Good music, good games, good times

It’s been a while. Outside of work and class, here’s what I’ve been up to!

April 4th : Tristan Prettyman at the House of Blues.

Prettyman is a singer, songwriter and guitarist … sort of Colbie Caillat and Jack Johnson-esq. She used to date Jason Mraz. That must have ended badly, because when we shouted out a request to play Shy That Way, a song she co-wrote with him, Prettyman took a step back from the microphone, looked straight at us and said sadly “No, We don’t play that song anymore.” Whoops! Sorry TP.

Despite us bringing up Tristan’s ex, the show was wonderful. The House of Blues backporch is a real small venue – we were about 10 feet from the stage.
April 9th : Jason Mraz and the Metro.

No, we didn’t ask him to play a song with Prettyman. :)
Mraz is SO good in concert. Justin, Jennie and I were lucky to get tickets – this one sold out in a few hours. Justin and Jennie are surprisingly talented at weaseling their way up to the front, I recommend going to shows with them! Mraz played his new stuff, old stuff, and everything in between. I’ve seen Mraz in Grand Rapids, Detroit and Manchester, UK so it was a fun trip down memory lane.
Mraz concerts are very sing along friendly. I found a clip on youtube… I can’t take credit for this video (or the singing of the person by the camera!).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anB6kvG2jWc&feature=related

April 10th : Detroit Tigers versus the White Sox at US Cellular Field.

Last weekend was our final (hopefully!) taste of winter in Chicago. At the Tigers game we endured rain, sleet, bad quesadillas and rude fans…but we won!

The good news? Tigers win! The bad? It was only our second win in nine games. Ouch.

April 14th : Chicago Cubbies versus Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley.

Derek (my brother) called me just before the game an extra ticket… I borrowed some of his cubs gear and met up with him and a few of his co-workers.
Three stock traders and one non-profit intern always makes for good conversations, and that night was no exception. I understand the concept behind what my brother does (SP500 futures in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange) but when they start using their trader language it gets a little difficult to keep up.
“I was holding onto the futures because the puts and calls.. it’s easier to hedge deltas than.. vega trading.. and neutral deltas… and then buy the options you know!?”
yeah… OBVIOUSLY!

Let’s be honest... I had no idea what “we” were talking about. Next time I talk about World Vision, I’m going to use only industry language.

“Yeah, we’re a 501c3 NGO … we’re looking at ADP’s that are included in WAWI… MED will follow after the wells go in.”

haha. I had a great time with the guys from Andre, and look forward to the next time they want buy me tickets. :)

Next week is going to be great – I’ll fill you in soon.