Countdown to U2

Rocktober! Kings of Leon and U2!!!

So after dying last week I have a greater appreciation for life. Especially for concerts. Last week was the Kings of Leon concert and man was it AWESOME! No pictures cause I'm still learning to work out my new phone cam settings, but I and my brother did take some videos. They played their top hits...Use Somebody, Sex On Fire, Molly's Chamber, Notion, The Bucket, Rodeo King...and my favorite of all..On Call.



But this week will be even better because I got tickets to U2! YES that's right U freak'n 2! They were here about 5 years ago at the Toyota Center...but this Wed they will be at Reliant Stadium!!! And I gots the floor seats!!! Honestly I really think their new stuff really sucks so I'm looking forward to the classics.

Here are the songs I really want to hear:
Pride (In the Name of Love)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
One
Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
New Year's Day
With or With Out You

(not a classic but good)
Vertigo
Beautiful Day
All Because of You
Bullet the Blue Sky


And my personal favorite and the best song U2 had ever made:
Where the Streets Have No Name!!!
The guitar intro riff is f'n awesome and it plays out again at the end of the song.
This is the original video of the song:



This video is right after 9/11 and U2 did the half time show for the 2002 Super Bowl:






And here is a preview of what the stage will look like at the concert this Wed

Alive....

Never felt more Alive than now. Hard to imagine that a few weeks ago I was almost dead. Yep, the flu hit me...no not swine, the normal flu. I went to the doctor on Sept 24...they gave me some pills, after that night...4 days of nonstop vomiting. I didn't eat or drink anything for those for days so I got severely dehydrated and to add my potassium levels were in the negatives. That was the worse part because your muscles need potassium to move, and I had none in my entire body. That The next day I checked myself in the E.R with a temperature of 105. Apparently I had lost so much weight from vomiting that the doctor asked me if I had Aids. Did I really look that sick? I can't remember I was in and out of it. They took so much blood from me my arms are still sore today. I spent about 2 days in the ICU cause they thought my body was going to give out, then I finally got out and in my own room. I was released that Thursday, they kept me there until my potassium level was normal...that was a bitch cause I kept vomiting. They gave me liquids via I.V. line...man I never wanted my mom so bad. I really thank God that she was there by my side the entire week. I'm 25 yrs old, and I thought I never needed my mom like I needed her then. I never really wanted to carry on, I did think about just letting go. I never want to ever go through that again...never. It was hard when I got home, I actually had to learn how to walk again, and I would get these cramps in my legs. But I am doing much better...my throat still hurts a bit from all that acid that came up, but it's getting better.

This is the bruise from when I passed out trying to go to the restroom. I hit my arm on the guard rail on the bed.


At least I was fed well. Hospital food has come a long ways now!!! It's just too bad I kept vomiting all up. LOL!

And this is how I was fed the first few days, through my veins. You can see the bed pan across the way, I fill that up at least 4 times a day with vomit.