11.18.2005

okay, so this date is important for three reasons.

first--november 18th is the date of the much anticipated, long awaited, U2 concert tonight in phillips arena.. sold out in eight minutes. 20,000 seats. they decided to do a second show tomorrow night. sold out in six minutes. do i have tickets? NO. i just called phil again to ask him if he still plans on taking marty. so far, the answer is "Yes."

second--november 18th is the date that Harry Potter Goblet of Fire comes out in theaters. i know to people who do not read the series, this seems like such an adolescent excitement. however, if you have read the books, you will know that JK Rowling is a gifted writer and her books display intelligent character development and quite complex plotlines. my sister and i (and yes, i am outing her here on the world wide web) have read and reread all of the books, entered into online discussions at Harry Potter for adults, and created our own theories on the outcomes in the final book which, alas, will not be released until 2007. it's a small obesession. i heard someone describe the harry potter books as this, and i love this: like Lord of the Rings, only interesting.

b/c of a previous engagement tonight and a desire to view the film in a theater without children, we will be going to see the movie on Monday night.

three--b/c i realized quite a while back that it would be futile to try to again harrass phil about taking me to U2, i went ahead and purchased tickets to see sara groves and don miller up in chattanooga for this evening. it's an hour and a half drive, but not too long to see a wonderful singer/songwriter and hear don miller. i am in hopes that he does not repeat the talk i heard him give at catalyst, but have confidence in his creativity. lesley is coming with me and jason. jason is less excited about the mini-road trip. lesley and i have a fantasy about "accidentally" bumping into sara in the restroom or something before the show, where we just gush and she asks us to sing back-up harmonies. while unlikely, we can all dream, can't we? if this instance does occur in reality, rest assured that i will post a recollection of the entire "chance meeting" complete with pictures.

so those are a few reasons why i have looked forward to this day for some time.

BE FOREWARNED: if anyone decides to get cheeky and post comments about the differences between harry potter and lord of the rings, i will delete them. go ahead, try me.

posted by Kelly @ 1:47:00 PM 

9 Comments:

Blogger so i go said...

the main difference between LOTR and Harry Potter, quite frankly, is...


oh, just kidding.

have a great time tonight. tell don i said hi and that he writes, well, really, really good.

2:37 PM  
Blogger Jason said...

I plan on being incessantly annoying the whole trip to chattanooga and will talk like smeegle every five minutes...

3:05 PM  
Blogger Lesley said...

fine, then when sara groves is so impressed with our talent and familiarity with her music that she asks us to tour with her, you can't come.

4:14 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I completely understand the U2 thing and can at least boast that I've seen them (WAY back in the day like the 80's!) but Harry Potter? Just don't get into the fantasy stuff. I even thought Lord of the Rings was really long but went because it was the family Christmas movie one year. I should really get a mom award...well, not since I didn't do too many Disney flicks. Tell me about Miller's talk. - debby

6:43 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

yall are halarious - although i would probably be daydreaming some sort of the same scenario in my head as well.

i am very jealous also - i have only recently discovered don miller with blue like jazz, and i am excited to read his other stuff.

i miss getting together with you guys for thanksgiving!! have a happy one! :)

9:11 PM  
Blogger Phil said...

you would have hated it, Kelly - the U2 concert was just so loud and the whole arena was singing along to every song and the lights were really too bright...

all in all, the most miserable good time i've ever had at at a concert :)

1:09 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Have fun tonight. I too hope Miller doesn't give you the left overs from Catalyst. I just heard about yall's situation in the neighborhood. Glad to hear you guys are safe.

You can take the king link off your blog. I would love to continue that blog accept I have forgotten the password and username. That is what I get for having ten different blogs going on simultaneously.

Give us a call soon and let's do something,

sincerely,

chris king

ps Are you dressing up for the Potter movie?

11:18 AM  
Blogger Lesley said...

ok, now i'm adding phil to the list of people who don't get backstage passes to the sara groves/carter sisters debut performance. he's too darn smug.

9:55 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

1:41 PM  

Post a Comment

<< Home

My Photo
Name:
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

I am on a journey, searching for God and what that means in my daily life. It's not about constraints, it's not about limitations, but freedom. I know something exists beyond the visible. I live thinking about possibilities and what could be and the necessary steps to make things happen. I like long talks with a good friend, drinking tea, eating breakfast with my husband, going to a bookstore (they are the new libraries), cool mornings, windy days in the fall, learning about love and life from those who seem to have found their way, teenagers, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, long baths, and connecting with another heart. I am learning how to love, how to live, when to speak and when not to, when it's time to gather the stones, when it's time to let go, surrender, forgiveness, and discipline.

previous posts

archived posts

listening to

coming soon

site-seeing

blogs

reading