I say we hit the cruise control

so, Bette was fabulous. The crowd was basically made up of middle aged and older husbands and wives and middle aged gay men. No surprise. Bette even joked about it--she mentioned places that people there would be from, including Manassas "with your mullets" (I never thought of Manassas as country) and "Bouffant Circle--I mean Dupont Circle". She made fun of the president many times, including about the state of the union address. She also commented on the fact that the last time she toured, Bush was president, something else and Joe Gibbs was coaching the Redskins (YAY GIBBS IS BACK!). She said Bush is happy Kerry won in Iowa because now he thinks he "has a chance to win the election the old fashioned way--with votes". She cussed like a sailor. She cracked so many jokes it was great. A funny one went something like "My friend and i were walking our dogs and wanted to go in a bar. She decided we should just walk in with them. She walked into the bar and the bouncer stopped her and said her dog was not allowed. She said he was a seeing eye dog and yes they use Doberman Pinschers now. I walked into the bar and the bouncer stopped me and said my dog could not come in. I said he was my seeing eye dog and he asked if they were using Chihuahuas now. I said 'They gave me a fucking Chihuahua?!'"

I, being the OVERLY SENSITIVE ONE, freakin' cried when Bette sang "From A Distance". I LOVE that song. I remember singing it in elementary school and signing some of the words in our performance.

ew I just burped dinner...I know you needed to know that

Anyway, Bette sure puts on a show. It was great. I still say my Bon Jovi concert was the best I have ever been to but Bette was really good.