Concert-ing it up

Alright another week down.
Its amazing how quickly I have adjusted to being like, 'yeah whatever I've been here for a while, it's just life as normal.' Also, I don't feel disconnected from my bros really, like we still talk or at least text frequently. I know it has only been two weeks, but you know what I mean.
The drive to Portland is not bad at all from here. It took me like 40 minutes each way to get to the concert last night, which was like inner city ish. So I can easily make it to some more concerts, although I would like someone to go with for blindside next week. We will see. I am thinking when Mars Hill starts up their Portland branch in January I will have to go there at least once. I just saw a video of the place they bought and it looks sweet. It's in an...interesting neighborhood though.
So I went by myself to the Brian "Head" Welch, Project 86, Spoken, The Wedding, and I Am Empire concert. Unlike probably all of you reading, I had actually heard of all of those bands, though I am really only a fan of Welch and Proj. The place it was at was pretty cool, but the tour date wasnt set til a few weeks ago, so the show didnt get as much publicity as it could have. Hence, there was almost no one there for the first two bands. Maybe 50 people in all, with about 12 to fifteen up in front by the stage. Now I am not much of a moshing guy, usually far too chill for that kind of thing, but I kind of got pulled into it this time because i was standing by the stage, and the lead singer from the wedding decided to hop down from the stage and walk around the floor to get people pumped up. Well, in a series of events, he ended up dumping his water bottle out on me. Then the small group up front spent the next 3 or so songs moshing with the lead singer. It was a pretty unique experience, and also pretty much awesome. After the Wedding finished, he even gave me a free t shirt for letting him dump water on me, so I won't complain about a free shirt.
Project 86 can put on a show. Well, Andrew Schwab can put on a show, because I think Steven Dail is gone and Randy was sick, so the Proj that I know only had Schwab left. A bunch of guys yelling along to the wondrous music, and then breaking into moshing is pretty entertaining. Brian Welch was also fun to watch, but he isn't quite as crazy as Proj in terms of excitement and just the general pace of the performance. Welch was very similar to when I saw them in the Tri, but I dont really remember the bass and drum solos. Those were crazy.
Oh well, enough about the concert. I bought Andrew Schwab's newest book, Fame is Infamy, at the show, and I can already tell I am going to enjoy it. Basically it is about looking for what our purpose is, and seeing how weird it is that our culture tells us that purpose and success is found in recognition and fame. Or at least that is a good portion of it. Redefining how we look at purpose. And it is all written in a very readable way, so I am looking forward to this book.
Little update, didnt really get anywhere in the church search today. I went to Grace Baptist and a guy that speaks apparently like once a month or something was speaking, and he was super boring. But the guy I heard last time is the guy that usually preaches. I am leaning towards not Southside because I think it is important, at least at this point in my life, to have people my age at my church. You know, people to relate to. Prayer for direction is still always appreciated.
That is enough for tonight.