Some Concert Footage

Here are some pictures that I took while we were at the concert. For most of the before, intermission, and after the concert we were with the costumed characters making sure they didn't get mobbed or hurt, but I did manage to take a few pictures. I wish I had taken more.

This is how close we were to the set-up. Great seats!


From the show:









I was also able to capture some film footage because I want to use some of it while teaching my students. Please forgive the shakiness and overall quality of the video. I was sitting my Michael who was very excited and was bouncing in his seat during a lot of it. (warning: these clip are a bit shaky. Sorry)

We had the pleasure of having Anthony Daniels narrating our concert. It has been said that he isn't going to all the different concerts, so it was great to have him in SLC.

I have a few more video clips, but they are taking a while to upload, so I'm going to see if I can cut them down any and then upload them as one clip.

Great Concert

So last Friday, the boys and I went to Star Wars in Concert at the ESA. It was great! Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) narrated it and the presentation was amazing! I love the combination of media, technology, and live orchestra! It made me miss playing in an orchestra.

We had great seats to boot.

I'll put up pictures and video once I get them off my card.

Congrats!

To Andrea and Doug on delivering twin boys! Congrats you two!

Long time coming

Okay, so I've been kind of lazy when it comes to posting my book reading skills. I know I'm not going to meet my goal of 50 books by the end of the year, but we'll see how many I can do and how many pages I can read. Here's my update:


Book 20: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Weird book. He writes very similar in all his books. I couldn't remember if I had read this or not, but when I was reading it, much of it seemed familiar. But it is kind of weird with the talking animals and then the fact that the pigs think of themselves higher than everyone else. When you think about it, it seems that the author is calling humanity "pigs".


Book 21: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
I despise Jane Austen, but the way that Grahame-Smith rewrote the book to include a newer way of thinking and the zombie aspect, it made it rather tolerable. It is still in the Jane Austen style of writing, but it is a long and rather interesting read.


Book 22: The Bar Code Rebellion by Suzanne Weyn
Written for a younger audience, to me it seemed like a younger take on 1984. It has a pretty good story line and it keeps on moving along. I don't want to say too much, but basically it is about a conspiracy that threatens freedom.


Book 23: Night World #3 by L.J.Smith
The third installment in the series. It continues on the same path that the other books did with the fact that they all have the same type of story line, but each story follows a different character. I want to read the conclusion as soon as it comes out. I have an idea of how it is going to end, but once I start a series, I usually see it through to the end and these books are like getting 3 books in one.

Varsity Club

So one of the things I like about Football games are the tailgates that I get to go to. One of them is the one that my mom helps host--which means I help host. My mom is the President of the BYU Varsity Club, which is a club for former athletes and their family. Before every home game they have food and a time for the athletes to catch up, so we get to see a few people, and since I'm part of it, that means that Jakob and Andrew (his brother) get to tag along. They play the "security" role, but mostly they get to have a bit of fun before the game with good food and they get to meet a few really good people. Here's a couple of pictures of recent people they've met:

Ty Detmer and Reno Mahe with my mom and Mike.

The guys with Ty.

We get some fun people showing up. This year the boys want pictures with whomever they can get.

But we also get to go to the game, which is fun because they were going to put my mom on the east side of the stadium and when she refused because my dad and I have a sun allergy, she was able to pull some strings so we're still in the west side of the stadium, up against the press boxes. It is nice because we don't have anyone behind us and we get the shade and weather protection.




Look, I'm doing better! I'm actually trying to get into a few pictures!