Wild Concert Junkies!

I realize that I am probably the coolest person y'all know. I'm brilliant, beautiful, and incredibly hip. A few days ago, just to prove how incredibly awesome I am, I attended my first concert since my teenage years! Okay, maybe that means that I'm old, boring, and not-so-hip. My mom and my friend Charisse came up and we all went to the American Idol concert. Joe really thought I should wear a tube top and a mini-skirt so I could meet the stars afterwards, but I suppose I'm not quite to that level of coolness yet.

We met up with Charisse's friend, Keri, and had a good old, rockin' time. My mom just had knee surgery, so she was hobbling quite a bit, but was a trooper and made it through. What a gal!

Mom and I are ready to rock!

Mom, Charisse, and Keri

The crowd was probably about 90% female. I thought there would be more teeny boppers and less, uh, how should I say this? Mommy-boppers? Sitting in front of us were these four or five women. They were probably around 35 (SOOOO old, I know...hehe). They were the craziest fans near us. They looked like they had come dressed straight from Enrichment Night. Three of them were even wearing boring Molly Mormon dresses. They were star-crossed, though. They jumped around like maniacs, freaked out when they noticed Justin from Season 1, chased down David Archuleta's dad in order to talk to him. Just weird stuff. They kept leaving their seats and trying to go to the stage. I assume they wanted to create a mosh pit but they kept getting returned by security. They had brought about six of their daughters with them to the concert. The girls must have ranged in age from 8-14ish. The girls didn't have seats with their moms, but they were constantly coming over to talk to them and grab some pictures and all that jazz. Their moms were very concerned about teaching their girls correct principles so they had to keep reminding them to continue running up to the stage all the time. Some kids just don't "get" it at first I guess. :) Anyway, we all thought they were weird and a little annoying, hehe.

A picture of the crowd. I took a picture of the crazies in front of us, but I thought that perhaps I should let them remain anonymous so that they can attempt to return to their normal lives.

After the concert, we were pretty much completely deaf. I mean, the people screaming were so stinking loud. It was unbelievable. My mom and Charisse said that it was louder than the Fiesta Bowl when Boise State won a few years ago. That is crazy. The people had lost their minds over David Archuleta. The newspaper put it well the next day when they said, "Thousands of fan showed up to see, but apparently not to hear, David Archuleta." They screamed all the way through his songs. I don't think those moms had screamed that much, and for that long, since they last gave birth, lol. I decided to go ahead and video a little bit of screaming so you could be right there with us. You just have to promise to turn the volume on your speaker up ALL THE WAY first. :) The only good side note to being deaf is that now my own screaming children are partially muted and it is quite lovely.

Joe was so amazing to stay with the kids. He had a bit of trouble (hmmm...let's just say it involved poop in the underwear and a child performed haircut) but he is amazing and the kids were all sleeping when I got home and that's all I care about!!!