Yesterday was a very long, awesome day~
I worked the Vans Warped Tour yesterday,
My son, a friend of DDs and a girl who skateboards at our skatepark regularly and I were running a booth for work at a concert~
It was as hot as expected, thank goodness for the canopy (shade) and a good breeze...
we had a couple kids pass out or almost pass out that we helped. I bought 5 cases of water and am VERY happy I did. We sold some for $1 but for the most part I was handing it out to kids that mine and their friends know and the ones who seemed really over heated. They were all very grateful that I had it since the venue was charging $4 for a cup of water
by the end of the day kids were laying on the ground around our tent because it was shady~I didn't care, the only ones I made move were the ones that laid directly in front of our table.
I had "backstage" access to a skate comp and a really awesome band! I got tons of video and pictures. My son took my Nikon and got some up close band shots for me during the course of the day from some of the other stages. There were two stages right near us, the little one I got in on had the one band I was there to see. That's where I got my really up close shots of Revolution Mother. Pro skater Mike Vallely sings for them. The video camera has a great telephoto lense that enabled me to get good footage from about 100 yards away of the other stage. The video camera also has a fisheye lens which was perfect for the half-pipe pictures (it's a ramp shaped like a half circle.) I was able to keep the camera steady and still see the entire ramp. Mike V and a few other pro skaters (like Oliver Peck-he's married to Kat Von D and skates for Vans) came over and skated the half pipe towards the end of the day and I was able to get footage of them too!
My son and another girl Kelly came and worked with me all day. They were why I was able to leave the tent and go get the pics and footage~they did a great job!
We were there by 9 and left around 7.
As soon as we got home John was ready with some food and a movie. The boys had steak, I had a burger (I really like my burgers) and John and I watched Pans Labyrinth. John fell asleep about halfway thru it. It's a very deep, imaginative and somewhat violent movie-IMHO, it was good.
John and I also watched 300 this week. We split that one over two days...it is very violent and very graphic but IMHO VERY GOOD! The storyline is really well written and the special effects are amazing. I appreciate a good battle scene and this movie is chock full of them.
but it sounds like you had a lot of fun doing whatever the heck you were doing and I'm happy about that!
Tiggerwannabe~ I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. You are speaking in a totally foreign language!
This is a look into my world~
Scary, isn't it
WOO HOO!!!!!Barry just hit *755*
Agreed!!!!We love baseball and had a happy house here!
WOO HOO!!!!!
A very good baseball day....Now we just need TOm Glavine to get win #300 for a great year! We are going to see the Mets on Friday. I almost wish he would lose his next game and then be scheduled to play on Friday and get the win then. But that is very unlikely as they do a five day pitching rotation. I think he pitches tomorrow and then they have a travel day Monday so he wouldn't pitch again until next Saturday.
, trimmed out the lights, hung all the doors,did the whole bathroom, cleaned like crazy, hung the dart board and other signs, and did way to much celebrating.
. Will be ready by opening kickoff! Now have to try to get everything that I've been ignoring, like the garage and the lawn, back in order. Also need to do some furniture shopping, may wait till labor day weekend for any deals.
Any help is appreciated.
Where is everyone?
My little girl is hooked on High School Musical. We watched it together last week and now I'm hooked. We now are waiting for the 2nd movie next Friday. Already bought the cd waiting on the DVD. Seeing if they'l have a package deal for both.
Already playing air hockey and darts downstairs. Watched the first football game and the Cubs at the same time. Think the sis is there. Glavine won his 300th at Wrigley. Cubs fans are the best. Gave him a standing O when they thought he was going to leave the game. If it was going to happen, that is the place to do it besides home. I know that if we were going to lose, we'd like to lose in that way. Still think we (myself, (sis totally diehard) ) fans watch the game for the love of the game, can take a loss like that and still see the best in it. Can't wait for football.
. It has been marked on our kitchen calendar for months for next Friday.Also forgot to mention that our air ride got bumped up from 8 am to 6:30 am when we leave!! Sooner we get there the better I understand, and thats the time we left the last time, but that's not the time I wanted to leave this time. Adreniline only goes so far and long. Wondering if we should get another day for a park pass then or something else cause that's when we go to Chef Mickeys.
