4th of July in June

I have so much to catch up on but just wanted to feel you in on the celebrity sightings we had tonight. NYU occasionally offers free tickets to television screenings and tonight we got to go to a taping for the 4th of July Spectacular with Joss Stone and the American Idol finalists; Jordin, Blake and Melinda. We were literally 10 feet away from the singers. It was crazy being so close.

Joss Stone was first and she was amazing!! Not only does she have an amazing voice but she's beautiful. They only sang one song each but they had them sing a couple of times so they could capture the best shots.

Next came the idols singing God Bless America. Because it was a taping they would have them stop between each take and while waiting the idols would joke around and Blake even did a little beep boxing for us, it was so fun to see their personalities on stage. I have to say ... Jordin is beautiful. She's tall but she wasn't the giant I thought she was on tv, she just looked that way standing next to Ryan Seacrest. Melinda was tiny and while she does look like DW, she was cute in her own way. And of course Blake was the crowd pleaser. He had a cute gray suit and pink shirt, but he is surprisingly small himself.

So be sure to tune in to the 4th of July Spectacular on NBC at 9pm to see us in all our glory. You can't miss us, we we're the tall ones right in the middle.