Here’s a video blog I shot of what it was like at the free Pat Green concert last week in Kansas City (Power and Light Live! Block):

This past weekend I went to Lawrence, Kansas to attend the first football game of the season for my alma matter, the University of Kansas. I’ve been getting TONS of email from college buddies counting down the days till the first game.  After our win last year at the Orange Bowl — Jayhawk fans have been anxious to see how good our team is this year!

When we were driving in the car to the game, I was discussing how there are three undeniable adrenaline pumping moments of excitement everyone experiences when attending a Kansas football game.

1.)  There’s a feeling of excitement which forces you to smile when you pull into the town of Lawrence. The glimpse of the historic landmarks and buildings bring a sense of “home” and “comfort” of a place that holds some of the dearest memories from years past. It’s enough to make you wiggle in your car seat anxious to walk around the city. It’s also not uncommon to immediately roll your windows down to “soak it all in” and enjoy it.

2.)  The second greatest adrenaline pumping moment begins after you’ve parked and begin your journey of walking to “the hill”.  Upon walking into the tailgating areas and crowds of people around the stadium, you’re hit with a combination of emotions that is made up of both pride and pure excitement. This is something easily seen in the faces of all the students, fans, alumni — not to mention the abundance of glorious paraphernalia endorsing “KU” and “Rock Chalk Jayhawk”!

3.)  Finally, the last great moment is when you walk in to Memorial Stadium and you see the inside of the stadium.  While KU is not traditionally viewed as a football school, our stadium is gorgeous!  Looking around at the “sea of blue” in the stands is one great feeling!

When I was at the game, I snapped some photos (below) and video blogged some footage (below). I wish I had taken more — but frankly I was having too much fun!

Check out this footage I shot while attending the 2008 Kansas City Downtown Airshow at the Charles B. Wheeler Airport. I somehow scored an interview with Kansas City’s own, Thunderbird Pilot Dyon Douglas! Probably the craziest thing I saw that I captured footage of was a “how it works” explanation of a jet powered porta potty that goes over 70 MPH.

This past Friday, American Idol rolled into Kansas City to hold round one auditions for Season 8. Of course, I grabbed my camera and video blogged the craziness. It was great — I really met a lot of cool people in the couple hours I walked around. One thing I found surprising, the majority of people were practically fighting to sing for the camera …and they were actually all pretty good! Check out my audio blog on Utterz and my video blog below. P.s. You’ll be crackin’ up when you meet “Mr. Banana Man”, a memorable character for sure. Enjoy!

My audio blog of the event:

…this was one of those moments that I had to get on video “just in case” something happened.

For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you probably noticed I was in New York this past weekend. It was just a quick weekend trip to visit some friends. BUT, my main reason for flying up was to see a friend, Janine DiVita, who I used to do community theater with here in Kansas City. At the time we were younger and she had hopes and dreams of “making it on Broadway”. I promised her then and reiterated over the years, the moment she made it big on Broadway — I’d be there ASAP.

She is on Broadway now.

…playing lead for the part of “Rizzo” in Grease the Musical! I’ve been to more than a handful of shows in New York — but this time around, seeing a close friend performing on Broadway — it was enough to get me all choked up. For real.

We talked about her super-duper-awesome success in great length after the show and she reiterated a life principal she personally believes in, “Embrace what you’re passionate about in life.” Janine certainly didn’t have Broadway handed to her on a plate. Heck no. She had to work hard for it. Crappy jobs, hard months of living — all waiting for her big break. It’s hard for me to say in words how proud I am, but she’s one awesome person, a heck of a performer and dear friend that has a great outlook on life.

After the show we went back stage and I was fortunate enough to video blog it! Not only did I get footage of Grease backstage, but I met Taylor Hicks (you know from ‘06 American Idol, he’s “Teen Angel” in Grease) and had a chance to interviewed him! He’s a sincere guy and really easy to talk to.

**UPDATE** Read all about Janine in the Kansas City Star, they ran an article about her journey to Broadway.

While there was some frustration, camping out for my 3G Apple iPhone was a great experience. I met some great people and got the phone I’ve been waiting over a year for

When I showed up at 10:40′ish PM on Thursday night excitement was in the air. The night was filled with 10 hours of waiting in line, a 1 hour nap on a concrete sidewalk, a Starbucks donut and Frap, lectures from the shopping mall security force and quality entertainment from a “New Jersey” dude that heckled everyone at will (it was hilarious).

Watch the video of my interview on Fox 4 News here.

NBC quoted me in this article and click the video in the top right, I’m featured in an interview!

I also video blogged and audio blogged my entire experience which you can watch below:

…here’s a video blog I shot at the ‘08 Art Festival (this past weekend in Kansas City). I had a chance to interview some artists and shoot some video to give you a perspective of my experience. I met some pretty cool people with some great life stories. I also realized if I ever want to own cool artwork, I’m going to needs LOTS of money.

A look at my experience at Jazzoo 2008, the Kansas City Zoo’s largest fund raiser.

This past weekend, I was fortunate enough to attend Bill Self’s Kansas City benefit at the KC Speedway. It was awesome. Essentially the party was for guests to hangout, eat, dance, and drink with players from KU basketball team — past, present and future (recruits were there). Coach Self and his family founded the Assists Foundation to help provide young people access to better lives.