brandi carlile

I saw Brandi Carlile last night in a country bar in the middle of a casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Not the kind of location that you would expect to see a fucking amazing show, but it certainly was amazing. Brandi was having a blast, and you could tell that from the get go. Concerts are always better if the people giving them are having a good time. They played for two hours playing songs they're thinking of recording for the new album, their old favorites, and covers of classics from the likes of Johnny Cash and Elton John. It was probably the best concert I have ever been to.

tornado alley part deux

I hate tornados. Yeah that's right I said it. I used the H word. Tonight I was peacefully sleeping when I woke up because I had to pee. As I crawled back into bed I noticed it was kinda stormy out so I thought I'd check weather.com before heading back to sleep and at the top of the page in red it said "tornado warning". I freaked. I faintly heard the sirens. I grabbed a sweatshirt and flip flops and booked it to the shelter to find about 10 people down there who told me that a tornado touched down around 132nd, which is not that far from me.

What if I hadn't had to pee? I totally would have just slept through the whole thing. Everyone else in my building slept through it. Let's make the sirens louder people!!

I will asses the damage tomorrow and get back to you. As for now it's 4:00am and I need some sleep.