WAAAOOOOOOOOOO !!! That's one of the best ways to describe the concert. Tremendous.

Wednesday started off a bit rough as it took forever to get me in a car to get on the road. Stupid jerks at Enterprise. I just wanted a car, and they told me all they had were small vehicles with no cruise. So I eventually settled into a Mitsubishi Lancer. Speedy little thing. So I was off by 12:30 PM, a half hour off my scheduled departure time. No big deal. Decided to go the Fort MacLeod way as I needed to come straight in on MacLeod trail, instead of 16th Ave. Pretty much was doing about 125-130 kph as the car had no cruise control and I occasionally had a heavy foot. Got into Calgary around 2:30 ish and went to the mall. I wanted to get a digital camera for the concert and since I never had one, figured it was a good time to get one. Ended up getting a Sony Cybershot, 3x optical zoom which was perfectly priced at just under $200. So I headed off towards the Saddledome, to find which entrance I needed to go through, being a tour Club member and all. Found all that out, and decided to go get some food before meeting up with Cookie, seeing as I had her tickets. It was around 4:15 or so, so I started driving downtown Calgary. First bad mistake of the day. Well at this time, it was rush hour. I hate driving in Calgary as is, with all their stupid one way streets and lane reversals. So, this was an idiot move on my part. So I figured, ok let's head to Eau Claire Market, there I can get an appetizer of some sort, and make my way back to the Saddledome. Well, it took me practically forever to find Eau Claire, and at this time, and with all the traffic, it was 4:55 PM. So, it was pointless that I turned around and headed back to the Saddledome, which was much easier. Got there about 5:10 PM, parked and then proceeded to wait for Cookie to get there. Finally she came around about 6:00 PM or so and we went in. Only tour club members got in before the general public. There was about 70 of us running around inside while everyone else were waiting outside the concourse. It was a special feeling of VIP treatment which I relished every moment of. Got some merchandise and got some food and found our seats, and waited for the opening act to start.

7:30 Bedouin Soundclash opened their set off. Great sounding band, with their reggae feel. A trumpet and sax player, bassist, lead singer/guitarist and drummer. Very tight. They only did about 6 songs, and were done in 30 min. They are playing at Blarney Stone in Aug. I might have to go to that.

8:15 Paramore came on. Hard hitting female fronted band, they played to the delights of many that I knew wanted to see them. The lead vocalist had a set of pipes on her though. Their set went a little long but they seemed to enjoy the limelight a bit. They sounded like a mix of Avril Lavigne, Billy Talent, Fall Out Boy, with a touch of Nickelback. Not my style for sure, but I did enjoy their role as opening act. They finished at about 9 PM or so.

9:25 Just before the badn started, the stage crew came out and laid a white linoleum type of substance at the front and sides of the stage. The lights went dim and No Doubt was about to start. A giant white sheet, almost curtain, was draped in front and the crowd started going wild and crazy, then a white light shone on them from behind casting their silhouttes on it, one at a time. Finally it was time to go, and they opened with probably my favorite No Doubt song, Spiderwebs. They were all dressed in white, and the stage was white as well. Sheer beauty. And being 8th row on the floor, they looked phenomenal. They did a bunch of their classics, then Gwen left the stage and the horn players did Guns of Navarone, a classic ska instrumental track. Gwen came back out after a quick costume change to continue. Then they concluded, and left the stage but came back for an encore. In the encore, they did a track where the other bands came out to join them in singing it. Truly awesome. They concluded the show with Sunday morning and that was it. My voice was raw from singing and I felt glad to have gone to it. Me and Cookie went out seperate ways after the show, and I made my way to the Back Alley. I read on my Facebook, that Jonelle was going there so I figured myabe meet up with her. Well I ran into Robbie, Jonelle and her friend, Lynn, her sister Kristen and Lynn's friend. I had a few drinks and headed back to Lethbridge. Wonderful show overall. I can't wait until No Doubt or even Gwen tours again. I'll try to be even closer next time around :D

Went golfing with Trevor, Nick and Bryan in the afternoon on Thursday. We shot 9 holes and I shot a 46. Then Bryan had to leave, and the 3 of us went out for another 9 holes. I shot a 47 2nd time around. Consistant at least. Work at Studio was not bad but people were bothering me hardcore. Seems they all knew how to push my buttons. But there was a lot of eye candy including Ariel's (from Germany) sister Bianca. Holy moly !!! Pure delicious !

And finally got my internet reconnected. Actually it wasn't mine that was down. Seemed that Donovan didn't pay his cable bill and since I was spliced into his, mine became toast. They rehooked it all up on Friday and it's good to go. I gotta work all weekend long so no Thunder in the Valley for me. Next year maybe.....