I feel like a quote outta context... With holding the rest... So I can be for you what you wanna see.

'So it's funny... Last night I had a conversation with Tess how I hadn't turned my computer on since Sunday... I figure no big deal,... you all can wait.. plus I've been feeling royally crappy! But then I get my email and I"m being requested to get on more and write more... Tess... Did you say something? Haha! We so I suppose it is time to blog Ben for you... and the rest of my weekend...
Well Saturday and Sunday I spent in my room... on the Internet a little bit... watching a bit of TV and finishing up my book Persuasion by Jane Austen... So good I highly recommend it!
Sunday night I got ready to go to the Ben Folds Concert... Tess and I didn't have tickets... since we went a couple weeks before to buy tickets and the girl at the box office said they were sold out... But we just knew we needed to go... So we showed up 2 hours early and waited outside... But surprisingly we were not alone...
A side note.. I"m talking to my friend Aya and she just pointed out my last blog was June 11th... Sorry! I"ll try to be better! I"m resolved to be better!!!
Anywho
So yes we were not alone sitting on the lonely steps of the Paradiso in Amsterdam... There was another devote Ben fan sitting by... She had her tickets but came early in hopes of getting a great spot on the floor and more I suppose... Well her name was Lise... She is a student from Utrecht... Which is a Little south of Amsterdam.. Her biggest flaw I could find was that Ben Folds... he was only her #2 and Something Corporate was her #1... But she can be excused... as He isn't even Tess or Rachael's top 5.. and they are my besties! So we chatted it up with Lise for a while... and a couple other people showed up to the steps... One was a girl there all by her lonesome as Lise was too... She heard us talking to Lise and asked "Are you guys Au Pairs?" We said yes and then she said she was too! Her name was Blake and she was from San Diego! So we all sat and chatted for the next hour while we waited for the doors to open!
After a few more people showed up I called out... "Does anyone have any extra tickets they need to sell?" Nobody did so we sat a waited... But then about 20 mins later someone in the crowd was asking if anyone needed tickets... and due to my earlier questioning... They sent them to us! And Tess and I were able to get our tickets... with out even having the price marked up! We were very happy!
Well the doors opened... We went in checked our bags and peed waiting for them to open the doors to the stage area... When they did it was a mad dash to the front of the stage! The girls.. being not as experienced... being their first concert of Ben's and my third... they ran right to the center and I hauled my butt right in front on his piano! Then called the girls to join me!
My spot finding paid off as we were only 3 people back... which is pretty perfect... cause right up is too close.. you cant see him.. and this is perfect to see him and get eye contact! Which we did!!! Oh we did!!! He started off with a song form his new album.. coming out in September, "Errant Dog"... fabulous of course! Then "Gone" and third up was "You to Thank" Well this song is great! And in it he says "The hot Nevada sun.." Well the thing is that he says "NeV Ah da" and not well the right way... so when he sang it the first time I said really loudly "NeV AAA da Sun!" And put an emphasis on the "Aaaa!" I wasn't thinking much when doing this... just was.... but as I am quite loud... and we were quite close... He heard me and chuckled.... and gave me a smile! I could have died! It was such fun! Then in another song "Narcolepsy" he sings "I'm not tired... I just sleep." And he repeats it over and over... well Lise... whom I LOVE! the yells "Good NIGHT!" we got another chuckle and smile! IT was great! We had a few other fun eye contact attention moments... Which made my evening fantastic!
But to add a cherry to the top! As they were cleaning up the stage I asked one of the guys for the set list from off of Ben's Piano! Which I got! Such a great souvenir for my scrap book! And Lise got a drum stick!
So we thought that maybe we could get lucky and get our prizes signed... But after waiting for a bit... we were told that Ben had left right away with his wife to go to the hotel!!! So sad day huh? Well oh well... Maybe next time! I must say though... I do feel a bit saddened by this... as this is our second attempt at waiting to meet Ben... And it seems that he is not one to actually meet his waiting fans... It's not like there were too many of us! Same as when we were in LA... But oh well...
I suppose he does have a good excuse... He said on stage that he hurt his back a few nights back while playing... as he rocks harder than anyone has ever rocked on a piano... And throughout the concert you could see him in just plain agony... So I forgive him...
He has a new song called "Hiroshima" which he played for us... It's about when he was playing this festival in Japan... and he walked out onto stage and then walked right off the edge! and crashed down... cutting up his forehead! He then preceded to play the show with blood dripping down his head onto his shirt and the piano! How awesome! haha! Well hmm./.. Long blog! You wanted it so here it is... it's just all about Ben though!!!
Well... so in my head... I thought that my last train came around 1240... so we got there around 1215... I was so wrong! my last train was at 1204! So I had to figure sometghing out! So I opted for going home with Tess... Well the train ran a little late... and we missed the last bus to Tess's house... and not planning on having me come home with her Tess only brought one bike! We looked into a taxi... But it was too much! So after tyring to have my fat butt ride on the back of the bike... and Tess's knee killing her! I pedaled the bike home with Tess straddling me behind... I rode most of the way home... huffing and puffing! Then I finally decided I could no longer ride! So we walked the rest of the way home! It wasn't so bad... it usually takes like 8 minutes to ride home and it took us only like 20 mins... so I thought we did well!
Oh yes.... Some of you might have noticed that i do indeed work on Mondays... and yet I was unable to... Well I have the best boss ever and Martine forgave me for not being at work on Monday morning... since I was back in time to pick up the kids in the afternoon! The concert was sooooo good! And the weekend just turned into one fun thing after another! Can I just say I love Ben Folds!!!
Oh and I will add some video's and pics of the concert later tonight.... or tomorrow... So I hope this was enough entertainment for you Rachael... Sorry if it wasn't! haha!