The Police

Just a quick review of the supposed "Concert of a Lifetime!!!!" I'm going to say it right here and right now....It was ok. Thats right! It was just OK. Definitely NOT worth the 800 I dropped on it (funny story forthcoming). Susan and I took JT with us because we wanted his first concert to be something that he would remember for a long time. Who knows what kind of shit he is going to be listening to when he gets older. Right now he loves listening to The Police, Rush, Van Halen, Bach, Beethoven, you know, utter classics. Not this bullshit whiny EMO tripe that is so prevalent on todays dials (or presets). Anyways, we saw the show at the Arrowhead Pond Honda Center and we got there early enough to see Sting's son Joe Sumner play in his band Fiction Plane. In my attempt at a lame play on words I give you this.... I am being very non-fictional when I say that this band is very plain (har, har, har). Ficton Plane did not stand out at all and could have been anyone. While Joe does have an incredible voice he just did not shine nor set himself apart from any of the other bands out there. Have I mentioned that I HATE it when a band bitches and moans about everything under the sun? Yeah, well I hate it when bands bitch and moan their way to the bank and back to their mansions up in the foothills. Anyways, the only thing that distracted me from Joe's band was Joe's incessant need to continually jump off of things and kick his legs in a lame attempt to emulate his father. Stop being so gay Joe, learn to play some better stuff and when you really get the crowd going, THEN jump off of your speakers or drum platform. Its kind of like trying to use the Rock Start tilt in Guitar Hero 2 BEFORE THE CROWD IS PUMPED UP!

On to the Police. First, for most of the show we had to endure a really awful drunken show by some over the hill hag and her friend that sat in front of us. There are certainly some people that should NOT be wearing hot pants, stilleto heels and thong underwear. Have you ever saw something so hideous that you could not look away. Like a horrible car accident or a brutal execution? It was something like that, EVERY freaking time she stood up and sat down. Not only that, but when they were standing they would dance facing AWAY from the stage, WTF? Sit the fuck down and watch the show, or at least dont dance to every song like you had a pole in front of you!! I feel worse for my son as at least I could look forward toward the stage because I was tall enough to do so. We had to keep moving JT around so he didn't have hag ass in his face the whole time! GAH!

Ok, calm down there. On to the music! Right off the bat I will give this handicap to the Police, they have not played in front of a crowd in 24 years and this was there 3rd performance so I expected some hiccups as they tried to find their groove. As a band it took The Police a little while before it actually looked like they were enjoying themselves. Sting was very much a showman, and he knew how to act in front of the crowd and knew how to get the crowd going. Sting, after all, really never stopped touring and is used to being in front of large crowds. Andy Summers was a different story. I read a review somewhere that called his playing "muddied" and thats exactly how I would describe it. Some of his solos were more aptly suited for a thrash metal concert that one in which the musicians are top notch. I couldn't find fault with Stewart Copeland but, some reviewers thought that he was sometimes disconnected and not on top of his game. I love watching drummers. I really dig the facial expressions and life that most of them breathe into a concert. In this regard, Mr Copeland did not fail to impress. He had his main drum set out in front and a pretty cool array of percussion and chime instruments behind and to the side. Watching him go back and forth between them was truly a fun show in and of itself!

We truly enjoyed ourselves, but I think the expectations were really high and The Police just did not quite make it up that high. The other problem was that I lost ALOT of money on this show. When I went to buy tickets I ended up with 3 sets. I did this because while buying them online I kept refreshing Ticketmaster and finding better and better seats. I figured that because this was to be THE concert of the year, I would have NO problems reselling the tickets. At 330, 330, 820 I was on the hook for nearly 1500 dollars!! So, I listed the tickets for sale and was able to get 200 for one set and only 500 for the other set. I could not even sell these tickets AT FACE VALUE! So, I went to the concert with a price tag of 780 dollars! And my seats were up in section 400 at the far end of the stadium. HORSESHIT!!! But wait it gets better!!! The guy that I sold the 200 dollar tickets to got kicked out of the show because shithead decided to somehow scam my tickets from Ebay and resold them on Ticketmaster exchange. So, I, being extremely honest and an all around swell guy, refunded my buyer his full 200.00 PLUS parking. We are still fighting with Ticketmaster, Ebay, and Honda Center regarding this and HOPEFULLY, I get my money back. I am not holding my breather however. So, now, this show cost me 980!!!! At least I got free parking!

So, thats my review. We had a good time, but it definitely was NOT worth 1000.00!!!!!!

How do you work this thing?

Ive finally bitten the bullet and decided to get my thoughts down onto paper, or whatever the hell this is considered. I will use this space as a place for me to keep track of my progress in my current game of life. I will track my performance in Crossfit (more on that later), any competitions I enter, any big events that I happen to attend, Ill probably brag about my family and how rich I am because of them.

To start off with, I have been doing Crossfit for 1 year now. If you dont know what Crossfit is then you need to get educated! http://www.crossfit.com/cf-info/what-crossfit.html . This program, and Coach Glassman and all the Crossfit elites, and all of the Crossfit community is why I am where I am. I started Crossfit at 220 in a size 38 and not doing jack shit. Now, I am down to 183, have built a starter home gym complete with plyobox, bumper plates, pullups bar (strong enough for kipping) and gymnastics rings. I can bust out pullups like noones business, I have run two 10k's in the last 2 months, I can deadlift 1-1/2 times my weight, squat 220 (measly I know, but seeing as I sarted out at barely 150 this is huge for me!), I am entering a weightlifting / run competition next week and Ive only just begun!

I work out with two of my best friends who happened to be married to each other edit: man and woman. We are trying to convince my wife to get into but she is pretty content right now with running and not getting "all hardcore" with us quite yet. Give it time though, she will come around eventually.

Ok, thats enough for now. I will update this with info about the Police concert I went to, the Mudrun that I ran, the Little League that I became president of, and my new love... Eric Clapton Edition Stratocaster!