ACL

I have been in Texas over 3 years and I finally went to one of the biggest events: Austin City Limits. This year ACL had over 130 bands with 8 stages and about 65,000 people per day for 3 days! I only went on the last day but it was nice. Jacopo and I kept joking that we were in an ocean of diarrhea (that comes from one of Jason Mraz's songs where he says, "you're an island of reality in an ocean of diarrhea"). It had rained the day before so it was very muddy. Oh and just a side note...if you ever go to an all day concert in TEXAS forget about bringing a sweatshirt. We learned that the hard way.

I have a much greater appreciation for rock now. The musicians are some really talented people! Ben Harper plays a Hawaiian lap style steel guitar very well! Pearl Jam's lead guitarist Mike McCready is also very talented. He is able to play the guitar behind his head, and sound amazing. My favorite song is "The Fixer." Check it out if you like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxDwU_SpiMI

After getting hosed off by a high pressure U-wash car wash, getting a speeding ticket for going 19 over and breakfast at the kettle we went to bed at 4am. The end of a really awesome weekend. The only thing that could have made it better would have been to have all the ones I love there!