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Okay, so there's absolutely no way I'd be able to tell you every cool thing that happened this weekend, so I'm not even going to bother trying. No, that doesn't mean you get nothing. It simply means that I'm accepting the fact that this will be terribly incomplete. I think we'll look basically at some of the "best" moments.

Best concert: This would have to go to the Supertones, in spite of my lifetime infatuation with the Newsboys. After all, ska rules. And, it's their farewell tour! This was the last major festival that they'll ever do! And, I was front and center in the mosh pit. Though, thankfully there was no actual moshing. We did jump up and down a lot though. And I did quite a lot of pseudo-headbanging. I don't think I've ever enjoyed myself more at a concert. Yay for band geeks! I seriously took 5 or 6 pictures of the trombone player just to make sure I get a good one. I seriously need to get a digital camera. Dianna has a really awesome one, though, and we got some amazing pictures on it. Where was I going with this? Oh yeah, Supertones rocked me so hard I may never be entirely sane again. Of course, that involves being sane to begin with...

Best crowd: Early on Sunday there was this band we'd never hear of called the Livingstons. They actually tuned out to be really cool, but these three guys right behind us were cheering for them before they knew who they were. The lead singer called them on it and then they started chanting "you might rock! You might rock!" Those guys were so much fun.

Scariest moment: Okay, now this is just stupid. Of all the concerts I was at, including Day of Fire at the Souled Out stage, my scariest moment was at Third Day. Now, Third Day is very much not a mosh pit band. But when Mac Powell came and reached out to the crowd right in front of me, suddenly about 15 people behind me were all trying to pound his fist at the same time. That was not pleasant. Not at all. But, thankfully, after that one big press they settled down. And since I was trying to get pictures and protect Dianna's camera right then, I was very much relieved.

Best food: Well, I really only had hot dogs and lemonade the whole weekend, but they were free from the Special Olympics booth where Dianna's family was working. I love her family; they take such good care of me.

Most random coolness: Okay, so Dianna's friend Brandon is from Omaha (and almost every band this weekend seemed to be from Nebraska; seriously, it's an invasion) and knows one of the smaller bands, and he offered to give us a ride back to campus before they invited him to hang with them at Taco Bell. So we got to go hand with the band at Tace Bell at midnight. And while we were there I ran into my senior English student teacher. And we were so exhausted that absolutely everything stupid seemed terribly funny. I ended up with the quote: "I want to hear a voice that most people will agree is real." If that's not random, I don't know what is.

And now I'm realizing that I've spent far to much time in the computer lab and should go do some of my homework. There may be more to follow later, and there may not. It depends on when I get internet in my room.

-Kim