Fun Fact #30: Christmas, Larry the Cable Guy, and a drug addict were all aspects of my day

Today has proven to be totally random for me. I saw/heard so many things that I felt were totally worthy of becoming a "fun fact"...

1) I to meeting with a guy about fixing the furnaces at a bunch of properties and his phone went off about 8 times during our hour long meeting. That in itself wouldn't be noteworthy, but his ring tone certainly was. His ring tone was freakin' Larry the Cable Guy chanting "Git 'r done" and other super cool catchphrases at a progressively louder level. And he kept giggling like a child anytime it rung because I guess he just thought it was that funny and cool. Also, he had an iPhone. An iPhone with a Larry the Cable Guy ring tone. The whole thing makes no sense to me.

2) I had to do a walk through of a government subsidized housing unit and the tenant I meant was unlike anyone I've ever talked to. I'm sure this lady was a drug addict, either active or recovering, and she couldn't follow one thought to the next. She'd talk about everything from Winnie-the-Pooh to roof leaks to asshole cops to her lunch plans in a thirty second time span. I had no idea what to say or how to interact with her, so most of my visit was spent in stunned silence. And on top of all that, her apartment was barely furnished and she lived off food stamps, but she had a massive LCD TV and amazing surround sound to go with it.

3)It is now Feburary. Christmas has been done for well over a month and even the laziest people have removed their Christmas decorations. Except for this individual, whom I'll refer to as Ultimate Christmas Fan (UCF), whose car was still fully decked out for the season.

Click on the picture to see it larger and in all its full glory...

Please take notice of all the festive details UCF has been so careful to include. There are Christmas light stickers to go along with the giant "Joy" sticker. There's also the terrifying Santa creature who seems to chocking on the license plate. There's a Steelers Christmas flag, which is hard to see, butPittsburgh never forgets about their Steelers. My personal favorite touch is the reindeer antlers that grace the roof of the car!!! I was never able to see the front of the car, but I wouldn't be surprised if UCF had a giant reindeer face painted on the grill or something.

Fun Fact #15: I went to a Bruce Springsteen concert last night

So, as the title implies, I went to a Bruce Springsteen concert last night and came away with a few "thoughtful" observations.

1) I realized that I'm not a true fan of Springsteen. I went into the concert thinking I knew a decent amount of his stuff, but upon recognizing only 3 songs throughout the entire concert I realized I wrong. But it was a fun concert, even though he didn't play "Born in the USA" (which I'm bitter about)

2) Bruce Springsteen is getting pretty haggard looking, but I find him strangely attractive. I'm usually attracted to clean cut, kinda dull, guys, so this is an anomaly.
Slighty attractive, albeit in a grizzled way, right?


3) He can also play the harmonica amazingly well. This fact probably only interests me because my dad deludes himself into thinking he can play the harmonica, when, in fact, he usually just serenades us with a mangled version of "When the Saints Go Marching In". So it was interesting hearing someone with talent play the harmonic, not to be disparaging of my dad's truly monumental skills.

4) I've heard that Bruce Springsteen fans are a pretty "unique" bunch, and this concert certainly confirmed that for me. There was a group of women right around me who were dressed at the height of fashion...had it been the 1980s. My personal favorite was a certain lovely individual who was about 350 pounds and clothed in a neon pink shirt and overalls. She also had her hair permed and chose to go braless, it was a truly beautiful sight

5) In continuing my "analysis" of the die hard fans at this concert, I have to comment that a lot of them seemed to be really drunk. There was also a surprising lack of weed at this concert, but I guess that drug doesn't really fit in with this crowd. I'd totally bet that Meth would be the illicit drug of choice among these fans. There was this one guy who was about 5'4'' and he was the most hyperactive guy I've seen. Anytime a song he liked started playing, he would start frantically hopping up and down while playing an air guitar. I've concluded, thanks to my vast knowledge of drugs from all those SAPP classes I took, that he was on Meth.

Honestly, sometimes, especially during some boring songs that I totally didn't recognize, the crazy fans were more interesting than the concert itself. But all in all, the concert was really neat. Bruce Springsteen is a great performer considering his age, and it was amazing hearing "Dancing In the Dark" performed live.