I haven't posted in a while because I've been busy with travel, work, life, etc., but my resolution for the summer is to update all of my travel and adventures.  There are many!  China, Armenia, Republic of Georgia, NYC, amongst others.  I want to do them justice and write about upcoming travel as well.  There are many places planned.  But for a short post, I'll just show a quick picture or two from a recent adventure.

A friend and I went to the X-Factor live auditions.  I've never seen the show, and never thought I would like something like this, but when a friend couldn't make it and offered the tickets I didn't pass it up.  The auditions were at the Sprint Center in Kansas City and with the tickets we only had to wait about 15 minutes for some great seats.

Frank Nicotero was the host and started the night by going through the rules for what we were supposed to do - applaud if something was good, boo if we didn't like a show, disagree with the judges, and he made us practice again and again so the cameras could pick up our actions.  Of course the main draw for the evening was the new judge...Brittney Spears.

I wanted to like her, I really did, but she made it hard.  She didn't have anything intelligent or witty to say and she never acknowledged the fans.  Demi Lovato though was very likable and kind to the fans that had showed up just to see her.  It was fun and I'm looking forward to watching the KC auditions in the fall and see a few of my favorite auditions, like the white teenage preppy rapper and outgoing country group with the funny leading lady.  It was worth checking out one time, especially since it was free. 

Remember, adventure is easy to find - trying out a tag line :)