Along the Ridge: Ke$ha Ke$ha Ke$ha

This weekend I attended a Ke$ha concert from her 'Get Sleazy' tour but then, I'm getting ahead of myself. There is so much to tell about the events that went down this weekend, I will try to piece together its many highlights. It began with a visit from my younger sister Sarah and her two friends Austin and Holly. We enjoyed a dinner of Chinese food from Main Street and stayed up visiting a black light party, playing ping pong in the Union, eating irrational amounts of sugar and finally, attempted to play basketball in the gym--except the gym was not exactly welcoming to nonstudents. Besides siblings weekend (which took place the week prior) there is now a $2 charge per nonstudent. I tried bargaining but the bro with the clip board at the table was not having it.

<<Walking into the sunset>>

<<Happy car ride over to Geneseo>>

The next morning was spent attempting homework. Correction, I did homework while others chased the illegal cat around. It's amazing how responsible I become when family visits! After homework, however, we dedicated the entire afternoon to getting dressed up for the concert which resulted in the following...

<<Notice the amazing mohawk on Sarah, the glitter pants on Austin, and the chalk shirt on Holly>>

<<Me and the Roommate showing off our 'garbage chic'>>

<<A visit from Rachel, the only girl I know who can dress up for Ke$ha and still look classy>>

Then it was off to the concert, which was just incredible. We missed the opening act of Beardo but from looking at his online profile, we didn't miss much. Opening for Ke$ha was 3O3 and they were a fantastic opening group, really got the crowd involved.

<<The mannerisms of Sean Foreman from 3O3 reminded me of my brother Neil so much, just so cool and funny and look alikes>>

Then finally it was Ke$ha! I wasn't sure it was her at first because she had these cave explorer glasses on, pretty much couldn't look directly at her without getting blinded haha, not that I'm comparing Ke$ha to the sun. She might not be the best artist but she can put on an entertaining show! At one point she grabbed hold of a back-up dancer's chest just as the lights went out to reveal a glowing, red heart in her hand. Sacrifice! Many of the stage props were also inappropriately hysterical--particularly for the 'Pear' song. I was so jealous of every one of her costumes! I want them for my closet. Of course, I'm not sure a black corset with a skeleton bedazzeled on it is appropriate for walking

down the street...but then stranger things have happened. Anyways, it was definitely one of the best concerts I've been to and I've been to quite a few. On a side note, Stephanie and I had a great place in the crowd for watching the first song by Ke$ha but soon after the second number started a girl next to us decided she didn't like the jumping and puked all over the floor, splashing up the back of our legs. Needless to say we watched from the back of the crowd after that! There was also a unique twist to the end when Santa came out and smashed a pinata of glitter over everyone. I'm not sure if it was Santa or one of the 3O3 boys but there was SO much glitter. If you didn't have glitter on you when

you came to the concert, the glitter cannons made sure you didn't leave without some. I was still finding glitter on the sidewalks the next few days and even saved some in my pocket for that far off day when I decide to scrapbook. Too bad I can't just tape it here on my blog but then you jealous readers might take it! Here's Ke$ha pounding on a giant drum that threw glitter everywhere too. Girl was pure crazy. I'll just sum up the adventure with a few more photos from throughout the previous moments.