friday night, the jar & i went to a rock concert. now, if you had asked me before i went i would say "not really my thing. i'm going because jar really wants to go." but if you ask me now i would say, "loved it. it was a little harder than i thought it would be. but i loved it & i would go again in a heartbeat."
by harder i mean, holy crap that was HEAVY METAL. why was i not prepared for that?! probably because i listen to country radio 90% of the time. some of the songs were just noise, but overall, it was very good.
the jar was supposed to bring me earplugs, but he didn't. he said i wouldn't fully experience the concert if i wore earplugs. fyi - he was wrong. when we arrived at the coliseum i asked the nice lady at the information desk if she knew where i could get my hands on some earplugs. it just so happens she had a huge box full of earplugs. party bonus.
i didn't wear them the entire night, but i did for a very good portion.
i love shinedown - they were the headliner. maybe i should rephrase that, i love the shinedown music i have heard on the radio. even my lovely top 40 station plays some shinedown. five finger death punch - they were the last of the opening bands, jar really likes them. i have heard some of their songs that he enjoys. i feel i was ill-prepared for how hard they were. really, what did i expect with a name like five finger death punch?
and like any good girl, it was so awesome to people watch there! i mean, some of the best people watching i have experienced outside of the state fair. haha! there were all kinds there, i'd say it was a quite diverse crowd. mah bestie, laura, agrees with my assessment of the ultimate people watching. i laughed the whole night at the people sitting directly in front of us, hey i wasn't there to make friends. it was a high school aged boy & his mother. who sat the whole night, reading a book between bands, with her arms crossed & a look on her face like she was smelling something really foul. the boy didn't seem to care, he was standing, jumping around, generally rocking out to each & every song. he kept slapping him mom on the arm & back, getting in her face singing, & shooting up the "horns" at her. it was pure awesome.
downside of the night, bumping into a sweaty shirtless man on my way to the ladies room. i'm a shorter gal, so i basically ended up with a face full of nipple & hairy armpit. my dad asked if i had gotten in the mosh pit, i told him about the nipple incident & he said that qualifies. so there we have it.
