It's almost Christmas

Isn't that wonderful?

I am off for two weeks and I don't even know what I'm going to do with myself. Heading to Georgia for a week and then I'll be in the city for a week. A WHOLE WEEK.

Heaven.

So last Friday I went to Jingle Ball. For those of you who DON'T know what that is, its a big concert that Z100, the NYC top pop station throws and it features the currents pop flavors of the month. My boyfriend is amazing and got us tickets to this year's concert at Madison Square Garden. So it was my first time at MSG AND I saw the following:

Avril Lavigne
Alicia Keys
Jordin Sparks
Colbie Caillat
Fall Out Boy
The Jonas Brothers

and

THE BACKSTREET BOYS.

I was standing in line for the bathroom and I heard the opening of I Want It That Way.

I DIED.

Every girl in line started screaming and my new little 13 year old was like "I LOVE THIS SONG!!" I thought to myself, You were 5 when this came out.

Avril Lavigne was fantastic. I know a lot of people hate on her but I've loved her since I saw the video for Complicated and I have her first two albums ON CD. She put on a great show and reminded me how great a song Sk8ter Boi is.

I love pop music. And how awesome is it that my boyfriend enjoyed the show just as much as I did? I used to have a list of what I looked for in a man, and an appreciation of pop music was very high up on that list. People who hate on Avril and The Jonas Brothers can kiss my ass. I am very accepting of all kinds of music and it really pisses me off when people make split second judgments because they find out I like Maroon 5 and Justin Timberlake. I don't have a problem with Beirut or MIA or Regina Spektor and the like. In fact, I like them too. I have an all around LOVE of music and if it sounds good I'm into it, be it Radar by Britney Spears or Intervention by Arcade Fire.

I get heated about my music sometimes.

Here are some pictures.

Note how awesome my camera is with inside shots.

4.1 megapixels of L-O-V-E.

Avril Lavigne

Alicia Keys- (squint--she's in green)

Justin seeing Alicia Keys

Colbie Caillat
(she only got to sing her one popular song)

Pop music lovers.

PS in case you were wondering: The Jonas Brothers are today's Hanson. The girls at MSG WENT WILD for these boys. They closed the show and I thought maybe a dozen or so twelve year olds were going to die from excitement. But look at them--how can one NOT love?

They're the definition of innocuous.