Festival Imperial and homework abounding

Things seem to be going okay at the moment. This past weekend some friends and I went to a music festival called Festival Imperial. Imperial is THE Costa Rican beer and they were the sponsors of the whole event. I found a new band that I really like from Mexico, Cafe Tacvba, and there were several others there as well. The headliners were Incubus and Smashing Pumpkins, both from the U.S., the influence from the U.S. is just crazy sometimes. The Costa Ricans absolutely love both of these bands apparently. I'm not a huge fan of either, but Incubus was pretty good. I think if I had known more of their songs I would have enjoyed it more. Smashing Pumpkins, however, are definitely not one of my favorites. I guess I've never really heard them, but half of their concert was just really noisy and screaming, not my thing. I got out of the crowd before they started. A couple of friends and I were squashed up against a metal barrier in the very middle of the crowd, and we had been standing for about 9 hours. I told the security guard that I couldn't take it anymore and he had the medics come pull me out of the crowd, there was no way to get through the other direction. Imagine being stuck in a sea of 25, 000 screaming, pushing Costa Ricans...not a pretty sight. Anyway, after they gave me a bottle of water at the First Aid tent I was fine, and one of my other friends that wasn't stuck in the middle of the crowd came running to find me after I called her. I just seem to get myself into the silliest situations, don't I? All in all, though, the festival was pretty fun, next time I think I'll just hang around on the outskirts of the crowd, though, especially when I'm not extremely fond of the bands that are playing.

Other than that, I really didn't do much this weekend. I had to write an 8-page paper over Daily Faith and a Horizon of Participation...yeah, not fun, but I finally got it finished. Now I just have to focus on tons of assigned readings and a presentation I have to give on Thursday about Political Ethics in the U.S. Whew...I think I'm ready for school to be over, lol. It's a little sad for me to think about coming, though. I only have about 2 months left! Oh well, that means I can eat pickles and ranch dressing with my french fries again!! :-)

Hope everyone is doing well out there!

Paz,
Amelia