{"id":69,"date":"2025-12-15T09:31:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/?p=69"},"modified":"2025-12-15T09:31:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:31:25","slug":"whirlwind-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/whirlwind-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Whirlwind Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This weekend was a blast! Got to work a soundboard for the first time in quite a while. Nobody told me I suck!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2247-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2247-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2247-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2247-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2247.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday was just a great big concert\/wrestling party! This was an event! Blissmas \u201825 hosted by Better Lovers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2307-801x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2307-801x1024.jpg 801w, https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2307-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2307-768x982.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2307.jpg 1016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What a cross section of society here! As each band went up the pit just started to get bigger and bigger, until we were pinned against a lovely padded wall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2265-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2265-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2265-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2265-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2265-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_2265.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not the biggest wrestling fan but this was fun to watch. Some of those hits I could legit feel. 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