3 Minute Escape

I went to see Cyndi Lauper tonight. 2 concerts in 7 days. My kind of week. Last Friday I saw Steve Miller Band and Peter Frampton. Tonight I saw Cyndi Lauper. This probably shows a small window of my diverse jukebox. You will never be able to catch up with the tune in my mind...and more so what's in my heart.

Tonight,Cyndi played a huge selection from her new music- blues. It was very nice and relevant as she said to the times.

There's always that small box of hope...in this case was the hope of her playing some of my favorite CL jams that I grew up with and like to belt out at NRB like there's no tomorrow. She's essentially been around since the 80's and she pranced around and rocked out for the whole set. It was pretty impressive. It was like she boxed up her youthful energy and preserved it the past 15-20 years. I liked it all...Change of Heart, Time After Time, Girls Just Want To Have Fun, and True Colors.

It was pretty cool because most of the amphitheater was not at full capacity due to the torrential rain we had earlier in the day. However, when they played some of her old school stuff it felt like the whole arena lit up and filled out. Pretty cool.

Everyone was on their feet. For those 3 minutes people seemed to not have a care in the world...
They sang with their lips all the while they swayed their hips and raised their hands....it was pretty cool and liberal. It was a moment that I wanted to capture and reflect upon. And that's exactly what I did. Everyone was so carefree. During that time they were smiling ear to ear and was so happy. I took a mental picture of that.

It was a 3 minute escape...

"...if you're lost you can look and you will find me...time after time. if you fall i will catch you...I'll be waiting time after time...."

Take me back...

Sometimes it takes a movie or a song to take you back...to that time where all the callous is removed and the heart is in its purest form- soft, vulnerable, and fragile.

It was refreshing. It is refreshing. I don't think I felt that certain emotion in a long time. I was reminded tonight that life is short and brief; and even more for others it's truly a fleeting moment that if you blink you'll miss it and may never experience it again. That's how I feel about many things in my life. I'm all about Carpe Diem because in a minute it can go away and possibly never.come.back. As dark and cynical as that may sound that's REALity. Tonight I'm reminded to be more grateful, kind, and gracefilled...

I realize that I may not have this tomorrow and that scares the living bajeebers out of me. That's why I want to hold on to many things just like my obsession to take pictures because as long as that picture exists whether it's in my mind, heart, or on a SIM card that moment will always exists.

I'm fearful but vow to be hopeful. That's all we got at the end of the day, right? This moment and this moment only. The rest of it, I hope, will be tattooed on my heart and mind forever...

"Everybody needs inspiration...everybody needs a song...a beautiful melody when the night's so long...'cause there is no guarantee that this life is easy"

Starry Night...O lovely night

Tonight was one of my favorite nights of all time. It truly was. It truly was us. Thank you for allowing it to happen. Thank you for reminding me of the soft, childlike, humane side of you. That's the person that I fell in love with o so long ago. I hope I can always re-fall in love day after day after day...

"Somewhere over the rainbow...blue birds fly...And the dreams that you dreamed of Dreams really do come true..."