July 4. State of Shock at the Stampede…
Ryan and I spent the evening at the Stampede. I wanted to catch State of Shock perform on the Coke Stage at 9:30pm. We had a great time goofing around with the military guys, checking out the tanks, the missiles and the guns. Those guns are sure heavy. I could barely lift them. That’s why I’m not in the military. I’m a wimp.
We hit the mini donuts, corn dogs, corn on the cob, caramel apples, beef on a bun and kielbasa. It was all so yummy, except the corn dogs, they were gross, but Ryan loves them. We ended up walking around the roundup centre. We looked at all the displays. Ryan found his favorite, the massaging chairs. I left him there and went to look at all the art. I bought a piece. It’s black with 12 red and orange fish swimming a circle. The guy told me that it meant good fortune. I just fell in love with it and couldn’t walk away, so I bought it. I spent the rest of the time in the art gallery and just lost myself for an hour. I was so happy. I loved looking at all the sculptures, the paintings and the photographs. There were a few prints that I would have loved to buy, but the place was closing down and I didn’t have time to look at everything.
Ryan refused to stand and wait for State for Shock for a couple of hours before the concert so we got there 15 min before the concert started. I was annoyed cuz by the time we got there all the front seats and any of the benches or planters were already taken. Being vertically challenged I was irked because I wanted to work my way to the front, but once again Ryan just wanted to hang out in the back and not go up to the front. *sigh*
So we listened from about 20 feet away from the stage. It wasn’t too bad. I was able to see everything and they sounded great! I loved all their songs, even the ones I didn’t know.
They played: The Best I Ever Had:
Hearts that Bleed:
Money, Honey
You Really Got Me
Stupid
If I could
And a bunch more.
They were engaging and all their songs were great. After the concert, I wanted to go meet them and pick up their CD and get it autographed, but Ryan didn’t want to stand in line. *shocker* So we went and got him a drink and something to eat (cuz he needs to be fed every 2 hours) then by the time I was able to convince him to go back, the line was closed and we couldn’t get in the line anymore. I was annoyed yet again. Seriously, he drives me crazy. I just glared at him and walked away. He was just grinning and all smug. I’m so exasperated with him.
We took the sky ride through the stampede. As we were taking the sky ride the fireworks were going off. I love fireworks. It amazes me how some guys have no inhibitions at all. A guy going the other way looks at me, smiles and says, “Hey, Gorgeous!” Ryan was sitting right beside me. Seriously. Who does that? He must have been drunk. I looked behind me thinking he was talking to someone in the cart behind me, but there was no one behind us in the several other carts. He turns around and waves back at me. I just shake my head and smile then turn around. Craziness.
We finished watching the fireworks at the bridge. Then we took the train back to our car. Despite Ryan being a snufalupagus, the night was wonderful. It was great to get out without the kids. My favorite part was watching the band and looking at all the art.
