Zoe Keating at The Ark and other meetings

So on May 6th, my parents and I drove to Ann Arbor to see one of my favorite cellists perform. Okay, she's the only cellist that I listen to constantly when I'm studying, but still, Zoe Keating is one of the most brillant live performers I have ever encountered.

I really don't know how she does it. She records a small bit of melody and loops it back using all sorts of technology and then continues to play over that loop and makes an amazing song out of it. It's hard to believe it's just her playing all the parts when it sounds like 20 cellos at once, but trust me, she did it all herself! If you never heard of Zoe Keating, I suggest you start.

Mmm...pub food.

We got a there a bit earlier than usual, simply because my father got the time wrong. We ended up eating outside at a pub for a while, just relaxing and talking. And as we are sitting there, my father points out someone who is just walking by us. It was Zoe Keating herself. She just...walked right by us and right into The Ark!

So, we got inside and got our seats. The theatre inside is very nice. Plus you could eat and drink in there...not that we were hungry. Right before the show started, I turned and whispered to my parents "I hope she plays my favorite song!" And guess what? She played my favorite song, Escape Artist, FIRST! I got chills down my back! It was too cool seeing her live.


Seeing Zoe Keating also reminded me of some other chance encounters I had with people I admired. (Or used to be obsessed with as one of the cases might be.) My family and my best friend and her family went to The Bling Pig in Ann Arbor to see a really cool guitarist, Kaki King. My dad is practically in love with her music and now I am too! She was really funny when she told her random stories. That was a nice concert to go see.

The other time I had a chance encounter was when I saw my childhood idol, Aaron Carter, in NYC. He was in the production of The Fantasticks. Not one of my favorite shows, but still entertaining, especially since I was staring at my old idol on stage, while holding my boyfriend's hand at the same time. Don't worry, Aaron Carter won't be stealing my heart again anytime soon.
After the show, the cast came out, and practically every girl there waited in line to see him. Everyone with me wanted to wait in line, but I was giggling and getting nervous so we decided to go. We walked right by him as we exited the little theatre. I really don't regret not getting a picture with him, honestly!


So, there you go, my long story of meeting idols old and new. Sorry not sorry this was so long, but I enjoy writing, as you can see. Hopefully, my posts in the future will be shorter!

~Caitlin

Life Lately

Hello again everyone!

Just wanted to talk a little bit about things that have been happening. Obviously, I finished school up last week. My boyfriend decided to drive up for the hour and a half to come and get me! How sweet of him! This post will come in two parts...just like a vlogbrothers video.

PART ONE:

That night was the release of Iron Man 3, which my marvel-fanatic roommate went to go see. My family and I went to see it on Friday after they got out of school. Of course, as two college freshmen we HAD to take a picture for Monsters University. I'm so excited to see it!

If I could, I would go to Monsters University...

THEN, the boyfriend had me take this picture of him bowing in front of Leo. We are both so excited for The Great Gatsby...we might even dress up when we go see it!

"BOW PEASANTS!"

PART TWO:

The boyfriend found an old, decrepit piano (or electric organ he wasn't sure) on the side of the road the day before I got home. I told him to pick it up and we can see if we could salvage any of it and fix it up to make it some pretty art. Well, the piano was very dirty and rotted, but we managed to pull apart the keys and save those. We plan on doing something extra cool with those...I'll be sure to keep you updated on that! 

After we picked apart the piano and threw the rest away, we were left with some nasty looking piano keys...which we spent a whole day washing. Boy, that was fun. It was worth it though, because they look x100000 better than they did before.

All clean!

Hope you are all having an amazing start to your summer. I know I am! 

~Caitlin