Presumed to be awesome.

For the record, the Pocket Idol is indeed pocket-sized in person. But he is also a confusing yet awesome mix of OMG SO ADORABLE and HOLY HELL SO GODDAMN HOT.

So, to start at the beginning, yesterday zoniduck, llandaffaz and I drove down to Tucson for Kris's show at the Rialto. Thanks to Vicki's handy-dandy GPS, I actually managed to get there without getting lost! But, even more awesome, Kris was there to greet us when we arrived! Well, sort of. As we were pulling into our parking spot, he walked out of the theater door directly in front of us with his guitar. We were caught a little off guard, so we didn't manage anything more than "Awwww, it's Kris!" We obviously have to practice our camera phone reflexes. *g*

After grabbing some food and one of the most delicious strawberry margaritas I've ever tasted at the Congress Hotel, we got our tickets and got in line. I was pleased at the diversity I saw in that line. There were certainly plenty of young teenage girls, but there were also plenty of guys, older couples, and young kids. We had the BEST time just watching the adorable fanboy in front of us completely lose his shit over Kris! *g*

Green River Ordinance opened and they were fantastic. I need to get me some GRO music because I completely loved their sound.

Kris was AMAZING!!! He far exceeded my expectations. He just really seems to have grown into his own this past year; he's much more comfortable on stage; his voice is sounding great; he and his band just seem to gel really well and produce such a great sound; he has just really developed as a performer. Basically, I freakin' loved it!!!

The set list included: "Can't Stay Away," "Heartless/ Gangsta's Paradise" (which I will always love a billion times better than Kanye's version), "Written All Over My Face" (one of my favorites off his CD), "Red Guitar," "The Truth," "Alright With Me" (another favorite), "Bring it Back," "Maybe," an awesome cover of Oasis' "Don't Look Back In Anger" (which is apparently the first time he's done it), "Before We Come Undone," "Man in the Mirror," "Is It Over" (gorgeous song!), "Live Like We're Dying" (which I love so much more live than on the CD), "Falling Slowly/With or Without You" (he does such a beautiful version of what is already a beautiful song, and I just love how is mashes it up with "With or Without You") and "Come Together."

There are some great videos HERE. She's disabled embedding, but it's worth the click over to see how awesome Kristopher was last night!

I stupidly forgot my camera, but I got a few pictures on my Blackberry.



( MOAR KRIS )

After the show we walked out to the car and Kris was hanging out, practically in front of my car, taking pictures and signing autographs. I did mention that he's ADORABLE, right?!!! You can tell that he was exhausted, but he was still a total sweetheart. In sum, it was a great show! I was completely entertained, very impressed, and thoroughly charmed by Kristopher Allen. *g*

I was pretty sure this week had completely broken my zen. But then hewet_ka_ptah pointed out that it was most likely just bent, and not broken. After a chill evening, yummy dinner, a bottle of wine, and the very real possibility of pie for dessert, I'm pretty sure my zen is now mostly unbent. Yay!

( To further the zen unbending process, let's look at some pretty boys, shall we? )

The Script's new single, "Break Even," is also helping recombobulate my discombobulated zen:

I'm bummed I missed hearing them play the other night, but I've been making up for it by jamming to their music all week. Good stuff!

I was going to try to be cool about this, but, really, who do I think I'll be fooling? Y'all already know that I'm anything but cool when it comes to one Adam Lambert. So, bear with me for a moment, while a flail like a 13 year old at a Jonas Brothers concert!

Eeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!! *flails wildly* *hyperventilates* OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *flails some more*

Ahem. *deep breaths*

Ok, I feel better now. *g*

For those who's fannish glee does not currently revolve around Adam Lambert, Time for Miracles, the song he recorded for the movie 2012, hit the web this morning!!! The buzz has been that this is the next "I Don't Want to Miss A Thing." And Brian May has been losing his shit over it since he heard it a few months ago. (He's such an Adam fanboy!) And it's finally here!!!

You can hear it [HERE]. Go on now. Go! Listen. And then come back and flail with me!!!

( Lyrics )

Unsurprisingly, I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!! It's big and soaring and a great canvass for Adam's huge voice. But he's also said that it's very different from what his record is going to sound like -- that his music is going to have those classic rock undertones, but that it's also going to have dance and pop elements layered over it. So, I'm excited to hear what he's putting together. What do you guys think? Did you like this? Will you be disappointed if his record is less rock? TALK TO ME ABOUT ADAM!!!!!!! *beams*

In other Idol-related fannishness, can I just say that Kris Allen covering Britney Spears pretty much made my day yesterday!!! ( Check out the Pocket Idol rocking an acoustic-audience participation version of '...Baby One More Time'! )

Seriously, how is he so precious??? *loves*

Ok, I'm off to run approximately a billion errands today. I need to find 1930s/1940s accessories for my Halloween costume. And I need new jeans. And maybe shoes. Shopping!!! But first there needs to be more coffee and something resembling breakfast.

Hope y'all are having a fabulous Saturday! *mwah*

Ok, before I tell y'all about how awesome Phoenix AIDS Walk was ( lemme show you something! )

Ok. So, yeah, that was DISTRACTING!

Um. Ok, there were other things I wanted to talk about. *g* Like, Phoenix AIDS Walk! It was this morning and it was officially a resounding success! Yay! Thanks to all my amazing and generous friends (psst...that means YOU!) I raised $400. Which is all kinds of awesome considering my fund-raising efforts were a bit waylaid by the unplanned for surgery. So, to all of you who contributed, thank you!

I was a afraid that post-surgery the walk was going to be more of a crawl than an actual walk, but I was fine (although once I got home I realized I was just done for and have managed very little since). And it was so much fun! Just an amazing sense of community and shared purpose!

( Phoenix AIDS Walk 2009 )

So, yeah, that was awesome! And my mom rocks because this year I wrangled her into walking with me. She was such a trooper and we had a great time doing this together!

I need to get myself ready to rock it out with Pink, but, dear gods, Adam was right, this boy is DISTRACTING! How so freakin' hot, Kristopher????

I'm on my third day of nearly complete sloth and it's been heavenly. Other than a workout with the trainer that kicked my ass into next week and a visit last night with The Nieces, I've done nothing this weekend other than watch t.v. and read fic. Which is exactly what I was aiming for after last month's craziness.

So, I have some pretty boys to share with y'all today, because I'm a giver like that. *g* But before we get distracted by the pretty, I wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to all of you that have donated to the Phoenix Aids Walk. Y'all seriously ROCK MY WORLD!!! There's still time, so if you want to help out, and really, any little bit helps, then you can go [here] to my donation page.

Ok. I promised pretty boys. arabella_hope posted this picture of Kris the other day and I really have no idea how I had missed this! ( Cute boy in really, really tight pants!!! )

Y'all remember Cassidy Haley, of the Whiskey In Churches video that I posted a few weeks ago, right? Well here's the video for his song Little Boys and Dinosaurs. It's fantastic!

( Little Boys and Dinosaurs )

And, if it isn't entirely obvious from his music videos (which, really, are you just NOT paying attention???), Cassidy Haley is DAMN HOT!

( *bites lip* )