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Life is good. Even though I'm not where I want to be and I've gained all this weight back I'm fortunate....blessed really....to not only have a roof over my head (and plenty of food apparently), but I can honestly say that I have friends.
Growing up I always wanted "real" friends and to my teenaged brain that meant perfect. No one is perfect and as I've grown and met so many people I really started to realize what a real friend was. It's hard to find a decent friend, let alone a good one, but I've been so blessed to have found a few. This board actually has some great potential friends brewing in my life.
I said that to say thank you guys. I have been pretty bummed post-festival about all things in my life and this place helped keep me sane. It's comforting to know there is a place like this on this planet. It's not perfect but there's love here and I dwell in lovey dovey goodness.
Yay for life. Sometimes I forget how truly good it is to just be alive and being surrounded by wonderful people make it that much better.
Friday June 14th (Possibly one of the best days of my life) will hopefully go as followed:
Brunch/Trombone Shorty/Local Natives/(This slot I'm willing to compromise with the people I'm with on)/Wilco/PAUL QUACKING MCCARTNEY/Wu Tang/Animal Collective.
Words of a genius. How does he think of these things?
And when he referenced the famous "Roman" battle at Thermopylae and then tied that thought into Trojan condoms, it was like he was taking me on a walk through history.
YO KANYE! NUEVODUDEZER WANTS YOU TO STEP YO HISTORICAL REFERENCE GAME UP!!
I think Phi's reactionary vote to Boneroo was a little suspicious. Even if Phi doesn't keep his vote on boneroo its still very defensive. I'll keep my vote on Phi unless I see a reason to move it.
Also, I know its the weekend but its been remarkably quiet. This is not good for us townies it only gives the mafia more time to PM each other and scheme. I'm not saying lets speed through rounds, but the more idle time the more of an advantage mafia has.
Post by garageland on May 19, 2013 11:10:02 GMT -5
That's actually where it happened last year.
EDIT: Before I forget, Last night was great. I didn't see any of this going on. I was in the back. All I knew was that the show was over and people were leaving. Today was the first I heard about any of this.
I've always wanted to make the brunch. It seems my volunteer schedules never would allow me to make it though. This year I finally did prefest and to cut this ramble off... I'll be there!
Damn that sucks. I wonder what enticed the fan to throw the bottle. This reminded me of seeing Toots at Wakarusa. He berated the sound guy several times during the show telling him that he was a legend and asking why he could not get his vocals right. When the crowd called for an encore Toots returned followed quickly by the stage hand signaling for the sound to be cut with the throat slashing motion. The stage hand and sound guy were then showered by the crowd with plastic bottles.
Ouch. You can hear the bottles impact on Toots heads in the video attached to that link.
Unfortunately, that's just Richmond. For every amazing person you meet here, there's 4 summers breezes next in line.
Friday June 14th (Possibly one of the best days of my life) will hopefully go as followed:
Brunch/Trombone Shorty/Local Natives/(This slot I'm willing to compromise with the people I'm with on)/Wilco/PAUL QUACKING MCCARTNEY/Wu Tang/Animal Collective.
Going to see Star Trek this evening, hopes are high
This is my only thing, I don't want to increase hype about the movie, or any fer that matter. I hate when hype ruins a movie. "Dude, bro, you have to see this movie! quackin' best movie ever! So awesome!" And then it ends up just average or worse.
But Star Trek Into Darkness was awesome.
I agree with you Dan, hype can ruin something before you even get to it, but for me Star Trek delivered big time. I don't want to get into things too much so as to not spoil anything but I will say that the sum of all parts is so well put together and flows so well.
I will also say that I gave some thought to JJ's style and production choices during the film in thinking of what his Star Wars might be like and I feel very confident. I love that he is a story first kind of guy and more than that, that he knows how and when to rely on using CGI. Abram's teams understanding of set design, costuming, and make-up, should bring his version of the Star Wars universe closer to the originals than episodes 1-3 (which were far too heavily CGI'd)
Pat is known not to give a shiz what he plays. Give that man a tambourine and he's happy! In fact, he may be one of the happiest musicians I've ever seen on stage. It would be a nice surprise if he ended up joining, but I would not be shocked at all to see him rockin' in the wings as a fan. I feel like both Jim and Pat define the spirit of Roo, seems like they just love to be on the farm!
Post by FuzzyWarbles on May 19, 2013 10:55:21 GMT -5
Damn that sucks. I wonder what enticed the fan to throw the bottle. This reminded me of seeing Toots at Wakarusa. He berated the sound guy several times during the show telling him that he was a legend and asking why he could not get his vocals right. When the crowd called for an encore Toots returned followed quickly by the stage hand signaling for the sound to be cut with the throat slashing motion. The stage hand and sound guy were then showered by the crowd with plastic bottles.
Ouch. You can hear the bottles impact on Toots heads in the video attached to that link.
Welp, me and my buddy are coming down from des moines, ia on the 12th (dont know what time for sure...) looking to pick some peeps and have some camping buddies if ya want. Will be taking a a SUV so should have plenty of room for stuff.
I hate the big brother aspect of the RFID's but you can't argue with the fantastical logistical improvements they've been able to do with the entry statistics. You know nobody had to wait more than like an hour to get in last year, right? I <3 RFID's for that reason.
Aren't they also used to track what stages are filling up (IE:type and times for music).
I'm sure they do look at that data, but it's can't be relied on 100% because you are not required to scan or "check-in" at those areas.
However, you are required to scan in at the tollbooths and when entering/exiting Centeroo. The data the RFID's provide for those points of interest will include a sample of all festival goers.
"Human chipping has seemingly higher stakes than merchandise tagging, and RFID critics are concerned that human chipping may one day become mandatory. When the company CityWatcher.com chipped two of its employees in 2006, these fears spun out of control. CityWatcher.com insisted that the employees were not forced to be chipped -- they volunteered for the microchip implants for easier access to secured vaults where confidential documents are stored. Other employees declined the implants, and their positions with the company were unaffected."
Hummm....Guess I am behind the times eh .... cr****
microchip implants are on the horizon for widespread use for sure. applications will range from encoding a person's medical status (i.e., diabetes, allergies- important info for EMS in case of loss of consciousness), to frequent flier account info being stored in your wrist and scanned at the airport. see below for an article about an ingestible microchip for tracking medication use:
Post by Dave Maynar on May 19, 2013 10:31:54 GMT -5
I emailed Friday afternoon asking what kind of documentation I would need when the time came, so I could go ahead and get on it since it is getting so close to the festival. Her response was as follows along with an apology on how long things were taking.
"Please send a doctor’s note stating that you need to use a powered, medically necessary device. There is no need to include information about the condition that makes the device necessary. Send a pdf or a photograph of the letter with the doctor’s letterhead to access@bonnaroo.com."
