the x96 big "booty" show

ooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuch. i have never been so sunburned in my life. my family was talking about how they were going to put rubberbands around my "claws" and put me in the bathtub, i'm so red. OOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUCH!! i spent most of last night googling sunburn remedies. most of them called for aloe vera, which i didn't really have, so i hunted for other options. vinegar, oatmeal, and tea. okay... option 1: vinegar. this would leave me smelling something like an easter egg and i didn't have apple cider vinegar, only white vinegar. would they be the same? option 2: oatmeal. this called for actually leaving a "film of oatmeal" on your skin. this would make me look something like a leper. option 3: tea. this seemed all well and good, except they wanted REAL tea, which contains tannin, which would be the healing agent. all i had was Sleepytime Tea, which is herbal. so what did i do? i drew a lukewarm bath and dumped all three in.

baaaaaaad idea.

i'm burned on the upper half of my body-- mainly my shoulders, upper arms, and back-- so i would have had to laid down in the bath to really get anything done. did i SERIOUSLY want oatmeal, tea, and vinegar in my hair? not really. so the bath didn't do a whole lot except kind of gross me out because i was sitting in oatmeal. then came time to DRAIN the bath. now... i'm no plumber, but i don't think oatmeal and tea are good for plumbing. so i hunted down a strainer and took it into the bathroomand held it over the drain while i let the water out. i did catch quite a bit of oatmeal, but i think i'm emotionally scarred. it was so gross. it was beyond gross. it was like... super-ultra-ubergross. i don't want to talk about it anymore.

i took a shower this morning (because i'm a bit of a clean freak... plus i smelled like vinegar) and wanted to cry afterwards. it was like hailstones were pelting me. so painful. and then i had to get dressed-- equally painful. if i didn't have to, i would so not be wearing clothes right now. plus i think i still smell like vinegar. i'm not sure, but i don't want to go up to someone and say "so... do i still smell like an easter egg? yes? no?" basically, i feel like i've been rubbed with sandpaper over and over again and i hurt so bad i want to punch someone in the face.

it was so worth it.

rashelle and i got to the utah state fair park (where we were going to see the x96 big *** show, in case you didn't read the subject) at 8:30 so as to avoid the enormous line. we were some of the first to be let in. hurray for not having to wait in line! we milled about for a bit and discovered that the first band (who we had never heard of) would be starting at noon on the car concepts stage. so we ambled over in that direction and got a really good spot and waited.

sweet... mother. they were amazing. aMAZing. The Brobecks. you should love them. right now. DO it. they're local-- from salt lake-- and their music is like... the bastard child of buddy holly, cake, aerosmith and... and... i don't know. other stuff. they're so awesome. go to http://brobecks.com and love them.

next we saw snow patrol (purrrrrrr), for whom we were also right up front. they rocked the casbah. we also saw lost prophets from afar and meant to go see goldfinger, but we came across the merch tent for The Brobecks and got so flustered that we had to take some time to pull ourselves together so we could buy a CD. then we saw story of the year and got crushed in the Sum 41 mosh pit. then we came home, showered, (because we both smelled like gross, nasty, sweaty people), and went to a colby concert, where colby played a song especially for me. :)

it was a painful, exhausting, and very... VERY good day.

now if you'll excuse me... i have to go shuffle awkwardly to class and try not to throw my bookbag at someone.