i thought i'd never see old john again, but the mayer boy surprised me tonight.

watched the re-run of "late world with zach" on vh1. first of all, if he can have a show, why can't i? i was not impressed with zach at all. stupid moronic man--or, at least, that's his on-screen image. i wasn't impressed. sorry.

but john? fantastic. they showed bits before and after the commercial break--john being an ass, singing a bit of "no such thing" before breaking into a five for fighting impersonation, covering "superman." john in his goofy wonderfulness (shut up about the grammar, i'll describe it how i want. no editing tonight!)

and when he actually performed "nst," it was a healthy-looking, happy john in front of the band. none of the button-down shirt with odd-looking jeans bit--just john in a tshirt and normal jeans, smiling, looking into the camera at times, but just generally having fun with the song. for the first time in a good long while, he didn't look tired, didn't look sick, didn't sound like his voice was fading. i had a grin on my face the whole time. it was the "your body is a tacostand" john from last year.

i thought he'd been lost for good. glad i stayed up to see that there are still traces of the old john behind the whole "rock star with a band and big tourbus" image we've been fed lately.