Went home with Theresa for my little brother's wedding (renewal of vows actually) and to see my nephew Jackson Andrew. While we were home we got to go out on the pontoon boat and see the Sleeping Bear Dunes and Traverse City.
John's Wedding & Baby Bunting
Date: 9 Aug 2008, 21:05 Place: Mt. Pleasant, United States
Mood: Overjoyed
T in the Park 2008
Date: 13 Jul 2008, 12:23 Place: Balado, United Kingdom
Mood: OK I suppose but annoyed at my fellow man
Went to T in the Park 2008 in Balado, Scotland. Here is a list of who I saw play: SATURDAY Rage Against the Machine (awesome!), The Kooks, The Feeling, Kate Nash, Kaiser Chiefs, The Courteeners, The Pogues, Reverend & the Makers, The Stranglers, Will Young (not my idea)
SUNDAY Kings of Leon, Amy Winehouse, Counting Crows, Powderfinger, The Hoosiers, Goo Goo Dolls
Rockness 2008
Date: 9 Jun 2008, 23:44 Place: Dores, United Kingdom
Mood: All right
Made it up to Loch Ness for the annual Rockness Festival - did the camping thing despite the bad experience at T in the Park 2006 - twice bitten, let me tell ya... Saw the following acts: The Cuban Brothers, Roisin Murphy, CSS, Razorlight, Fatboy Slim, The View and many other great bands.
Christmas 2007
Date: 25 Dec 2007, 23:45 Place: Mt. Pleasant, Michig, United States
Mood: Happy
Achill Island, Ireland
Date: 14 Sep 2007, 10:37 Place: Achill Island, Ireland
Mood: Happy
Spent 13 days in Ireland at Theresa's cottage on Achilll Island, the largest island on the Atlantic coast. The cottage was a real mess, but we did a lot of work to clean it up. I met a lot of great guys, drank dozens of pints of Guinness and even got invited out on a fishing trawler, although the weather didn't cooperate. The best things to see were Keem Bay, the Atlantic Drive, the Deserted Village and Achill Sound. We had a peat burning fire, which is essentially burning dirt, but it works and it's really warm. We picked mussels and cockles from the beach, and talked to friends and family about ways to fix up the place, as the damp has gotten to it now.
