Current mood:

excited

Yeah, I know it's been a while. Ok, so it's been a LONG while, but I just got back from something that I feel I should probably share while it's fresh on my mind.

I spent most of the day today at what I suppose would be called a massive tailgate party. I went with a guy from work to the Dave Matthews Band concert in Alpine Valley. Only we didn't actually go to the concert. We got there about 2:30 PM, and spent about 11 hours hanging out with a bunch of his friends, and random people, in the parking lot. It was quite an experience. I met a bunch of nice, crazy, people, and had a lot of fun. We were part of a group of four cars. Between us all, I think there were about nine coolers, all full of food for the grill that was brought, and drinks. Spending seven hours drinking is quite the experience. Thankfully, I can say I handled myself pretty well, unlike one poor guy that fell asleep in his car. By the time he woke up, his face was covered in permanent marker. I didn't get too wasted, and didn't lose control at any point. I even ended up walking one girl to the restrooms because she was in no condition to make it by herself. Oddly enough, after all that drinking, I was the only person who had stopped drinking in time to sober up before leaving. So I ended up driving everyone back to Crystal Lake. Hooray for self control.

I would have gotten a picture of the sea of cars, but I couldn't get a good view of it on my camera phone. As we got there at 2:30, the lot was starting to fill, and there were still lines of cars coming in at 6:00. I was told the attendance is somewhere in the 60-80,000 people range. I don't know how accurate that is, but it was definately packed with people.

I had a blast, and given the chance, I would definitely do it again. Now if I could only fall asleep...