Monday, July 05, 2004
Weekend at the cabin plus the concert:
Awesome. Free parking, and a bit of a walkthrough the parking lot (consisting of many bare-chested men with beer and tailgate parties), and it was obvious that this was not like any concert I had attended before. Apparently, the Hyundai center includes a large courtyard area, where the festivities had apparently been going for hours already. long lines for shirts, mexican/chinese food, side performances, meet-and-greet the Living End (who opened for Blink/ND), and lots of alcohol. It was so lively, and the grass area had already been fairlyu populated, when we arrived over an hour early.
The seats were nice, and we had a clear path to see the stage. The Living End opened to a lackluster crowd, but I was so surprised how much I enjoyed this band. As a matter of fact, I'm listening to them right now =)
After a long delay, Blink opened up with awe-dical moment number 1 of the night: a representative came out bearing a Blink 182 flag. He unrolled it to the loudening sound of Queen's "We Will Rock You" and waved the flag to a roaring crowd. Blink played an awesome set, bringing me back to awesome times that 98-99 Brian would have definitely rocked out to. I wish Kate had experienced a little more Blink before coming so she'd at least know the songs, but this wasn't what she came for -- she came for Gwen.
Awe-dical moment number 2 came when Tom from Blink recalled old school days when crowds would light up their lighters to set the mood. He promptly said that it would be a huge fire hazard, and suggested we bust our cell phones. Imagine a crowd of thousands of cell phones and LCD screens lighting up a stadium! incredible!
Blink finished off their set, and I was very happy. ND came on next, and Gwen absolutely lit up the crowd. Kate was ecstatic, jumping up and down, and singing along to everything, and surprisingly, so did I. I was never huge on ND, but I have to admit that I've definitely enjoyed ND much more since the concert. The entire set was incredible, and we rocked out the whole time. Closing with Spiderwebs, the band went backstage, while the crowd chanted No Doubt, and Kate lamented that they didn't play her favorite song "Sunday Morning." I felt really bad, but not more than 5 minute later did Gwen return only to churn out the chorus to Sunday Morning, accompanied by the band's background sounds in order to make awe-dical moment number 3 of the night.
Despite the over 2 hour wait to get out of the parking lot, I have to say that I absolutely loved it, and it was so great to share it with Kate, someone who finally was able to see ND, after wanting to since 6th grade. yay!
Since then, life has been cruising along. Work, come home, see kate, do crap at home, repeat. Yesterday we had a 4th of July thing, and Romes and Kate came over for some Indiana Jones THX style. I'm impressed how much I enjoyed Temple of Doom, and how I was at the edge of my seat. Thats an action/adventure movie.
Played a bunch of NBA 2k3 w/Nick and Romes. had a couple close ones with romes, and nick played romes with hilarious results (such as randomly shot 3-ps with Hardaway, both of them sucking at free throws, but Romes doing well for once and having a really high scoring game for only 5 minute quarters, due to multiple 3-ps, and fouling on layups).
A family friend commented on my weight, and it really hit home. I thought maybe it'll be good to do a health journal, and reflect after the day is over. Expect another post later, and please rate my actions for that day.
Awesome. Free parking, and a bit of a walkthrough the parking lot (consisting of many bare-chested men with beer and tailgate parties), and it was obvious that this was not like any concert I had attended before. Apparently, the Hyundai center includes a large courtyard area, where the festivities had apparently been going for hours already. long lines for shirts, mexican/chinese food, side performances, meet-and-greet the Living End (who opened for Blink/ND), and lots of alcohol. It was so lively, and the grass area had already been fairlyu populated, when we arrived over an hour early.
The seats were nice, and we had a clear path to see the stage. The Living End opened to a lackluster crowd, but I was so surprised how much I enjoyed this band. As a matter of fact, I'm listening to them right now =)
After a long delay, Blink opened up with awe-dical moment number 1 of the night: a representative came out bearing a Blink 182 flag. He unrolled it to the loudening sound of Queen's "We Will Rock You" and waved the flag to a roaring crowd. Blink played an awesome set, bringing me back to awesome times that 98-99 Brian would have definitely rocked out to. I wish Kate had experienced a little more Blink before coming so she'd at least know the songs, but this wasn't what she came for -- she came for Gwen.
Awe-dical moment number 2 came when Tom from Blink recalled old school days when crowds would light up their lighters to set the mood. He promptly said that it would be a huge fire hazard, and suggested we bust our cell phones. Imagine a crowd of thousands of cell phones and LCD screens lighting up a stadium! incredible!
Blink finished off their set, and I was very happy. ND came on next, and Gwen absolutely lit up the crowd. Kate was ecstatic, jumping up and down, and singing along to everything, and surprisingly, so did I. I was never huge on ND, but I have to admit that I've definitely enjoyed ND much more since the concert. The entire set was incredible, and we rocked out the whole time. Closing with Spiderwebs, the band went backstage, while the crowd chanted No Doubt, and Kate lamented that they didn't play her favorite song "Sunday Morning." I felt really bad, but not more than 5 minute later did Gwen return only to churn out the chorus to Sunday Morning, accompanied by the band's background sounds in order to make awe-dical moment number 3 of the night.
Despite the over 2 hour wait to get out of the parking lot, I have to say that I absolutely loved it, and it was so great to share it with Kate, someone who finally was able to see ND, after wanting to since 6th grade. yay!
Since then, life has been cruising along. Work, come home, see kate, do crap at home, repeat. Yesterday we had a 4th of July thing, and Romes and Kate came over for some Indiana Jones THX style. I'm impressed how much I enjoyed Temple of Doom, and how I was at the edge of my seat. Thats an action/adventure movie.
Played a bunch of NBA 2k3 w/Nick and Romes. had a couple close ones with romes, and nick played romes with hilarious results (such as randomly shot 3-ps with Hardaway, both of them sucking at free throws, but Romes doing well for once and having a really high scoring game for only 5 minute quarters, due to multiple 3-ps, and fouling on layups).
A family friend commented on my weight, and it really hit home. I thought maybe it'll be good to do a health journal, and reflect after the day is over. Expect another post later, and please rate my actions for that day.
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