As of today, Shane and I will be wrapping up the music festival season at Lollapalooza. After the Lolla line-up was announced, I immediately regretted spending my festival money on things like Intonation and Bonnaroo. Now that it’s come and gone, I’m awfully glad I went to ‘Roo, but I was still drooling over tickets for Lolla – Iron & Wine, Sleater-Kinney, Gnarls Barkley, Stars, Aqualung, etc – but at $65+ fees for a single day and $150+ fees for the weekend, I just couldn’t swing it.
Enter a brilliant idea.
I signed up for the volunteer corps in late June, offering to help with recycling and various other trash-related things. At both ‘Roo and Intonation, Shane and I were disgusted by the amount of trash left on the ground, and spent a great deal of time picking it up. At ‘Roo, Sonya and I grabbed extra bags and collected trash after each band we watched. Add to that having just seen An Inconvenient Truth, and we’re all the more dedicated to saving the earth.
This is why the people with hearts get the best surprises–good begets good.
Have fun at Lollapalooza!
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Suh-weet!
And also, I think it entirely possible that someday, in the not to distant future (in the grand scheme of things), the mere existance of the world will rely solely on do-gooders such as E, SB, Soy, J, (and the like). And because I know said do-gooders (and the like) I feel good stating: the world will be safe in the hands of these wonderful people.
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I’m jealous! What a fantastic lineup…
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