This weekend has been one of the longest weekends of my life. There has been great moments and terrible ones. I guess the only place to start is at the beginning. Friday, April 9 was where it all began. At 12pm I was sitting on a bus on may way to a track meet at Bloomsburg University. When we got there after a 45 min ride I was so happy to finally get off of the bus. One of our coaches drove, and I am not exaggerating when I say she ran over three curbs and almost hit a car and a pole. Needless to say I never want to ride with her again. Anyway, after we arrived we realized too late that Bloomsburg is in the mountains and the track is the highest point placed right up on top of a hill. After checking my phone I found out that it was 45 degrees with winds of 15mph. It was freezing and no one was prepared. The throwing events that were taking place on Friday were women's hammer, men's hammer, and women's javelin. I was throwing women's hammer, and for anyone who does not know what that is it is a metal ball attached to a long wire with a handle.
The throwing circle, we soon found out, was extremely slick. One of the girls on my team fell while warming up because it was so slippery. All of the girls throwing hammer did very poorly. The girl who is the best on our team did not get any marks because she could not get any grip on her shoes. The men's hammer did not go much better either.
Later on that day, my friend Nicole picked me up from the track meet and we went to dinner. After dinner we went back to Bloomsburg University to wait in line for the Jack's Mannequin concert. Around 7:30 we were let in. We ended up being right at the front of the stage! It was so exciting and I almost could not believe it. The girls next to us were wasted before they even got there. Later during the concert one of them even pulled a small bottle of Yeager out from between her boobs. They were the loudest group of girls I had ever met. I have to say though, they were very nice and also interesting to listen to. The cover band was surprisingly good. The singers name was Kevin Hammond and there was only one other guy with him playing a percussion box. He had a singer songwriter kind of style. I was impressed by how good they were live.
Then after they played for about 45min, Jack's Mannequin came on! Just so every one knows, they are the first and only major band I have ever seen in concert. The first time I saw them was in February of this year because they came to Susquehanna University. I know that only two concerts is kind of sad but what can I say. Anyway, Andrew is amazing and anyone who has not seen him live really should. The concert was awesome of course except for the crazy mob of people behind us. They kept shoving us trying to get to the front of the stage. By the end of the concert only one girl pushed her way to the front, and she attempted to say that she did not mean to. Yeah right! She knew what she was doing.
After the concert was over my friend bought the cover band's CD and then we set off to meet Andrew. We found the group of people waiting by his bus and we prepared ourselves for the long wait in the freezing cold weather. Only after about 30 minutes, the two guitar players came out. Then about 2 minutes later Andrew came out. I was more excited then I thought I would be but I did not act crazy I promise. My friend and I ended up being very close to the beginning of the line. When it was finally our turn I had him sign my iPhone cover since it is all white. She got her ticket stub signed. Then, we got our picture taken with him using my iPhone camera which unfortunately does not have a flash. At this time it was midnight. The good news is I was able to lighten it on my computer. Anyway, Andrew was so sweet and I am very glad I had a chance to meet him.
I ended up going to bed around one in the morning. Although it was worth it, it was not a very smart choice. In the morning I had to get up at 7 am for the rest of the track meet at Bloomsburg. Saterday there were more events therefore more people went so we took a bigger bus. Again it was freezing, but at least this time the sun was out. At 10 am a had to throw shotput. Like the day before, no one did well in the throwing events. The meet was over around 4pm or a little after. The worst part about the day was that all the throwers ate were bagels because the runners ate all of the food that was supposed to be for our lunches. Needless to say I was really hungry and had a massive headache most of the day. Also, I am now sunburned so my inter face looks like Rudolf's nose.
Later on that night, I went to Applebees with some of my friends from SU, and then we went to the movies to see Date Night. It was hysterical. By the end of the day I was so tired that I immediately passed out as soon as I got in bed. Today, I am doing as little as possible and it is very nice.
The throwing circle, we soon found out, was extremely slick. One of the girls on my team fell while warming up because it was so slippery. All of the girls throwing hammer did very poorly. The girl who is the best on our team did not get any marks because she could not get any grip on her shoes. The men's hammer did not go much better either.
Later on that day, my friend Nicole picked me up from the track meet and we went to dinner. After dinner we went back to Bloomsburg University to wait in line for the Jack's Mannequin concert. Around 7:30 we were let in. We ended up being right at the front of the stage! It was so exciting and I almost could not believe it. The girls next to us were wasted before they even got there. Later during the concert one of them even pulled a small bottle of Yeager out from between her boobs. They were the loudest group of girls I had ever met. I have to say though, they were very nice and also interesting to listen to. The cover band was surprisingly good. The singers name was Kevin Hammond and there was only one other guy with him playing a percussion box. He had a singer songwriter kind of style. I was impressed by how good they were live.
Then after they played for about 45min, Jack's Mannequin came on! Just so every one knows, they are the first and only major band I have ever seen in concert. The first time I saw them was in February of this year because they came to Susquehanna University. I know that only two concerts is kind of sad but what can I say. Anyway, Andrew is amazing and anyone who has not seen him live really should. The concert was awesome of course except for the crazy mob of people behind us. They kept shoving us trying to get to the front of the stage. By the end of the concert only one girl pushed her way to the front, and she attempted to say that she did not mean to. Yeah right! She knew what she was doing.
After the concert was over my friend bought the cover band's CD and then we set off to meet Andrew. We found the group of people waiting by his bus and we prepared ourselves for the long wait in the freezing cold weather. Only after about 30 minutes, the two guitar players came out. Then about 2 minutes later Andrew came out. I was more excited then I thought I would be but I did not act crazy I promise. My friend and I ended up being very close to the beginning of the line. When it was finally our turn I had him sign my iPhone cover since it is all white. She got her ticket stub signed. Then, we got our picture taken with him using my iPhone camera which unfortunately does not have a flash. At this time it was midnight. The good news is I was able to lighten it on my computer. Anyway, Andrew was so sweet and I am very glad I had a chance to meet him.
I ended up going to bed around one in the morning. Although it was worth it, it was not a very smart choice. In the morning I had to get up at 7 am for the rest of the track meet at Bloomsburg. Saterday there were more events therefore more people went so we took a bigger bus. Again it was freezing, but at least this time the sun was out. At 10 am a had to throw shotput. Like the day before, no one did well in the throwing events. The meet was over around 4pm or a little after. The worst part about the day was that all the throwers ate were bagels because the runners ate all of the food that was supposed to be for our lunches. Needless to say I was really hungry and had a massive headache most of the day. Also, I am now sunburned so my inter face looks like Rudolf's nose.
Later on that night, I went to Applebees with some of my friends from SU, and then we went to the movies to see Date Night. It was hysterical. By the end of the day I was so tired that I immediately passed out as soon as I got in bed. Today, I am doing as little as possible and it is very nice.
First of all, you never told me you were going to see Jack's Mannequin again! I'm really jealous now, especially since you got to meet Andrew McMahon. Goodness. Date Night was a really good movie. I saw it last weekend as well.
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