1/24/2008

SAY HELLO TO SUNSHINE

SO, AS PROMISED HERE I AM TO BLOG MORE ABOUT THE LAST FEW WEEKS! WELL FOR STARTERS I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY SOME PEOPLE ARE CRAZY!!!! I DANCE WITH A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF VALLEY DANCE ENSEMBLE, AND WE ARE A MODERN DANCE COMPANY AND WE DO SHOWS EVERY SPRING UP IN LOGAN. WELL ANYWAY WE ARE GETTING READY TO START PRACTICING AND LEARNING THE DANCES WE WILL PERFORM AND ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY HAD THIS GREAT IDEA, SHE WANTS TO FILM A DANCE ON LOCATION!! SOUNDS COOL HUH? WELL HERE IS THE CATCH... ON LOCATION MEANS THIS WEEKEND IN OGDEN IN HER BACK YARD, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THE MOUNTAINS!! SHE WANTS TO FILM A DANCE IN THE EFFING SNOW!! IN THE EFFING MOUNTAINS!!!!ITS GOING TO BE SO STINKING COLD!! BUT I MEAN IT COULD BE REALLY COOL AND INTERESTING! SO I'M HOPING IT TURNS OUT OKAY. I WILL LET YOU KNOW. MAYBE I WILL TAKE MY CAMERA AND POST PICTURES LATER!!
OKAY! NOW HERE IS THE REAL EXCITING NEWS! FINCH CONCERT! MONDAY JANUARY 21, 2008!! ME AND MY FRIEND DARREN WENT AND IT WAS AWESOME!! NO, IT WAS INCREDIBLE!! I WILL JUST SAY ONE OF THE BEST CONCERTS IVE BEEN TO! BUT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE WHOLE TRIP. SO DARREN AND I HEAD HOME TO SANDY UTAH TO STAY WITH MY PARENTS FOR THE WEEKEND. NOW, BUT A MINOR NOTE, DARREN IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND! HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND (NOT ME) SO ANYWAY WE HEAD HOME SATURDAY AND HE MEETS MY FAMILY AND ALL IS FINE AND DANDY. WE HANG OUT WITH SOME FRIENDS AND EAT SOME CHEESE FRIES AND GRAB A COFFEE. AND THEN SUNDAY COMES. AND OF COURSE WE GO TO CHURCH WITH MY PARENTS, SO WE ARE SITTING AND I START TO NOTICE PEOPLE TURNING TO LOOK SO I LEAN OVER TO DARREN AND I SAY "YOU ARE AWARE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASSUMING RIGHT?" AND HE LAUGHS AND REPLIES "YEAH I SURE DO" SO ALL DAY LONG I HAD TO EXPLAIN THAT "NO HE ISN'T MY BOYFRIEND/I'M NOT GETTING MARRIED, WE ARE JUST FRIENDS HERE FOR A CONCERT ON MONDAY." THERE WERE A LOT OF DISAPPOINTED WOMEN IN THE CONGREGATION. ALL WELL. AFTER CHURCH WE EAT DINNER WITH MY PARENTS (PORK CHOPS MM MM)AND WATCHED SOME FOOTBALL WITH THE DADDIO. NOW EVERY SUNDAY MY WHOLE EXTENDED FAMILY GETS TOGETHER AND WE EAT FOOD AND TALK ABOUT THE SAME STUFF EVERY WEEK. NOW NORMALLY I WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN A FRIEND TO SUCH AN EVENT BUT MY COUSIN IS PREGNANT AND I MISSED HER SHOWER SO I NEEDED TO TAKE HER GIFT TO HER. SO I INTRODUCE DARREN AS "MY FRIEND DARREN." AND WE GO ABOUT OUT MERRY WAY. WE START TO EAT SOME HOME MADE PIZZA BITS AND MY COUSIN JON COMES UP AND SAYS "SO, WHO IS YOUR BOYFRIEND?" HA!! I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY. WE WENT ALONG WITH IT AND SAID WE WERE PLANNING TO ELOPE! IT WAS SILLY. BUT NOW I'M JUST RAMBLING ABOUT NOTHING. THE CONCERT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT!!! WELL DAR AND I ARIVED TO THE AVALON ABOUT 45 MINUTES BEFORE THE CONCERT AND WE STOOD OUTSIDE UNTILL THEY OPENED THE DOORS AND GOODNESS WAS IT COLD!! WE DIDN'T WEAR OUR COATS CAUSE WE EXPECTED IT TO BE WARM INSIDE WHAT WITH THE MOSHING AND WHAT NOT. SO FINALLY THE DOORS OPEN AND WE GO INSIDE AND IT WAS FREEZING!!!! THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HEAT THE INSIDE!! IT WAS SO COLD! SO WE WATCHED MURY PLAY, AND I MUST SAY I WAS IMPRESSED THEY WERE WAY GOOD AND FUN TO WATCH. AND THEN SOUND THE ALARM GOT UP AND THAT WAS AMAZING!! THEY ARE SO GOOD LIVE! NOT TO MENTION THEY WERE ALL OVER THE STAGE!! IT WAS GREAT! THEN THERE WAS THIS ONE BAND I CANT MEMBER THEIR NAME, BUT THEY WERE TALENTED AS INDIVIDUALS BUT THEY COULDN'T PULL IT TOGETHER TO MAKE A GOOD SONG. IT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF NOISE!! NOT GOOD. AND THEN FINCH TOOK THE STAGE!! AND THEY BLEW ME AWAY!! IT WAS FAAAANTASTIC!! WE WERE SO CLOSE TO THE STAGE THAT WE COULD TOUCH NATE (LEAD VOCALS) AND R2K (GUITAR) EASILY!! AFTER THE SHOW WE MET NATE AND R2K IT WAS AWESOME I BOUGHT MY SHIRT FROM R2K AND DARREN AND I BOTH GOT PICTURES WITH HIM!! WE HAD WAY TO MUCH FUN! IN FACT SO MUCH FUN THAT GOD THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO THROW SOME UNFUNNESS AT US. WHEN WE GOT TO MY CAR IT HAD BEEN BOOTED AND THEY WOULD ONLY TAKE IT OFF IF WE PAID 80 BUCKS IN CASH, NO CHECKS OR SEXUAL FAVORS!! LAME. SO WE HAD JUST SPENT ALL OUR MONEY ON FINCH AND SOUD THE ALARM MERCH AND ALL WE HAD WAS LIKE 30 BUCKS BETWEEN THE BOTH OF US. SO DARREN TAKES OFF AT A DEAD SPRINT FOR THE NEAREST ATM (3 BLOCKS AWAY)AND I WAIT, AND JUST AS THE TOW TRUCK PULLS UP DARREN COMES RUNNING AROUND THE CORNER WITH THE REST OF THE MONEY!! IT WAS KINDA FUNNY BUT ANNOYING ALL AT THE SAME TIME!! WAS QUITE THE NIGHT!! BUT ALL IN ALL IT WAS A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

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