I even owned a blog about him once! Yes, really.
Please don't get me wrong, he'll always hold a very special place in my heart, we've been through far to much for him not to. I think I've seen him in concert something like 36 times (give or take a few). But his last tour closed in San Francisco on Saturday night and from his lips to our ears has basically said he has nothing else at all planned at all for the future. Maybe it's me, but I don't see him being all that motivated to continue on doing this forever. All he ever really wanted to be was a teacher. He got talked into going to the American Idol audition! I don't think he ever even fathomed the extent that it would change his life.
I'm sure there will be those who will spend the next year on the message boards speculating on what he'll do next and continuing to kavetch over his hair. Because there are those who have pretty much done nothing else for nearly a decade. It's a hard habit to break. Perhaps he'll finally just buy a home in Branson... and semi-quietly raise his son. Who knows? I honestly and sincerely hope he doesn't do that...
But still, it was so much fun going to Ft. Wayne this one last time with my Grand Rapids peeps!!!
And to finally have a good picture taken with him! The last picture I got with him 7 years ago in Salt Lake City... his hair was sticking up all over the place and it looked like he'd just rolled out of bed!...
Wait...
(Whit and I had tons of fun playing around with his collegiate UMASS hoodie the other day. Actually I was just using the opportunity to give her a quick tutorial on PhotoShop...)
Anyway, here's his show closing banter from his second to last show in Mesa, Arizona. See if you can spot his major "shout-out" to me at around 00:23...
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