Herding Cats, Brad Paisley, and the Boys in Blue

So, though I may try to hide it, I am pretty resolved to the fact that when I'm 60 I will probably be a cat lady :(  I can't help it.  I have 2 kitties and they annoy the hell out of me sometimes, but I love them.  Saturday was check-up day at the vet.  I've never taken both of them in the car at the same time.  I will never take them both in the car at the same time again.  Ever.  We made it out alive, they got good reports, and we don't have to go back until February for teeth cleaning.  Thank God.

They look sweet- they actually hate each other!

I made them sit close for a picture 

But... who can hate on a face like that?!

Now... On to more important things...

San Manuel Amphitheater- one of my favorite So Cal venues for an outdoor summer concert! 

I force my friends to take selfies with me :) 

Sisters!  This is my sister's last weekend in So Cal before her big move to North Carolina! 

One of my very dear friends from high school- love ya Reni! 

Oh yea- and this happened.  He was actually that close!  #nozoom

#ConcertJunky #CountryMusicFanatic

I totally am.  I love music in general, but a live concert at an outdoor venue is something so wholly inclusive of all my senses that I struggle to explain why I love them so much.  I love the experience of getting hundreds or thousands of people together in one place, with a common appreciation for a certain artist.

1. Taste- Its the cold beer.  I'm not a huge beer drinker in general, but I feel it's absolutely appropriate to enjoy 1 or 2 at baseball games and concerts.  I'm a Coors Light girl (sue me!) and every time that light watered down beer passes over my lips I have flashbacks to some of my favorite times at various concerts.
2. Sight- Cowboys.  Need I say more?  This girl goes WEAK in the knees for a tall, handsome dude in boots and flannel!  Of course, the main goal of any concert is to actually see the artist- but let's be real.  If you're seats consist of a blanket on the ground in the lawn section- you can barely see the stage, let alone the artist preforming on it.
3. Hearing-  This is the highlight for me.  I get to spend time soaking in the lyrics and rhythms I've spent weeks, months, or years listening to.  I get to listen and soak in the personality the artists portray on the stage.  I get to hear the awesomeness that is "the band" that comes with the artist.
4. Touch- I tend to frequent concerts as a single gal- but I'm sure during those sickeningly sweet make-out songs where it is fully appropriate to be hanging all over your man touch has a place.
5. Smell- Outdoor venues are, by far, my favorite.  I absolutely love a small venue like House of Blues Anaheim but an outdoor venue that holds, say, 10,000+ people is an entirely different experience.  The smells include grass from the lawn section, foods from the concession stands, beer from nearly everyone's cups, and typically at some point the smells also include some weed.  Not actually sure what area that comes from.
6. Dancing- while dance is, of course, not one of our primary 5 senses- it is something that is a huge part of any concert I attend.  Brad Paisley's song Alcohol has a line that says "I've been making the bars lots of big money, and helping white people dance."  Tis true.  I know I have no rythem.  Like, at all.  But when I'm at a concert, sippin' on a beer, surrounded by the masses- I totally rock.  Well, maybe not- but you'll never know ;)

Sunday was a Dodger/Red Sox game with my friend Jorge.  My favorite team is the Red Sox.  My local team is the Angels.  Jorge is a Dodger fan.  Needless to say, we don't agree on anything baseball related :)

Being an Angels fan, I am partial to Angel's Stadium over Dodger's Stadium for location and fan demographics.  BUT, I do love the energy-level that Dodger fans exude.  They are, by far, the more passionate of the 2 sets of fans.  And... regardless of team loyalty- is there anything nicer than an all-American baseball game on a warm summer evening??