Another oddly eventful weekend, which unfortunately makes for an especially uneventful post.
On Friday, I went to see Sarah McLachlan in San Jose. The opening act was someone called Butterfly Boucher who was all right, although it was decided that I could have done a better job, and had better fashion sense to boot. But Sarah (yes, we’re on a first-name basis) was incredible. Her voice is almost beyond description. The songs were a little more “rocked up” than they were on the albums, but they were still amazing. It was also fun because she talked to the audience a lot about the meanings of the songs and what was going on when she wrote them. I thought it was cool that as an encore (one of many), she did a great version of The Beatle’s “Blackbird” (hence the otherwise unrelated title of this post.) I even saw two people from work at the concert, reaffirming my faith that people at EA do indeed have lives outside of work. Imagine that.
Saturday I joined some friends for soccer on the Stanford campus. Unfortunately, only 4 of us showed up. It was fun, but 2-on-2 soccer is definitely tiring, and I walked away sweaty and sore. But it was good to get some exercise in besides walking Enzo.
On Sunday we took Nathaniel to Monterey to see the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I was especially excited to go because they recently installed an exhibit called “Sharks: Myth and Mystery,” but I was a bit disappointed with it. There was too much myth and mystery, and not enough sharks. But the jellyfish exhibit was really nice, and we got to see the giant octopus change colors. The only logical thing to do after spending a day looking at fish was to have sushi for dinner. It was good. 
Pictures are forthcoming, but due to the poor lighting conditions, most of my pictures turned out frustratingly blurry. Plus, Movable Type has been crapping itself lately when I’ve tried to upload pictures, so who knows when I’ll actually get around to posting them.
Tags: concert, monterey, music, sarah mclachlan
