Llamas and a Rock Band

I went to the Rodeo tonight, with my friend Chad (ex-TNT runner/mentee/LSU grad), to see the Maroon 5 concert. Here are the highlights of the evening...

1) The petting zoo. Chad hadn't been to the Rodeo in ages, so we went to the Livestock Show first because I told him of the kangaroos in the petting zoo. We went in, and he was quite popular with the animals - he had a llama in his face most of the time. He's a very tall guy, so the llama easily stuck his face in Chad's and did. Also, there was a deer who kept following Chad and trying to eat his shirt. I, on the other hand, played with the baby goats and the miniature donkeys. But the animals tonight were fiesty - they were goosing people, nibbling on purse straps and shirts.

2) The concert. Honestly, we missed the Rodeo because of the petting zoo, but we did make it to the concert.

Here's my lowdown on the concert...

I like Maroon 5, I really do. I saw them last year and Adam Levine (lead singer) told the audience they were working on a new/second album. When Andy and I went to Best Buy the last time I was in Baton Rouge, I bought their new album, which turned out to be a live version of their first album. Tonight's concert was that album - in the same order! I predicted the order of the songs quite correctly. Adam did, however, tell the audience that they were working on a third album and they actually played a new song from it. Let's hope it's full of new songs.

Adam Levine had us laughing. He was very proud of his second HLSR (that's Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo) belt buckle - the really huge one. And then he looked up from the rotating stage and saw the screen that was typing up every word he said. He then began playing with the screen - talking slowly, cursing (to see if they'd print it), etc. Then he said he was going to play a game with the screen. He said, "Ok, Mr. Screen, spell otomatopeia." The screen paused for a long time and then typed it, but mispelled it. The crowd laughed as Adam said, "Adam, 1. Screen, zero." And then he'd sing again, but ocassionally go back to the screen. The bass player was extremely hyper (natural or enhanced, I don't know) and he actually ran off of the rotating screen and ran around the stadium. How he had the energy to run around the stadium (think football field) and then get back on stage alludes me.

But overall it was a good concert. I knew the words to most of the songs and sang enthusiastically along.

Next Rodeo day: Sunday. The advantage to being a committee member/badge holder is that you get in free with a friend. So I'm taking another friend who hasn't been in a long time on Sunday. Next week, I might go Wednesday, depending on my rehearsal schedule.

Bed time.

Cheers!