Sparkles!

[venetia_sassy]

There was writing today and a little bit of exercise ... and a three-hour nap which meant I slept too late to make dinner. Whoops.

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I forgot to mention the one other excellent thing that happened yesterday. My copy of Adam Lambert Acoustic Live! FINALLY turned up. Seriously, I got notice that it had shipped on December 10. I emailed about a month ago to say, uh hey guys, where is the CD I bought and they're all huh, dunno. Check with your post office? Wait a bit longer? Well, I did wait and I was about to email again saying, hey I paid for a CD to be shipped to me, so where is it please?

Worth the wait though. I have listened to it quite a few times already.

Whataya Want From Me - I'd heard this in acoustic form several times but it is really, really gorgeous. I will happily listen to it over and over again.

Music Again - I find this version kind of odd but definitely fun. The weirdest part is the opening notes - I keep thinking I've managed to get playlists mixed up and I'm about to hear the Firefly theme. Every time!

Aftermath - This was a song I liked well enough on the album but it didn't grab me until I saw Adam in concert performing an acoustic version. So beautiful. I think I liked the performance I heard a little more but this is still wonderful.

Soaked - I can't remember this five minutes after I hear it but I enjoy listening to it nonetheless. 

Mad World - I never liked the original version of this song but when I heard Adam's version I suddenly thought, oh wow. And this briskly-paced version? Even better!

I'm really glad Adam released this mini-album. The one thing I didn't like so much about FYE was how busy it could get. Adam's voice does not need fireworks to back it up. Here, the focus really is on his voice and god, it's gorgeous.