Break out the kilts and bagpipes...we're goin to Milwaukee!

So this is my friday night in a nutshell..

I went to milwaukee with one of my friends for a Dropkick Murphys concert.  She was using the excuse for "anthropological research" for Anthro 104 project, and I just wanted to go to a concert because I hadn't really been to one in a long time.  

To begin our little adventure, my friend had a serious case of road rage that nearly killed us on a few occasions.  I wonder if she realizes it yet? Anyways, I thought it was rather hilarious, so I was laughing hysterically (and kind of annoyingly) for a large portion of the stretch across 94.  I felt kind of bad because she was obviously frustrated, and again...I had a serious case of the chuckles....oh well...it made for a good story so far don't ya think?

So we got to the venue, and made our way to the Eagles Ballroom, which I had never been to before.  I was hoping that it would get too crowded because Im not very tough when it comes to concerts like these (with excessive pushing and head-banging) so I didn't sustain too many injuries.  None the less, a few minutes before the concert started, we started to get packed in, and i just started to brace myself..I felt a little bit of relief when me and my friend were suddenly surrounded by people twice our size...they looked like they could hold their own.  haha...FALSE! they got pushed around more than I did! Granted, I had a gate to hold onto (we were in the front and off center a bit) but seriously!  These guys were getting pushed by like 14 year old girls and guys with legs that may compete with toothpicks.  So to say the least, I was disappointed in those guys....

Anyways, the concert went on and the first two bands were okay (Civet and H20).  The crowd wasn't really into Civet, but when H20 came on, they had a descent sized mosh pit...it kind of terrified me within reason...I didn't really want to go home with bloody nose and/or black eye.  Dropkick finally came on and, let me say, they were GREAT performers!!  I wasn't too familiar with a ton of their stuff, but do they know how to put on a show!  At one point there was a man crowd surfing naked (he lost his kilt) and I punched someone for the first time.  It was completly within reason...girl was ridiculously drunk and was repeatedly trying to gouge my eyeball out! She was drunk so i assume she didn't feel too much at that point anyways.  But my friend also jumped the gate and was on stage for a while because they let girls go up for one song and guys for another.  While she was up there (with 50 other girls) I was surrounded by dudes, it was a total sausage feast.  Awkward.  But the lead singer jumped off stage and came up to me and handed me the microphone, and i proceeded to sing "kiss me Im shit-faced."  Kinda awesome.

The concert finally ended, and we were driving to a friend apartment.  Well, as if our night hadn't been long enough, we witnessed a hit and run!  This guy hit a car full of people and a lady got trapped in her car, and the coward completly booked!  We stopped to make sure they called the cops, they said they did.  We saw an ambulance come, so we thought it was okay, but they just passed right by a very visibly hurt group of people.  Not once did this happen, but TWICE! another ambulance, that didn't even have its lights on, went right by.  The guy tried flagging her down, but she just waved and continued on her own path.  Way to keep it classy, lady.

I have a night like that anytime soon, I think it'll be the death of me...