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Ultra Music Festival 2011

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Paula

Now that I’m back from my long weekend at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, I can say that I’ve checked many things off my bucket list. And I didn’t even know I had a bucket list. But now that I do know, these are the things that can be removed:

Survived 3 days at Ultrafest: Check
Saw Duran Duran in concert for the first time: Check
Walked through the actual ghetto: Check
Was told by a cab driver “not to walk through the ghetto” after I already walked through the ghetto: Check
Successfully smuggled a 2-hour energy bottle in each bra cup 3 days in a row: Check
Cried because my boobs are small enough to smuggle 2-hour energy bottles: Check
Ordered a pizza that never came: Check
Learned that a Dirty Sanchez is not what I thought it was: Check
Saw a girl barfing by our car as we were leaving Miami: Check
Thought the girl barfing seemed an appropriate send off: Check

For those of you who may not know, Ultrafest is a 3-day techno music festival. The festival has a bunch of different stages of different sizes (maybe about 7 of them?) and each stage has a lineup of artists that will play there. The artists are different each day and play for about an hour or an hour and a half depending on how “big” they are.

Main Stage had most of the bigger acts. Deadmau5 was the last act on Saturday and Chemical Brothers was the last act on Sunday.

This was Live Stage, I think.

There were “smaller” stages too. Moby played at this one – the Carl Cox tent.

Hopefully that background helped out a little because otherwise it’s just gonna look like I attended a weekend long freakshow. Smile

Friday morning, the hubs and I drove down to Miami with our friends Pete and Becky. We stayed at the Springhill Suites which turned out to be a nice hotel in the middle of You-Might-Get-Shot Town.

Here’s a little photo montage of the weekend:

Getting ready to head out for Day 1.

We met up with our friend Joe who drove separately.

We waited in long lines to get searched by strangers before we could enter. This was the “line.”

We saw Duran Duran. “Ordinary World”…not a crowd pleaser at a techno show.

We saw Deadmau5 (best show of the 3 days) and I was surprised I knew 90% of his songs. Score one for Paula!

Tommy Lee was there to drum during 2 of Deadmau5’s songs. No matter what Pete says, that was cool.

We watched people get entertained by other people wearing illuminated gloves.

We saw interesting (*cough*creepy*cough*) costumes.

We saw a little bit of Miami.

The hubby hooped.

And got to wear his Warrior Dash hat again.

Dirt got into everything. Including my drinks.

Still drank it. Smile

By the way, everything was $10. Mixed drink? $10! Slice of pizza? $10! Five pieces of chicken on a stick and called a kabob? $10! Good thing the bottles of water were “only” $5.

We saw a little bit of sky writing. Even though we could read it, it still didn’t make sense. I was not proposed to by Simon LeBon or John Taylor like I thought I would be.

Pete and I got photo bombed by the hubs.

I could film a mini-series with those roots. (Get it?)

A few random pictures of my friends.

Becky telling me what she really thinks and Pete having one of my “boob” 5-hour energy bottles.

Group picture. I like to swirl hair around my face and wear it that way.

If you like festivals like this, I think some of the best advice I got before going was:

Bring ear plugs, because the music is LOUD
Wear comfortable shoes. You’ll be standing. A lot.

No exercise this weekend but I did wear my running skirt.

Bring anti-bacterial hand gel
Bring travel Kleenex (thank you Becky!)

You’re gonna need that Kleenex cuz you will not find toliet paper here:

Oh, and the bathrooms were just a huge cluster 90% of the time. The festival really needs to revamp this shoddy idea. The first day we stood in line (one that looked like the one to get in but more packed) for probably a good hour.

Well, that was a long weekend. It was fun but I am glad to be home. Sorry about any drunk tweets comparing Miami women to Orlando women but that’s what you get when you mix alcohol, me, and a smartphone.

What’s the last concert you went to?

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Buried and To Do Lists

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Paula

Last night, the hubs and I stayed in and actually watched a Netflix movie. Of course, I checked to see what was On Demand first to make sure there wasn’t any useless money I could have been spending instead of just using what I already pay for.

We watched Buried.

Buried stars Ryan Reynolds as an American truck driver working in Iraq who was taken hostage and buried alive. He’s got nothing with him in the coffin except a lighter, a cell phone, and a knife. The movie takes place solely inside the coffin and Ryan Reynolds is the only actor you see in the movie.

I put this in my Netflix queue after seeing decent reviews in Entertainment Weekly. Now, I know you all have free will and whatnot but if you take anything from this post – it’s to not waste your time with this movie.

Without giving anything away, there was NO POINT to the movie. At all. The hubs and I were actually pissed at the end. I think the only way it could have ended worse is if the whole thing was a dream. And that’s all I have to say about it.

Now on to things that don’t make me angry.

This morning the hubs and I had a great boxing workout with our personal trainer. When we got home, the hubs cleaned the pool and found a dead snake in the filter. That’s fun.

I headed out to do some errands. I needed to get a few things for next weekend. We are driving to Miami on Friday for Ultra Music Fest. I’ve lived in Florida most of my life and have never been to Miami. Can’t wait!

Ultra Music Fest is a 3-day techno music festival. So I’m sure you’re thinking this lineup makes complete sense.

I’m not a big fan of techno, so you can be sure I’ll be shouting Simon LeBon’s name like it’s 1987.

I requested a few days off from work for it a few weeks ago and they still have not been approved. I love that.

Oh. Wait. I don’t love that.

Today, I also wanted to tackle a lot of things on my to do list. I wanted to continue working on the flower bed in the front yard and get the lawn mower fixed. That didn’t happen.

That actually looks better than it did.

Instead, I bought a new annoyingly bright color of nail polish.

Our house is a ridiculous mess of floating bunny fur. You have no idea. So, I wanted to clean the floors. That didn’t happen.

Instead I’m eating a salad on my messy desk (that is also on my list to be cleaned) and blogging.

And lastly, I went to Sports Authority to check out the hydration packs there. I didn’t like any of them, so I bought the hub’s a pair of shoes on clearance instead.