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This weekend was awesome.  My brother and I went to Toronto to see the AC/DC concert on Friday.  The amount of people in one place was amazing.  It’s pretty crazy to see 45000 people all in one place.  That’s the same amount of people that live in the city I live in.  Everywhere you looked all you could see were the red flashing devil horns.  It was pretty cool.

One thing that disappointed me was the fact that it said no photography on the event website but when I walked in, nobody even cared to check if I had a camera.  Trying to prevent any problems from happening I left my camera back at the hotel.  I was going to try to sneak it in but I didn’t know what type of security they would have at the gates and didn’t want to risk getting it taken away.  The picture that you are looking at was actually taken by another fan which I can’t remember who exactly.

Something else that I found strange was the fact that there was nobody checking the names on the tickets.  When I bought my tickets online I was warned to bring the same credit card that I purchased the tickets with along with a valid piece of photo ID.  There was nobody at the gate that checked the names, only one person who scanned the tickets.

Before the concert we had a few beer in our hotel.  We stayed at the Delta Chelsea along with many other AC/DC fans.  We found out when we went out on the balcony.  The Delta Chelsea is “L” shaped so you can see people on the balconies next to your tower.  A little bit lower than us were a bunch of AC/DC fans listening to their boom box blaring AC/DC tunes.  A few AC/DC screams coming from up above, down below and off to the side then a few from us.  The bad part of an “L” shaped hotel is you can see everyone on the adjacent side.  We were one of the less fortunate that got to see a fat naked women that for some reason kept walking around naked knowing that her curtains were FULLY opened and everyone could see her.  When we first seen her we were shocked and turned away so fast that it looked like we were trying to dodge an oncoming bullet.  She noticed that we looked away and all she did was stay there with her hair bikini watching to see when we would come back out to the balcony.  Maybe that women was Rosie?

We left the hotel around 6:30pm to catch a cab to the Skydome.  The ride was long but only because of the high volume of traffic.  It was ok because our cab driver was hillarious. Once at the Skydome (Rogers Center) we walked around a bit to check out all the AC/DC merchandise which was highly priced.  Flashing devil horns were $15, T-Shirts ranged from $40-$50 and hockey jerseys were $125.  Needless to say we spent our money on beer and pizza which was $10 for a tall boy and $5 for a slice.  We were one of the lucky ones that got floor tickets.  To be more specific we were in the B2 section.  It was awesome.  The opening act didn’t make it so we waited there for a little while but it wasn’t too bad because we were pumped.  There was two older guys sitting a couple of rows in front of us.  One of them ended up puking all over himself and on the floor.  We only noticed it as we were coming back from the washroom since he was walking up the stairs full of puke.  It was pretty gross.  One of the girls he was sitting beside told us they were eating hash cookies all night.  When the concert started we didn’t stick to our section too long.  Instead we went off to the side by the stage until we were told to go back to our seats.  We stayed standing behind the “A” section for the rest of the concert without being bothered.  When Angus Young did his guitar solo we were about 20 feet from the platform that brought him up at the end of the stage.  We were really close.  It was the best guitar solo I’d ever seen.  The entire concert was very well presented.  The Rock & Roll Train came out the back of the stage during the first song and was only hidden for “A Whole Lot of Rosie” and “For Those About To Rock”.  For “A Whole Lot of Rosie” there was this huge blow up doll that masturbated on stage.  It was quite funny and scored tons of laughs from my brother and I.  “For Those About To Rock” was played for the encore and canon’s came out and fired throughout the song.  Some people complained in reviews that the sound is terrible in the Skydome but I thought it was good.  The concert was great and very well organized.  The only thing that kind of sucked is nobody cleaned the mess in isle 11.

Angus Young Solo

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It’s official, I am going to see AC/DC in Toronto.  November 7th, my brother and I will be making our way down to Toronto.  I was lucky enough to score some floor tickets.  The trick was to join the AC/DC fan club for $40.   When you join the fan club you get to purchase tickets from a different pool that is available to the general public.  It was worth every penny.  I’m pretty excited, can’t wait to go.

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Monday was a travel day. It wasn’t the usual travel day though. At like 7 am I heard someone banging on a door in the hallway but didn’t think anything of it. I tried to fall back asleep but about 15 minutes later I heard it again but it was louder. I went to check out the peep hole but couldn’t see too much since it was dirty. What I could make out however was someone lying on the floor right in the middle of the hall in front of my door. It was pretty weird. The girl looked like she was lying there naked. I could hear her talking to herself. A lady across the hall opened up her door and started talking to her since she had been knocking on her door. The lady seemed confused as to why this girl was naked in the middle of the hall. She said to her “do you realize you’re naked?”. I think the girl was high on something or perhaps took too much of her pills. The lady was nice enough to give her a towel. Shortly after the hotel manager came up to try and sort things out. This girl didn’t even know her last name when the guy was asking her what it was. He kept asking her what room she was staying in and couldn’t get a response from her. Finally he brought her downstairs to call someone to come pick her up after they gave her a robe of course.

After that was all over I checked to see if I still had some time left in my 24 hour internet access that I paid $10 for. Sure enough I managed to get one post out. I tried to post a second but it failed and didn’t save. My time had run out.

I paid the $42 of parking at the hotel and left shortly after 9 am. The GPS guided us west on Dundas to get out of town. I think it may have been faster if we took the Gardiner Expressway or something like that but we managed to get onto the 400. We stopped at Webbers to get some char grilled burgers before they close for the season. It was pretty good.

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Saturday we woke up and got ready to go to the Mandarin for lunch. I never felt so bad after eating at a buffet in my entire life. I also found out that we should have taken the subway there instead of taking my car out of the hotel parking which cost $18.

After lunch we rushed back to the hotel and walked over to the Canon Theatre to go see We Will Rock You. If ever you have the chance to go see that do it but don’t go eat at the Mandarin right before. I felt like I was going to die for the first half of the show. I think it may have been heart burn. The show was wicked.

For supper I made reservations at the CN Tower. It was very nice but I found it a bit loud. We took some pictures and video of our meals. It was good delicious. It better be for > $200. After the 2 and a half hours we spent at the CN Tower and a full day our bed at the Hilton was very much appreciated.

On Sunday we walked up Younge St. and checked out a bunch of the local shops. We made our way to the Royal Ontario Museum and spent a bit of time there. We were disappointed because the dinosaur and Africa exhibits don’t open until later this year and early 2008. I still managed to take a bunch of pictures.

For supper we ate at the Old Spaghetti Factory. We walked there from our hotel but kinda got lost. I knew I should of brought the GPS but ended up leaving it. We got to see the waterfront during our lost journey. The food was good at the spaghetti factory and the service was quick. It took less than an hour and we got to make our 8 pm show at yuk yuk’s.

Allyson Smith was the feature at Yuk Yuk’s. She was pretty funny without having to be super perverted and vulgar. Yuk Yuk’s was just down the street from our hotel. After the show there was a huge lineup outside for one of the neighboring clubs. There were two guys that were way too smammered, they couldn’t even stand.

We finished the night with some drinks and food at Jack Astors on the patio. They had a bunch of patio heaters all over the place and it was way too hot for me. I had to take off my hoodie. It was perfect weather outside too. Not too hot and not too cold. The patio was full of people that had just checked out the Van Halen concert at the Air Canada centre.

Here are some of the pictures.

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So on Friday morning Jenn was thinking that we were going to Sudbury but really we were heading south to Toronto. I told her there was a bypass to go to Sudbury. It was pretty funny because she had no idea what was coming. About half an hour out of North Bay is when I told her. She was pretty surprised. We only got to Toronto mid afternoon and did some shopping at the Cookstown Outlet mall (where I spent a bit of money). I got the most comfy Campus Crew jogging pants. I also bought two hoodies and a pair of jeans.

Getting downtown was quite the task since it was rush hour. It also didn’t help that I forgot to take the 427 off of the 401 West. I think we ended up at a gas station in Oakville. I got directions from the clerk which convinced me not to buy a map since it was pretty easy to find. He was right, it wasn’t too hard to find after that.

We checked into our hotel probably around 6 pm and decided to go check out the Eaton Centre. We also met up with my cousins Jenna and Caryn at the mall. Jenn spent $350 on a coach purse and I couldn’t help but buy a GPS (Garmin Nuvi 250) so that I wouldn’t get lost anymore. I am pretty happy I got the GPS because it saved me lots of hassles on the weekend. It’s nice and small so I was able to bring it with me even when we walked places. We also got to visit the Apple store. It was hard to resist buying the new iPod Touch mind you they only had the 16GB model which I think it way overpriced. Nonetheless it’s still a very cool toy.

After the mall we went walking downtown and I convinced my cousin Caryn to go up the CN Tower. She is scared of heights so it was interesting. Here are some of the pictures I took on Friday.

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