My Kinda Party 2012

Luke Bryan is God's gift to women everywhere, and I've been lucky enough to see him live TWICE! The most recent time was just last night. He is the opening act for Jason Aldean on his My Kinda Party 2012 tour. I've seen both Luke and Jason before last year, so this was going to be a good comparison.

Unfortunately, the weather did not hold up for this concert. I only got to hear about eight of Luke Bryan's songs because it was raining so hard and we had to escape to the bathroom to save our phones. Even though we missed a few songs he was still amazing. And his butt looks good in whatever he wears. Some guy after the concert asked me if I though Luke Bryan was a Sir Humpsalot based on his dancing, and that cracked me up because of how true it is.

Escaped to the bathroom after being soaked by the thunderstorm. I've never seen so many panicked women in my life. Only in North Carolina can you arrive somewhere hot and drenched in sweat, but leave freezing and drenched in rain.

I wish I could have gotten more pictures of Jason, but the rain was still coming and I didn't want to risk my camera. He was also amazing, but I would have enjoyed it more if I weren't freezing and wet. He played his newest single from the album he is releasing in October, and the song was great!

What I Wore:

Chevron Print Dress: The Foreign Exchange

Belt: Target

Boots: Aldo

Cowboy Boot Necklace: Received as gift

More Catch Up! (9.24.11-9.29.11)

9.24.11

Freshman, that's a word that makes any upperclassman cringe. Freshman are generally annoying with a "too cool" attitude. These freshman were no exception. We were at Rudinos having lunch and these kids were being stereotypical freshman. They refused to sit still or be alone; they traveled in pacts, and they were immature.

After lunch, I went to babysit and we made red velvet brownies. Unfortunately, we added an extra stick of butter, so the texture was not the best. After I babysat, I went to Wings and Rings to watch the UFC fight. It was my first fight experience and I am not sure if I liked it or not. I spent the whole time trying to figure out the rules and who was who.

9.25.11

Today I went to the Brad Paisley concert with some friends. This was the final concert in my Megaticket package, but it was the first time we ever bought food at the venue. for $10 we got an over salted pretzel and a teeny corn dog. I'd say it was a rip off, but Kaitie ate it all and was still hungry.

Some people can sleep anywhere.

Kaitie, Carly, and I waiting for the concert to begin. Our other friend that was with us made us come over 2 hours early!

Jerrod Niemmann

This was the last night in the tour, so Brad played pranks on both of his opening acts. For Jerrod he sent a man (who was not thin) in a naked costume on stage during one of his songs. It was hilarious! 

Blake Shelton

This was one of the pranks Brad played on Blake. He put a huge picture of Brad's wife, Miranda Lambert, on the screen. Blake was surprised, but wasn't disappointed to see it. The next prank was during a cover song when Brad sent a remote control car that squirted water onto the stage.

The final and funniest prank that Brad pulled was sending the same fat man from Jerrod's prank onto stage wearing a bumble bee costume. This was during the song Honey Bee, so it was even funnier because it went with the song. 

Brad Paisley

Blake got Brad back! During Brad and Blake's duet, Don't Drink the Water, Blake came on with a mullet and full camo outfit. Also, some of Blake and Jerrod's band members and Jerrod himself came onto the stage and played tug-a-war while wearing superhero costumes. 

During the song Remind Me, a blonde girl was on the stage and Carrie Underwood's face was on one of the screens. Most people believed it was Carrie, but I was skeptical. Brad never got close enough to her that they would be on camera together. My friends defense for it being Carrie was that the girl on stage and the image on the screen were doing the same thing, but how hard is it to rehearse what you have to do. Any blonde girl in the same outfit could have pulled that off. 

Overall, I didn't think Brad was that good, but Blake made up for it because he is my #2 all time favorite singer. I can't wait for him to start headlining his own tour!

9.26.11

I helped my mom with the leaves today and we filled up the whole front of our house with the bags.

Studied hard for my AP Psych Test. We were proud of our super speed in the vocab puzzle.

9.27.11

People are cheap. I made less than a dollar in tips tonight. I hate cold weather. 

9.28.11

My mom just got this cool nail thing. We can do gel nails at home with a system we bought from Ulta. It's called Red Carpet Manicure. You use an LED light and some special polish and it cures it for you. They don't chip and last for about 2 weeks. Its the best thing ever!

There was a frog on the window when I was leaving Callie. He was so little but it was so cool to see him from the inside. 

Also, today I voted a million times for Panther Creek in the student section showdown!

9.29.11

Callie is by far the sweetest thing ever! I love getting to take care of her because I imagine that I have a dog, but this was the last day I had her ): She reminds me a ton of my old dog Brownie who was a chocolate lab.

My Kinda Party (9.10.11)

As a part of my Country Megaticket I went to the Jason Aldean concert with my friend Sloan. I went into the concert expecting a lot, and I was left dissapointed.

Thompson Square kicked off the night with their act that featured one popular song. After they preformed Chris Young took the stage. He was amazing; I think I may have enjoyed him more than Jason. Chris did a lot of songs from his newest album, but they were all very easy to catch on to and sing along. He also did some of his most popular songs and a cover song. Now usually I hate cover songs, but Chris didn't do a country song which is what I enjoyed. He sang Sharp Dressed Man (Originally by ZZ Top) and put a country spin on it. It was great!

Thompson Square. (Sorry for the crappy pictures, I only brought my phone)

Chris Young (my phone pictures turn pink if I leave the cover on when it flashes)

In between acts there was a DJ. This is a concept that was not at any of the other concerts and frankly I didn't like it. He would cut songs off right in the middle and add unnessecary sound effects. At one point however, he played Don't Stop Believing by Journey, and the audience went nuts. At least 60% of the people there had their lighters out. It was pretty cool and I had never seen anything like it.

The lighters during Don't Stop Believing

Jason came on stage with a big entrance, but it didn't stay that energetic. His preformance lacked special effects. There were big screen behind him, but they didn't use them as much as they could have. Even though his act wasn't as entertaining as others, it was still very good. I have been to six concerts this summer, so every single one has to be as good as the one before that, and that's not an easy task. I did like Jason's setlist. My favorite songs were Big Green Tractor, Texas Was You, and Dirt Road anthem. He played Hicktown, but changed the rhythm and beat to it, which I hated. I had a great time because the concert atmosphere is one of a kind and it's hard not to enjoy it.

Kenny Chesney Goin' Coastal

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! I can't even explain how excited I was for this concert. Kenny Chesney is my favorite artist ever! If you knew me, you would know that I'm pretty indecisive and I can't choose favorite things very easily, but there is no doubt that Kenny is my favorite. I know every single word to every single one of his songs.

I went to this concert with my friends Kayla and Kara. It was part of Kayla's birthday present from back in April. We drove there with my dad in his truck so we could do some legit tailgating. He made us hotdogs and we had chips and dip. I also made some cookies 'n cream cupcakes since it was a birthday celebration. We went in to the concert and got seats in the middle of the center section, which we later learned was the party section. One of the things I was most impressed by with this concert was that the performances started right on time. Uncle Kracker came on at 7:00 on the dot. He wasn't amazing; I am not a fan of cover songs and that was the main part of his act. After Uncle Kracker, Billy Currington came on. I think I would have enjoyed him much more if I hadn't been so excited for Kenny, but Billy was very entertaining and only did what cover song. I seemed to know all of the songs that Billy sang as well which may have annoyed the people around me because I sing at the top of my lungs at concerts.

Finally after waiting for what seemed like forever Kenny Chesney came on. He started out with two songs from his newest album: Live a Little and Reality. My favorite songs that he performed were Summertime, There Goes My Life, Don't Happen Twice, and She Thinks My Tractors Sexy. However, my favorite song of his is Boys of Fall, and I thought that he wasn't going to do that one. To my pleasant surprise that was his only finale song. I had so much fun at this concert. Kara and I are kind of crazy and Kayla keeps us in line, but at this song she couldn't control us. We figured since everyone around us was drunk, no one would remember if we looked like idiots dancing, so we went all out. This concert was amazing and it will be hard to ever top it. I'm going to see Jason Aldean and Brad Paisley in September, so they have a lot to live up to.

Uncle Kracker

Billy Currington

KENNY CHESNEY!

Locked and Loaded!

Toby Keith has always been one of my favorite artists; one of the first CD's I ever bought was his Greatest Hits album. I learned every word to every song and could sing them all day long. This came in handy last night because I got the chance to go to his Locked and Loaded tour with my good friend Kara, and it was amazing. (Please excuse my squished cowboy hat in the picture above. It was 103 degrees, so the hat ended up on the ground until we took a picture.)

Toby had two opening acts; newcomer JT Hodges, and Eric Church. I'd never heard of Hodges until I found out he was opening for Toby, so I went on iTunes and bought the only song he had on there, "Hunt You Down." It's a catchy song that I think will help his popularity. However, no one knew it or anything else he sang, so he got a lackluster response from the crowd. The biggest cheer he got was when he said Eric Church was coming up.

Eric received at much better response when he took the stage. He started with an older song that I was unfamiliar with, but a lot of other people seemed to know. I only own one of his albums, but I knew all of the songs from that album. He got the biggest response to his songs "Carolina" and "Smoke a Little Smoke." He was the home town boy from right here in North Carolina, so everyone loved him. He finished his set with "Smoke a Little Smoke."

The anticipation for Toby was unbelievable as we waited for him to take the stage. His performance started with a video clip sponsored by Ford that ended with a bang, literally. He started his set with "Bullets in the Gun" and then sang a lot of his newer songs. He used a lot of video and animation clips as well as plenty of pyrotechnics. My favorite song that he performed was "Should've Been a Cowboy;" the audience was very into that song and everyone knew it. He ended the night with "American Solider" and "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue." Overall his performance was great, and this is definitely a concert worth seeing.

Eric Church

Toby Keith and his big TV screen that was a huge component in his show!