Sunday, July 6, 2008

Rothbury Nonsense Pt. 1- A Photo Diary

Here's a collection of random photos from Thursday and Friday of Rothbury Festival.


This is what I like to call the most annoying thing on the planet. There are several pads connected to the middle of this thing that make a noise whenever you hit it. Most of them are monkey screams, some are bongos, and there's one deep bass pad. The irony is that people act like monkeys when they interact with this.

They come up to it cautiously, and slightly tap the pad. Then they see that it makes noise, and they try to make some sort of musical pattern out of it. Then other people hear the first person, and they approach it the same way. Eventually, all the pads are full, and instead of trying to play together, they all try to play their own thing. This quickly turns into everyone at every pad slamming their pads as fast as they can to make as much noise as possible.


This symbolizes the nature of our government. We made it, and took pride in it. Then we enter it, and it seems to be a fun time. But when we want out, there's no way to get out without ruining what we've created, so we settle for being trapped in a ball...rolling around out of control.


At least that's what the hula hoop lady told me.


There was a Guitar Hero bus that had a stage set up in front of it. You faced off against someone else on at least Hard, and the winner won a t-shirt. Of course, knowing how I play Guitar Hero...I walked away with a hat.


It's hard work walking around all day. Especially when you start drinking at 10 a.m. and start rolling shortly thereafter. Then, to top it all of, it's such a beautiful day and the grass is so soft and green. So leave this girl alone. She's got it bad.


This guy was at least 6'4 and was definitely making a scene. The back of his shirt says "Spirit of the wild." And, to me, that's basically what he embodied.


Good news from Rothbury: EVERYONE IS STAYING REGULAR. This guy showed up every morning at 9 to take our poop away. He was pretty cranky when I asked him about his day though. I don't know why. The sun was out.

More to come soon. I promise!

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