Concert Etiquette

So I went to a concert last night, as I do quite often (sorry wallet), and I noticed a few perculiar things which led me to re-open the case of my missing blog. (I haven't writen in a while)

So I am making fireworks with my re-entry into the blogosphere with a list.

About concert etiquette. Of the Do and Don't variety.

DON'T smoke cigarettes at a concert unless you're 5-10 feet away from any living being. I mean think about it, we are already having trouble breathing cos everyone is eminative a thick smog of sweat, why add smelly cigarette smoke to it? Smoke all you want but please don't do it in the middle of a crowded concert.

DO dance! The artist will love the energy if they can tell you're having a great time. DANCE YO FACE OFF (Thanks Lizzy).

DON'T get naked. A little naked is probably okay. (I mean I wouldn't care but I feel like some people might be offended if you start whipping your junk around town).

DON'T shout incessantly throughout the whole concert. Seriously, last night at the Atoms for Peace concert in Philly (i.e. Thom Yorke/ Nigel from Radiohead, Flea, and the drummer from Beck), this guy kept shouting "THOMMMMM! THOMMMMMY! THOMMMYYYY! THOMMMYBOY! WE LOVE YOU! FLEAAAAAA! THOMMMMMMMM! PALO ALTO!!!" I don't know what that last one was about but seriously?!?!

Except he was not cute at all.

DON'T try to shove your way through the crowd. I don't care how much you drank I came HERE EARLY TO GET THIS DAMN SPOT AND THERE IS NO WAY IN THE DEEP RED AND ORANGE FLAMES OF HELL THAT YOU ARE GETTING IN FRONT OF ME SO WATCH IT. 

I've never found a more perfect gif.

DO dance really aggressively if the above thing is happening to you. I'm talking flail those arms ladies and gentlemans. Shake that booty like it never been shook before. Dougie if you must. Chances are they will leave you alone and the maybe they'll learn a life lesson. If not YOU TEACH IT TO THEM.

DO be somewhat conscious. I had this guy who was just falling backwards and sideways and everywhich way, and all the people around his had to do this thing where they caught him when he fell. Not cool man! We're all trying to have a good time. And maybe you thought you we're having a good time, but you were ruining for everyone around you. BE CONSCIOUS of your actions (and not just at concerts)

DON'T make out with your lover/partner/random person in an obnoxious manner. I mean, nothing wrong with a little PDA here, but there's a difference between a few sweet kisses and foreplay. Just saying!

CLOSING REMARKS:

Gunks

So BACKGROUND STORY TIME:

Last week, my university cancelled classes for a week, yes my people, a week, and it was somewhat wonderful. As anyone from my part of the world will know (and I'm assuming most of my readers know, but for the rest of you) Hurricane Sandy hit last week, and knocked out the power, hence the canceling of school. I'd say most schools within a few hours of me suffered the same.

My theory is that since Lehigh is on a steep hill, the trees are more prone to fall and hence killing more power lines.

The real question is is a tree falls during an intense storm does anyone care? Answer: Yes! It was a very cold week, but to combat this, I decided with a few friends to go camping (there's no electricity there anyway, right?)

So after a few days of playing chess, card games, and generally living like it's 1834, we headed off to New Paltz, NY, USA, North America, Western Hemisphere, Earth, Solar System, Milky Way, Universe.

But I digress. Here is a photo summary of the following events:
 
This was on the way to the campsite right past the downtown of New Paltz. How could this be resisted, though? A beautiful castle-like building and a ugly sign. Ben has never been one to read the signs however.

View from the scenic pull off that goes through the Trapps. (Lucy and Ben)

Huddled around the fire for warmth, in fact it was snowing. Yes, those white things that come from clouds. You need to see the after picture though, just about two feet of powder, we are serious campers.

It says "Hello" can't you tell?

We had a fun time manipulating light trails in long exposure. I'm still not completely sure how to use my camera....

Waking up at 7 a.m. was horrible, an ungodly time of day, but worth it, absolutely. 

View of the Trapps that we climbed on later that day--You could live here for a year, and not climb the same route twice- there are over 600 in the Gunks (Shawgunk)

It may appear as though Ben doesn't have a head, but in reality, he's just absorbed in leading the climb (Route-Hertie Gertie). This is around the time where Lucy and I set up a hammock and fall asleep for some time.

Preston follows Ben and cleans his pieces from the wall after the top-rope was set up.

Ben starts to lead this climb (Route Classic) which is much higher than the last, maybe 80+ feet, while Lucy and Preston look from below.

I'm so glad Preston was paying attention to me. Actually though he was, and even though I was scared the whole climb, I made it to the top, Wooooo! This is something I'm proud of and I hope to climb more in the future. Of course, I've been practicing a lot at the gym, where I have an excellent job that consists of rocks, chalks, ropes and walls.

Lucy does the same climb, and pulls herself over the overhang. The views up there was amazing. If I wasn't afraid that I would shatter my phone or camera, I would have taken it up there to capture what was an amazing sight. 

At this point my camera was full of pictures, and I must continue on into uncharted waters using only my words.

After climbing and packing up the equipment into the car, we drove around the bend to the Mohonk Mountain House, only to find that we couldn't go in. I did expect this because it's fancy-smancy and it was dark out already. I went there a few weeks back though so here is what it looks like:

Doesn't it look like the hotel from the Shining? Hence why I'll never stay there

.........also I can't afford it.

ANYWAYS. We went to a restaurant called "Rock da Pasta" after this failed attempted to  see the hotel, which was a really cool place which I fit right into considering my Hippy nature. The owner (or who I'd like to believe was the owner) Told us that one of the art pieces she had in the past was mad by an artist who works for Ken Kesey's son, which might be a far relationship, but also very exciting to me.

For those of you who don't know who Ken Kesey is, he wrote "One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest" (if you haven't read it, go now, school? pff, just go, read). Kesey was also a huge figure in the beatnik culture, which just preceded the hippies of the 60s. He was the one responsible for all of the Acid Test parties in the 60s during the time--you know the ones where bands like the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane frequently appeared. Oh to be a fly on THOSE walls....a whole room of people tripping out of their skulls watching the home made movies of Ken Kesey's cross country road trip on the bus "Further". 

This has been a rant brought to you by: me. 

-The End-

Also, I saw this band in Philly on Thursday take a listen yo peeps.

APPLE PICKING AND GOATS

So this morning I went apple picking, which was super awesome, but to be honest I spent way more time petting goats than picking apples.

Check out my pics from the day: CHECK OUT DEM APPLES

So there's these things called fainting goats...See this:

Well there were some of them there, but we didn't know which ones they were and therefore didn't scare any of them.

I know that was rather anti climatic....sorry.

One of the goats did try to eat my hair though....Awkward moment.

So I'm all like "let's take a selfie in front of the alpha goat" (he seemed to be alpha because whenever we tried to feed the other goats grass this bastard would scare them away) anyways: here's the result:

DERP

It's eating my hair. I feel this tug on the back of my head and I like what the....and then it dawns on me that he's snacking on me, so I quickly pull away. I mean the hair can't be good for his digestive system, but apparently he can't really tell what's food because he also tried eating my sweatshirt and shorts. 

DERP

It's ok tho because he let us pet him and also he was happy.

There were also apparently llamas there, but they must have been imaginary because I didn't see any....

CLOSING REMARKS:

Some songs:

And I Shall Call Him Squishy

The title was deceptive, that's right my homies, this blog will not be about the squishy little jellyfish famed in finding nemo but about


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I don't think you're ready for this jelly.

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KEEP SCROLLING HEATHENS
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DON'T TRY TO FAST FOWARD THRU THIS IT WON'T WORK
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DON'T PLAY THOSE GAMES WITH ME
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I'm belly dancing right now, yeah be jealous
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THIS IS JUST A PLOY
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LOOK AT MY PICTURES
HAI CLICK ME

TRICKED YA

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it's about music.
MUSIC.

I'm easily distracted...

Anyways, let's start with this. DON'T READ THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE LOUD SPEAKERS.

I'll even settle for quiet ones.

Oh, too late you say?

You're in class you say?

You're studying for class you say?

YOU'RE IN THE LIBRARY YOU SAY?

I DON'T CARE, SHOW DEM BEACHES MY EXCELLENT TASTE IN MUSIC THEY WILL THANK YOU LATER.

Also you better be dancing, again if you're in class, you better walk to the front of the room AND SHAKE WHUT YO MAMA GAVE YOU!!!!

Here's the next one:

AND THE NEXT:

I can't remember if I shared this already BUT IT'S GOOD

Oh you don't like it you say?

WELL

JUST KIDDING I LOVE YOU ALL DEARLY (read my blog please).

HELLO WORLD

MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW

HI YOU GUYS

I EXIST

I EXIST (SAID A MAN TO THE UNIVERSE)

And then the universe says:

Ok, I won't go there right now, but sorry I've been gone so long! You know how the more you don't do something the more you just have no motivation at all to do that.

I think the desire to write came quite suddenly, as I was searching the internet for possible jobs...I have this impending sense of "Oh my......life is coming."

ANYWHO, I was just thinking about my backpacking trip that I'm planing to go on over spring break of the coming year. And I figured i'd blog about it and practice my "future career," or something, I'm not entirely sure what's going on.

STEP ONE: Make a list of the equipment I need, and start preliminary planning for the hike, which will be along the AT (Appalachian Trail).

STEP TWO: Get the equipment, and maps, plan route

STEP THREE: Figure out who will drive us where we need to be (My close friend Isabel will be my partner in adventure here).

STEP FOUR: GOOOO HIKE ONNN.

I mean that was a loose outline but that's basically the gist of it all.

I actually recently went hiking, and if you haven't already seen these pictures, CHECK EM OUT. I'm a little bit proud, I did it for an assignment for class...

LEHIGH VALLEY GORGE PEOPLE

I can only hope that one day, I will be able to have a job "thing" (still not sure what's going on....life) that allows me to do the things I love and take pictures or write or videos or somthin.... that would be a lovely dream.

ALSO, since I only completed blogging two days of my vacation this summer (OOPS SORRY), here's my pictures from that. I wish I could go back, Alaska is one of the most beautiful places I've been and so fresh.

ALASKA AND OTHER PLACES EVERYONE

SOOOOO yeah, that's about all I have to say about that, I'll try to give ya'll updates on my life, but unfortunatly it's pretty boring.

JK MY LIFE IS EFFING AWESOME.

Closing Remarks:

Here are a megillion (that's Meg's version of a lot, yes I am speaking about myself in third person) songs to make up for the lack of any songs.

I listen to this song ERRYDAY, multiple times a day. DON'T HATE ME COS I'M BEAUTIFUL.

NIGEL HELLO:

Day UNO- Seattle

Thanks for capitalizing UNO auto correct ahh

So first day finally arrived in Seattle after our captain was late for our flight. The flight attendant came on the intercom saying "it seems we've lost our captain" ok thanksssss

So then we went to the epm museum which was basically a rock music museum. Kurt Cobain's sweater was there ya and there was a cool jimi hendrix exhibit! Cuz a I learned tday- Seattle is his home town.

Back spacing a lil bit the views out of the plane were crazy cool! See attached

My achievement for the flight: TOP SCORE IF TEMPLE RUN MOFOS

but I digress.....we also went to te glass garden of Chihuly it was beautiful! Also see attached

And went of the space needle which was built in 62 for the world fair

I also so a pretty sweet ass pan pipe band... If you have to ask....


Peace out for now!

Vacaciones pt one

My family and I are currently on our way to the airport and it is also 5:28 according to Siri who is all knowing but honestly not too smart, she must have rocks for brains......


Well she does.... I won't get into the science of it now....

Also it's basically nighttime, never mind that the sun will probably rise in less than an hour. Moot point I say.... Moot point.

So I do know the meaning of the word.

Let's all cross out fingers that I get thro security alright I'm scarred by that time I accidentally brought scissors with me to florida when I was in elementary school...... Also I never did learn how spell the word for he sharp object that cuts things. - my brother and and reader actually had to tell me how to spell it , he's line a human spell check .... Not Reli.

More later peace out!