techno and raves go together like pb and j

I have always had a strong interest in music, every year I waited for the time the Coachella music festival came around. It's a huge music festival, that features a bunch of different bands at one time in one place. The festival takes place in Palm Springs, California. It's the one three day weekend I wait for all year, since I was fifteen years old. I'm going to describe one of my experiences at Coachella.

I enjoy techno or elecronic music, most people find this suprising if they don't know me very well. My laid back, shy personality can be deceiving. I've learned over the years that techno when seen live, is automatically related to a rave, or the concert suddenly turns into a rave. One of my favorite techno bands is MSTRKRFt, pronounced master craft. They were playing at Coachella, and I thought it might be a good time to go see them perform, or touch a computer live. I was pretty much forced under my will. The thought of dancing around with a bunch of sweaty, smell people in a confined space when it's about a hundred and fifteen degrees out doesn't exactly sound like the way I would want to enjoy myself, and that's exactly why I avoid raves in the first place.

So I took the challenge, and we ended up right in the center of the crowd, perfect for me, I was jammed between seven sweaty people literally on top of me. It took the band a good twenty minutes to set up the stage, and the waiting period might have been one of the most uncomfortable moments of my life. All of the things I hate surrounding me; being enclosed in a tight space with smelly sweaty people, to the point where you are breathing in other peoples BO, and not being able to do anything about it.

Once the music finally started it actually wasn't that bad, besides thinking about the embarrassment I let myself get into, post panic attack. Suddenly the lovely beats of techno music filled my ears, and the claustrophobia slowly started to fade away. It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be and it actually was a good experience, dancing with my friends and having a good time, but that doesn't mean I will be going to a lot more raves in the future.

current college ponderings

The moment I have been contemplating and mainly having nightmares about is finally here, college. I was nervous at first to be going to a school so far away from home, out of my comfort zone, out of sunny Los Angeles. But at the same time, I was excited for the new change of people and scenery. Here are some current ideas I have been pondering, since I arrived at Skidmore.

1. At some point or another everyone is going to talk about their roommates, it's just a conversation starter.

2. The official name for what I called "boatshoes," is actually called top siders, which people from Skidmore are sporting around campus.

3. Unlimited meal plan plus unlimited cereal bar= the college begging you to get the freshman 15

4. Everyone says hi to each other here, even if the other person is a complete stranger, I find it to be one of the nicest gestures, and something I am not used to. In Los Angeles, you would be lucky if someone gave you even a subtle eye roll, they are probably just checking out your outfit, so they can later copy it.