dennis you were missed (dennis deyoung that is)

this weekend rocked. tyler shinnick picked me up on sunday to go to a styx concert in elkhorn and to stay at some girl's house that ive never even met before. he arrived at 11 or so with a van full people that i had heard stories about like midget and zuberbier and their girlfriends. i was greeted by the site of tylers pants being covered by some very patriotic boxers. zuberbier also sat in his boxers. i had chosen briefs for the occasion and decided to spare the van of the site of my tighty whities. these guys are traveling geniuses and had brought a cooler full of mountain dew, and by full were talkin like 40 some cans as well as ice and food like licorice, chips, brownies, cookies and some amazing scooby doo fruit snaks. the trip can be pretty much summarized in dew, farts, burps, pda, and classic rock. we took the senic route which passed such scenic places as the dick bong recreation area (actually the state's largest managed prarie) and an intersection between bushnell and shag bark lane, of course we stopped to take pictures of both.

eventually we did get to where we were going laura lundgrun's house, sorry i dont know how to spell it yet. Laura and her mom were totally awesome and fed us lots of food and were totally nice. so nice that me and laura are now life long friends. so then we went to the styx concert a few hours early and after some deal with a line we took our spots on the left but still front row. after standing for a while some security guard told us about this jewish rule that you needed to have a chair to wait in the front of the stage. seriously the fact that we had gotten to the fair 4 hours before the concert started and the fact that we had waited in line and ran to get our spot before others meant nothing because we didnt have a chair to sit on. this rule was gayer than elton john singing about teletubbies with theresa heinz kerry and rosie odonell at the democratic national convention. and as tyler shinnick put it,"if i wanted a bunch of gay rules to follow id be at school, not a friggin rock concert." defeated, we retreated to the grandstandsand and waited for the show to begin. eventually the show started and once again styx rocked the house. unfortunately dennis deyoung is no longer in the band and they have replaced him with some chipmunk named lawrence. lawrence actually isnt that bad but compared to dennis deyoung is not a comparison. the only problem i had with the show was that it was short, especially compared to the one i went to last summer in jefferson, possibly cuz of people sitting down and just an audience that lacked an energy. but at the end of the day, i saw one of my favorite rock bands of all time and got to see tommy shaw and james young, those guys rock.

eventually we did get back to tyler's van and tried to drive to some place to eat. if you asked me if we sped at this time i honestly couldnt tell you. the lights on tyler's dashboard refused to turn on so we just followed laura because she knew what she was doing (we hoped) and listened to styx and drunk mountain dew. we got to a family restraunt that served 24 hours and had supper. laura pretty much paid for everyone. did i mention were now lifelong friends? that night we watched wayne's world, good movie, stunk up the basement, played a game using names of the human anatomy, and eventually got some sleep.

this trip was amazing. i met some of the coolest kids ever and i am on confident that i will see them again soon and also in heaven. tyler and i talked about the first time we ever talked to each other. we were in the dining hall and i said to him, "hey, you want a dew?" not ever joking. finally i saw styx, one amazing rock band. i am so thankful that those guys took the time to pick me up, i definetly owe them all alot.