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Friday, August 01, 2003

I have spent the past three hours munching on chocolate covered ladies fingers and surfing the net. I have a great job! Now for a SARS-stock report though, cuz I'm sure people such as Chris are horrified that after such a monumental event, all I could talk about was my boyfriend.

Sunburn: After approximately 17 hours outdoors, most of the time being in the scorching merciless sun, the only place I have a sunburn is my left armpit and my right ankle. Why, oh why?!
Who: Went with the aforementioned boyfriend and about ten other people. Jon is now referring to his friends as "our" friends. Mainly guys, but a few of them were awesome.
When: We got there at about 11am and returned back to Jon's house at 3am the next day.
Atmosphere: Wow! Absolutely amazing. It just feels awesome to be a part of something so huge. Everyone there knew that it was something that you would always remember.
Position: We spent most of the morning fairly far back and off to the side just watching a screen. We could lay down and there was a bit more room. Wasn't the concert experience for me though, so I dragged Jon down front with me. We were about the tenth row of people from the stage and we stayed there for Guess Who, Rush and AC/DC. It was incredibly rough though, so we spent 45 minutes backing up a bit and were a bit further back for the Stones.
Bands: Morning set was pretty bad. I've seen Sass Jordan live in concert! Haha! Highlights were Sam Roberts who sounded really good live and The Tea Party, who are always solid. The sets were short though, only about three songs each. The afternoon improved. Justin Timberlake was horrible live, but I've got a bit of a crush on him. And it was entertaining to see him pelted by water bottles. I admire him for doing the show for free, and as he said, he's there for the same reason as everyone else. Not the taste of the majority of the audience though. The Guess Who were great, really appealed to the older crowd (and to Chris!). Rush I found sort of boring, I always thought all of their songs are quite similar. Surprise for me was AC/DC. They totally rocked out and got the crowd going. Who could resist 'Highway to Hell' or 'Dirty Deeds'? Way better than expected, and the highlight of the day. And The Stones. The classic. As good as ever, Mick Jagger cannot stand still at the age of 60. Keith did two songs as lead vocals, which weren't as exciting but good nontheless. JT came on to do 'Miss You' with Mick, which is my favorite song. He did not massacre it, I enjoyed it, very high energy. The Stones will never die!
Leaving: Great night down to the end. We started heading out and as we were leaving there was a fireworks show. It didn't take as long as expected to leave the park, although the walk home was deadly (an hour an a hlf, carrying a huge heavy backpack with Jon going "I think it's the next light!" every two seconds).
Chris Esposito: Yes, a special section for my lover. Chances were one in a half million that I'd see Chris, and I saw him twice during the day. Totally in his element!

Overall, a great time. Jon and I had a ton of fun, and it would have been great even just to watch all of the topless sweaty boys (mmm, this includes you, Chris!). Very memorable day, everyone that didn't go really missed out!