Loud Music + Moshing = ??

If you follow Squeaks' blogs, either Hidden Doorways or The Minstrel Warrior, you'll know that she got to go to a Manafest concert on Monday. Read all about her Epic experience here. I suggest you check it out; she has some insight into things I didn't even pick up on.


Now, that isn't nearly as random as some of you may think, because last night my siblings and I (plus one of Goose's friends) went and saw him too. (I was actually going to invite you, Squeaks, until I read your post and realized you had already seen him. :)


Leauphaun and I knew about seeing Manafest for several days, but we kept it from Goose (who really likes Manafest) until yesterday morning. When we told him that we were going to "a pizza party... with Manafest", his eyes practically bugged out of his head. *happy grin* It was so worth waiting to tell him.


Yes, pizza party. After the concert -- which was completely awesome, as there were maybe 100 people there, tops -- we got to hang around with the band and eat pizza with them. Correction: the band didn't eat pizza, but everyone else did.


Prior to last night, Leauphaun and I had each seen Manafest twice and met him at YC Alberta 2010. When Leauphaun approached him (last night) to get a drawing she did of him signed, he mentioned that she seemed familiar, to which we replied that we'd already met before at YC. Because of that, Chris actually stood and talked to us for a good five minutes after most of the people there had gotten what they wanted signed. He's such a nice guy, very friendly and encouraging too.


There were dozens of funny moments that happened over the course of the evening, but probably the best one was at the end when we were waiting for our parents to come pick us up. Manafest drove his van/trailer around the church so that they could begin loading their gear into it. As he drove by where we were sitting, he rolled down the window and asked us if we wanted to go on tour with him. Of course, we all said yes, then Leauphaun added, "'bout time you asked!" o_O I don't think he heard her.




Leauphaun and I bought t-shirts and got them signed, and Goose bought a hoodie and Manafest's live CD/DVD combo, which he had the band sign it. That makes it... *counts on fingers* Four DVDs of bands Leauphaun and I saw at YC.




All in all, I had a great time last night. Oh, sure, I can barely move my neck and right shoulder, and I'll probably fall asleep during supper tonight, but who cares? I actually got to enjoy a Manafest concert, had Chris scream in my face at one point (during the concert) and got to headbang to my heart's content. Now I can't wait for September. TFK, Newsboys, Manafest...


I can't wait.


PS: Happy anniversary, Chris!! Thank you for sacrificing your eighth anniversary to be with your fans. But make sure you do something for Mrs. Greenwood. Soon.
 ~God Bless~

Is It Ninjas Or Just Ninja?

Before I say anything else, I want to thank everyone who's wished me a happy birthday this past week. You guys are awesome! I have received more virtual chocolate this week than ever before in my life. Oh, happy day! Happy day! You've washed my sins away...

Hold up. That's Bluetree. They're one of my "happy bands". You know when you just need to listen to some happy music? Well, that's Bluetree. Hey, they do a song called Happy Day, why are you surprised?

In other news, I finally caught the cold that's been stubbornly parked inside our house for almost three weeks now. Sore throats are the very worst part of being sick for two reasons: 1) I usually get a sore throat first, so it means the cold is just starting, and 2) stuffy noses are live-through-able. Sore throats aren't.

But enough about being sick. I'm actually here today to tell you about an excellent offer that has just come my way--

*smacks self* Stop it, this isn't an infomercial. *sigh* Sorry. I have quite the headache, and it's making me act weird. But not nearly as weird as this:

If you have five minutes to spare or need a good laugh, watch this video. It's so worth it. And, yes, that is the Goose. We filmed this several days ago, but it seems that Goose has gone missing since then while on a scouting mission for... well, I can't say yet. Let's just say you might want to stay tuned in the coming weeks.

In my final bit of news, I bought a 64GB iPod Touch (4th gen) the other day. I've had my 8GB touch for several years now, but just recently had finally hit the point where I had completed filled it up. In fact, I was always having to pull photo albums and playlists off because I didn't have room for all of them at once. That, and my battery needed to be charged almost every single day.

So I decided to go all the way up and get the 64GB. The 4th gen has plenty of new features (my favorite is how I can set a photo as my wallpaper) and is very different from the 3rd gen software I'd had on my old iPod, and not all of the "upgrades" are good. The order of photos, especially, is driving me crazy. That and this battery isn't lasting nearly as long as the old iPod's did when I first got it. Not sure if that's normal or not, so if anyone has a 4th gen, let me know what your battery life is like.

Well, I think this is all my poor, stuffed brain can put together right now, but once I'm better I'll start posting more regularly. No, really. I will. I have several posts on the go as I speak-- er, write this. And, yes, they're on writing. *cheers*

~God Bless~