Ok, I know I haven’t written here in awhile and there are many reasons for that but I’m not going to blab them all here like I always do. Instead I am going to stream my mind onto the keyboard about this event so maybe I will remember it in the future when my Alzheimer’s sets in.

The Roo 2009 was chalaxing and chawesome. In others words it was great, fun, a blast, and everything in-between. I won tickets this year because I entering into a contest online @ some radio station in Pittsburg. Pretty sweet huh? So being broke that I am @ the current time in my life, this helped me get to the Roo without hitching a ride with some weird hippie. Not that I would do that but you get what I mean.

I got to bring Suzanne (wonderful girlfriend) this year and so glad it was just me and her. We have a lot of the same interests in music and a lot of the same time schedules for eating, sleeping, interests, etc. On top of that who doesn’t like to spend 4 days camping with the person they love? Enough said about that.

So we left around noon on Thursday afternoon and got in line around 4ish or so because of the stops we had to make. We waited in line around 2 1/2 hours or so and then setup our camp. We had pretty good neighbors. One was a father and his 18 year old daughter and one of her friends. New Jersey kids are funny and spoiled. I guess most kids today are spoiled and rotten but she took the cake. They really didn’t help this poor older man with anything dealing with the tent or setting up. Oh, well. But, he was nice and all the other neighbors were cool. I’m just thankful we didn’t get the 5am techno kids that would keep us up all night and run up my blood pressure.

After we setup we both grilled burgers and Suz and I went to see the Zac Brown Band. First we walked around and just browsed before the show. After the band started about half way through it started to rain. Oh, and did it rain. It poured and poured. Freezing to death we got on our ponchos and barely fit underneath the awning where the music was being played. After enjoying the set we briskly walked back to our tent while it POURED on us to chill out some before bed. I’m so glad we put up tarps around 2 sides of the tent before we left too. It gave us some dry space to chill out in @ least.

I’m not going to explain everything in detail as it happened because I think it will take FOREVER. If you have any questions I will be glad to answer in the comments. :)  But, to sum up the rest….the following night we danced away to some Paul Oakanfold & Suzanne LOVED it to my surprise. Techno and Suz I would have never guessed. But, it was great. We danced and laughed and just let ourselves go. It’s a good feeling to have to let yourself go and not to care what anyone else is thinking while being with someone you love. Awesomeness just doesn’t sum it up correctly.

The next day I think we saw The Mars Volta while lying in the grass. It was a good relax time. After that we did more walking around and just enjoying everything Bonnaroo has to offer. I know we saw Bruce Springsteen. Agh. Awful. I could hardly stand it and I was falling asleep. Sorry fans it’s just not my cup of tea. Also, we saw Beastie Boys (Awesome), Nine Inch Nails, Phish, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ben Harper and Band of Horses. I’m surely forgetting someone but that’s the main people. All had something to offer and were really good.

All in all we made it back but are both sick at the moment. I guess it’s inevitable when you’re taking crappy showers and using crappy portajohns. It’s going to happen folks. Very cool time and I am glad I got to go. Let’s cross our fingers for free tickets again next year! And hopefully our financial situation will be better also. Just about a year and a half of school (maybe more, don’t know, don’t want to think about it) and a promising job until then should acquire us an RV and VIP next year. Let’s hope! I will be posting some pics on my Facebook and also on my Flickr later for those who would like to see.