AL- lol, keep enjoying yourself :)

Cheese- Really felt for you there... let us know how it all went for Chris!

Hi All,

Hey Joe! How's it goin man? You know, after workin hard all day, its just a HUGE stress and pain reliever (as it is ANYTIME) to just come home, lay down and listen to you. You get me up every day, you give me energy. Thanks man! hope all is well. luv ya Joe.

davealan....aww thanks David! That was really nice!

and you too Ken.

Satriella : )...

i swear,

Hi Joe!! How are you?, what's new?, You know?, I was listening to one of your songs "The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing"(That is my favorite song!!, you are the best JOE, the best!!!!) and when I tried to play that masterpiece, I couldn't, 'cos the part of the hammer is very hard to play, could you tell me please what is the best form to play that part?

Well Joe, I have to go

Goog Luck for you and the others guys

C ya JOE you are the best!!!!

Hi Kayla, how are you?, I really think as you, Rubina and Rubina's Blue Sky Happiness are really beautiful but "If i could fly" is too, that song is really deep, or what do you think?

Ken, Stevee T, illuminata, Suzie.....

We survived, LOL!! Chris feels he did well on his speech and ended up with a B+. They liked his song :) ....even though the cd player shut off at one point and he had to start it again and fast forward....he handled the pressure well.

I had bought him dress pants, shirts, belt, tie, shoes....and he wore everything except the "stoopid tie mom", LOL.... I suppose the outfit worked wiffout it... ;)

So now we wait for final grades to see if he passed everything and can go on to graduation June 11th....keeping my fingers crossed....I need to grow my nails out again now, LOL!!

17 days and counting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't wait........i can't wait...OK OK I know I have to...but it's so close....so close I can almost touch it now....aaaaagh

Cheese101 - that was too quick I was just about to say hope chis gets on OK and I am thinking of you and biting my nails too...and there you are again saying its all over....well done to Chris then....hehe

snafu - Oh that's so sad....we get so attached to our pets don't we...I have never been so heartbroken as when our cat Bear died...we had nursed him almost back to health....then...well I have never heard a cat screem like that before he died.....my heart really felt broken...i mean really....its so nice you called your Husky Satch though....I think there are all sorts of things named after Joe in one way or another....mostly guitars...but pets...cars...mugs...computers....me! you name it....lol Anyway I am sure you will have many more years of Joy listening to Joe and maybe....one day...when the hurt is gone...you can share it with a new dog....or what/whoever.

Travis....ohhhh so sorry I got talking to that teenager i was telling you about.....you didn't offend me...I was just kidding....oh it probably looked like I wasn't speaking to you or something...sorry wasn't like that at all....you signed off just as I got back....

JOE JOE......WE ARE GOING TO Wroclaw, Poland for that wedding......change your date change your date.....it's only two months later.....hehehe....oh so close to seeing you twice...so close and yet so far....same town...different date!

civgeek, cool stuff indeed! I've often found, when talking to an american, that differences in american regional accents can be more obvious to people outside the US than they are to you natives! Not that I'm saying that's always the case though! haha.

An interesting case-point on actors who develop accents: check out the difference in James Gandolfini's voice between season one and season five of The Sopranos. It's amazing, his evolution as a character is so strong that you'd almost thing he IS Tony Soprano!

Quick question for anyone in the UK that ordered the Diamond package, or anyone else that would know:

What should we expect to receive before the show? I've got the show tickets, they came ages ago. Do we receive tickets for the backstage event, or an e-mail telling us what to do on the day? According to the e-mail I received when I ordered the packages, I would "receive tickets 14 days before the event". Well, it's now 14 days before the event, and I'm none the wiser.

Anybody else in this situation, or that knows how this all works?

PAUL- I e-mailed ETIX a couple of days ago about the same thing as you (I am going to the London gig) , they replied with this message:

"You will receive the merchandise at the show. We will send an email early next week with meet and greet details closer to the show date. Thanks"

Thanks for that, Suzie. As I suspect is the case with you, it wasn't the merchandise I was concerned with, rather the timing of the whole thing, and whether we had to bring anything (ticket, printed e-mail, whatever).

It looks like we'll just have to wait a bit loinger to find out the specifics. Thanks a lot for posting that. :D

EDIT: And yes, I am looking forward to meeting him, although I've met him once before, in Detroit a few years ago. I want to clear up with him that I'm not actually stupid, because I probably came across that way the first time! Obviously, my accent stood out in America, and Joe asked where I was from, and I just said, "England!". To which Joe replied, "Uhh.. yeah... which part?" and I just said "The North-East!".

I think Joe probably knows his way around England quite well by now....

PAUL- Somebody did say to me on here once to bring along receipts etc as well, I think if nothing else does come through will just get there v.v.v.v. early and see what they say at the desk?? The pain in the neck thing is though... June 20th is the same day as England play their 3rd World Cup Match! Sod's law.... but seeing Joe is worth a million England football games :)

Yeah, Suzie, I think I'll take along the printed e-mail receipt, at the very least. Plus some ID, of course!

Thanks for your thoughts. It was a hard time, but we're coming along. I can't wait until I tell him what's happening... he still thinks we're just going to the show!