Saturday night Jason Mraz brought his “Good Vibes” tour to Mohegan Sun’s Arena. After an exhausting trip back home, I was glad that Jason said that if we wanted to yawn or sleep that was ok and that he’d still get the music to us somehow. He started off with some of his older material which was nice since that is what I am most familiar with as I got into him in college when he was waiting for his rocket to come. He and his backing band were all dressed in painter jump suits and Jason spoke about love and how important it was pretty much every time he spoke to the crowd. He said how those who want love the most are often angry and the lack of being loved causes them to do dangerous things. He also suggested we replace the “f-word” with “love” – especially when we are driving – “lovin’ A man. Lovin’ A!” The setlist was a lot of fun and Raining Jane as his backup band was amazing. Loved all the dancing that they threw in throughout the songs and I absolutely loved the mashup he did of Jackson 5’s I Want You Back with his song Unlonely (which is one of my faves of his new tracks, we’ll see if that holds up at the end of the week when I get to hear the full new album, Know)
Despite the fact that I absolutely wished I was in bed and sleeping during his set, I am glad that I didn’t end up missing out and got a chance to get some Good Vibes from Jason.
Next up was Randyland which is a home that was purchased by an artist named Randy who painted and adds all sorts of different objects to the house and yard. It’s hard to explain but vibrant and colorful and you really can’t help but smile when you visit. The problem of this trip was that I did not have any small bills so I couldn’t leave a donation for Randy. He needs to accept some online or have a credit card swiper!
Hacking IT is about a smart software developer named Kylie. It all begins when she notices that the lights in her office are not like they used to be. She talks to one of the other women at the office she shares and gets admin rights to the control panel and finds that there was a hacker in the system and tries to follow him to undo what was done. Of course, the chief security officer is then alerted that there was a hacker in the system, and believes that it was Kylie. Finally she is able to explain that she was just trying to HELP, not hurt and that maybe he should figure out a new staff to keep control of his IT stuff since they let a hacker in and mistook her for the hacker instead.
Keith Hernandez was the Mets 1st baseman in the 80s. Prior to that, he was a Cardinal. Currently, he can be heard in the booth for Mets broadcasts and has been a bright spot in an otherwise pretty meh season so far from the team. Last month he released a memoir titled “I’m Keith Hernandez” which is his line in a Seinfeld episode. Although the book cover features him in Mets garb, most of the book focuses on his life growing up and making his way through the minor leagues and to the Cardinals team. It was extra interesting for me because most of his minor league time was spent in Tulsa, OK – a place I have been visiting yearly for the past 10 years. He bounces back to present day as well, as an announcer and how he was preparing to write the book and trying to figure out what he should include. (He opted to not touch as much on the Mets because he said that era has been written about a lot.)
Shape Of My Heart is the 3rd book in the Heartthrob series. Unfortunately I missed out on Book #2, but did read 
A Whale’s World is about a pod of orcas who are looking around the Great Bear Sea for something to hunt and eat. It is a lot of photos and a lot of interesting information about the ecosystem and Orcas and other sea life as well. Beautiful imagery.
