What A Day. . .

Today was a pretty swell day.

Took Akira to the dog park. Which was a good ol' time. She is starting to feel more comfortable with the other dogs.

She even made a new friend. . .

Akira is starting to like the water. . .

A lot. . .

This is the face she makes before she bites you. . .

Afterwards, Jonathan and I headed to the south loop to grab some dinner at one of the best restaurant's in Chicago. . .

Tamarinds. Seaweed salad, and some sweet and sour shrimp. Gone get ya some.

After dinner we decided to hit up Lollapalooza to listen to Kanye West since we are really stupid and didn't get tickets.

There was a lot of people who didn't get tickets either, so we all just hung out across the street.

This was our view. You could see the light show, which looked amazing. You could hear it really well too. At the end of the show we walked up and watched the screen till the cops yelled at us. It bummed me out so much that we didn't get to go in. We were going to sneak in with a group of other kids. Well that was until one of the kids got shoved out by a huge security guard.

Oh and during the show Journey started playing and Kanye's back up singers sang along to it. The entire show though I was constantly getting chills. It sounded so amazing.

Kanye sang so many songs. He sang probably around 15 songs. He was straight business. He didn't talk at first, he got right into the music. After a while though he started talking about Chicago, along with some serious talk about his mother who passed away. His last three songs kind of made sense to me.

The first of the three was Jesus Walks. Which made sense because Jesus has obviously been a huge influence on him throughout his life and artistic career.

Next was Hey Mama. This song has definitely become a tribute song to his mother. Kanye West mother was by far the most important woman in his life. It is really sad that she passed away this past November in the height of her sons ongoing career.

Finally came Stronger. Which made sense. It was one of his hit singles off Graduation. He also had to gather all the strength he had to deal with his mothers death. Just like any one who has lost such a close family member.

Also Kanye has a lot going on for him. He is working on his clothing line Pastel and still doing various shows every where. Mainly festivals though since finishing the Glow in the dark tour. He mentioned during his show that he is headed to the studio after the show tonight. I don't know if he actually is, but maybe he is hinting that he is already working on another album. Kanye West fans can only hope that's what it means. . .

So tonight after the show the blue line was super packed. I was pressed up against the doors of the car for about six stops. Not to mention there was a bunch of drunk ass guy's chanting USA. I don't really know why. But whatever. It's Chicago. You'll have that.

Enjoy,

Brock