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your regularly scheduled viewing...

Friday night Husband and I went to see Nickelback in concert. It was a fantastic show. They are the proverbial rockers... lots of fireworks, fire, and explosions. Love them for being so over the top. Although Chad Kroeger has the weirdest nose...
Outside of the very large, belligerently drunk woman next to me who spilled beer all over me before being arrested and tossed out of the show... it was a really good time. I screamed myself hoarse and couldn't sleep afterwards because my ears were ringing so loud.


Saturday was Husband's grandma's 98th birthday. We didn't spend much time at the party though because of the on-going construction and the fact that we were both passing out on her couch...

Sunday was my friend Mollie's wedding. It was such a nice time... she looked gorgeous and their vows were adorable. I really think they seem to be perfectly matched. I keep joking with her though that I give her 6 months before she starts complaining about him. lol

(Me and Mollie) (Rachael, me, Natasha)
It's always so nice to have all my favorite people in the same room.

So 3 of my dogs currently have what I *hope* is kennel cough. I now get to pill them all twice a day for what will be at least 2 weeks... Seriously, it's like they are trying to drive me insane.

I met Suz for lunch on Tuesday. The food was mediocre and the service was non-existent but... I had fun anyway. It's nice to have people in your life that it all seems so effortless with, I never have to worry about what to say and that's comforting. (And no, it's not because she won't stop talking lol)

After lunch I had my allergy testing. My doctor is foreign with a very heavy accent so I understood about 15% of what he said. I understood that I had a reaction to histamine (big surprise considering I have seasonal allergies) and that was about it. He just keep muttering to himself about how it was all very "interesting". I also had some bloodwork done to, I think, rule out any underlying reason why I would have broken out in that allergic reaction. I'm hoping he posts all my results online in the next few days so that I can actually know what in the world happened during my appointment. Now I'm just left with some nasal spray stuff (that I tried to refuse... and can't seem to use anyway)... joy.

This weekend I shall be attempting to sew myself a new wallet... *fingers crossed*

April 10th baby...

Me+Husband+Nickelback=One fantastic night.
April 10th 2009, 7pm.
I can't wait.



Rockstar - Nickelback
(Probably one of my all-time favorite videos)

S.Y.T.Y.C.D

The long awaited event was last night. Even though we had crappy seats it was a glorious time. Enjoy some of my crappy photos and 1 very crappy shaky video I shot.


Husband and I being super excited before the concert.


All the dancers on tour (plus some stupid woman's head). There were 13 total, the top 10 plus 3 alternates.


A really fantastic group routine performed to Money, Money.
(sorry no good you tube videos exist of this performance)

Katee and Joshua doing a very lovely samba.


(actual performance on sytycd)


Mark and Courtney doing a really bizarre and amazing contemporary routine.


(actual performance from sytycd)


Chelsie and Gev doing a jive routine.


(actual performance from sytycd)



Gev and Courtney doing a cha-cha-cha routine.


(actual performance from sytycd)


The final group number to You Can't Stop the Beat.

And last but not least:



Mark and Chelsie perform a contemporary routine to Bleeding Love.
(My absolute favorite performance of the season!)


(The actual performance from sytycd... seeing as how most of my video is out of focus... lol)

We had the best time.
It was totally worth the money.

Concert going, a reflection...

Husband and I's first "date" was a concert. We saw Vanessa Carlton, Third Eye Blind and The Goo Goo Dolls at Orange Peel in Stillwater. So I think it's ingrained in our very being that we connect in a very sublime way when we go to concerts. Prior to this past weekend it had been a while since we ventured out. It was lovely in the sort of way that going horse from screaming for 2 hours can be.

I will admit while standing in line surrounded by all the little "kiddies" in their punk rock prime-ness I felt a little out of my league. I wondered if I had it in me to stay up and active that late. Quite frankly I just felt old.

Expensive concert tees were purchased.
Beer was sniffed and surprisingly longed after by me.
We had what eventually turned out to be amazing seats.

I didn't care for the first two bands. The first screamed so loud and so often you couldn't understand anything beside the occasional F-bomb. The second, I've heard is somewhat well known, but again they did little to actually entertain me. Husband felt like they were trying to bring back the hair band. So we talked about other things during that time, mainly about guitar hero.

I had forgotten just how loud concerts can be.
At one point I asked Husband to check my ears just to be sure they weren't bleeding.
Although I must admit I love the feeling of the music vibrating your entire body.
That moment when it feels like the music is controlling your very heartbeat.
It is perhaps one of the most zen moments you can experience.

Linkin Park put on a great show, as expected. They had a nice mixture of songs from their 3 major label albums. When they played their harder-hitting songs you felt swept away by the excitement, bobbing around and screaming along in unison. When they played their slower softer songs you almost felt like you were drowning in emotion. They always kept you guessing with the pace.

One of the things I like best about seeing them in concert is they're a band of minimums. They don't need a bunch of stuff to put on a good show. Most of all though, they appreciate their fans. You don't see many bands walk around the pit hugging fans and taking pictures while they play their show. They did. When it was all said and done they didn't just run off backstage. They walked the stage for several moment waving to everyone. It was nice.

For the first time, in a long time, we really and truly enjoyed ourselves.

Linkin Park concert, in photos...

Last night was the long awaited Linkin Park concert in OKC. I will say this: the 2 opening acts were horrendous! I was deaf and bored out of my mind by the time Linkin Park actually took the stage. However, just like 4 years ago, when they finally took the stage I had the best time! I wish now we had bought the bonus pack of a DVD and Mp3 recording of our show. Oh well! Instead enjoy some crappy photos I took with my cell phone. A more thorough blog about the show to come, promise!