This is funny.

Daniel, you should use this.



-A

"Fold me up, take me out, I'm portable."

John Clayton Mayer. Live. Summertime. Verizon Amphitheater in Charlotte. All ingredients for an amazing concert, my first JM concert. Things that I knew... but now I know for sure after seeing him live:
1. Very talented musician.
2. Very funny.
3. Very very attractive.

And he did something very awesome and very thoughtful at this show. After the lights went down and he walked off the stage.... there was a very, unusually long moment before his encore. We (Haley, Hannah, Beth and I) were seated under the pavilion about 10 rows from the stage (it was awesome!). We realized why the wait for the encore was so long when we heard a roar of cheering from behind us. The special came on to reveal John and his acoustic standing on a platform in the midst of the lawn section. It was awesome, even to watch from behind. Of course we could see John's face and the lawn people (who all looked ready to pass out, so overwhelmed with joy) on the jumbo-screens. And he somehow safely made his way back through the crowd to the stage to finish. It was so cool! This a clip of the lawn bit I found. He's playing my favorite song!


Oh and I have to brag. He brought along his amazing Sax player, Bob Reynolds. I went to Douglas Anderson School of the Arts for high school. I wouldn't say that it is the most amazing arts high school ever (except we have been awarded cool things like National Grammy Signature School...) but every once in awhile I run across some one who has stuck to their arts concentration and has done really well.... one of which is Bob Reynolds! Very talented man! Beth, Haley's cousin who went to the concert with us graduated from a high school nearby DA and played in the same state band as Bob- she even went to lunch and hung out with him a few times in high school. That was about 12 years ago, but still cool none the less.

All in all, awesome weekend!

-A

JCM Baby!

I'm about to be on the road to Charlotte, NC with Halay and Hannah Jacobs to see JOHN MAYER in concert tomorrow night! Daniel, if John wants to give me a smooch, I just might have to let him. Love you...

Such a hunk....

-A

Many Firsts!

So what's new? Hmmmm. Well Friday I ventured to St. John's County to a friend of mine that I haven't seen in awhile- Sydney! We ate some delicious bbq chicken pizza from NYPD Pizzeria! I think the location we went to in Palencia in St. Augustine is new-ish. Sydney and I have never found it hard to entertain ourselves. Friday night we just caught up and laughed about anything and everything. I was introduced to Silly Bandz a couple of months ago... and the concept of them is silly. But I finally got my own from very sweet Syd. I have a cowboy boot and a jellyfish... haha.

Saturday, I met my bride-to-be cousin Ashley along with the other bridesmaids to pick out our bridesmaids dresses. I'm excited- its my first time being a bridesmaid. My dress is pretty... lets just hope I maintain this figure being that the wedding isn't until next May. I'm not too worried about that though.

I had a little bitty of an issue going on at work. Thankfully, this morning I found out that it was handled. Oh and my new favorite drink: Apple Chai Infusion with Caramel drizzle. So delicious!

Daniel has some exciting to news to share... so look for his next post! Oh and just for fun:

This was a present Daniel had waiting for me last time I went to visit- creepy I know, but it's very soft:)

Things to look forward to:

• I get to see John Mayer in concert for the first time ever in 5 days!
• Daniel turns 22 in 18 days!
• We get to see Dave Matthews in concert in 20 days (another first for me)

-A

Oysters and Battlefield

Graduating from college without immediately going to graduate school has left me with a lot of time on my hands (not to mention the less than favorable part time job market).  Thus, I have been utilizing my time by volunteering at Florida Oceanographic Society, where I participate in Oyster Reef Restoration research.  

We just recently begun our weekly assessment of a particular reef in the St. Lucie River near the Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart, FL.  If all goes well, our data will be used to better cailbrate the fresh water discharge from Lake Okechoobee into our beautiful Florida Rivers, thus making our rivers more habitable for native life.  The research is a lot of fun, I get to go out in the field every time I'm there so I can't complain, I know that a life of lab work is likely ahead of me once I start my graduate career into Molecular Biology studies, so being able to spend some time doing field based biology is a great experience.

Other than the research, my XBOX360 has been quite active (and apparently has a blog too).  Two games which are quite difficult for me to put down right now are Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and Red Dead Redemption.  The latter of which had me quite depressed for a few days, yet I won't disclose any more on that specific plot (just play it!!!!)

Well that's it for now, until next time....

DC

Sweet tooth?

Does this work? I just might try it and see!

4th of July!

For the 4th of July weekend, I went down to South Florida to see Dan and his family. It was a very eventful weekend. Saturday, Dan went paint balling with some buddies of his and came home proudly showing of his battle wounds (nasty bruises!). While the boys shot each other on the crazy courses in the rain, my friend Shannon and I were nice while we marveled at all of the awesome furniture and decor inside the world of IKEA! Shannon's goal was to come home with a 3-drawer chest, a desk and a nightstand. But she's such an overachiever. She not only succeeded in finding and purchasing those 3 items, but she also came home with a cool thermos that matches one I got:)

We were were there for a good few hours... Warning: that place sucks you in!

The next day (Sunday) was the 4th! Happy Birthday USA... Time to have an adventure on the boat. We left the house very sweaty because haha, well it was very sunny outside. Yay! But of course, as soon as made it out of the inlet, in comes the storm!!!!! There was a pinch of thunder and a dash of lightning... no biggie. Except it was like a monsoon and we were cold, drenched and stinging from rain pelting our backs. The rain did pass, leaving us with a little bit of sandbar fun time! Dinner was great. Delicious ribs and all the fixin's to go with! Oh and Daniel would kill me if I didn't mention that we streamed Hot Tube Time Machine through the xbox. He could give you a much better review because he stayed awake for the whole thing. What I did see of it was pretty funny (slightly ridiculous) but funny. Oh and because of the rain, we weren't sure if the big fireworks show was going to go on... hence the staying home and watching a movie. We did hear them going off during the movie and ran outside just in time to watch the very loud and colorful finale. Great ending to a 4th of July we won't forget:)

Monday was full of excitement, right Dan? He had an even busier day than I did. He woke up early to surf. I slept in some and got some not-so-fun homework out of the way. Later on we went out on the boat (this time no rain... for awhile.) We found a reef (Dan what was the name of this place?) and did some snorkeling. Saw some great fish! That was first time I had snorkeled in three years... I forgot how exhausting it can be, especially when some swells are coming in. It was pretty cool though. On our way back Dan did some wake-boarding and I attempted to water-ski. Maybe next time I will stand up all the way haha. Very fun, but exhausting day, followed by a movie date to see Grown Ups. It wasn't as funny as I thought it was going to be, but it was cute and emphasized the importance of family. Daniel described it well... a feel-good comedy. Its worth seeing, so go see it!

This morning was not the most fun (me having to go back home), but the next time Daniel and I see each other in person for sure will be on his birthday!!!! Exciting! And for now we have this and other means of communication. I wish I had pictures to share, but I didn't take any all weekend....

Well I'm pooped. So goodnight!

This should be interesting...

Hello, this is Alex. I'm the barista. Daniel is the guitarist. We created this blog mostly to ramble about all of the random things we like. I have a feeling, I will be doing most of the postings because Dan would probably prefer to play a video game or play his guitar rather than making a blog post. We shall see.

I suppose I could tell you a little bit about who we are. Daniel is my boyfriend, I think he's pretty cool. We live approximately 3.5 hrs away from each other, which stinks sometimes, but it could be worse. I'm a junior at UNF majoring in nursing. Dan is a UNF GRADUATE! (Wooo! Go Dan!) He's a biologist and loves him some genetics!!! I guess you could say we met at school, but the credit actually goes to a mutual friend (thanks Grace!) As you probably assumed I'm a barista. A barista (Italian for "bartender") is the person who makes your girly espresso drinks in a coffee shop. My life is pretty simple and probably boring to most people. I go to school and go to work and when I'm not doing that, I'm running or doing something at the beach.

Daniel can tell you more about himself. All I will say is he's cool and will always love John Marston (to be explained later).

Well it's super late and Dan has a paint-balling party to go to tomorrow and I have a movie date. So goodnight.