A few weeks ago, the Lil' Bro and I ventured out to the E-Center for the Weezer concert. This was awesome for two reasons. 1. Weezer rocks. Hard. 2. The Lil' Bro was actually showing an interest in music. Woohoo! Our seats were ridiculously far away, but we did buy them the day before....oops. The opening group, Angels and Airwaves, nearly ruined the experience because they were so painfully awful. At around 9:45 P.M., Rivers & Co. came on stage and redeemed the whole night a million times over. The first half was a good mix of their classic stuff, like "My Name Is Jonas" and "Perfect Situation" and "El Scorcho" and the delightful b-side "Susanne." Rivers is kind of a spaz on stage (albeit a brilliant spaz) and he let the other band members sing a few of the songs. The second half was mostly from the Red Album, which is what the Lil' Bro is familiar with. We're currently working on expanding his knowledge of their discography.
(If it's too loud, turn it down.)
Remember how I posted about the David Archuleta corn maze way back when? You guys, I totally went! And it fulfilled all of my expectations! Not only was it a well-done maze, but the best part was that they played David Archuleta music over the loud speakers THE WHOLE TIME. You've never experienced life until you've heard Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" sung by little Archie while navigating the Archuleta 4 President Maze. I'm hoping to go once more before it closes.
Autumn + Utah Kitsch = One super good time
I read about this unbelievable J. Crew sale on Stephmodo last week and convinced my mom to take me. It was really a no-brainer. Basically, Down East Outfitters (this Utah company) was getting rid of all of their overstock J. Crew merchandise at insanely cheap prices. Long story short, I ended up with two shirts, a scarf, a couple of tank tops, a cable knit sweater, a ton of hair accessories, and skinny jeans for under fifty bucks. Yeah, you read that right. Fifty junior bacon cheeseburgers. This is why I am so clearly awesome.
(The picture quality isn't great, but the clothes are darling. So flipping stoked about this.)
Also exciting is the Ray LaMontagne concert I'm hitting tomorrow with Carla. So yeah, life is pretty good. I've got a lot going on right now, but it's fulfilling. This may have been the most generic blog post I've ever done. The rest of the week's posts will be better, I pinky swear!
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The maze sounds fun and odd all at the same time! I'm glad you went though. :) Also, those clothes are cute. 50 bucks is ridiculously good!
you should work for the Utah chamber of commerce! Down East JCrew blowout? Archie maze?? It's all too good to be true!
Gretchenita fanita-
You really should have written the bargain shopping section of Tif's motherhood book. Good work. Bummer you didn't get to score a pair of jcrew boots. When you said that they were getting rid of their Jcrew merchandise, do you know if it is for good? If so, this could be real bad because Downeasts section of incredibly cheap Jcrew items are what keep me excited about visits to Utah. I must investigate.
We need to find out if JJ & KK are going to be in Utah around Thanksgiving because we could have a serious roommate reunion.
Oh, I was lookin through my journal and glanced upon my lifetime calendar and you better believe what was in 2027....our cruise!
Gretchenita fanita-
You really should have written the bargain shopping section of Tif's motherhood book. Good work. Bummer you didn't get to score a pair of jcrew boots. When you said that they were getting rid of their Jcrew merchandise, do you know if it is for good? If so, this could be real bad because Downeasts section of incredibly cheap Jcrew items are what keep me excited about visits to Utah. I must investigate.
We need to find out if JJ & KK are going to be in Utah around Thanksgiving because we could have a serious roommate reunion.
Oh, I was lookin through my journal and glanced upon my lifetime calendar and you better believe what was in 2027....our cruise!
double exciting deserves double the post.
So jealous about the Ray LaMontagne concert. Would love to see him live.
awww yay i'm glad you and your bro went to the concert. i agree, angels and airwaves was horrible. but weezer totally made up for it!
Oh man Weezer. I saw them years ago - they opened for No Doubt!!
Ray LaMontagne!! AHH! Lucky, lucky you.
(P.S. SO HAPPY you're doing NaNo! Yay!)
Dude you've gotta let me know when there are sales like that happening! I'll drive down to SL and we can go shopping. I'm in desperate need of new clothes : ).
Augh. I wish I had such great shopping luck.
i saw weezer at the e-center for the green album tour. they had not one, not two, but three or more opening bands (as i remember). the darkwave/metal band, cold, got booed by the audience so then they stopped their set, cussed everyone (and the church) out and left. so angels and airwaves, which i kinda like, couldn't have been that bad.
Haha, my first thought was "Weezer? Hey, I can play one of their songs on Guitar Hero..." :P Lucky Gretchen!
Haha, my first thought was "Weezer? Hey, I can play one of their songs on Guitar Hero..." :P Lucky Gretchen!
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