1) I'm really having difficulty catching up on my blog, even while home. Fortunately, I can guarantee that this is not a result of laziness, but rather not having time.
2) Last week a friend took me to hear Joy Kills Sorrow, an acoustic/bluegrass/folk band. They're absolutely brilliant. I can't tell you how many times I've listened to their (newest) CD since I bought it last week. I'm actually listening to it right now. (I think this is my favorite song.)
3a) This has actually been driven home by various incidents during the past week in which I've done things that are quite normal in Barrage, but just plain weird outside of it. For example, we spend a lot of time talking in accents and odd voices related to our inside jokes. When you do that in front of non-Barrage people, it usually elicits awkward pauses and strange glances. It's like when you use your family's word for "grandma" in front of your friends (my family says "nana"). It's just weird.
3b) I miss our absurd behavior when I'm home. A lot.
3c) At the same time, I do really enjoy the ridiculous things I do with my friends at home. Nothing is quite as fulfilling as seeing old friends.
4) That is all.
Back to catching up on events from the summer!
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Our visit to Celtica in June, my favorite event with Barrage, was quite different this year.
When we performed at Celtica in 2008 and 2009, we were so busy that we hardly got to experience the festival. This year, however, our schedule was structured in such a way that we had Friday night and Sunday afternoon off, allowing us to actually attend the festival in the way so many audience members do.
[Note: I went back to look at those old posts and the formatting is incredibly messed up, especially in the one from 2008. They shouldn't look like that, but editing was hopelessly futile. (I tried.) Sorry about that.]
I've not been to many festivals, but I'm convinced that Celtica is among the coolest in the world. It just has to be!
Now that I think back, I was so wrapped up in experiencing everything Celtica has to offer, that taking photos was the last thing on my mind (as I suppose maybe it sometimes should be?). And, as I browse through the random pictures I do have, there's not really any coherent way to explain or organize them.
So, I present to you in no particular order (well, I guess these are loosely chronological?), my few photos from this year's trip to Celtica!
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| The panoramic view of Courmayeur, Italy, from my hotel room. [Click to see it larger.] |
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| Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps. |
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| Some stairs into the neighborhood behind our hotel. |
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| Why, hello there, cats. |
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| ...people live on this street! |
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| And just when it felt like we were so far away from home, Charlie and I went for a walk up the mountain and saw the Google Maps car. |
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| A shot of the main stage in the woods, with the Alps in the background. |
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| The dining tent. |
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| Riccardo, one of the heads of the festival, giving a closing speech to the people who stuck through till the very end. |
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| A look into the Aosta Valley from Bard Fortress. |
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| Iain and Federico, my two best friends from Celtica, performing as their awesome duo, The Sidh. |
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| With Federico and Iain after one of their performances at Bard. |
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5) Along with missing Barrage, I also miss my friends from the road.
And I know for a fact that missing people is definitely normal.
And I know for a fact that missing people is definitely normal.
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