Future Now Tour – Mohegan Sun 7/6/16
Katie Wednesday night the Honda Civic Tour / Future Now Tour made a stop at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville (or, based on the hashtags they were encouraging us to use on the screens, Hartford.) Before the show, Nick Jonas had a soundcheck Party for those who pre-ordered his album through his website. Of course, this was Part I of Christine and Katie do stupid things (for that day – I’ve lost count of how many we’re at now) and arrived at the venue at 2:15, as we were told… and spent the rest of the day waiting in line.
Mike Posner was the opening act, who I was not at all looking forward to seeing. His set appeared to be relatively short – until he sat at the end of the stage for a bit and then started… a poem of sorts that started with “I am Jesus Christ” (read a sort of transcript here: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s535/sh/c36328dd-3b41-491f-afd7-b5f3f7f83b43/1768dc183d95be0bef93d382187fc59d) To me, it didn’t seem like the right place or the right time and if we didn’t love distractions he wouldn’t have a career and a million dollars to spend on girls and shoes (distractions!) It just totally rubbed me the wrong way and I was left so dumbfounded over it, I kind of couldn’t get into Nick’s set for a bit because I was still just like… wtf? Seriously regretted our earlier plans to miss his set after that!!
Nick started off the show, then Demi and they did some songs together as well. At one point Nick was giving Demi a compliment, I think he said that she had been singing her ass off, but Demi couldn’t hear him so he had to repeat it. The stage set up was really cool too, the backdrop of the stage was basically a giant screen – filled with all sorts of imagery throughout the sets and of course – BACON.
Overall it was a really fun tour and I am glad that we had such great seats to check it out!
I have had some friends tell me about the new game punderdome and how they wanted to try it out. So I decided to give it a try. I am not “punny” and usually any puns I made were not intended because that is just not how I think. The punderdome game has 200 cards included which prompt you for two items that you must make a pun out of. This game works best in large groups, as one person judges all the puns written down and the winner of that round becomes the judge for the next, and so on. I like this rule because if you have one friend who is really good at making terrible puns, they can only win every other round which gave me a chance to maybe win sometimes as well. The game also has the option for prizes. There are two envelopes and the prizes can be decided on by the host and the winner can choose an envelope – one can be a fun prize and one a booby prize to make things a little bit more fun! I found that I was getting better with my puns the more I played, so I think with more practice perhaps I might be just a little bit punny.
I was drawn to this book not only because it was a sports romance book, which I love to read, but also because the main character’s name was just one letter off from mine. Turns out, that’s not a great reason to pick a book to read because you spend the whole book thinking there’s a typo in it. Fortunately, Katryn goes by Kat through most of the book. Fortunately I was also able to get over that and enjoy the story!
Race Title: Andrea Barber’s 4.0 Mile Birthday Run
Saved by the Boats is considered a children’s book, but I learned a lot from it as well. Everyone is aware of what happened in New York City on September 11, 2001. I wasn’t aware of how the boats helped people get off the island. I mean, it makes sense, but I don’t ever remember hearing any stories about the boats and I watched footage for days in the days after the attacks. The author of this book, Julie Gassman, was one of those people who was in the city on September 11th and took one of the boats to New Jersey after the towers fell. The descriptions are haunting and I can’t even imagine what it felt like to be there on that day.
Dishing Up Minnesota contains 150 recipes from the land of 10,000 lakes. I haven’t yet been to Minnesota, but hopefully I will make it there one day! Turns out there are actually more like 11.842 lakes in Minnesota – but 10,000 is such a nice round number. It’s no surprise that a lot of the recipes included are seafood. There are also several recipes with mushrooms and many, many based on vegetables and fruit. I also didn’t realize that Minnesota made its own Maple Syrup as well! Of course, my favorite chapter was the ones with the burgers and chicken! Boy do the roasted smashed red river potatoes with sage and bacon sound good too!