Synopsis of the U2 concert

Here is my synopsis of the U2 concert:

BEST-CONCERT-EVER.

'Nuff said.

I went with an old buddy from High School, Ben Stemmons, whose wife is 8 1/2 months pregnant. He had to leave halfway through. Poor bastard.

U2 Concert...Giddyup!

So I'm going to the U2 concert this weekend up in Salt Lake. I'm way stoked. Big U2 fan, BIG. Actually I've only been to about 5 big time concerts (you know, a big name band in a huge, sold out stadium) and 4 of them have been U2. The other was Paula Abdul when I was about 13, and I'd rather not talk about that...

Get this though, Kanye West is the opening act. The rapper. I want to know who books the opening acts for U2. Are they clueless? Are they purposefully trying to alienate an entire fan-base here? Pop-Mart had Rage Against the Machine. No offense to any Rage fans, but Rage sucks. I mean, who books these bands? I can just picture some clueless executive big-wig sitting down with the tour management team and having this conversation:

Executive Big-wig: Great, everything else is settled, we just need an opening act. Johnson! Who's big these days? Quick, give me someone!

Johnson, searching his mind frantically, then recalling the newspaper article he had read that morning about Kayne West ripping Bush a new one: Uh, how about Kayne West? He was on the front page of the paper today...

Exec: Kayne West? Never heard of him! What's he sing?

Johnson, trembling slightly: Uh, Rap, I think.

Exec: Rap huh? The kids love rap these days...All right, put him in! I'm off to Barbados.

I am a little interested in Kanye West, though, as I've heard some good things about him (he's brought class back into rap, etc.) And who can forget the Hurricane Katrina outburst, which scored him some points in my book (not necessarily for any of the views he expressed, but more for speaking his mind and for the stupefied look on Mike Myers's face), but I don't think we'll go out of our way to make it on time.

Anyways, U2 is the best, I'm way stoked, update when I get back. Peace out.

Doctor's Appointment #1

*Not an actual picture of our doctor.

Just had our first appointment with the Doc. She's great, I think we got a good one. Turns out we're about 10 weeks along, which is about 5 more than I thought. The Due Date is June 30th. I'm hoping it comes earlier and not later than that, as July 1st is our anniversary, July 3rd is Amy's B-day, and July 4th is July 4th.

Love trips to the hospital. First they give you an obnoxiously thick stack of forms to fill out that asks things like: "Have you or anyone in your family had a history of _____ (insert random disease)", "Do you have any food allergies", and "Have you had more than one sexual partner?" After filling this out you are psyched to get in and see the doctor, but instead you sit in a room with the assistant who asks such important questions as: "Have you or anyone in your family had a history of _____ (insert random disease)", "Do you have any food allergies", and "Have you had more than one sexual partner?" She then gives you a stack of literature, pamphlets, and advertisements, and leaves you to wait for the doctor. Finally the doctor comes in and asks such novel questions as: "Have you or anyone in your family had a history of _____ (insert random disease)", "Do you have any food allergies", and of course, "Have you had more than one sexual partner?" No kidding. That's seriously what happened. Apparently they're not allowed to read the form you just spent 20 minutes filling out. Probably a sanitary issue...

It was fun though. I'm way excited to be a dad. Probably more excited than Amy, but that's understandable in that I'm not the one who's uterus is doubling in size.

A Griswold family Christmas...

Check this website out- http://www.uglychristmaslights.com/.

The guy doesn't seem to like absurd amounts of Christmas decorations, but I think they're pretty cool. We're getting ours set up right now, I'll post a pic as soon as they're done. I've got a thing for the blue ones.

Turning the other cheek

Apparently a preacher in Oklahoma was in the middle of a sermon or something and some random guy just decked him. Here's the video:

http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_327120803.html

The best part is when they show the guy's mugshot. Doesn't this guy look like the type of person who would just randomly assault a complete stranger? Doesn't he? I mean, if I saw that guy in a mall or something I would find a seat (at a safe distance) and watch, because you know it's just a matter of time before the fireworks start. Good for him (not for decking a preacher, but for being spontaneous).