coachella, round two.

since a lot of my life passed by undocumented in the whirlwind of engaged summer 2012, i'm going to be posting some summer recap posts whenever i get around to it. because apparently my blog is the only place i can put pictures.

 

 anyway. last spring ashley and i once again road-tripped down to indio, california to attend the three day music festivus that is coachella. this year we were joined by janiece, one of our favorite people!

 

oh man. i have to be honest with you, and say the whole trip was kind of a blur. mostly because we were basically in a heat coma the entire time. temperatures reached 107 and the mornings before the music started were spent laying under the meager canopy shade with misters, counting beads of sweat, and trying to stay alive.

 

dramatic, yes? but it was still a blast. some of my favorite shows that we saw were the black keys, m. ward ("m. ward can do whatever the hell he wants!"), bon iver, the shins, st. vincent (seriously. i worship her kick ass-ness), the head and the heart, childish gambino (troy and abed singing hiiiiiiip hop), florence and the machine, santigold (the best dancing of the whole weekend), real estate, and first aid kit. radiohead was good but looooooong. pretty sure we ditched out before they were done. dr. dre and snoop dogg were also suprisingly entertaining and brought back many fond dance party memories. also there was the much lauded appearance of tupac. (although since we went the second weekend it wasn't much of a surprise)

 

 

 some of my favorite memories (of the few i can remember) include
 

- the campers with the giant jenga game

- janiece pounding some vodka to celebrate her birthday (and maaaaybe a beer bong)
 "i need a row of misters"

- the dinosaur art installation (seen below)

- how funny things are when it's too hot to breathe

- "sorry car behind me, i was talking to my arms"

- how our camping neighbors got excited for every single beer bong they did. (there were sooooo many. so. many.)

- "i was wondering if you guys partied after i went to sleep" "yeah, we had some ring pops"

- i think it was the...second? night. but ashley and i were stumbling back to our tent after showering and babbling almost incoherently the entire time. there was mention of a corn cob god. coachella makes you a special kind of tired funny.

- some really really great food. we would barely eat all day because it was so hot. so when it finally cooled off and we could eat dinner everything tasted amaaazing. i can remember eating crab fries, fantastic fish and chips, and some sort of noodle dish. also, ice cream!
- the first night there there was a guy set up in the entertainment area jamming on a saxaphone. his shirt kept coming untucked from his (too short) pants and riding up his stomach and the whole thing was really great.
- sharing an air mattress with ashley "if we end up spooning in the middle of the night DO NOT wake me up"









well there you have it. five days summed up into...that.
honestly, i'm impressed i was able to remember that much.