the second day

You can’t sleep once the sun comes up. Your tent becomes a sauna, with no air coming in except hot heat. Of course your not rested, you just slept on the ground, with a tarp over it and got woken up by the heat. I could not stand it in the tent that morning, I pushed myself out like I was suffocating and literally fell out. I had to lay down in the shade. I was having the time of my life and excited to get the day started again. Bloody mary's, some hits, bathing suits and shorts and we were off again. It did take us a little longer to get ourselves going but once we did, we were so happy. We met our friends from Arizona at bonnaroo and we had such a fun day. My body never felt so at home and my mind never felt like smiling more and my eyes never felt like opening that wide before. The music takes you over and your love takes over too. It’s a great thing to experience. During the day we sat in a shady patch of grass. Dana, Katie, Al, Joe, Dan, and me. We were joined by a few other people hiding from the sun, just laying enjoying everything. It was perfect. I got up and swayed with my bare feet in the grass. The others talked. Some packed bowls, some listened. I sat on someone shoulders for Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. Oh my word was that a great show. They are great.

Hats off to Nas and Damien Marley. That was one of the best shows I have ever been to in my life. Not only because I absolutely love both of those men and their music, but because of the atmosphere as well. We were in the middle of the action, at the peak of our highs, and so was every single person around us for as far as I could see. I had to go on shoulders again, I felt like a bird, that freaking unbelievable view that is so exclusive, I guess just for girls that ask guys for favors. I almost blew my vocal chord when “Welcome to Jammrock” started and “could you be loved.” Everything you wish for happens. I was so hot, I had a beer handed to me, I just yelled out “can I go on someone shoulders?” and bam, a cute guy taps me on the shoulder.

Then we saw She and Him. Zooey Deschanel is so cute, she was wearing a white dress and jumped up and down with her tambourine. She surprised me though, she has such a beautiful voice and she can belch. She sang, “I put a spell on you” as her last song and it was breathtaking.

Next we ran to see George Banks! Stave Martin was performing! He is a part of a bluegrass band called Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers. I could not take my eyes off of him in his white suit and his funny little stories. He said that one day his wife made him read a book of poetry. He thought it was bad poetry, but it might make a good country song. So he wrote one himself.

That night seeing the Flaming lips perform “do you realize??” was one of the best, goosbumpy moments ever. It is such an inspiring song and he sings it so well. And the lights, they know how to put on a light show that’s for sure.

That night, as tired as I was, as much as I had to sit down, I went to see The Black Keys, and I never looked back. They blew my mind and I wasn’t even in the center of the action. See them, enough said.

Dana and I lost Katie in the crowd, we dragged ourselves to our tent, about a 25 minute walk away down the center of the main street. There were so many tents around and people and shop that took your mind off the walk.

But when we got there, Katie was sound asleep in the tent, go figure.