Blue October!

This was the best time I've had in a REALLY long time!!!!!!!!

My friend Amber from St. Louis called me last week and left a message to call her back but I totally forgot to call her until Thursday and she said she was wanting me to meet her in Tulsa for a Blue October concert but that it was probably too late to do it since the concert was the next night. Now, I had never in my life heard of this band or even the opening bands but I love Amber and she really likes the band so I told her that maybe we could still work it out. Well, she looked into it and sure enough they still had tickets so we started kind of plotting it out. Babysitters etc... She sent me a whole bunch of their songs and some from Shiny Toy Guns so I could memorize some of the lyrics (because who goes to a concert without screaming out the lyrics at the top of their lungs... not us!!) It just so happened that I fell in LOVE with their music!!!!! I jammed to it all the way to Tulsa!! We met for some dinner before the concert at Mexicali Cafe (really good food) and then it was off to Cain's Ballroom in downtown Tulsa for a GREAT concert!! We danced, sang, jumped, Amber even crowd surfed! OK, maybe not the crowd surfing but we were one person away from a mosh pit! It was totally crazy! It has been YEARS since I have been to a concert but I must say that when I was in High School (more than 15 years ago!) I went to a concert at Cain's with some girlfriends of mine and I don't even remember what band we went to see!! Listen to me now, I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS!! There was this cute couple standing next to us and every time a crowd surfer came by or the mosh pit got going this guy would move in front of us and protect us from getting kicked in the head by a surfer or rammed into by a mosher! He was SO SWEET! We called him our Knight in Shining Armor!! His girlfriend was totally cracking up at us. We were lovin' it!! I wish that I would have had the presence of mind to ask them their names! I did, however, have the presence of mind to tell them my blog address so they could come check out what I had to say about the concert. What can I say I'm addicted to blogging!! I'm really hoping that they check out the blog so we can reconnect! After the concert was over (about 11pm) we, of course, had to buy matching t-shirts! AND what late night activity would be complete without a visit to a local Denny's!? All that jumping, screaming, singing, and head bopping really makes a person hungry!! Now, initially we were going to just go our separate ways and perspective homes, Me - 2.5 hours to my hometown. Amber - 6 hours to St. Louis but after sitting down to several thousand calories which included a chocolate shake we realized that driving home might not be the smartest decision that we've ever made! Though we would have died very happy women we have husbands and children that really probably needed us at home. So, we decided instead to get a hotel room and head home in the morning. I'm so glad we did! It was really nice to spend some quality chatting time with Amber. I love you, Amber!! Thank you for inviting me to spend the night having a fantabulous time!!!!! The following are random pics. #1 Amber at the restaurant doing "Hi, my name is Chubby". If you don't know what that is just ask her to do it for you sometime!! #2 In the car, right before going in to the concert. #3 This one is in the collage but in that one you can't see the guy in the background! HE CRACKS ME UP!!! He looks like he's having a really good time!! I bet we looked like a couple of dorks, too!!

If you're interested in hearing a few of Blue October's songs I've put some below. Just click the play button:

This is some music from Shiny Toy Guns. They were one of the opening bands for Blue October. I REALLY like some of there stuff too!!