Fran's first concert, not short of being claimed an epic quest in the name of Questache

So......

Last night Fran and I attended the Citizen Cope concert at the Neighborhood Theater. We arrived right on time, cut through the line and made our way into the concert hall. after checking out the sights and surroundings (a huge mushroom statue, lots of lady's cleavage, over-priced merch booth, hot dog cart, and bar) we made our way down to the front of the theater. After a few polite shoves we found or spot just right of the front of the stage. Citizen Cope makes their way onto the stage, and the melodies begin.
We were having a great time enjoying being Irish Hand Cuffed with tall boy PBR's, while not forgetting our dancing shoes, listening to the sweet sounds of Citizen Cope's serenade which is resonating inside our ear drums. After a few songs and a quick trip to the John We brake away once again from the crowd and make a trip to reload our guns trigger fingers with another round. All of a sudden, two people deep from making it to the bar, the power fails. A sudden feeling of panic surrounds us, the pitch black darkness spreading its fingers to every inch of the theater and outside the building. The crowd begins to make it's way out the doors. Fran and I patiently await in the dark with hopes of the power turning back on. After about 10 minutes and 15 seconds the bar is finally given the go ahead to sell beer in the dark, cash only. We reload and begin to wander back down to the stage.
The theater has been deserted with only a few stragglers kicking cans in the corners. We see a small crowd gathering to the right of the stage. Not wanting to be left out we slowly approach the outer ring of the crowd and all of a sudden our eyes spot him, Citizen Cope, in all his glazed eyes & blank faced glory. Our Mustache senses quickly go off! Epic Quest #1"Picture with someone famous. We quickly react and push our way to the front of the crowd, we throw our friend Ben Lanier our new Sony Ericsson "Walkman" camera phone, S/N BD229D08HA, and request his help. With determination, he desperately tries his hardest to take the picture. A mixture of a lack of cooperation from Citizen Cope, bad lighting(near complete darkness) and missing pixels the picture doesn't turn out to what we had hoped. Citizen Cope leaves the crowd and us without a decent picture.
The power had turned off before I had snapped my Week 1-3 Picture at a concert Quest so I decided that a picture on stage would have to do. With the assistance of Ben Lanier again and with the addition of Josh Sands, Fran & I climb the stage. Ben fumbles with the camera and as he is about to land the sweet shoot, the stage hand notices me and quickly tries to remove us off the stage. With the mixture of Josh holding us up, the stage hand trying to push us off, and Fran & I standing our ground with shoves backwards, Ben tries again to take the picture. The picture is a miss and only catches the complete darkness of the concert hall, missing the magic and mayhem happening on stage. We jump from the stage and quickly run for cover in the empty theater.
After finally hearing the official announcement that Citizen Cope will not be returning to the stage and the show is canceled we make our way outside. After some pictures in front of the theater we head to the wagons.
A quick decision is made to not let the cancellation bring the night to and end. We decide to head to a favorite watering hole in town. The first denies us access because our Designated Driver (Always Drink Responsibly) Vaughn Corrum is under the legal age fro drinking. We then head next door and are granted access. We then begin our spiral upwards into delight and enjoyment, swapping stories, enjoying Avery's White Rascal and the laughter all around. The Questache ends in smiles and stumbling towards the wagons to safely carry us back to our residences.

Lesson: Find someone MORE famous, go to another concert and actually watch a full set with encore, bring a better camera with lighting and finally never let any obstacle stand in the way of your Questache.


Signing Off,
~The Real Deal, American Steele & Fran "The Questache"