Emilie mentioned the concert that I attended a few weeks ago. I went to see Rush - definitely one of the bands of all time. But seriously, Rush is pretty awesome. The show was very good and was twice as loud as it was good. A lot of people complained about how much new stuff they played, but the show was three-and-a-half hours long with no opening act. I don't think anyone had a legitimate reason to complain. In my opinion the new songs they did were pretty good, so I didn't mind.

As Emilie also mentioned, there are a lot of unknowns about concert-going. Mike and I ended up next to "Smog Check", as named by Mike. Missing from Mike's rendition is the purple-red hair, which did not go well with his heavily graying beard. He insisted on standing in front of me even when no one else was standing. He and his woman had that PDA thing down pat. The bad news was that his lady was sitting, he was standing, which meant that while he was bending over to make-out the toxic emissions came my way. That's thoroughly enough about that subject.

Speaking of fumes, I counted no less than four people smoking illegal substances in our general area. During intermission one guy actual sat down next to me and asked if it was okay to "burn". I replied that I preferred he didn't. He got up and left. What kind of jerk am I? An awesome one. Fortunately, the area was ventilated pretty well and we couldn't smell what was going on, with the exception of one or two strange whiffs.

That show was in stark contrast to the show the night before. My dad called the Thursday before and asked if I wanted to go see Sean Hannity with him and Edge (I think that's how he spells his name). Edge had purchased a ticket but then got a couple more from somewhere else. Unlike the previous Hannity event, this one was actually well-planned. In addition to Sean Hannity, Oliver North and Mark Levin were also present. I like Sean Hannity, but seeing Oliver North and Mark Levin was the real sweet deal.

Anyway, an extremely fun weekend. I'll be thinking of it years down the road when my permanent hearing loss starts kicking in.