Billy

If you ever get the chance to see Billy Joel in concert... you HAVE to go! He put on such a great show and we had so much fun! Our entire sales staff got tickets and we each brought a guest. You've never seen a group of people have more fun in your life. Everyone was dancing in the aisles, singing at the top of their lungs, making friends (and some enemies) with the people around us... it was crazy, but a very fun and memorable night! Piano Man was the finale and definitely one of the highlights for me. Of course the entire arena was singing, which is always kind of a cool experience. The other major highlight was completely unexpected though. Halfway through the show Billy (we're on a first name basis) brought out one of his roadies who completely took over the stage and sang "Highway to Hell". This is by no means one of my favorite songs, but you should have seen this guy! He got the whole arena standing up and singing in about 2 point 5 seconds. From then on out, the rest of the concert was a big party. It was awesome! The coolest thing about Billy Joel's music is that it has such mass appeal. There was a huge range of different kinds of people there. He sang quite a bit of his older stuff from the 70's, but I like all of his music, so that was cool with me. The only song he didn't sing that I really wanted to hear was Uptown Girl. That's such a classic 80's song.

In case you're wondering how "the challenge" went last night... not so good, but not that bad. I managed to have diet coke during the pre-party at InPlay and water during the concert, but after the concert at the post-party I let the peer presssure get to me and I had 1/2 a beer and a shot. (In my defense, the shot was a goodbye shot for my boss who's moving away... how could I politely turn that down??) I got in most of my fruits and veggies yesterday and I did work out. I didn't make it to bed by 11 though. I wouldn't call the day a complete loss. I just didn't follow ALL the guidelines I gave myself.

Today I'm on Day 3 of 7 in the challenge. So far today, I haven't eaten so good and I didn't get up on time. I've got some work to do to get back on track. I'm thinking that my recap of this little experiment I'm doing with myself could be very interesting.

Today's Song of the Day is one of the best remakes I've ever heard in my life...

Beat It
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