Ok...so that was lame. Last night Billy & I (along with my sister, niece and a couple of friends) went to the Blink 182 (Fall Out Boy and All American Rejects too. Although All American Rejects canceled. boo) concert. The song "What's my age again?" The lyrics are actually "Nobody likes you when you're 23"..but the truth is nobody likes you when you're 33. At a Blink 182 concert anyway.
We realized we were the old fogeys when: (Top 10 list David Letterman Style)
10) You're kinda relieved and glad that your seats are 3rd from the top because....
- You can see the swine flu running rampant throughout the young folk packed up close to the stage. While observing this you immediately pull out the purell and bathe in it.
- You know that when you leave with your hearing will still be in tact and not have the ringing in your ears that you would have had you been sitting close to the stage.
- When you get bored during the songs that you don't know, you enjoy the skyline. You find yourself being amused by watching the traffic on Highway 31 to your left and I-65 on your right.
- The plethora of people watching in front of you. Since *everyone* there is in front of you. PS..Dude in front us clearly working it on his chick...get. a. friggin. room.
- While checking out the skyline, you check out all of the restaurants on Valleydale and start dreaming about that taco from Taco Bell.
- Nobody is around you to stand in front of you forcing you to stand the entire time. You're relieved to sit in the comfort of your seat.
9) I'm pretty sure I was the only person there in bootcut jeans. After looking around making mental notes of all the weirdos there with bad fashion sense I realized they were all dressed somewhat alike. Actually a lot like this (scroll to the bottom..Pete Wentz). I was in the minority with my boot cut jeans. However, even though I was the minority I *know* that I'm the right one here. I'm pretty sure I've never seen Stacey & Clinton tell anyone to wear skinny jeans with vans or shoes with fat tongues and a neon shirt. I wonder if all those boys realize wearing those skinny jeans may prohibit them from procreating later on. Believe me, from the look of most of their jeans...nothing could survive in that environment.
8) The only song that we got excited about that Fall Out Boy (speaking of Pete Wentz) sang was a cover of a Journey song.
7) When I was realizing I was squinting to see the bands on the stage...maybe I need my eyes checked.
6) You make mental note to make a dr's appt the next day as you're seeing the smoke rise and you're pretty sure you're going to develop lung cancer because of it.
5) Your knees hurt from walking up and down the stairs to row FF. Not only do you hurt, but by the time you get to your seat you're out of breath. You're not sure if it's from the hike or the lack of oxygen since your seats are in the clouds.
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3) You start yawning at 9:00 and the headlining band hasn't come on stage yet. You start daydreaming about your pillow...
2) Stage sets aren't what they used to be and you start talking about the good ole days and comparing their stage to Motley Crue's stage. But seriously Fall Out Boy, the best you could do was a big sheet with a drawing on it and a F-O-B that lit up? Do you realize that
and the #1 reason you may know you're old when:
1) You go through the Taco Bell drive thru after the concert to get that taco and realize with horror that you don't have a heart burn pill.
PS...do the bands really have to use the F word that much? See, I told you we were old.
will add pictures later...
