I hate it when he's right like that, I don't know how he does it. Process of elimination I guess, it had to be something upbeat and something that everyone knew. Still, ugh.

We weren't the only ones that went, it seemed like half my workplace was there. And a bunch of family - both sides present. I was texting back and forth with everyone and waiving and then someone else would text and I'd be like, crap, who am I supposed to be waiving at?

It rocked, he played all my favorites so I was happy. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the night.







The rest are on Facebook if you're interested.

We did have to laugh though because there was this woman in the front row that was slightly inebriated...okay, more than slightly, she was having a really good time...anyway, she kept like pointing on every major beat. And not just like pointing with her finger, she put her whole body into it. And then she was dancing and all that.

And she was right in his sight line so you know that's what he took away from the show.

Anyway, we were laughing and pointing along with her.

So woman in the turquoise shirt, whoever you are, thanks for that.

Best part was after the show when talking with Second Sister we were like, "there was this woman in the front-" "in the turquoise shirt?!" "yes!" and then today at work I brought it up to the New Guy who also noticed her dancing and was laughing about it as well. I'll have to ask Superwoman, Library Judge, and the Cool Aunt if they noticed her as they were there as well.

She should go on tour with him.



So that was yesterday. Today was work - slow but alright. And tomorrow I'm off so I'm in celebration mode. Gonna sleep in and attempt some homework. Only 2 more assignments and 1 more day of the internship left before I get my Master's.

Pure madness.

Songs of the weekend: My favorites from last night

Tiny Dancer



Sad Songs Say So Much



I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues



Bennie and the Jets



Rocket Man



Crocodile Rock


our section was so offkey - not me! - but it was so much fun...


He threw in so much improv before and after, it was awesome. He's crazy talented.

Looking forward to seeing Cher in May. Huzzah.


Legitimate pre-midnight post, holy crap tag in use.

"Any last advice?" "Stay alive."

and i think it's gonna be a long long time.

Multivitamins are the gateway to exercise John, everybody knows that.

You know how sometimes you think there's someone in your apartment so you call 911 in the middle of the night?

Cause you don't want to go and see if there's someone in the apartment by yourself and be screwed if there actually is someone in your apartment?

So then you get the courage to go see if there's someone in your apartment and of course there's not someone in your apartment so you sound like an idiot when talking to the operator?

Combined with the fact that it's the middle of the night and you're half asleep so you probably sounded like an idiot to begin with?

So you apologize profusely and go back to bed then wake up hoping it was all a dream, check your phone and see nothing listed on your call history?

Yet you're 98% sure that it actually happened, but completely confused as to why it's not showing up in your call history?

Anyone? Anyone?

Just me?

Thought so.

Pretty sure there's some sort of note in my record now noting this occurrence, though I'm still really hoping it was all just a messed up dream.

Though I'm sure it wasn't.

98% sure that is.

It made for a weird morning.

Added to the fact that I had my volunteer training scheduled wrong - which BossLady attempted to tell me earlier but I had written it down wrong so I must have just told her and then forgot about the change - and then I was only there half a day.

Came home and did some practicum stuff.

Made some cool library signs and rules and all that.

AND I got to do that while watching Elementary in the background.

Best practicum ever.

Then Carter and I took a nap.

It was awesome.

Now I'm working on some editing and will go back to that as soon as this is posted.

Tomorrow is back to work.

Songs of the Day go to Elton

Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word


Rocket Man


Got the official text from the boyfriend this morning - he got our tickets to see him in November.

I know you're all jealous.

Will probably be surrounded by people 40 years our senior. But that's fine by me.

As you can see he's awesome live.

So BE JEALOUS!

Or you know, you could get tickets too.

I'm sorry, the Miss America 2014 commercial just called their contestants the most talented women in America.

Really?

Really?

I've never watched one of their pageants but I can guarantee they're not the most talented women in America.

I'm sorry.

Though now I'm temped to watch one just to see what their "talents" are.

Legitimate pre-midnight post. Holy crap tag in use.

and i think it's gonna be a long long time.