Concerts, Drag Shows, and Camping!

Here is a cheer to this past weekend! It was absolutely a blast!
First, I had two friends that I met this past summer while on Mackinac Island come to visit me all the way from Canada on Thursday! Whew! Their names were Jake and Aaron. They mainly came down for the awesome concert that was about to commence that night here at NMU. The headlining act was 3OH!3, however, we mainly went to the concert for one of the opening act Down With Webster. I was first introduced to them through Jake about 2 months ago? I think. Here is a link to check them out if you wish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71S9ou2gcqE
They were so awesome! I was able to snag up front and center standing room, so quite literally I was in front of the vocalist/guitarist Patrick Gillet. (Also, he is absolutely gorgeous!) So, you can guess right that I absolutely rocked my face off (and arms) when they came on to play every one of my favorite songs! (Of course, all of their songs are my fav!) I even got one of their signature red cups with their band logo on it. After they performed I slid back through the crowd to re-join Jake and Aaron who managed to be pushed half way back through the crowd (wimps!) From there we went to the merch table during the next performance of HelloGoodbye (also a phenomenal band) where behold! There was Patrick himself! I got a very snazzy and cute picture with him, my cup signed by him, and also a very awesome hug from him! (Where I then found out that he is an amazing hug giver and smells absolutely delicious! ;D ) We finished the night by watching 3OH!3 from the stands and then went home to relax and chat it up for a couple of hours!

Friday was full of busy, busy, busy! WHEEEWWW! I had originally planned on waking up at 8 to go to work for a couple of hours but my sleepiness got in the way and I fell back asleep until 10 (lazy but good!). At 12 we all headed over to the Jacobetti Center at NMU where we were helping out for the 10th Annual First Nations Food Taster. So I set Jake and Aaron up at the fry bread station and I helped out wherever I could until 1. At 1 I then headed over to pick up some friends then headed over to the Vandament Arena also at NMU (but all the way across campus!) where we started to get ready for the 14th Annual Drag Show! Basically for 2 hours we fixed the shirts (that had glitter all over them and the floor) played with the Audio and Visual guys son (Whyatt) for awhile (he also helped with our shirts), talked to the queens, made final preparations, and ate some delicious cake from Joe's Cakes located here in Marquette, MI (SO MAGICALLY DELICOUS!) Then at 3 I went back to the Jacobetti to continue helping out with the Food Taster and I was there until 5ish. After a brief interval at home I headed back to the Vandament to commence the infamous Drag Show! This year we had a Drag King (Jac), which was awesome but stressful because his plane didn't land until half way through the show. The show, as always, was amazing and a success! Good Job everyone! From there we hit up the after party at the Landmark Inn (where I may or may not of had a few drinks myself...).

Saturday we woke up and got breakfast at Babycakes in downtown Marquette (delicious muffins made from all natural ingredients!) And I also took one of the queens and Jac to the airport so that they may make it to their next performances. We then proceeded to go camping at Morgan Falls about 10 minutes outside of town. By "we" I mean Jake, Aaron, the Anthropology Club, and myself. That was a lot of fun, we had a fire, roasted hot dogs and marshmellows, and basically had a good 'ole camping experience in November!

Sunday Jake and Aaron went home and I was left here to play on my computer and commence some long forgotten homework and studying... (boo!)

Overall, so much fun! (And a long post to boot!) I cannot wait for this next weekend though! Details to come soon, but for now thanks for reading!

Love and lust always.....