30 Seconds to Mars: LIVE!!!!

Last night my girlfriend and I went to see 30 Seconds to Mars live at the Greek Theater in LA. It was such a great experience. Jared Leto (lead singer and guitarist for the band) puts on one of the most amazing performances I have ever seen in a band. More than anything, he cares about getting the audience involved in the show and that's what keeps me interested in a performance. There's been a few concerts I've been to where the band doesn't even interact with the crowd, they just play their set and bounce. Not 30 Seconds to Mars. They make sure that we are involved and because of that, everyone in the crowd was going insane...literally! I've never seen so much interaction from a crowd. Oh and for the last song they played Kings and Queens (one of their newer hits) and Jared Leto invited about 30 people from the crowd to go up on stage and "rock out" with the band. How cool is that?! It was a nearly perfect night and one in which I will never forget. 30 Seconds to Mars is one of my favorite bands and seeing them live just made them that much better. The only thing that could've made the night perfect was if I didn't have to stand for 11.5 hours earlier in the day directing traffic at our local air show. I was pretty damn exhausted by the time the show started. Jared Leto kept me wide awake during the duration of the show though so it's all good.

Breaking In My Glock

Yesterday I finally shot my new Glock 17 for the first time at the range. That gun is amazing. My first shot hit the bullseye. By the time I was done with my first target I had a pretty tight grouping. I've decided to start building actual targets as opposed to the random boxes and junk we've been bringing to the range. Oh, and the other day I was at my buddies house mapping out my next project. In a week or so I will be buying a lower (for an AR-15). Meaning I will finally start building the AR I've been wanting for awhile now. I'm predicting that it will be a finished project by the end of summer.

*Sigh*

Already thinking about buying my next gun.

Believe it or not I am getting a lot better about saving money.

My Concert Experience

The following is a list of bands I've had the pleasure (or regret) of seeing live. I can't recall every opening band that I've seen and I'm sure I'll forget some of the big ones I have seen, but here's the list to the best of my knowledge. (Someone was asking me how many concerts I've been to so that's why I'm making this list)

-Echo and the Bunnymen (interesting, to say the least)

-The Killers

-Social Distortion

-Flogging Molly

-Hot Hot Heat

-Matchbox Twenty

-Ted Leo and the Pharmacist

-Alanis Morisette

-Spoon

-Feist

*And in two weeks, 30 Seconds to Mars

(I definitely feel like I forgot some bands...oh well)

I Love Our Troops!

You absolutely have to check this out. (If you have the time go ahead and check out the music video "Telephone" by Lady Gaga and Beyonce before watching the video on the link...it's worth it)