I am so tired right now and I have to get up for a breakfast meeting in the morning. And then I have two shows…so, right. This post will be short.
A very kind lady did my makeup for the pre-shows fashion event tonight. “I have googled you,” she told me, upon first meeting. “It does not look like you wear much makeup–are you comfortable with me doing your makeup?”
I assured her that I was.
And she got to work.
And then a very sweet Japanese man did my hair.
It was nice to sit back and let other people take care of me, actually. And this is what they did:
They also put me in a dress. Courage B is the designer. And they let me keep it. And I totally would have, too–had someone not stolen it. Which sucks, but what are you gonna do, right? I didn’t have that dress yesterday, so not having that dress tomorrow won’t be that different, anyway.
Here’ s a picture of me playing (in case you couldn’t figure that out). Oh man. I had to walk the catwalk to get to the stool and microphone to sing. People were so kind and cheering. Plus, I didn’t fall or even trip. Added bonus.
The mic situation was trying, though. They only had one and nothing to plug my uke into, so I had to somehow use one microphone for both my voice and my uke. I hunched over like some sort of creature to get my voice and uke as close together as possible for the mic to pic it up, and then I BELTED THE HECK OUTTA THOSE SONGS.
Here’s me and my wonderful, completely lovely friend Jes.
One of the best parts of the night was that two of my dear friends came with me.
And here is me and beautiful Bets.
Oh! Also, I had an awesome rehearsal in Brooklyn today with some AMAZING musicians I am collaborating with for the Sleep No More show on Monday. I feel so lucky to play my ukulele with these guys. Their groove and vibe is just plain dreamy. In a musical sense of the word. Plus they have a HUGE STUFFED LION in their apartment, just chilling. And they call him Aslan. Um, what’s not to love about that situation?
I met a kind Italian man who spoke to me for a while tonight. Considering the music was thumpin’ and his accent was pronounced, I did a lot of smiling and nodded without totally understanding what it was, exactly, I was smiling and nodding about, unfortunately. But, there were two things that stand out from that conversation:
1). I kept thinking that maybe my Italian grandfather (who passed away before I arrived on the scene, but worked in 30 Rock as the senior VP of RCA) sounded a bit like this guy, and the thought warmed my heart.
and
2). At one point I noticed liquid pouring down the side of his pants. I was really afraid that I was witnessing him peeing during our conversation…Until, with some relief, I realized that he was just holding his bottle of beer upside down. Thank goodness that’s what it was.
You did an amazing job at the pre-show tonight. Simply amazing. You’re voice pierced through the room and into everyone’s hearts. Sorry to hear about the dress, because you looked incredible in it. But then again, I imagine you look incredible in just about anything.
Hey Jim! I am so glad you were there–it was really a magical experience for me. Just so much fun. And thank you for your kind words–I am glad it went well. And yeah, it’s okay about the dress–I mean, it’s just a dress. It’d be way worse if it was a dementor and and it stole my soul, Harry Potter-style.
Well, bummer about the mic set up, but it appears you made the best of it. You seem to have a habit of doing that. Making the best of it, that is. Like with that dress, and how you didn’t ultimately let it bother you. The way you deal with what might otherwise be a disappointing situation is inspiring.
Thank You
(but keep an eye on eBay, I bet that dress’ll turn up lol)
haha maybe so! Or maybe the dress is loooooong gone…oh well, it was fun for a night, anyway. And thank you for your kind words!
Holy cow you are gorgeous! Ya know, its ok to skip blogging and go to bed when you are exhausted. And you certainly don’t have to reply to EVERY SINGLE COMMENT. You’ll be forgiven. We’re cool like dat.
“its ok to skip blogging and go to bed when you are exhausted.”
haha thank you. But, the thing is–I really ENJOY writing. It gives me life. And same thing with replying to comments; I just think it’s so gracious of people like yourself to take time to read this and then write a comment, that I like to respond.
Then it’s like a dialogue, rather than me just monologuing, ya know?
I do know. It’s why I post comments, and it’s why you are going to have a zillion fans. Big things are gonna happen for you, Jess. I really believe that.
this means a lot to me, Rob. I am taking it to heart. thank you.
Beautiful! Hoping the performance shows up on Utube, and the dress shows up on eBay. But, did you check your pockets?
Kim
thankfully, none of my important stuff-that-should-be-kept-in-a-purse-but-I-stuff-in-my-pockets were stolen. That’s a huge relief! and haha, maybe I should keep an eye out on youtube;/
Jess, so glad you had a good night—except for the stolen dress! Really, what gets into people’s minds when they do things like that?
Your description of the Italian man and thinking about Dad made me remember that Mom used to emphasize this when she would talk about Dad’s job: Dad is senior EXECUTIVE Vice President. I have no clue WHY that was so important to her or to anyone, but she emphasized it often. And, it was all lost of me who didn’t give it a thought. But, it obviously sunk in because that’s the 1st thing I thought of when I read your blog and you mentioned Dad!
AND WHOMEVER STOLE JESS’ DRESS—GIVE IT BACK!
You’re right, mom–I always say it wrong–he was the SENIOR VP of RCA. Okay, I think I will get it right from now on;)
I told the Italian guy where grandpa was from and everything–he was very nice and told me stuff about Bolzano, Italy (but it was a little hard to understand cause of the music and his beautiful accent).
and lol, I doubt whoever took the dress is reading this, mom!
You look beautiful!!! Looks like a magical night;minus the stolen dress!!!
thanks, Sarah! you’re so sweet–and it really was a magical night:)
i hope you get another dress given to you!!!
you and me BOTH:)
You glow in the second picture!! and not because the light is on you :]
thanks for saying so! haha, but I think those lights MIGHT have something to do with it, after all:)
1) You are beautiful. That’s not new news though.
2) I’m really glad you didn’t watch somebody pee in a bar.
3) seriously, really beautiful.