Our journey began thanksgiving night when we left Provo at 1115. We got in cade's car, with me driving and we headed out. Made it all the way to Vegas without stopping. We got there around 3 in the morning, gassed up and then got right back on the road and drove to LA, getting there at 7am. my favorite line of the drive came between vegas and LA, when everyone was getting tired, and boy wanted to prove that he could stay up all night and be fine driving. so he says, "Come on, pass the rock to Boy, and let him prove himself." it was so funny. and eventually we made it. We were all so tired from driving straight through the night that we went to where we were planning to stay (just some girl's place that was a coworker of a friend) and knocked on the door, only to find it locked. After trying to call her and text her and getting no responses, we decided to go hang out somewhere that would be open, the mall. After all, it was black friday. so we went to the mall, only to realize that Arcadia is extremely asian. as we were walking around the place we all felt like giants. i wasn't tipped off at all to how asian it was going to be, because the place didn't smell like fish and fireworks nearly as much as i thought it would. around noon we were able to finally get ahold of the girl we were staying at, and so we went to her place and all just crashed, heavy on the floor for several hours. waking up just in time to go eat and then go to the first night of the concert.
The show was incredible. It's been two years since i've seen weezer, and it was so good to be back. no kind of substance needed to enjoy weezer. ;) they definitely know how to perform. the concert got over at midnight, so we went back and slept, and slept alot. none of us even woke up saturday before 1030. that was great, and much needed. we kind of just bummed around watching football and then watched the BYU/Utah heartbreak of a game. Cade had some VIP backstage tickets so we had to drop him off early, and while he was away, me tom and boy went on Brother adventures exploring the city. we went to the hollywood sign and hiked around there watching tourists come through on there segways. classic.
We also hung out downtown around the Chinese theater and saw all those people dressed up as cartoon villains and superheros. i wanted a net gun so i could shoot spiderman. we then decided it was about time we head off to the concert. it's at the Gibson Ampitheatre in universal studios. we were walking towards the venue about an hour early, and saw some old guy watching the gate to universal studios. we thought for sure we'd be able to sneak in, and sure enough we did. so we went on some haunted house terror walk through and then found the simpson's ride and went on that. it was so fun to be there for a brief time enjoying the theme park. Then we went off towards the venue and when we walked through the gate again, we just kind of smirked and said thanks to the old guy watching the gate, that didn't even realize we had snuck in.we then went to the concert and just basked in the sounds of Pinkerton. another great performance. and loved it.
after the show got out at midnight again, we decided it'd be better to cut our drive in half, by driving straight to vegas that night. so we did. again i got behind the wheel and drove to vegas.we got there around 530 in the morning and stayed at a dear friend's house. slept for a few hours and then went to church with her and saw some other dear friends. it was nice to see and talk with the sundell's for a bit. They're just great people. we started hearing warnings about a huge storm tat was going to be coming through, so we wanted to get on the road quick. well, not without stopping at farmbasket first. gotta have those clucketo's and gobblers. so we started driving and had no difficulties getting to st. george. but then it took us 2 1/5 hours to get to cedar city. and another couple hours to get to parawon where we met up with taylor again and when she got her car, i jumped in with her to ride the rest of the way. there were so many effing people on the roads that it was ridiculous. you'd come around a bend and see tail lights as far as the eye could see. and then you'd pass car after car after car that had slid off the road. so many people. or overturned semi's. the roads weren't even that bad, people were just being retarded. the ride home was fun. extremely long, but fun. in all, it took us 9 hours to get home from vegas. leaving there at noon, and getting to provo around 930.
still, so worth it. so worth the crazy drive to see one of God's greatest bands. so worth it to go on these brother adventures that we all enjoy. We've now got to start planning the next trip.
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