The Fair

Me and my bros are in Anchorage and luckily there wasn't a creepy looking gent chillin' out in the lobby as we checked in to our hotel.

The fair is over now. Colbie Caillat was the last act for the AK state fairs 2011 AT & T concert series and she was amazing. So was Staind, Gabriel Iglesias and OneRepublic. We did so many small things like won a few games and tried out the rides (including the ejection seat.) We won a ginormous stuffed dog from popping 300+ balloons by throwing darts at them. And I got to carry the very large stuffed dog around the fair all day. Did I mention of the 8 hours we were there we won the pooch the first 20 minutes we were there? Carrying a dog that big filled with cotton can be tiring. But I got a lot of offers that I had to turn down because it was me, James, Softo, Morgan and Dan that won the dog. We won it together.

Stranger-"hey how much do you want for the dog?

Me-"$600"

*Guy gets out his wallet*

Morgan-"Josh! C'mon!"

Me-"dangit..."

Enough of the stories of the festivities. I want to talk about the concerts!

First we (Me Softo James Dan Morgan and Uncle Chris) went to Staind. It was a good concert but uncle got us general admission tickets and that means we have to sit in the back on an elevated piece of land. I will tell you a story about this ticket business after.

So Staind was nothing big to talk about, but Gabriel Iglesias was hilarious as expected. During the wait for him to get on the stage, and as we were hogging the front of the general admission floor, this girl behind us started chanting at the top of her lungs "SIT DOWN WE CAN'T SEE! CAN YOU PLEASE SIT DOWN?!" It was then that I noticed that everyone in the front row of the general admission floor was standing up and blocking the very upset tardy party goers view of what we were joyfully taking in. I was going to sit down but Dan didn't want too. And from the looks of it, no one in the front wanted too either. FYI everyone in the back was sitting down. If they were smart they would stand up and notice that there is nothing to be excited about. I thought to myself. But I guess general admission people HAVE to sit down through the show. And after I finally decided to sit down and be a law abiding citizen, I hear the ENTIRE back row cheer and shout "WOOOOOOOO!" as me Dan and Softo sat down. Oh how I wanted to stand back up and stand on the elevated rail and just laugh...

OneRepublic was the best one performance wise. We got reserved tickets because uncle decided to get reserved tickets to only one concert and not even watch the entire thing. We might as well have got reserved tickets to Colbie Caillat (which i thought we did because we got reserved tickets to OneRepublic) I was very mad at my uncle. Who ditches a concert that they paid extra money for? C'mon uncle... Anyway, the singer was very attentive to the crowd. I think he was drunk, yet he sang awesomely.

Colbie. Oh Colbie. I really really regret not calling the guy that was selling reserved tickets to your show back because we were rushing to your concert all the way in Palmer. She was amazing. Even from the very very back.

This is pretty much it from our fair experience.. I thought I would have more to share, but I guess this is it.

P.S.
Little children at a OneRepublic concert or any concert have the advantage to deal an agonizing blow to the shin as you try to cut in front of their mother. The bruise is still there...