or, can you climb this man's nose??? 

can you climb that man's nose??? 

san jacinto view...oh so beautiful! 

wow! look! a hawk!  

san jacinto sunset... 

jumping cholla cactus! 

The thumb sized methanol fuel cell is here!

wow. just a few weeks ago, I was being bashed on a certain weblog for suggesting that perhaps, because we have so many cows and garbage, we could use methane (I'm assuming methanol is methane source) as a renewable energy source.

and whallah! toshiba.

absolutely brilliant -- if this thing can generate enough electricity to run an mp3 player for 20 hours on a single charge, imagine what is next!

hint: mitsubishi? toyota?

Cherries N' Berries... 

And on the first day....

we had nothing but heat...

oh...OH...oh...what a day that was...

And on the second day...

we had nothing but rain....

oh...OH...oh...what a day that was...

[I just love David Byrne!]

more bonnaroo blogging. I haven't had much time since returning on Monday with school and all. Friday was catch up on lost sleep day. it turns out my friend with the only camera in our group has gone off on phish tour and won't be posting the piccys for a while, so the photo blog will have to wait.

chiggers and ticks...

chiggers and ticks...

I'm gonna get me some chiggers and ticks!

[remember the old kibbles n' bits commercial?]

yep. I think I got a chigger bite at bonnaroo. right at my hairline between my ear and my face, where sideburns would start if I had them.

kinda makes sense since chiggers will just dig in when they run into an obstacle and tend to like hair folicles.

I'd never heard of chiggers before going to TN...don't have them where I live. But my friend was telling me on thursday night about them and got me all freaked out.

when I got home, I decided to find out a little more. of course, the itchy bump on my face that hurts pretty bad probably had more influence on my decision to do some research.

I'm not quite sure yet whether I was bit by a chigger, a tick, or (more likely) a spider. gotta give it a few days to figure out if it is getting worse or better.

tea tree oil is my friend.

other than that, the swelling went down in my feet. 2 entire days standing ankle deep in mud pruned my feet beyond anything I'd ever seen before. Not surprising I would take on some water. But I'm glad I can see my ankle bones again.

pillows under the feet are my friends.

still have little or no voice. especially difficult is that I have to talk in class, but I sound like a goose. I hope things are back to normal by next week.

tea with honey is my friend.

the only thing I think could have been improved about bonnaroo is if CAKE played. The Hackensaw Boys were there (and were AWESOME), and they had toured with CAKE, and I can't imagine that CAKE would give up the chance to play to 90K people. maybe they got scared off by the chiggers and ticks??? I can only hope that they can do it next year, whether in TN or VT (do they have chiggers and ticks in VT?). I know gabe and vince would love it.

John McCrea is my (fr)iend.

I lost my ROO at BONNAROO...

yep, no voice... lost my woo in woo hoo.

I have to say that Bonnaroo was the most fun I have had in YEARS!

my favorite part: SLOGGING through the mud on saturday night...it's all about the bounce! everyone was walking slowly and lamenting every step. I, on the other hand, figured out how to mud skate!

I was running around the mud like it was nuthin' -- its all about looking ahead and determining the best route to avoid deep puddles, then just go for it...run so quickly that your feet are not in touch with the ground long enough to sink.

anyway, its late, I haven't had more than 3 hours sleep per night in 5 days, and I will have to cut my bonnaroo stories short for now.

Upcoming: keep your eye out for the bonnaroo photo essay -- sure to please. Most interesting is the little known alternate universe inside the porta potties -- you never knew there was a bathroom attendant because you didn't know to look.

all that and more as the days "slog" on...

peaceful river