Blink 182, My Chemial Romance, and Matt & Kim

On September 27th (geez, that was seriously almost two months ago!  I suck at blog updates), Josh and I went to Dallas to see Blink 182, My Chemical Romance, and Matt & Kim.  We arrived in town a little early, so we sat in the car taking pictures and preparing for awesome things to happen!

Soon enough, it was time to go inside the venue.  We ended up having pretty great seats which were totally worth the price.  I think you are officially an adult whenever you prefer a huge concert specifically because you get an assigned seat where you can sit down at your leisure.  After we got a Mountain Dew to quench our thirst, Matt & Kim came on.

They were awesome, as they always are!  At the end of the set, they took off their shirts (as you will see below).

Next, My Chemical Romance played and they were amazing!  I haven't seen them live before and I was pleasantly surprised.

Also, they played my favorite song by them, Helena.  It was super awesome.  Finally, Blink 182 came on.  I've seen them once before, they were awesome then and they were just as awesome this time.  As usual, Tom and Mark were hilarious and Travis didn't talk.  Although, he did say something because Tom and Mark made him.  I think he just said, "I'm Travis." or something like that.  It was a lot of fun.  I love Blink 182 so much.  They did a good job of playing a good variety.  There were a few songs I didn't know/didn't care about, but for the most part they played the hits.  The one thing I didn't like was their teasing about playing Josie.  For all we know, they played Josie after we skidaddled.  We left after they were playing their encore for awhile because we had school the next day.  (Spoiler, we got tired on the drive home, stayed at a hotel, and skipped school.  Totally should have stayed for the full extent of the show, oh wellsies).

Totally awesome great time.  Here are a few videos from the concert:

Jeannie and Carolyn's Birthday and the Superhero 5K

I am so behind in blogging things!  These two things happened over a month ago...

First off, Jeannie and Carolyn had a joint birthday party where we saw friends we hadn't seen in awhile (which is always a good time).

I love Esther's face in this one

Second, we did a Superhero 5K!  It was a lot of fun and I felt pretty good because I jogged the first almost half before I had to stop due to my extremely weak body.  I dressed up like Zatanna  (Google her and laugh at how silly I look).  One person realized who I was supposed to be and took a picture of me (which was really nice since I look nothing like her).  Josh had his Marvel shirt on and Mary, Trevor, and their dogs (June Bug and Murphy Brown) were a super family.  SO CUTE!

We had a great time.  Afterwards, we went to breakfast.  Luckily, Mary let me borrow a shirt, but I was still rocking the fishnets and volleyball shorts.  Awesome is my middle name, except it's in quotations.

Enchanted Rock Field Trip

So, I don't think I've been on a field trip since elementary school, but my Geomorphology class had one scheduled that counted as extra credit.  Needless to say, I signed up!  We went to Enchanted Rock and had a really fun time.  At first, I was nervous because I didn't know anyone in the class.  On the way there, I made some friends and it ended up being a really cool trip.  On the way back, we stopped in Fredricksburg to have dinner.  The group I was hanging out with went to the Fredricksburg Brewery (which Josh and I had gone to before for a "Bed and Brew").  That place is awesome and so is their beer. Here are some photos from the trip:

ACL 2011-Day Three

We began day three with breakfast at the Galaxy Cafe in the Triangle.  Josh, Mary, Trevor, June (their bull dog beagle mix), and I had an awesome breakfast.  Josh and I had never been there before, but it was really swanky and neato.  I got a saucer with my coffee cup, need I say more?

Awhile later, Mary and Trevor picked me up and we headed out to our final day of music filled fun!  When we got to the park, we caught the last half of The Head and The Heart.  I thought they were pretty good.

After that, the Walkmen played and they were super awesome!

Next, we saw Broken Social Scene, which was also really good.

Then, we headed over to Death From Above 1979.  This is not my kind of listen to at home music, but it is great for festivals!  They were super awesome and very fun to dance to.

On the way back to the group, Mary and I stopped at Gomez.  They were pretty good too.  There was also this adorable old man baby that was way too little to be at a super loud festival with no ear plugs/earphones.

We saw some of the Fleet Foxes.  They were alright too, just not completely my thing.  After that, we headed to the other side of the park and saw the end of Manu Chao La Ventura.  They are so full of energy, they had the whole crowd dancing.  Although, they weren't singing in English, I was totally loving it.

Next, Social Distortion came on and they completely rocked!

On the way back over to meet up with our group, we stopped to see some Randy Newman.  Although he didn't play my favorite (You've Got a Friend in Me), he was great.  He's still got it, for sure.

After catching the end of Empire of the Sun, it was finally time for the big closer, Arcade Fire!

They were wonderful, just like they were the first year I went to ACL and saw them in the middle of 107 degree weather.  This has been a great ACL year, the only thing that could've improved it would have been Josh being there.  But, he says he will come next year!  Yay!

After I got home from the festival, Josh and I had a double date at Trudy's with Lily and Javi.  It was so much fun!  I hadn't been to Trudy's in awhile and almost forgot how yummy their mexican martinis are.  We had a great time and ended up closing the place down (by that, I mean the dining room closed at midnight and we were there for a good 30 minutes later before we realized everyone was cleaning up and starting to give us the eye).  Great times!

ACL 2011-Day Two

The sky on the way to ACL

When we got to ACL yesterday, we saw a little bit of Young the Giant, which I really enjoyed.  Then, we met up with Camille, Floyd, Alta, and Peter for a little bit.  After that, we saw City and Colour.

It started raining, so as we were chilling under our umbrellas when I spotted Liz!  I also worked with her at Ben & Jerry's, so I went over and we caught up for awhile.  It was so good to see her!  It's funny because the last time I had seen her was at Eeyore's Birthday last year.  We joked about only seeing each other at Austin festivals.  Hopefully, I'll see her again sooner.  We talked more about the idea of a Ben & Jerry's reunion. I really hope it works out.

After City and Colour, Iron and Wine started playing.  They played a few good songs, but mostly it seemed like he was more focused on rocking out constantly with no specific song in mind, so we headed to the food.  I got these amazing pizza rolls with marinara from Austin Pizza. We listened to a little Skrillex from the safety of the covered eating area.  It finally stopped raining.  Then, it was time for Cee Lo.

He played some Gnarls Barley which was awesome.  I always enjoy seeing him.  Right after that, TV on the Radio started.  They were really great!  We've seen them before and they always put on a great show.

Then, we went to see some My Morning Jacket.  If you were to imagine what a rock and roll show would look like at a festival, it would be My Morning Jacket playing last night.  They looked like total rockstars and they were rocking out really awesomely.  The weather was perfect and their lights were great too.  It was a pretty neat time.

Finally, it was time to see Stevie Wonder.  We walked over, but the problem was the sound wasn't very loud on Stevie's stage and we could still hear My Morning Jacket.  Although we got to hear a some Stevie Wonder, we didn't stay for the whole show because it was really difficult to hear.  It was a great second day and it went by super fast.  We're about to head to day three!  I hope it doesn't rain again.