Hooray for another semester of fun in Penn State. I'm sad to report that I have no moronic events that have transpired since last update worth mentioning, but I do have much information on future plans, including for the summer break. My friend Dave originally wished to go to Coachella, a music festival in California which takes place this year in late April. Unfortunately, I have classes until May, so I could not go on a trip, especially one all the way to the other coast.
I convinced him that the concert would be an impossibility, and I deferred the attention to another music festival, Bonnaroo. This one is in a much more accessible date (June 14-17) which set the idea that we would wait to see the bands that are going to play there and decide for sure if we want to go. We do have one other alternative, Lollapalooza, but we would rather go to Bonnaroo since the area is more open, and camping is allowed.
From that point, we tried to recruit some other people to the cause. We found a few, but only Mike was steadfast in the idea of going. Then a major tangent occurred in our planning. The consensus was that we did not want to take a trip just to the festival, where Dave then planned a nine day adventure, forming a circle which passes through Pittsburgh, Chicago, and a few others before arriving at Manchester, TN. The next agreement was that we did not want to make the trip in a car, which was probably driven from the fact that Dave's, Mike's, and my car are all pretty small (mine couldn't come close to making the trip anyhow). We planned to get an RV, but a couple problems faced us. First, we needed someone at least 25 to rent and drive the RV, which none of us were, and we could not get the kind of money needed to rent one. We found out that it would be better to just buy another form of transportation. And what else would you take to a music festival than a VW bus. So thus is our current position, and we are currently in negotiations for a vehicle, but waiting for a final response from the seller. It is a graffiti car and in not too bad shape.
In other news, I have been listening to the new Of Montreal album, which is a wonderful work, in my opinion. Now I like almost every band out of the Elephant 6 collective, and trying to find more on them. I suggest you have a listen to it, or at least find the new video from the album on youtube and watch
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