While I was away in Pittsburgh, my wife happened to win a pair of tickets for three different concerts.

We saw the first of the trio on Saturday night… the Australian Pink Floyd Show.

All I can say is.. “wow!”. They put on one hell of a show! Both vocally and musically they sounded like the real deal, and a special hats off to the people running the light show… it was incredible!

Spokane is a hard sell when it comes to concerts, and this was no exception. The opera house was half empty. But we made up for the lack of people with our enthusiasm. The place was hoppin!

Prior to the concert, we hit the downtown Onion (bah… no webpage) for dinner. I had the Murphy’s Steak (a 10oz sirloin stuffed with garlic cloves). After washing it down with a couple Guinness, I was ready for the concert.

And speaking of Gunness… there’s a new bar on Trent between Sullivan and Evergreen called “Bottoms Up”. It’s in the building that was formerly Fuzzy’s Tavern. This is my new most favorite after work bar! They have a 101 shots menu (the Irish Car Bomb is the bomb!) and the staff is friendly (and some of them are very, VERY hot!).

And finally… I have a new game to play. I got my hands on a copy of Far Cry on saturday. After one hell of a fight getting it set up, I’m now deeply buried in it. The jungle scenes are very beautiful, but the “inside” scenes are much like Halflife (and the storyline is headed much the same way).

I’ll bet multiplayer is gonna be a bitch in those outdoor maps. The terrain is huge, densely vegetated, and near impossible to find anyone in (unless, of course, you have either the heat vision goggles or the binoculars).

Currently, I just got out of the tree house level and am on an island at night. Not sure what’s coming next but I know there are a few of those punk-ass snipers up on the hills (they make my life unhappy). Now I wish I hadn’t dropped that sniper rifle in the lab.

More to follow later. In the mean time, there’s some screen shots of the game here.