I don't know how many of you ever read my blog to begin with, but of the doubtless thousands (of, I assume, lovely ladies) that did, it probably alarmed you when I suddenly fell off the map last January and have not been heard from since. (Although you really shouldn't have been alarmed; I warned you about that kind of thing happening in my first post).
Regardless, I have made my triumphant return, and shall now regale you with my many recent adventures and escapades.
Summer 2009 was perhaps the best 3 months of my life. My sojourn began on June 7 as I flew out to the lovely town of Welsley, MA, to meet up with my good friend Eileen. From there we drove through one mountain range, across a whole lot of flat (including my hometown) all the way to the other mountain range, the absolutely amazing Rocky Mountains. 5 weeks were spent at the foot of beautiful Mount Meeker working as counselors at Camp Wojtyla. (For those of you who aren't Polish, that's "Voy-TEE-wa") Let me just say this: God wasn't messing around when he made the Rockies. Colorado is perhaps the most gorgeous and wild place I've ever been. The people I met there have affected my life immensely and, I hope, I have theirs as well. God willing, I'll be right back there with them next summer.
My three favorite peaks. From left: Mount Meeker, Long's Peak, and Mount Lady Washington
Waking up at 3am is worth it when you get to treeline before sunrise.
On top of the world!
The rest of my summer was filled with music, music, and more music. Before I had even made it back home, Eileen and I stopped in my favorite city in the world, Chicago, to see Incubus. The concert was awexome but not quite as impressive as when they came to Champaign a few years ago.
Next on the list: Lollapalooza!! I had gone last year, mainly to see Radiohead, and the lineup this year just didn't strike me as much. However, both my siblings wanted to go so I went along for the ride, and ended up having one of the best weekends I've had in a while. Saturday I got my rock on, Sunday I got my dance on and Friday I got my awesome on. Here's a few samples from the weekend.
Friday started out bleak and rainy, but it was the perfect weather for listening to Justin Vernon, a.k.a. Bon Iver, sing his heart out. The melodic echoes continued when Fleet Foxes took the stage, only pausing to discuss whether or not a girl in the audience could actually live up to her wish of living in their beards. The band that really stole the show on Friday, however was the Decemberists. They performed their newest album "The Hazards of Love," a mythical rock opera, and Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond really brought down the house. We finished out the night with a show by the Kings of Leon, just the high energy end note we needed.
Other awesome shows from the weekend: Coheed and Cambria played so loud their amps could blow a woman's clothes off. Snoop Doggy Dogg had an entire song that consisted solely of him saying "What's my mothafuckin' name?" Tool was creepy and awesome in a Tool kind of way. The Glitch Mob blew up, and Dangermau5 DJ'ed while wearing a giant mau5head.
Glitch Mob: Monday
