Rants n Raves

Most of you Perthites out there know that last Monday (22/3) the weather was CRAZY! Most of you probably got stuck in it on the way home. Some of you may have even been pelted with golf ball sized hail as you drove along the Mitchell Freeway… if you were a wuss like me (and so many others),  you may have even had to take a small breather in the Tunnel before you decided to keep driving while being only 10% hopeful that the hail wasn’t going to follow you. 

Maybe we saw each other in passing. Maybe not.

Most of us have suffered damages from the wrath of the storm. This blog in no way makes fun of that situation, it merely re-tells an amusing anecdote that SURPRISINGLY (not really) relates to John Mayer and Perth – which fits in PERFECTLY with my campaign!

If I’ve learned anything during this freak golf ball sized crazy hail storm, it was:

1. Perth drivers are MUCH MORE considerate of each other when the weather decides to attack with such ferocity (I was a little proud!). 
2. Perth people band together to help each other out when things get chaotic!
3.  We ALWAYS find silver linings… and a way to make money out of them! (The Hail Sales)

AND most importantly for the purposes of my campaign I learned that:

1. You can’t hear your John Mayer Battle Studies CD over the sound of denting metal and torrential rain! (My only source of comfort in amidst the violent storm!)

I also learned that every time I saw a lightning strike on the way home last Monday (and there were quite a few!) I started singing Heartbreak Warfare…

“Lightning strikes
 Inside, my chest to keep me up at night…”

…and it seems I may not have been the only one! It was a tiny little bit weird when a certain Perth radio station played this song after a segment about the storm! Good to know we are all on the same wavelength, Perth!

Don’t know if John Mayer will ever decide to come to Perth and sing to us about lightning in person, but I do know one thing – if its NOT John Mayer keeping us up all night, its certainly crazy golf ball sized hail storms… especially for those of us that live in houses with aluminium roofs!

Random blog.

Stay safe people and keep taking care of each other!

Wishing you all minimal fall out from storm damage!

In short: Yes.

I know I have spent most of my blog posts to date discussing John Mayer and his lack of Battle Studies tour date in Perth.

In long: I AM BLOGGING ABOUT PERTH!!

My “Entice John Mayer to Perth Campaign” totally fits the whole premise of this blog – when you live in Perth you miss out on great shows! Its just a fact of life here! Over the next few blog posts or until this campaign ends, there are probably going to be unusual combinations of blogs where John Mayer references will just pop up while I’m telling you about Perth. I’m pretty sure it will be weird. I think I’m going to guarantee that it will be RANDOM! At the very least the posts will be interesting! Just read them and see!

(*SIGH*) Are You Ever Going to Stop Campaign Blogging About John Mayer?

I will stop campaigning and resume plain old Perth blogging when he has finished the “Australian” tour, moved on to the next leg of his world tour (Japan) and STILL hasn’t stopped in Perth. (The exact date is May 11th.) Up until that point there is STILL HOPE FOR A BATTLE STUDIES SHOW IN PERTH!!!!

There is still hope…

… I hope.

The numbers don’t lie.

One week ago this was the situation:

This is how the numbers sit now:

That’s FORTY more people that want a John Mayer show in Perth – JUST IN THE LAST WEEK!!! The numbers don’t lie – Perth fans heart John Mayer!

I would like to thank all of my twitter followers for helping bump up the numbers a little! Special shout out to @amyamyamyy for spreading word of the campaign, to @perthblogger for setting up this site and to @razzberry2 for reminding me of the difference between snuggies and Snuggies!

540 people WANT A JOHN MAYER AND ORIANTHI SHOW IN PERTH!!

Let’s keep this thing going!

So, the new rules of engagement in this online campaign are as follows:

1. Join my twitter campaign by following me (we’re going to move on to a trending campaign soon – stay tuned!)
2. Post random tweets that express your desire for a @johncmayer show in Perth! (include @perthrants in the tweet for a SHOUT OUT in this blog!)
3. Read this blog and write comments with suggestions of what else we can all do to ENTICE JOHN MAYER TO PERTH!
4. Have fun, but be respectful!

You never know, we might all end up succeeding in getting a show in Perth!

Hello People Reading This Blog,
(All THREE OF YOU!! Yes, the numbers have gone up! But more on that later!)

It has been a whole week since my last post. Why? I hear you ask. Well to be frank, once I heard that there were scheduling conflicts and that there was only a slim chance (if ANY at all) in getting John Mayer to do a show in Perth I had to dig deep to keep this thing going.

Now that I’ve reassessed, I’ve decided that only good things can come of showing John Mayer (if he EVER even reads this blog – not holding my breath!) how much support he has here in Perth. GO PERTH! Or is that GO JOHN MAYER?!

Either way, John Mayer has taught me a lot through this blog, albeit indirectly. For example, I learned that at last count there were 509 other fans in Perth that LOVE his music SO MUCH that they were willing to join Facebook Groups and Follow Twitter Accounts to simply TRY and get him here (new count coming soon!) .

John Mayer also taught me that widgets are not as simple as they seem!

I also discovered that if you start a blog after being inspired by Julie & Julia and then win a Snuggie and then get a response from a massive Promo Company because of it – it can really make  you believe in the magic of fairy tales… or movies… or fairytale movies. WAS IT REALLY JUST A COINCIDENCE?!? I’m still baffled by the the chain of events that lead me here!

While all of these very important learnings have had quite significant impacts on the life of this blogger, the most valuable lesson of all came about 10 minutes ago when I learned the difference between ENTICE and INTICE. One tiny letter can change the entire validity of a campaign, trust me,  you DO NOT want to make this mistake – its REALLY embarrassing ! Let’s take a closer look as to why:

Entice means to attract by arousing hope or desire. Synonyms include lure, persuade, tempt, coax or tweedle. (Thanks to the Free Online Dictionary for this meaning!)

Intice IS A WORD THAT DOES NOT EXIST! Its a misspelling of entice. D’oh!
Now, let this be a lesson to all of you – if you spend too much time studying, like I have, simple things like this seem to slip through the cracks!

So, to John Mayer I must say: thanks for the all that you have taught me indirectly through this blog campaign. I’m going to use these valuable lessons to TRY and ENTICE you to Perth…

and prove to myself once and for all that the magic we see in art of all kinds really does exist!