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Jen Savage (DeGroff)
24 November 2009 @ 07:39 pm
Not sure how long it will remain up, the official site has already crashed once:

http://www.adamofficial.com/us/videos



Also here: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid10172910001?bctid=52480226001
 
 
What I hear:: duh!
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
24 November 2009 @ 07:21 am
A few pix from Saturday with Matt Giraud from my better camera. He was great live, would go see him again!
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Jen Savage (DeGroff)
24 November 2009 @ 12:39 am
To those of you considering buying Adam Lambert's new album, now there's no reason not to... You can download it for just a buck over on Amazon!



Amazon has it for $3.99 here: http://www.amazon.com/For-Your-Entertainment/dp/B002WMJKBY/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1259041030&sr=301-2 and you can also hear previews of all the songs (my faves are Soaked, Broken Open, Music Again, and Aftermath, and those of you who have seen 2012 might recognize Time For Miracles...)

and if you use the following code at checkout: MP34FREE they'll knock $3 off. That means the entire album is a dollar... Nice...

Not sure how long this promotion is gonna last, so go get it now!
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
23 November 2009 @ 11:30 pm
I think I live on Twitter... The tweets are over here )
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
22 November 2009 @ 11:31 pm
I think I live on Twitter... The tweets are over here )
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
22 November 2009 @ 02:12 am
This was waiting for me when I got home tonight. It won't be officially released for a few more days yet. Getting my boy's stuff early = WIN! And the bonus photo book is gorgeous. Guess what will get signed next time I see him?
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Jen Savage (DeGroff)
22 November 2009 @ 02:04 am
Spent the day in Grand Rapids with friends at Matt Giraud's first (and second!) solo concert (s) ever! He has mad piano skills and a beautiful voice, and is a sweetheart to boot. I'd seen/met him twice before, but it was totally different being just him for the full show. I'll post my good pix and videos soon, these are just quick ones off my phone to tide you over...
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Jen Savage (DeGroff)
21 November 2009 @ 11:30 pm
I think I live on Twitter... The tweets are over here )
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
20 November 2009 @ 11:30 pm
I think I live on Twitter... The tweets are over here )
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
20 November 2009 @ 11:09 pm
It's been quite a roller coaster ride this week. Tuesday I spent a larger chunk of my day in the ER with one of my residents. That did not turn out good at all, as he will never be able to come home again. Couple that with the emotional high of getting Adam's full album a week before the official release, and my brain was mush. The quiet night at work Wednesday morning was eerie after the hubbub of the day before. I couldn't wait to get out of there, because I was on a full day's reprieve from real life. I came home and packed a few things, then napped until about 2pm. I got up, colored my hair, dressed, and waited for my friend Jessica to pick me up so we could head to the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond Indiana to go see David Cook in concert. It was nice to only have a couple hour drive, and I just got to relax while she did all the work. We had an amazing night, and actually between the two of us, came out of the casino a couple bucks ahead! I ended up in the front row for the show with my friend Becky, and it was awesome. Being the anniversary of David's album release, they played the entire album all the way through in order. Even the songs they never ever play. Life On The Moon was acoustic (and gorgeous) and Permanent was overwhelmingly emotional. (For those of you who don't know, the song is for/about David's brother Adam, who died last spring from brain cancer.) I got both of these on video, but don't have them posted online yet. at the end of the show, Kyle personally handed me a drumstick from the stage, and I got a pick from Andy as well (which I traded with Jessica because I needed one from Neal and she needed Andy's). becky almost actually ended up with Kyle in her lap, they tried to toss him off the stage! After the show, we milled around a bit and got to talk to the opening act, The Script, and watch David's bassist Monty lose money at Blackjack before we headed out to the buses. We got to talk to Kyle and Neal out there, and Kyle signed my stick. There are some pix from the show a few entries back, though, go check them out. We made it home around 3am. I unloaded, wound down, and hit the sack.

Thursday, I overslept and missed my class. Fail. I had one of those days when I just didn't even want to crawl out of bed. First and foremost, I found out I COULD have gone on my much desired NYC trip, but they didn't confirm anything until now, which was just too late for me to make arrangements and beg for the time off after I cancelled it. Oh well. I have good (and much cheaper) plans this weekend to make up for it... An interview with Adam and Kris (together!) and Adam cracking Kris up with a very questionable piece of jewelry (well, it is a "ring", of sorts...) did finally make me smile a little. I took a couple hours to myself in the evening and had a luxurious bubble bath, and John even brought me dinner in the tub. The rest of my night was rather boring. I did, however, end up wondering how in the world I ended up with a photo of Nate on the toilet!?!?!?! (Thanks Nate! You never cease to amaze me...)

Work was very quiet Friday morning. It's odd without all the noises and requirements our other resident provided to us. I was at a loss what to do for a large chunk of the night, I'm used to doing his stuff... I came home and went right to sleep, I was exhausted. I woke up to find John buzzing around the house, making lunch and holding my ticket for this weekend and a DVD full of preIdol Adam stuff I've been dying for. (Read that : Zodiac Show, Upright Cabaret, Rabin Tribute, and more!) I eventually drug myself out of bed for a short run, 3.2 miles, 31:40. I've spent the rest of the night getting ready for tomorrow's trip to Grand Rapids to see Matt Giraud and playing online. I discovered Podfics, and have loaded a couple onto my phone to listen to while driving. Think that will be a bad distraction? Anyhow, I am off to bed, got a long drive tomorrow...
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
19 November 2009 @ 11:30 pm
I think I live on Twitter... The tweets are over here )
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
19 November 2009 @ 03:19 am
Here are some of my best quick pix from tonight's David Cook concert. I was in the front row right in front of Andy! Since it was the anniversary of DC's album release, they played the whole thing in order (except bonus tracks, no Magic Rainbows LOL)...



Declaration
Heroes
Light On
Come Back To Me
Life On The Moon (acoustic)
Bar-ba-sol
Mr. Sensitive
Lie
I Did It For You
Avalanche (acoustic)
Permanent
A Daily AntheM
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Kiss On The Neck
Shattered Dreams (yes 80's fans, the Johnny Hates Jazz song!)
Make Believe
Straight Ahead

Epic. And I didn't lose much money in the casino...

Me with Neal
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Me with Kyle (and the drumstick he gave me!)
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David
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Andy
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The casino boat
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Better pictures to come when I get the ones on my camera uplaoded, just sending from my phone for now...
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
18 November 2009 @ 11:30 pm
I think I live on Twitter... The tweets are over here )
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
18 November 2009 @ 03:07 pm
I cropped this one from the Cd booklet from Adam's upcoming CD... Love it!

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Jen Savage (DeGroff)
18 November 2009 @ 02:12 am
So now that I'm only updating about twice a week here, I need to catch up. All the pertinent stuff is in my tweets, but I'll try to update so that those of you who don;t read them aren't totally clueless...

Saturday was the Veteran's Marathon in Columbia City, IN, just 20 minutes from my house. My friend Elaine and I arrived with plenty of time to relax and find a nice place to stretch out, with a real bathroom, and meet up with friends before the start. It was a perfect morning for a marathon, not too cold, but cool enough to need gloves and sleeves at the start. By the end of the day, it was in the mid 60F's. In the middle of November. In Indiana... I had an excellent race, did everything right, enjoyed the course and the other runners, and had an all around good experience. A couple noticeable moments included the parasailer that flew over the first half of the course for a couple hours (it looked like fun!) and the two adorable little yellow kittens that came out on the road and hung with the runners around mile 7. I'll tell you, I wanted to pick the smaller one up and take her with me, she ran with me for a minute or so... Also notable was the barefoot runner, who I spent many miles with through out the day. This was his 3rd barefoot marathon. He joked with the spectators all day, asking if they'd seen his shoes, then giggling when they realilzed he was actually barefoot. I was running with him when we found out there would be a gravel section, and he joked with the runners going the other direction "How about that gravel road up there?" I was still with him when we got to the gravel around mile 17, which caused him to slow down and pay close attention to his footing. Nice guy. I did get to see him finish, maybe a half an hour or so behind me. When I realized I was on pace to be under 5 hours and was still feeling good around mile 21, I started picking up my pace. My last five miles were faster than most of the rest of the race,a nd I passed a lot of folks as we came back into town. I got a lot of encouragement along the way, and not only beat my 5 hour goal, but was a minute and a half faster than my best marathon of all 2009. Finishing time was 4:57:05, and I was not really sore or tired, like I normally am. I just had to pee. LOL! My friend Art was waiting for me,and we got some soup and cookies together while we waited for Elaine to come in. She finished strong and met her goal for the day too. We relaxed with some of the other runners for a bit, then went to the pub for some refreshment before heading back to my house to clean up. Neither of us were sore or tired (which means we did something right!), but we were starving, so we grabbed John and headed to the local microbrewery for eats and beer samples. It was a nice meal and then I showed her around town a little more before she headed back toward Detroit. I actually made it through a movie with John before I crashed out.

I slept like a rock for 12 hours before getting up and heading to church. I was truly surprised I wasn't sore,a nd only a tiny bit stiff when I first got up. My running friend at church was amazed I was bouncing up and down the stairs like normal. We had some great music and the sermon was interesting, but long. After church, John had lunch ready and then we headed to the theater to see 2012. Both of us really enjoyed the film, and we plan to buy it on DVD when it comes out. John wasn't thrilled, however, when I made him wait for me through the credits, until Adam's song Time For Miracles ended. LOL! I relaxed the rest of the day, although I had trouble getting any more sleep. I did get some entertainment finding out one of my friends had ended up in jail the night before at the David Cook concert in Canada. (No worries, she's OK, and didn't do anything bad, it's a long story!) I also taught myself to make ringtones and did a few from Adam's song Music Again from his new CD that comes out on the 23rd. so if anyone needs ringotnes made... :)

Monday morning, work was rough. Things just keep getting more complex here every day. I survived and got home to find that UPS had tried to deliver my package. I had to get in touch with them and get things straigtened out, and it was delivered about 10:30am. Yay, it was my much anticipated Kris Allen CD, but I was more interested in seeing what came with it. I scored one of the limited autographed and hand numbered lithographs of Kris that were being given out! (I posted photos a few entries back, go here: http://reoracer.livejournal.com/722481.html ) The litho was immediately framed and hung on my wall next to my lovely Rolling Stone cover poster of Adam... While waiting for my package, I was given access to most of the tracks on the Take One CD featuring Adam, so I messed with those during my downtime. New music out the wazoo = WIN! I did get some sleep, then headed to the YMCA for a post marathon recovery run on the indoor track (since it was cold and wet outside!) I did 4 miles in a very slow 46:45, but had no aches and pains. I've never recovered so easily from a marathon in my life! I relaxed until work time.

Tuesday was insane. My coworker was really sick and ended up taking sleeptime, so I pretty much was on my own all night. It wasn't a bad night at all, I got lucky, but I did nearly get a catfight from all the ladies wanting to use the same bathroom at the same time at 230am... Adam's CD was avaialbe for streaming overnight, so I went nuts not being able to hear it until my coworker got up from sleeping in the office. I was in heaven for the few minutes I got to spend listening before the world exploded here at the group home. The regular morning staff was off, so some of the residents were resistant to the change, and one had some health issues brewing. I ended up calling 911 and then following the ambulance to the hospital with him about 7:45am. I'm glad I had already planned on working over alittle bit, but I was at the ER with him until after 11:30am. I was beat both physically and emotionally by the time I got home. I love my hubby for making me lunch and then rubbing my feet so I could get some rest. I missed rehearsal (which was on Tuesday this week...) and didn't sleep restfully at all. I woke up to find out that, due to medical needs, my guy will never be returning to the group home. He will be moving to a nursing home when he is well enough to leave the hospital. I know I did the right thing, but it's still hard to deal with the changes. I do, however, have some amazing folks in my world who cheered me up, and I now have all of Adam's album on my phone for our trip later today to go see David Cook!

It's uncannily calm here tonight, and our work was done early. I'm relaxed and listening to Adam's album, waiting for my pot pie to cook. I can't wait until this afternoon, when my friend Jessica and I head out to see David Cook!!!!
 
 
What I hear:: Aftermath - Adam Lambert
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
17 November 2009 @ 11:30 pm
I think I live on Twitter... The tweets are over here )
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
17 November 2009 @ 08:22 am
Pray  
I'm at the ER with one of my residents...

Sent from Jen's Palm Centro SmartPhone
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
17 November 2009 @ 04:29 am
For Your Entertainment album by Adam Lambert

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What I hear:: Broken Open - Adam Lambert
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
17 November 2009 @ 03:02 am
Adam just tweeted the first photo of his band!

@adamlambert http://twitpic.com/pukkb - Lisa on keys, Monte on Guitar, Tommy on Bass, and Longineu on Drums!

Sent from Jen's Palm Centro SmartPhone
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
16 November 2009 @ 11:30 pm
I think I live on Twitter... The tweets are over here )
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
Kris's CD doesn't come out until tomorrow, but I have it in my hot little hands. Plus I scored the autographed and hand numbered litho as well! SQUEE!
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Jen Savage (DeGroff)
15 November 2009 @ 11:30 pm
I think I live on Twitter... The tweets are over here )
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
15 November 2009 @ 09:01 pm

I think I live on Twitter... The tweets are over here )
 
 
Jen Savage (DeGroff)
15 November 2009 @ 08:25 pm
Why haven't I seen this one before?
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Jen Savage (DeGroff)
15 November 2009 @ 05:33 pm
John and I went to the afternoon showing of 2012 today. I'd been looking forward to it (not just because a certain Adam Lambert sings the song over the credits, that was just a bonus...) because I love big disaster movies like this. Anyhow, we LOVED it. There wasn't much of a chance to breathe during the whole thing, the effects were great, the storyline held together, and the whole thing was well done. Those of you who like the same genres of films as I do would probably enjoy it as much as we did.