So last night me, my older brother and my father went to Vancouver and saw the Portland, Oregon band, the Decemberists. They play an epic storytelling style of indie rock/folk music, and their start band Blind Pilot were really good too (they played this upbeat folk/pop music).

The concert went from 8:00 until about 12:30 at night. After Blind Pilot finished the Decemberists went through their latest album, the hazards of love (17 tracks) for the first set and then did about half a dozen more songs and even a musical play acted out by the band members. I may not be the absolute biggest fan of the band, but they pulled out all the stops and made an awesome concert. Unfortunately because I'm going to be missing 2 weeks of my work (where I work as a computer helper/teacher/maintainer and guard of a building), I didn't want to miss any more days. Because of this I slept in the vehicle, and arrived back home at 9:30 AM to get to work at 10 AM where I am at now. I'm surprisingly not tired for less than 5 hours of sleep.

The day before the concert my $900 macro lens came in the mail (Nikon 105mm VR AF-s Micro). I'm going to have a lot of fun with it, so expect some good macro and other shots from me soon.

Besides that I now have my rail passes and a general plan for my Europe trip. I'll be staying in the Netherlands for 6 days, Belgium for 3 days, and France for 5 days. I can't wait. I leave a week today.