I had to visit the bank before I left for work. I needed to withdraw some cash for tonight. By the time I got to work, I didn't have my usual parking space, so I had to park farther away. I was okay with that. I do like the longer walk into the building.

I worked all day on the website. I'm adding a new section to it these days. It's going well so far. I'm jazzing parts of it up with a couple of Flash movies.

The moocher invited me to a soccer lunch at Montana's tomorrow. The vice president is going, as well as a number of folks from my old department. I said that I'd go. It's England versus Trinidad and Tobago. I like underdogs, so I'll be cheering on T&T. Yep, we're watching the game at the bar. It apparently has a big screen.

The former receptionist still plays her music, but it doesn't annoy me as much. Mind you, I tend to block any noise when I work. I did notice that she had one of these rave-like songs playing. I was a bit blunt with my comment, but it just slipped out.

"Is that a car alarm sounding or is that your music?" I asked her.

I don't like hearing car alarms go off in the first place, let alone songs that incorporate such sounds.

The moocher and I talked about soccer, the receptionist doing compliance woman's former job, and about life in general. He then asked about a document that I had written several months ago. One of the installers who is a bit of a misfit needed it. So, I sent that to both of them.

I left work at 17:00 with the president's son (PS). He wanted to stop at a Tim Hortons. So, I went to the one on Midland, just south of Ellesmere. My acupuncturist is just around the block, but I've never frequented this Timmy's. The drive-thru seemed rather narrow and this Timmy's was quiet. We got our large iced caps (PS paid again, which was nice), and then I continued to drive downtown.

I parked at an Impark lot. The dispenser didn't work. I first tried swiping my credit card. The machine said that the card was unreadable. I then tried putting money in. That didn't dispense a ticket. I tried the reverse process and pressed the button. The machine said that it was processing the transaction. It sounded like a ticket was being dispensed, but nothing came out. So, I parked without a ticket.

PS and I walked past Kool Haus and headed to the Loblaws across the street. There's a food market there, so we ordered salad, sandwiches, and drinks. I had a really good orange San Pelligrino. It was great. We talked and ate. It was good.

The doors were open at 19:00. We got there and the lineup was getting fairly long. It was general admission, although the lineup wasn't as bad as the one for Guster in New York.

So, it was a 19+ gig, for it's a venue with a couple of bars. The security guy looked at my driver's licence to calculate my age. He looked at the picture and then he looked at me. He did a double-take! God bless his soul! He went back to the driver's licence and recalculated the age. He then said I was good. It's nice that I don't look my age sometimes.

Another security guy at the venue checked PS's bag. I was up next and he just waved me off. Cool.

So, we sat at the back, where all the comfy seating is and just chilled. At 20:00, the opening band, Clothes Make the Man, came on stage. The band was good. There was a nice, edgy style to the band's music. It was about 20:50 when the band had finished its performance.

Mix 99.9 was there, saying that Lifehouse's "Hanging by the moment" was the most played song on the airwaves in 2001-2002. I believe it. I was probably playing it incessantly back then, too. It was one of my favourite CDs then.

Lifehouse came on stage roughly half an hour later. I have every album of theirs, but this was my first time seeing the band in concert. That kind of seems odd. Jason has a western shirt on with two front pockets and it was plaid. Rick's still in the band, and doesn't skip a beat. Bryce sings mighty well! It was nice to see the new addition to the band there. He's Canadian, too. Woo hoo!

Whenever I listen to the band's first album, No name face, I reminds me of my days living in Minnesota, driving my silver Nissan Altima, and knowing that I could play Lifehouse's CD straight through when I drove from Rochester to the Twin Cities. It was a happy time in my life.

Lifehouse put on a great show. "Try" was poignant. "Hanging by a moment" was extended, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I always felt that the song was too short. It was definitely a crowd-pleaser. "Everything" was simply moving. "You and me" was the lighter and mobile phone-waving song.

Jason's voice sounded amazing. Bryce sang lead on the "Rebel rebel" cover, which was great. The whole evening was wonderful.

As expected, Jason switched from playing the keyboards, to his acoustic guitar, to his electric one. Everyone in the band is nice to look at. I have no complaints.

The show ended with "Spin." And yes, I wouldn't change a thing about how this concert went. It was great. It made me appreciate how much I still love their music.

The show ended at 22:30. I didn't purchase a t-shirt, which shocked PS a bit. The great thing was that we walked a few steps to the car and pulled out onto Queen's Quay, which was deserted. I haven't done that in ages from a show.

I got PS home in record time. It wasn't even 23:00. I got home fifteen minutes later. It was a great night for driving.

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Song that's stuck in my head: Lifehouse's "Hanging by a moment"
Yummy food eaten today: Rustic tuna sandwich
What I crave: An iced cap

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