Monday, February 1, 2010

Brand New Concert/BYU game

Last Friday night Jessica Durham and I went to a concert in Salt Lake where Brand New was playing. They aren't a very well known band but it was still pretty packed. It was just an open floor so you stood where you could. Jessica and I started pretty close, about 20 feet from the stage. As soon as the opening band started we were pushed back about 20 feet, but we weren't really feeling like pushing back, so we watched the show from there. At least we tried, there was a group of about 10-15 guys who thought it would be fun to take off their shirts and try to slam their bodies into everyone, creating a big open area to increase the distance they got to run before hitting. Not cool.I almost ended up on the floor, and then a guy about 15 feet tall stood by the opening, and if someone tried to hit us, he got them back. :D So as long as I stood where I could see off his shoulder, I was good to go. It was nice having our own little body guard who no one wanted to mess with. The concert was amazing, Manchester Orchestra also played with them. They were a band that played at Lollapalooza which we went to this summer so it was fun to see them again.
(I stole these pictures from Jessica, THANKS!) She also gave me a poster with my love on it, Zac Efron. Oh baby...

On to Saturday, I coached Whit's game for her because she was at the Apple Blossom Selection. It was lots of fun, other than the other coach being a crazy psycho. But whatever, it happens.

After the game Nick, Kyle Richardson and I went and waited
for the BYU/Utah game.
We were waiting outside for about 3 hours before waiting another hour inside.
It was worth it though, we had a pretty good view for being up so high, especially with no one in front of us who was standing. The game went well, we won, so Nick was excited. After the game we went and watched When In Rome, which I thought was hilarious and the boys seemed to enjoy it. It also doesn't hurt that Josh Duhamel is gorgeous.

Sunday I had church, where we had one of the best lessons I've ever had in Relief Society. It was taught by a mom of a ward member. Last year she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and our lesson was on choosing to be happy. One thing that I found really funny was that while she was going to plastic surgery to have them reconstructed another lady there always wore a shirt that said, "Yes these are fake, my real ones tried to kill me!"

After that Joel came down and made us chicken cordon bleu which was amazing. It was fun catching up with him and I'm excited to have him down here to do more things with us. And that's the recap for my weekend. :D

6 comments:

  1. I think mom and dad will finally accept that we have lives away from each other and that you are able to live without me.

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  2. About freakin' time!! Good job, Rissa!

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  3. She only "had a life without you" cuz you were in WA. Didn't you see Nick and Kyle in the blog? It is nice to see she HAS a life.

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  4. I am going to have to ask Bronte if she knows who those bands are... once she leaves for college, I am going to be a lost cause! It looks like you are having non-stop fun. Tell Kyle hi from his auntie. :)

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  5. Fun! How long is Joel there for? And I don't know why you can't link my blog....

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