six.

bonnaroo!

what an amazing time.
we left nashville on wednesday afternoon,
arrived in manchester around 7:30 and set up camp.
our set-up was pretty incredible, i must say;
we were "international" as our neighbors said (we had flags for japan, britian and nigeria flying high)
and they appreciated how easy it was to find their own camps in the drug/alcohol/heat daze.

wednesday was chill.
we grilled steaks and met our neighbors and strung up LED lights.
we all got to bed fairly early to prepare for the weekend,
but mother nature had plans of her own.

rain, rain and more rain!

thursday was spent napping off and on all day,
due to rain and some pretty scary winds.
however, we did make it to people under the stairs which was hype (not to mention very wet, because it rained AGAIN)
i also stopped in on the whole foods market and "had a bone to pick" with the manager,
for not rewarding neither lindsay nor i 2 tickets after we both wrote at least 20 haiku's.
they gave me a free popsicle.
i ate it in her honor.

friday was a blast as well. i spent a majority of the day wondering around centeroo,
mandy in tow. i tried to keep her as busy as possible --
she's attempting to distance herself from her ex, who just won't seem to bugger off
and let her have her closure.

(i can relate)

we saw gomez (incredible), animal collective (i was disappointed in the sound guy), yeah yeah yeah's (karen o = hot) and tv on the radio (also incredible).

and because i saw all of those back to back at the which stage,
i missed girl talk and crystal castles because i fell asleep.
lame lame lame.

saturday was bon iver and the mars volta and i have to say, that was my favorite day out of the stretch.
bon iver is so fantastic and they're all so humble,
and so gifted.
they played all of the songs i wanted most to hear (creature fear, flume, blood bank),
and they sound just like they do on their records.

and the volta?
oh man.
i've seen the light.
i'm a fan.

saturday night was spent at nine inch nails and MGMT,
and hosting a mini-davidson academy class of '05 reunion at the which stage.
kristin phillips made it out, but to my surprise i also bumped into
brandon womack, brady mcdaniel, cage major, andrew hunter
and brandon gaines (it's been a minute!)

all in all, it was a fantastic bonnaroo experience (minus the rain),
but i'm glad to be home and showered and back with my kitty.