Concerts and Sneezes

Do you know why people say "Bless you" after you sneeze? Because it's been told that when you sneeze, your body lets in demons, so you say "Bless you" to make them go away. The second reason we say it is because your heart stops beating when you sneeze, shaving one minute off your life. I proved this wrong myself when I got my wisdom teeth out. I was hooked up to the heart monitor thing, and I sneezed, and nothing happened. So there, all you people who believe in the bless-you-after-you-sneeze thing! I still say it because it's polite, but for some reason I end up saying "blesh you".



Last night I had my first real concert. I had been practicing for months, and to my surprise, I had only a brief moment of nervousness on the way there. When we got there we set up in a parking lot in the middle of the city. A band from San Jose was supposed to go one before our band, but they showed up and hour late. This was OK though, because for some reason the on-stage monitors weren't working. And when you have a band of eight people spread out over a fifteen by ten foot space outside, you can't not have monitors. So me and my good friend KT decided to go have some hotdogs and chili. Yup, food is the best part of any event.

So anyway, the sound people finally got the monitors working, San Jose finally got there, and we started an awesome night of worship. After San Jose, our band was up.

We consisted of:

Toni: our worship leader, singing and playing acoustic guitar

KT: singing

PJ: our pastor, singing and playing Santanas on electric guitar

Me (sckpanhead): playing keyboards

Tim: bass

Pastor Al: percussion

Um, I never met him so I don't know his name: congas

Jim: drums and former drummer for The Crucified

We got there a little after five and left a little after ten, but I haven't had that much fun since Wenz' birthday party, so it was worth it. Can't wait to do it again!