penzilla

Writing about this year, at this point, is both bane and boon, as Dr. P would say. But this second semester has been, despite the six classes, really amazing. Even though I was in the hospital for pneumonia and exhaustion, these students, especially the night students, were the best I’ve ever had.

For my birthday, S got me tickets to see Josh. The concert was at the Melting Point here in Athens. It was, as are all of his concerts, amazing.

Ingrid Michaelson opened for him. I am now in total adoration of her. If you don’t own or have downloaded her CDs, do it now. Seriously. Do. It. Now.

The best moment during the show was when she played her song, the hat, and she got the audience to sing along with her. I took a video, though I wish I would have recorded more. I’ve tried to find the round on youtube, but, actually, the Athens crowed was clearly the most spirited:

So my time in Athens is at its end. It’s bittersweet. It’s sweet, even. It was the best place for me at the best time. And now, as the world demands, things are on their elliptic still and I’m moving and moving. So, after Ingrid, Josh played. I took many many videos, but Girl in the War is one of my favorite songs, and so I will post this one. This is the first encore. The audience is trying so hard to be quiet and sweet too, but by the second verse, they just seem to need to sing it, and loudly. And Josh–he is just so delicious.