Annoying Picture Taking Guy

After attending  a concert at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia....I decided it was time to create this blog.  

The concert performer was P!NK.

My girlfriends, Erin, Kim and I were in the party pit.  No, they are not figments of my overactive imagination.  Although I understand why you may believe that they are especially when one has the name of Kim.  


I really think if I were going to have an imaginary friend her name would be Jolesa....(if you like The Ting Tings you will understand it..)

Our tickets were general admission with access to the floor and we ended up arriving right before the opening act The Ting Tings of "That's Not My Name" fame took the stage.  

We took a stand about 4 deep to the stage.  

Who attends a P!NK concert?  This is a fairly innocent question.  I had no idea.  In fact, P!NK herself admitted to pondering whether or not anyone would show up at her concert.  She had very little to worry about as it was sold out.   

Well, I digress....let me tell you who attends a P!NK  concert, everyone and anyone you can imagine.  

Straight single chicks, straight attached chicks, Lipstick lesbians, hookers, lesbians, bulldyke lesbians, preppy chicks, moms with their daughters, gay men, men who lost bets with their girlfriends or wives, men who find P!NK attractive but would never tell their girlfriend that is the reason WHY they decided to attend and offer up the "you owe me hot sex for this, babe," men who dress as P!NK (seriously, flat out look like buffer male versions of P!NK), groups of girlfriends like ourselves, and strikingly one really jacked, testosterone-laden, short dude with a skull cap who looked like he was hopped up on PCP and going to kick someone's ass.  


There was the straight couple exiting the concert, the girl wearing an appropriate No Fur t-shirt (the word Fur with a line through it) and the boyfriend drunk screaming and laughing "that's cuz she's shaved..." pointing at her coochie-cooch (I'm not afraid to say vagina, it's an inside joke...vagina! vagina! vagina!).  Hey, you did check the box that this may not be an appropriate blog for the easily offended so deal with it!  There was the "Amazon" woman who was 6 feet tall with a basketball player's ass that made Erin want to revert back to her high school hoopster days and box her out.  We felt bad for the short quiet lesbian couple in front of us who were getting ass-face.  Thank goodness my hooker heels helped me rise above the crowd much to Erin's dismay.*

  *Note to self, always wear heels to a concert especially if I have floor tickets as it is likely the only way I will ever be able to see, especially if the crowd is NOT 90/10 female to male.  I'm a little taller than average, but not by much.  Do this no matter how much your feet, ankles and shins hurt the following day or days.

Before you claim some thing up above is offensive understand one thing...that diversity is exactly what made this concert so awesome.  Aside from the fact that P!NK is a flat out great performer who looks like she genuinely enjoys every minute when she is on the stage--I have no illusions that we were amongst the wackiest group there and it was nice to be in eclectic company.  It was a very polite and fun crowd aside from the Crazy Skullcap Guy, Amazon woman and Annoying Picture Taking Guy.

P!NK's powerful lyrics, powerful voice, trim physique and bright smile stole the show and we were smiling, singing and walking out as giddy as high school teenagers.  

Anyway, let me not forget to address the title of this piece.  Annoying Picture Taking Guy.

Annoying Picture Taking Guy was wearing a New England Patriots hat, a pink and white thin striped t-shirt (likely Tommy Hilfiger or Ralph Lauren...awwww soo cute...barf!) and blue jeans and was obviously there with his girlfriend.  He was probably in his mid to late thirties and during the entire concert he was snapping photos and video of P!NK while chomping on his Big League Chew.  

I get it.

I took a few photos when she came out, too.  

I think a good chunk of the crowd did at some point.

I don't quite understand why you would spend the whole concert recording it on a camera and watching it through the aforementioned object's viewfinder.  You are standing an arm's length from the railing seperating the crowd from the stage and P!NK and you think it's a good idea to record it all on your camera as opposed to enjoying it while it is live and in front of you.

Annoying Picture Taking Guy = Asshole

I know he was getting on Kim's nerves as he would be backing up to get a better angle or blocking our views with his extended camera. 

ENJOY the show or buy the video at a later date!  

So all of you out there...take a few photos to say you were there and be done with it.

Another note Annoying Picture Taking Guy--he was one of those guys whom I believe is secretly there because he wanted to see P!NK dance around in her scantly clad attire.  I'm not going to say I blame him.  She can definitely get away with it, but mildly obsessive is being nice in describing his video/camera shots.  He took the majority of his pictures when P!NK was mock touching herself.

I highly encourage attendance to at least one P!NK concert.  Over the past year I have seen Madonna in Paris, Elton John/Billy Joel, U2, Cher (no really, I know she's like triple my age but she was fabulous), Brad Paisley/Dierks Bentley (does it count if you drank almost an entire bottle of Captain Morgan?)....I still have to say P!NK is near the top.  Of course, I was standing closer than I have ever been at a concert and had outstanding company.

Take me with you, if you are scared to brave the mixing bowl that is a P!NK concert or call me if you just need someone who knows all the lyrics!

It's probably the most fun I have had at a concert and I love Madge.

"I'm too tired!  You're not too tired!" - P!NK