8. Tone up and be bikini ready by May
47. Exercise at least 4 times a week, religiously
I’m combining #8 & 47, not because they are the same or even that I’ve accomplished them, but they are at least related and I’ve been doing good :-) I ran 4 days last week and did abs and sculpting so yay me! I’ll get there!
14. Meet someone famous
40. Meet more online friends in person
80. See at least 5 concerts (1/5)
OK so I’m combining again :-/ because these things happened on the same weekend, at the same place. I took Lauren to see her “future” husband Nick Jonas and his band The Administration to two sold out shows at the House of Blues.
DAY ONE:
It was a nice day, sunny and mid-50’s. We got to HoB around 3:00 and were suppose to have a 4:00 reservation for dinner. If you spent $20 you got to Pass the Line, which meant they had a separate line for folks that paid them to pass the slumps that didn't or couldn't. It's cool if you can do it, but it sucks because it's not really fair to those that had been there all night or day and you just walk up. Plus...the normal Pass the Line promo is $15 per person, they upped it to $20 per person for this show and openly admitted it! So I had to spend $40 on dinner for 2! Bitches!
So anyway - there were several people that had been there ALL NIGHT and day and of course they were all spending $$ in the restaurant and store too. So we go to the line at 5:00 and there are 3 lines! we got to the middle of the 2nd one and of course people were bitching about it. We made friends with 2 of the security guys (Jim & Nick), they were really nice! :-) It didn't really get us any advantages, but they didn't give us any shit either. There was still a long line around the building behind us too, so yeah...
Anyway, we get inside and Lauren runs up as close as possible. We were kind of off center Right at first, but the crowd kept pressing...and pressing....and pressing. It was RECONKULOUS! I mean seriously you were nearly INTIMATE with these people, I couldn't even move my arms! But everyone around us was pretty tame and nice, there were a couple that were trying to push in, but they didn't get too far. But as people shifted and pressed, we ended up getting pushed further right. So we were closer forward, but further to the side. We were pretty much in front of John Fields, but Nick didn't do very well that first night of moving around the stage. He went to the left to jam a few times with the guitarist, but not so much w/bass. So....fail for us. I would have LOVED to get some better pictures, I did get some good ones of John...but who cares? He's old and it wasn't Nick! LMAO
So near the end, I ended up moving back out of the throng because I was so hot and uncomfortable. I got to meet an online friend who was really nice and is fun to chat with. Plus, they live in the area so maybe we’ll see them again sometime. :-)
DAY TWO:
So it was cold and cloudy on the second day. We ended up leaving about an hour later on Sunday than we had the day before, even though the show started an hour earlier and we had M&G. The first day I had to stop for gas and wasn't sure how much traffic there would be and plus we had to stand in line and try and get a good spot. This day we had none of that. Plus when we got there, there were WAY few people in line and waiting around back to catch glimpses of the rock stars.
We got down there around 4:00 and walked past the back, and yes made a new security guard friend. He totally talked to us every time we walked by (which ended up being like 4 times, LOL). We checked at the ticket booth and they didn't have the M&G stuff yet so we went inside and ate again. But this time we split something and didn't have a minimum amount to spend, and I SWEAR I had the BEST service I have ever had at HOB - they usually SUCK and are super slow. But NO, when I need to waste time they are fast. So then we went and sat in the car for like 20 minutes until 4:50.
Then we went right up to the window and got our passes and got straight inside. No lines it ROCKED! But then they took us all into this hallway and we waited....and waited....and waited....
The M&G was suppose to be at 6:00 and (oh yeah we made another friend - Jason and saw Jim & Nick again - they totally remembered us and were really nice, but again....no special treatment :-( Oh well worth a try) so Nick's security guy (No BRP) came out and says "Alright ladies everybody up, let's go!" so we all get up off the floor or chairs or where ever we were sitting and stand....and wait....and wait some more. I don't know why he got us up, because it ended up being a whole other hour. Jason even came out and said, "I don't think this will even start till about 6:30". Double fail - it was 6:55 when Nick finally walked out.
ere was no privacy thing or other room or anything, he just came out into the hallway and stood at the end and the line moved thru....FAST!
I kind of had butterflies before that and Lauren was all calm but when Nick walked in, He walked right past us. I suddenly was all calm, though excited and Lauren turned and looked at me with a HUGE grin and squeeeeeeed! I reminded her not to scream in his face and to take deep breaths and she was fine after that. But she did make me go first. And we totally went individually and didn't even get a picture together >.<
So I walked up and he smiled at me and held out his hand and says "How are ya doin'?" I say "Forget that!" and waved his hand away and totally went for the hug! :D I hugged him good to, and he hugged me back. It wasn't like an awkward pat or anything, he squeezed too, so YAY! Then I turned and told him we'd been at the show the night before and how much we enjoyed it. He said "Thanks that means a lot" and thanked me for coming and it was over! It was SUCH a whirlwind, I barely remember it. I did NOT detect a cologne scent, just fresh, clean I guess. He was SO tiny! and just CUTE! I don't even have the right adjectives, he's just so CUTE! And he totally rocked the Costello glasses and tweed jacket. I'm serious he even LOOKED a little like Elvis Costello.
OK so then we went back out to our seats. We were in the right section on the 5th row in the center. We saw JT right off, sitting in the bar area looking over the ledge that was right above us. Right before the lights went down, the guys came out to take their seats. They sat in our section at the back, it was maybe only 6 rows behind us, but they were in seats at the end of the row. It irritated me a little that so many girls were turned around looking at Kevin & Joe and not watching Nick. He did SOOOO good. I'd even say it was BETTER than the first night. He was SOOO on!
But yeah, I did get a couple of pics of the boys and Chelsea, Maya and Danielle were with them. Mr. & Mrs. J, Angela and Frankie ended up sitting in the bar area above us after JT left so we could like see all of them. It was great, but we really tried to not gawk at them. I thought it would be awkward and we was there to see Nick on his night anyway, not the rest of them. But I will admit that we were SOOOO glad we got a glimpse :D
Hey wait! Does that count as two concerts? or only one? Oh well, I'm going to leave these all open (for now) because I definitely want to do MORE of them all this year! :D
91. Listen to my entire iTunes library (currently 2938 songs)
I’m nowhere NEAR being done with this one and apparently I’ve added music since I made my list because it is now at 2952! But on Monday I opened iTunes and sorted by date added and started with the first song. I let it play all day while I worked and listened on conference calls. It was on low and was mainly just background noise, but I was here and could hear it and let every song play all the way through. Most of the most recent stuff was Christmas music so that was a little frustrating since Christmas is over, you can only take so much. Then there was a playlist of some stuff I got from someone else and I didn’t particularly care for most of it, but I forced myself NOT to skip to the next song.
I’ve decided I still don’t care for Owl City or Justin Beiber, and I liked Cascada more than I expected to. I still have 2803 songs to go, but DANG! 149 songs is a LOT in one day! I’m off to a good start!
However…..I sat here working all day today too and forgot to turn it on….FAIL.
98. Remember to use my green grocery bags
I added this task to the list today not because I’m doing good, just to give an update that so far I’m totally FAILING at this one. I’ve shopped twice since making this list and both times I left the darn things in the back of the car! Then I come out and put my stuff in and notice them laying there waiting to be used…DOH! :-/
Well CRUD! I did a lot but didn't even cross anything off! It's gonna be a big year...right? RIGHT!!
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