haha i couldn't tell you half the shit that happened during that set. i was so gone by then. but probably. haha

haha well if that's the case, it was a pleasure bonking heads with you.

I'm really tired so off the top of my head, I'll edit later:

Best:

- Nothington/Menzingers @ Market St.
- Running into Paddy outside of Common Grounds and sharing a cigarette and funny ass conversation
- Running into a plastered ass Brenden Kelly outside Market St. and talking to him about how much he loves his wife and baby and some other shit that I can't remember. That whole night was kind of a blur
- Sunday night practice space show w/ Smart Bomb, No Trigger, OK Pilot, The Flatliners etc..
- The dudes from Spain that I randomly met who gave me a ride to the practice space show that I didn't have a way to get to
- Drunk high-fives
- Hanging with Jacob and Leon and Becca and all the UKers I ran into along the way


Worst:

- Missing Leatherface because I tried to go to the holiday inn to drop off a bunch of merch, but I wound up walking 10 blocks in the wrong direction, and by the time I got back to The Venue they were done.
- Buying shirts and then losing them before the nights end
- Gaining a bunch of weight from eating nothing but excessive amounts of pizza and beer for 4 days

yeah yeah

Best:

Bridge & tunnel
Drag the River
Lemuria
The Unlovables
Off with Their Heads
Tubers
Two Cow Garage
Able Baker Fox
The Falcon
Scouts Honor

-Meeting so many awesome people.
-having people run up to me and introduce themselves enthusiastically.
-random high fives and lots of hugs
-Getting to work the press/sponsor registration line and meet all the volunteers, record label and press people.
-only buying one beer for myself the entire Fest (thanks everyone, I owe you!!)
-my little Fest hostel firepit hangouts
- Ryan (Medications) bringing me Jameson
- Mitch/Gene/Mike bringing me tequila
- all my guests beering me

Worst:

-three of my bros getting in a fight (with each other) and being woken up at 4:30 AM to one of them with a gushing bloody head and cops/EMS
-being broke all weekend
-not feeling great most of the weekend

In no particular order.

Best:
-THUNDERSEIGE!!!!!
-Chris Wollard & the Ship Thieves
-The Measure (SA)
-Leatherface
-Dirty Money
-New Mexican Disaster Squad
-Municipal Waste
-Shook Ones
-Warehouse Show Sunday
-Anywhere Maple Mike was
-Meeting incredible people

Worst:
-Missing warehouse show Saturday.
-Getting so fucked up early on Friday I left the kickstand before Iron Chic played.
-The lines (registration, vegan brunch)
-Missing the 10 am show with Iron Chic after I missed them on Friday.
-Waiting forever to give Jana her shirt and missing Vena Cava (again!)
-Not see Hawks and Doves when I planned on it.
-Missing D4 because I didn't think I'd get into NMDS if I wasn't early.
-Sleeping in a laundry room for two days.
-No Fest Sex haha

edit:
-Missing Nakatomi Plaza now that I found out they're breaking up and I had time and considered it.

NO! say it ain't so.

(I only missed them just b/c I saw them here in August)

i missed chinese telephones because of that goddamn line. fuck.

Missing the Andrew Jackson Jihad house show which I knew about before leaving, DAMN

Oh ya and not getting my Vena Cava bunny ears.

+Watching/taking pictures of PIB on top of the UHAUL friday night.
+Hour of the Wolf's set.
+Polar Bear Club
+Saturday night warehouse show full of covers.
+Saturday morning acoustic Fail Safe show.
+Not waiting in any lines.
+Five Star!

-Losing my ID before any of the shows even started Friday.
-Losing the random girls ID i was using on Sunday.
-Missing Lemuria.
-The Fest AIDS I now have.

Best
Lemuria at Common Grounds (Best set I've seen them play)
Young Livers at 1982 Pre-Fest
Shook Ones @ the Atlantic
Dorkrockcorkrod front to back
Michigan/Kalamazoo rolling fucking deep at Fest
My friend Kyle shotgunning 26 beers on Saturday
Meeting so many awesome people
Eating at Taco Bell with Tom from In Defense and Paddy

Worst
Being too fucked up to get that into the Flatliners
Missing the Copyrights
The drive home
Meeting people at Pre-Fest and then running into them the next day and having no idea that I met them. SORRY EVERYONE!
The smell in my van
Being back at school today

Best
+ meeting good people (phil, justin, chason, tons more)
+ staying in Tampa and partying with Chase, Dan, and the riverside kids
+Strike Anywhere, Polar Bear Club, Broadway Calls, The Ergs! (from onstage!), Ampere/Pink Razors house show, Saturday warehouse show, Hour of the Wolf, uhh
+ Andrew Jackson Jihad, Bridge and Tunnel, Jeff Rosenstock hotel show
+Singing Holland 1945 with Jeff and Sean during BTMI! set and being drunk enough to think it was decent
+high fives EVERYWHERE
+++ the friends I traveled with are the best. Phoenix Party Palace was awesome. Shirtless bro parties, coming home to about 6 dudes all in bed together and somehow finding a place to sleep, the terrible smell in our room, Sunday afternoon drinking and beating each other up in the hotel room
+ the cook at Leo's pizza making me special delicious pasta every day! and the vegan coookies!

I'll post more later.

seriously man. this happened to me so much.

Paying $75 for my car after it got towed at registration lol