My oh my you know I just can't win

paging dr. gray, dr. david gray, come to the 3rd floor please.

i 'joked' to my co-workers that my life would end if i didn't get to see david gray monday night, because i *needed* to see the show for my mental well-being. as it turns out, i was only kinda joking.

what is it about a sexy man on stage with a guitar singing gorgeous, heartfelt songs that makes everything else in life seem so incredibly trivial???

from the very moment he sat down at the piano and opened the evening with 'alibi' i was struck by how unimportant so many things are in my life that i stres out about.

see, some people go to concerts to hear music and have a good time. i go to sort my life out and figure out where it all went wrong. ;)

this show was perfect for soul-searching, and not just because of mr. gray's amazing music. the venue (DAR Constitution Hall) is beautiful and well-designed, but entirely too fancy for all the rock'n'roll. i've seen david gray there before, also tori amos, rufus, and REM last november, and there's something about the place that makes people feel like it's okay to sit down for the entire show. i, of course, do not agree with this mentality. but monday night for david gray, i wasn't complaining. it was nice to sit there (in the 3rd row, no less! thanks wayland!) and take in his music, his incredible voice, the heart-wrenching lyrics... and just listen. *sigh*

i can't say all my life's problems were solved by the end of the show, but i certainly felt a little better. which, these days, is saying quite a bit.

~courtney

"What on earth is going on in my head
You know I used to be so sure
You know I used to be so definite
Thought I knew what love was for
I look around these days and I'm not so sure

My oh my you know it just don't stop"
~d. gray